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Navigate to a waypoint – Eagle Electronics SeaChamp 2000 User Manual

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Create Waypoint by Entering a Position

1. Press

WPT

|

→ to

S

UBCATEGORY

column|

↓ to

N

EW

|

ENT

.

2. Press

↓ to

E

NTERED

P

OSITION

|

ENT

|

→ to

C

REATE

|

ENT

.

3. Press

→ to

L

ATITUDE

|

ENT

. Enter the latitude by pressing

↑ or ↓ to

change the first character, then press

to the next character and

repeat until the latitude is correct. Press

ENT

.

4. Press

↓ to

L

ONGITUDE

|

ENT

. Enter the longitude by pressing

or

to

change the first character, then press

to the next character and repeat

until the longitude is correct. Press

ENT

, then

EXIT

|

EXIT

to return to the

previous page display. The waypoint is saved and automatically given a
name with a sequential number, such as "waypoint 001." The waypoint
symbol and number appear on the map and in the waypoint list.

Navigate To a Waypoint

You can select any waypoint visible on the Map Page with the cursor,
then use the Navigate to Cursor command, which will be covered later
in this section. You can avoid scrolling the map to pick your waypoint if
you use the Find Waypoint commands:

1. Press

WPT

|

to

S

AVED

|

ENT

. To look up the nearest waypoint, press

to

N

EAREST

|

ENT

or to look by name and scroll through the entire

waypoint list, just press

ENT

. For this example, we’ll look by name.

2. If your waypoint list is a long one, you can spell out the waypoint
name in the

F

IND

B

Y

N

AME

box. Press

↑ or ↓ to change the first character,

then press

→ to move the cursor to the next character and repeat until

the name is correct, then press

ENT

to jump to the list below.

3. If the list is short, you can jump directly to the

F

IND

I

N

L

IST

box by

pressing

ENT

. Use

↑ or ↓ to select the waypoint name, press

ENT

and

the waypoint information screen appears with the

G

O

T

O

command

selected.

4. To begin navigating to the waypoint, press

ENT

.

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