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Chapter 3: Operation

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intended track, from your start point or previous waypoint, to the target
waypoint.

This section describes the following:

Go to an individual target point (an existing waypoint or the cursor).

Follow a route either forward, or reversed.

Joining a route at a selected waypoint, advancing to waypoints or
restarting XTE.

Stop and Restart Follow/Goto.

Target Point Arrival

An alarm is triggered when approaching a waypoint. This section
describes what occurs when arriving at waypoints. Chapter 4 describes
how to set the alarm.

The GPS Plotter can also display the vessel’s actual track which can be
recorded for later display. The Track function is described in Section 3.7,
Using Tracks
.

To access the Goto/Follow soft keys, press the GOTO default soft key; the
GOTO soft keys are displayed as shown in Figure 3-38.

Figure 3-38: GoTo Soft Keys

Note: The soft keys differ if a follow or goto is already in progress.

Going To an Individual Target Point

Rather than following a route, you can go directly to a selected target
point. This can be an existing waypoint (not in the current route) or the
cursor position.

To navigate directly to an existing waypoint:

1. Select the waypoint from the Waypoint List as described in

Section 3.3.

or...

Using the trackpad, position the cursor over the required waypoint
until the letters WPT and the waypoint soft keys are displayed as
shown in Figure 3-23

2. Press the GOTO WAYPOINT soft key.

Navigation to the selected waypoint begins. The soft key STOP GOTO
is displayed.

GOTO

WAYPOINT

GOTO

CURSOR

FOLLOW

ROUTE

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