Lowrance electronic M56 GPS Receiver User Manual


 
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Edit Route menu, left. Edit Route Waypoints menu, right,
with Add From Map command selected.
3. Use the Zoom keys and arrow keys to move the map and cursor until
the cursor is centered on the spot where you want your route to begin.
(If you are starting at your current position or the current cursor posi-
tion, you are already at the starting spot.)
4. Set the first route waypoint: press
ENT. In this example, we moved to
the entrance of the cove where our boat was docked to start our route to
a promising fishing spot next to an oil platform. (Creating this example
route is illustrated in the following figures.)
Route creation sequence, from left: Fig. 1. Set route waypoint (1) at the
cove entrance. Fig. 2. Move cursor northeast to set point (2) at channel
entrance. Fig. 3. With point (2) set, move cursor southeast to mark
channel exit with waypoint (3). In figures 2 and 3, notice the rubber
band line extending from the previously set waypoint to the cursor.
This line will become the course for the route.
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