Furuno NAVNET 1724C - Manual (Page 100)

3. PLOTTER OPERATION
3-29
Entering a waypoint by range and bearing
This method is useful when you want to enter a waypoint using range and bearing to a
target found on a radar.
1. Press the MENU key to open the menu.
2. Press the WAYPOINTS/ROUTES, WAYPOINTS and WAYPOINT BY RNG & BRG soft
keys.
3. A red “X” appears at own ship position, and it is the origin point for range and bearing.
Operate the Cursor pad to place the cursor on the location desired. Range and bearing
from own ship to the cursor appear at the top of the display.
Note: The origin point of range and bearing can be shifted to the location desired.
Operate the Cursor pad to select location, then press the START POINT soft key.
4. Press the NEW WPT soft key. The waypoint window appears and it shows mark shape,
waypoint name, comment (default: date and time), position of waypoint and proximity
alarm radius.
NEW
WPT
SELECT
MARK
COORD
TYPE
N < - -> S
E < - -> W
SAVE
RETURN
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34 ° 44.000'N
135 ° 21.000'W
359.9 °
0.00nm
002WPT
00:00 01JAN00
34 ° 44.000'N
135 ° 21.000'W
359.9 °
0.00nm
003WPT
00:00 01JAN00
34 ° 44.000'N
135 ° 21.000'W
359.9 °
0.00nm
COMMENT
0 2 : 3 6 0 1 J A N 0 1
POSITION
L A T
3 4
° 1 2 . 1 3 4 ' N
L O N
1 3 4
° 1 2 . 3 4 5 ' W
PROXIMITY ALARM RADIUS
0 . 0 0 n m
MARK
0 0 1 W P T
NAME
Waypoint window
5. If necessary, change waypoint data following the instructions from step 6 through 11 in
“Entering a waypoint with the cursor” on page 3-28.
6. Press the SAVE soft key to register the waypoint.
7. Enter another waypoint as above, or press the MENU key to finish.
Entering a waypoint from the waypoint list
You can manually enter waypoint position from the waypoint list as follows:
1. Press the MENU key to open the menu.
2. Press the WAYPOINTS/ROUTES and WAYPOINTS soft keys.
3. Press the LOCAL LIST (lists waypoints in order from nearest to furthest, maximum 32
points) or ALPHANUMERIC LIST (lists waypoints in ALPHANUMERIC order) soft key.