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Navigate to a map place, Creating and saving a trail – Eagle Electronics Cuda 250i User Manual

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To stop navigating to the cursor, use the Cancel Navigation command:
press

MENU

|

MENU

|

↓ to

C

ANCEL

N

AVIGATION

|

ENT

|

← to

Y

ES

|

ENT

. The

Cuda stops showing navigation information.

Navigate to a Map Place

For map places that are in view on the map, you can easily use the
Navigate to Cursor command above; just use the cursor to select the
map place.

The other method involves searching for map places with the Find
Waypoint command, launched with the

WPT

key. Turn to Sec. 9,

Searching, for detailed instructions on map place searches.

After you have looked up an item with the Find Waypoint command,
use the

to make sure the

G

O

T

O

command is highlighted at the bot-

tom of the screen, then press

ENT

. The Cuda begins showing navigation

information to the item.

To cancel navigation, press

MENU

|

MENU

|

↓ to

C

ANCEL

N

AVIGATION

|

ENT

|

to

Y

ES

|

ENT

. The Cuda stops showing navigation information.

Creating and Saving a Trail

A trail, or plot trail, is a string of position points plotted by the Cuda
250 as you travel. It's a travel history, a record of the path you have
taken. Trails are useful for repeating a journey along the same track.
They are particularly handy when you are trying to retrace your trip
and go back the way you came. On the screen, trails are represented by
a flashing line extending from the back of the current position arrow.

The Cuda is set at the factory to automatically create and record a trail
while the unit is turned on. The unit will continue recording the trail
until the length reaches the maximum trail point setting (default is
2,000, but the unit can record trails 9,999 points long). When the point
limit is reached, the Cuda begins recording the trail over itself.

By default, the trail flashes once a second, making it easier to see
against the background map. With the default setting, the Cuda creates