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Operation Basics
This section introduces you to the Precedus and describes its
controls and operating functions.
Controls
Menu/Pwr This button turns the unit ON and OFF, and also allows you
to select features from the Main Menu. Turn the unit ON by
pressing the button once. Turn the power OFF by
pressing the button and holding it down for two
seconds. Press while viewing the Main Menu to adjust
the display backlight.
Enter Press the button to accept the selected or highlighted
information.
Arrow keys The arrow buttons allow you to move the “cursor” to
highlight information that you want to select.
New
Waypoint
Use the New Waypoint function to create your own
waypoints and store them in the Precedus‘s memory. You
can create and name up to 1,000 of your own waypoints. A
Waypoint is a place you navigate from and to. A Waypoint
can be based upon your present position, or you can enter
latitude and longitude coordinates (abbreviated as Lat/Lon)
to define the waypoint location.
Info Use this function to get information about any waypoint in
the Precedus’s built-in database, including those you have
created.
Available information includes:
•
Waypoint identifier and type (Airport, VOR, NDB,
Intersection, or User)
•
Bearing and distance to the waypoint from your current
position
•
Lat/Lon coordinates of the waypoint
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For airports, the elevation, fuel availability and type,
radio communication frequencies, runway details, and
more
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Sunrise/Sunset calculator