Garmin GPSMAP 6212 - Manual (Page 50)

 GPSMAP ® 6000/7000 Series Owner’s Manual
Where To?
1. From the Home screen, select Where to? > Waypoints .
2. Select a waypoint.
3. Select
Navigate to .
4. Complete an action:
Select Go to .
Select Route to .
Select Guide to to use Auto Guidance.
5. Review the course indicated by the magenta line.
Note: When using Auto Guidance, a gray line within any part of the magenta line indicates that
Auto Guidance cannot calculate part of the Auto Guidance line due to the minimum safe water
depth and the minimum safe obstacle height settings ( page 59 ).
6. Follow the magenta line, steering to avoid land, shallow water, and other obstacles.
Browsing for and Navigating a Saved Route
Before you can browse a list of routes and navigate to one of them, you must create and save at least
one route ( page 37 ).
1. From the Home screen, select Where to? > Routes .
2. Select a route.
3. Select
Navigate to .
4. Complete an action:
Select Forward to navigate the route from the starting point used when the route was created.
Select Backward to navigate the route from the destination point used when the route was
created.
A magenta line appears. In the center of the magenta line is a thinner purple line that represents
the corrected course from your current location to the destination. The corrected course is
dynamic, and it moves with your boat when you are off course.
5. Review the course indicated by the magenta line.
6. Follow the magenta line along each leg in the route, steering to avoid land, shallow water, and
other obstacles.
Note: If you are off course, follow the purple line (corrected course) to go to your destination,
or steer back to the magenta line (direct course).
Browsing for and Navigating Parallel to a Saved Route
Before you can browse a list of routes and navigate to one of them, you must create and save at least
one route ( page 37 ).
1. From the Home screen, select Where to? > Routes .
2. Select a route.
3. Select
Review > Navigate to .
4. Select offset to navigate parallel to the route, offset from it by a specific distance.
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