Creating and using waypoints, Aypoints – Garmin GPSMAP 400 User Manual

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Where To?

Creating and Using Waypoints

You can store up to 3,000 waypoints with a user-defined name,

symbol, depth, water temperature, and comment for each waypoint.

To create a new waypoint:

1. From the Home screen, select

Charts

>

Navigation Chart

>

MENU

>

Waypoints & Tracks

>

New Waypoint

.

OR

From the Home screen, select

Information

>

User Data

>

Waypoints

>

Options

>

New Waypoint

.

2. Create a waypoint using one of the following:

Enter Coordinates—enter the grid coordinates of the new

waypoint.
Use Chart—use the Rocker to move the pointer to the

location where you want create the waypoint. Press

SELECT

.

Use Current Position—Create a waypoint at your current

location.

To mark your current location as a waypoint:

From any screen, press the

MARK

key.

Edit Waypoint—designate a specific name, symbol, water

depth, or water temperature.
Delete—deletes the waypoint.
Man Overboard—designates the current location as a Man

Overboard location.


Right or Left Arrow—switches between waypoint information

and the Navigation chart.

NOTE: Selecting

MaRK

creates a waypoint only at your present

location.

To edit an existing waypoint:

1. From the Navigation chart, use the map pointer ( ) to highlight

the waypoint on the Navigation chart.

OR

From the Home screen, select

Information

>

User Data

>

Waypoints

.

2. Select the waypoint you want to edit.
3. Select

Edit Waypoint

.

4. Select the waypoint attribute you want to change (

Name

,

Symbol

,

Depth

,

Water Temp

,

Comment

, or

Position

).

To move the waypoint on the Navigation chart:

1. Select the waypoint on the Navigation chart.
2. Select

Review

. (The

Review button is only shown when more

than one waypoint is in the vicinity.)

3. Select the button for the waypoint you want to edit.
4. Select

Move

.

5. Press

SELECT

to save the new location, or press

MENU

to

cancel the move.

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