Garmin GPSMAP 8700 Black Box Owners Manual - Page 27

3 Select Navigate To. 4 Select an option: • To navigate directly to the location, select Go To. • To create a route to the location, including turns, select Route To. • To use Auto Guidance, select Auto Guidance. 5 Review the course indicated by the magenta line. NOTE: When using Auto Guidance, a gray segment within any part of the magenta line indicates that Auto Guidance cannot calculate part of the Auto Guidance line. This is due to the settings for minimum safe water depth and minimum safe obstacle height. 6 Follow the magenta line, steering to avoid land, shallow water, and other obstacles. Deleting a Waypoint or an MOB 1 Select Info > User Data > Waypoints. 2 Select a waypoint or an MOB. 3 Select Review > Delete. Deleting All Waypoints Select Info > User Data > Delete User Data > Waypoints > All. Routes A route is a path from one location to one or more destinations. Creating and Navigating a Route From Your Present Location You can create and immediately navigate a route on the Navigation chart or the Fishing chart. This method does not save the route. 1 From the Navigation chart or Fishing chart, select a destination. 2 Select Navigate To > Route To. 3 Select the location of the last turn before the destination. 4 Select Add Turn. 5 If necessary, repeat to add turns, working backward from the destination to the present location of your vessel. The last turn you add should be the first turn you make, starting from your present location. It should be the turn closest to your vessel. 6 If necessary, select Menu. 7 Select Done. 8 Review the course indicated by the magenta line. 9 Follow the magenta line, steering to avoid land, shallow water, and other obstacles. Creating and Saving a Route You can add up to 250 turns to one route. 1 Select Info > User Data > Routes & Auto Guidance Paths > New > Route Using Chart. 2 Select the starting location of the route. The starting point can be your present location or another location. 3 Select Add Turn. 4 Select the location of the next turn on the chart. 5 Select Add Turn. 6 If necessary, repeat steps 4 and 5 to add more turns. 7 Select the final destination. Viewing a List of Routes and Auto Guidance Paths 1 Select Info > User Data > Routes & Auto Guidance Paths. 2 If necessary, select Filter to see routes only or Auto Guidance paths only. Editing a Saved Route You can change the name of a route or change the turns the route contains. 1 Select Info > User Data > Routes & Auto Guidance Paths. 2 Select a route. 3 Select Review > Edit Route. 4 Select an option: • To change the name, select Name, and enter the name. • To edit a turn from a list, select Edit Turns > Use Turn List, and select a turn from the list. • To select a turn using the chart, select Edit Turns > Use Chart, and select a location on the chart. Modifying a turn that uses a saved waypoint does not move that waypoint, it relocates the turn in the route. Moving the location of a waypoint used in a route does not move the turn in the route. Browsing for and Navigating a Saved Route Before you can browse a list of routes and navigate to one of them, you must create and save at least one route. 1 Select Info > User Data > Routes & Auto Guidance Paths. 2 Select a route. 3 Select Navigate To. 4 Select an option: • To navigate the route from the starting point used when the route was created, select Forward. • To navigate the route from the destination point used when the route was created, select Backward. A magenta line appears. In the center of the magenta line is a thinner purple line that represents the corrected course from your present location to the destination. The corrected course is dynamic, and it moves with your boat when you are off course. 5 Review the course indicated by the magenta line. 6 Follow the magenta line along each leg in the route, steering to avoid land, shallow water, and other obstacles. 7 If you are off course, follow the purple line (corrected course) to go to your destination, or steer back to the magenta line (direct course). Browsing for and Navigating Parallel to a Saved Route Before you can browse a list of routes and navigate to one of them, you must create and save at least one route. 1 Select Info > User Data > Routes & Auto Guidance Paths. 2 Select a route. 3 Select Navigate To. 4 Select Offset to navigate parallel to the route, offset from it by a specific distance. 5 Indicate how to navigate the route: • To navigate the route from the starting point used when the route was created, to the left of the original route, select Forward - Port. • To navigate the route from the starting point used when the route was created, to the right of the original route, select Forward - Starboard. • To navigate the route from the destination point used when the route was created, to the left of the original route, select Backward - Port. Navigation with a Chartplotter 19