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Magellan NAV 6500/NAV 6510 17
Sometimes a single object, such as a floating Navigation mark,
may contain several navigational aids such as a buoy, a radar
transponder beacon and a fog signal. In this case, when you
press ENTER, the navigational aids appear on the menu and
you may select them by highlighting them individually and
pressing ENTER to view their attributes.
If there is a single object under the cursor on the map and it
consists of one nav-aid, pressing Expand will immediately dis-
play the attributes of the object.
When you have finished viewing attributes, press ESC to re-
Navigational aid, generic:
Generic navigational aid information
DANA POINT BREAKWATER LIGHT ‘5’ FL G 4S R=9M HOR
N US LL# 2395
Restart
PageDn
turn to the object menu, and ESC again to return to the map
screen.
Finding Distance and Bearing from a Point on the Map
You can find the distance and bearing from one point to an-
other on the Map screen using a built-in “measuring stick.”
ENTER
Move cursor
to Ref. Point
Set Ref
Move cursor
to 2nd Point
Use the CURSOR KEY to place the cursor on the starting
reference point from which you are measuring. Press ENTER,
Set Ref to activate the reference point. A temporary reference
point icon is created on the screen at the cursor position.
The information window heading displays “Ref Cursor.”
Use the CURSOR KEY to move the arrow to a second
point. The bearing, distance and other navigation data dis-
played in the information window change by increments
as you move the cursor, drawing a dotted line between the
two points.
Press SET REF again, and the the reference point changes
to the new cursor location, which becomes the starting point
of the measurement.
Pressing SET REF when the cursor is not active sets the
last computed position fix or the boat’s position as the ref-
erence point. Use the CURSOR KEY to move to a second
point. Press ESC to exit the reference point feature.