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Main Menu
Main Menu Tabs
The GPSMAP 196’s Main Menu Page provides access to various waypoint, system, navigation, inter-
face and setup menus in an easy to use “tab” format. The Main Menu page is available from any page in
the GPSMAP 196’s system, and is accessed through the MENU key.
To access the Main Menu Page:
1. Press MENU twice. The Menu tabs are divided into categories by function.
To select a menu tab from the Main Menu page:
1. Move the ARROW KEYPAD UP or DOWN to highlight the tab you want to view. The information for
the highlighted tab will automatically appear to the right.
2. Press MENU for additional menu options, or
3. Use the ARROW KEYPAD to highlight any item on the page: RIGHT, then move UP or DOWN to
select individual items. Press ENTER, then use the ARROW KEYPAD and ENTER to make changes
to the selected item. Press QUIT to exit the Main Menu page.
The Main Menu tabs are:
• GPS— Shows satellite status, time/date, accuracy, DOP and differential information. Provides on/off
selection of WAAS feature. Menu options include enable/disable built-in simulator and select location.
• Flights— Shows recorded fl ight information, including date, route of fl ight and fl ight time. A detail
window for each listed fl ight also indicates fl ight distance.
• Route— Displays any saved routes. Allows you to create, edit, activate or delete routes. See page 64.
• Points— Allows you to create, edit or delete user waypoints. Provides proximity alarm waypoints.
• Track— Shows status of track memory, recording criteria and list of saved tracks. Provides on-screen
buttons to clear or save the active track log.
• Trip— Provides trip computer functions for average speed, maximum speed, odometers and timers.
Menu options allow trip computer features to be reset individually or collectively.
• Aircrft— Provides multiple aircraft profi le settings that are used for fl ight planning/trip planning
features. Also provides weight and balance computer function.
• E6B— Allows you to calculate density altitude, true airspeed and winds aloft.
• Celes— Shows sun/moon time cycles/positions, best times and good times for hunting or fi shing, and
24 hour tide charts (with tide levels and times).
• Map— Provide settings for the Map Page features. See page 16 for more information on this tab.
• Setup— Displays settings for system functions, vertical navigation (VNAV), airspace alarms, general
alarms, road routing, timers, time format/zone, units of measure, location format and interface.
Some of the Main Menu tabs include “tabs within tabs”. For
example, the ‘Map’ tab on the left-hand side of the screen (shown
above) will display a series of tabs across the top—all of which
display screens which specifi cally relate to map settings.
From any tab, press MENU to display additional menu options:
Main Menu Tabs
Submenu Tabs
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