Eagle Electronics II - Manual (Page 51)

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Enter New Waypoint
To save a location other than your present position, first
press the WPT key. Next, press the F2 (WPT SAVE)
key. Using the up and down arrow keys, move the black
box down to the latitude/longitude position as shown
below. Now press the F6 (CHANGE FIELD) key. The
screen shown at the
bottom of this page
appears. Use the ar-
row keys to change
the “N” to a “S”, if
your latitude is south.
Now enter the loca-
tion you wish to save
using the numbered
keys. Use the left
arrow key as a back-
space if you make a mistake. In other words, pressing the left arrow key
moves the black box over the last number entered.
Notice that the position entered is in degrees, minutes,
and thousands of a minute. (Not seconds!) After you’ve
entered the latitude, press the ENT key. The waypoint
save menu reappears with the black box on the longi-
tude. Next, press the
F6 key to change it.
Now enter the longi-
tude. Make certain to
add a zero to the lon-
gitude if it’s less than
100 degrees. For ex-
ample, if the longitude
is 85 degrees, then
enter “085”. Press the
ENT key when you’ve
finished. The save