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Navigating

The navigation function included in the Zeus

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allows you to navigate towards the cursor

position, towards a waypoint or along a predefined route.
If autopilot functionality is included in your system, the autopilot can be set to automatically
navigate the vessel.
For information about positioning waypoints and creating routes, refer to "Waypoints-Routes-
Tracks"
on page 31.

Navigate to cursor position

You can start navigating towards cursor position on any chart, radar or echosounder panel.
Position the curor at the selected destination on the panel, and then select the go to cursor
option in the menu.

Navigate a route

You can start navigating a route from the chart panel or from the Route dialog.
When route navigation is started, the menu will expand showing options for canceling the
navigation, for skipping a waypoint, and for restarting the route from current vessel position.

Starting a route from the chart panel
Activate a route on the panel, and then select the route navigation option from the menu.
You can select a routepoint to start navigating from a selected position.

Start navigating a route from the Route dialog
You can start navigating from the Route dialog, activated by:

• Selecting the Route tool from the Home page
• Selecting the route details from the menu

Cancel navigation
When you are navigating a route the menu will include an option for cancelling the route.

Navigating with the autopilot

When you start navigation on a system with autopilot functionality, you will be prompted to
set the autopilot to navigation mode.
If you choose not to engage the autopilot, the autopilot can later on still be set to navigation
mode from the pilot menu.
For more information about autopilot functionality, refer to "Autopilot" on page 43.

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