Garmin 188 GPS Receiver User Manual


 
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Main Menu: Tide Tab
To view the chart for a tide station nearest to your current location:
1. From the Tide tab, highlight the ‘At’ fi eld and press ENTER.
2. Press MENU, select ‘Nearest to Boat’ and press ENTER.
3. Select the desired station from the list and press ENTER.
4. Highlight ‘Show Chart’ or ‘OK’ and press ENTER.
If you are not within this range, you will see a message “None Found”. Use the ‘Nearest To Other’
Find option and select a location closer to a tide station.
To fi nd the chart for a tide station nearest to a location on the map:
1. On the Map Page, press FIND, then select ‘Tide Stations’ and press ENTER.
2. Press MENU, select ‘Nearest To Other’ and press ENTER.
3. Use the ARROW KEYPAD and the ZOOM IN/ZOOM OUT keys to select a position on the map
and press ENTER.
4. Highlight the desired station from the list and press ENTER to view the information page for that
chart (this shows the station’s distance and bearing from the selected map location, along with the
station’s position coordinates).
5. Highlight ‘Show Chart’ and press ENTER.
To view the tide chart for another date:
1. With a chart displayed for the desired station, highlight the ‘On (date) fi eld and press ENTER.
2. Enter the desired date with the ARROW KEYPAD and press ENTER.
3. To return to the current date, press MENU, highlight ‘Use Current Date’ and press ENTER.
To view a chart’s details for another time of day:
1. With the desired chart displayed, press MENU, select ‘Move Cursor’ and press ENTER.
2. Press the ARROW KEYPAD LEFT or RIGHT to view the chart at a different time
3. To return to the current time, press MENU, highlight ‘Stop Moving Cursor’ and press ENTER.
Tide Station List Menu Options
Press MENU on the Tide Station list to access additional
search options. The ‘Nearest to Next’ and ‘Nearest to Desti-
nation’ options are enabled when you are actively going to a
destination (following a Go To or a Route, for example). You
must select a location within 100 nm. of a tide station.
You may move the
cursor to see tide
heights at different
times. Tide data will
show in a black box
when in cursor mode.
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