Humminbird 785C2I, 785C2, 755C User Manual

755c, 785c2and 785c2i

Chartplotter Operations Manual

755c, 785c2and 785c2i

Chartplotter Operations Manual

531542-1_A

Thank You!

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Contact our Customer Resource Center at either 1-800-633-1468 or visit our website at www.humminbird.com.

WARNING! This device should not be used as a navigational aid to prevent collision, grounding, boat damage, or personal injury. When the boat is moving, water depth may change too quickly to allow time for you to react. Always operate the boat at very slow speeds if you suspect shallow water or submerged objects.

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WARNING! This product contains lead, a chemical known to the state of California to cause cancer, birth defects and other reproductive harm.

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NOTE: Some features discussed in this manual require a separate purchase, and some features are only available on international models. Every effort has been made to clearly identify those features. Please read the manual carefully in order to understand the full capabilities of your model.

Table of Contents

How GPS and Cartography Work 1

Multi-Media Card (MMC)/SD Slot 3

Software Updates ............................................................................................ 3

What’s On the Display 4

Bird's Eye Views................................................................................................ 7

Chart Views .................................................................................................... 10

Instrument View.............................................................................................. 13

Screen Snapshot View.................................................................................... 14

View Orientation ............................................................................................ 16

Viewing Cartography 17

Introduction to Navigation 19

Waypoints, Routes and Tracks ...................................................................... 20

Save, Edit or Delete a Waypoint .................................................................... 21

Navigate to a Waypoint or Position .............................................................. 22

Add a Waypoint Target or Trolling Grid ........................................................ 23

Save, Edit or Delete a Route .......................................................................... 25

Save or Clear a Current Track ........................................................................ 26

Edit, Delete or Hide Saved Tracks .................................................................. 26

Man Overboard (MOB) Navigation................................................................ 27

Key Functions 29

POWER/LIGHT Key ........................................................................................ 29

VIEW Key ........................................................................................................ 29

INFO Key.......................................................................................................... 30

MENU Key ...................................................................................................... 30

4-WAY Cursor Control Key ............................................................................ 31

MARK Key ...................................................................................................... 31

GOTO Key ........................................................................................................ 31

ZOOM (+/-) Key .............................................................................................. 32

EXIT Key .......................................................................................................... 32

Accessory Bus 33

Powering Up the Unit 34

The Menu System 35

Start-Up Options Menu 38

Normal Operation............................................................................................ 38

Simulator ........................................................................................................ 39

System Status ................................................................................................ 40

Self Test .......................................................................................................... 40

Accessory Test ................................................................................................ 41

GPS Diagnostic View...................................................................................... 42

PC Connect

(with PC Connect cable only) ........................................................ 43

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Navigation X-Press™ Menu

(Navigation views only)

Waypoint [Name] (only with an active cursor on a waypoint) .......................... 45

Cursor To Waypoint

(Chart Views only)............................................................ 46

Save Current Track ........................................................................................ 46

Clear Current Track ........................................................................................ 47

Save Current Route (only when navigating) .................................................... 47

Skip Next Waypoint

(only when navigating) .................................................... 48

Cancel Navigation (only when navigating) ...................................................... 48

Cancel MOB Navigation (only when MOB Navigation is activated).................. 49

Remove Target (only if Target is Active) ............................................................ 49

Remove Grid

(only if Grid is Active) .................................................................. 50

Waypoint [Name] (Most recently-created waypoint) ........................................ 50

Select Readouts .............................................................................................. 52

Screen Snapshot X-Press™ Menu

(Screen Snapshot View only)

Delete Image (optional-purchase MMC/SD card only) ...................................... 61

Delete All Images (optional-purchase MMC/SD card only) .............................. 61

Navigation Menu Tab 62

Current Track .................................................................................................. 63

Saved Tracks.................................................................................................... 64

Waypoints........................................................................................................ 65

Routes.............................................................................................................. 66

Chart Orientation ............................................................................................ 67

North Reference.............................................................................................. 67

Grid Rotation .................................................................................................. 67

Trackpoint Interval .......................................................................................... 68

Track Min. Distance

(Advanced) ...................................................................... 68

Track Color Range .......................................................................................... 69

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Map Datum (Advanced) .................................................................................. 69

Course Projection Line.................................................................................... 70

Export All Nav Data

(Advanced) ...................................................................... 70

Delete All Nav Data (Advanced) ...................................................................... 71

Continuous Navigation Mode ........................................................................ 71

Chart Menu Tab 72

Chart Detail Level............................................................................................ 73

Map Borders.................................................................................................... 74

Lat/Lon Grid .................................................................................................... 75

Spot Soundings .............................................................................................. 75

Navaids on Bird's Eye View............................................................................ 75

Shaded Depth ................................................................................................ 76

Set Simulation Position

(Advanced) ................................................................ 76

Set Map Offset (Advanced).............................................................................. 77

Clear Map Offset

(Advanced) .......................................................................... 77

Alarms Menu Tab 78

Low Battery Alarm.......................................................................................... 79

Aux. Temp. Alarm

(with optional-purchase temp. probe or Temp/Speed only) .. 79

Temp. Alarm .................................................................................................... 80

Off Course Alarm .......................................................................................... 80

Arrival Alarm .................................................................................................. 81

Drift Alarm ...................................................................................................... 82

Alarm Tone ...................................................................................................... 83

Table of Contents

Setup Menu Tab 84

Units - Depth .................................................................................................. 85

Units - Temp.

(International only) .................................................................... 85

Units - Distance .............................................................................................. 85

Units - Speed .................................................................................................. 86

User Mode ...................................................................................................... 86

Language

(International only) .......................................................................... 86

Triplog Reset .................................................................................................. 87

Restore Defaults.............................................................................................. 87

Aux. Temp. Offset (Advanced).......................................................................... 88

Temp. Offset

(Advanced).................................................................................. 88

Speed Calibration (Advanced, with Temp/Speed only)...................................... 89

Local Time Zone (Advanced)............................................................................ 89

Daylight Saving Time

(Advanced).................................................................... 90

Position Format (Advanced) ............................................................................ 90

Time Format (Advanced, International only)...................................................... 91

Date Format (Advanced, International only)...................................................... 91

Digits Format

(Advanced) ................................................................................ 92

NMEA Output (Advanced) .............................................................................. 92

Demonstration ................................................................................................ 93

Views Menu Tab 94

Accessories Menu Tab 95

Using Screen Snapshot .................................................................................. 96

Table of Contents

Troubleshooting 98

Chartplotter Doesn’t Power Up...................................................................... 98

Display Problems ............................................................................................ 99

Finding the Cause of Noise............................................................................ 99

700 Series™ Chartplotter Accessories 100

Specifications 102

Glossary 103

Contact Humminbird® 112

NOTE: Entries in this Table of Contents which list (International only) are only available on products sold outside of the U.S. by our authorized International Distributors. To obtain a list of authorized International Distributors, please visit our website at www.humminbird.com or contact our Customer Resource Center at 1-800-633-1468 to locate the distributor nearest you.

NOTE: Entries in this Table of Contents which list (with PC Connect Cable only) or (with Temp/Speed only) require the purchase of separate accessories. You can visit our website at www.humminbird.com to order these accessories online or contact our Customer Resource Center at 1-800-633-1468.

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How GPS and Cartography Work

Your 700 Series™ Chartplotter supports GPS and chartplotting, and uses GPS to determine your position and display it on a grid. The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a satellite navigation system designed and maintained by the U.S. Department of Defense. GPS was originally intended for military use; however, civilians may also take advantage of its highly accurate position capabilities, typically within +/- 10 meters, depending on conditions. This means that 95% of the time, the GPS receiver will read a location within 10 meters of your actual position. Your GPS Receiver also uses information from WAAS (the Wide Area Augmentation System), EGNOS (the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service), and MSAS (the MTSAT Satellite Augmentation System) satellites if they are available in your area.

GPS uses a constellation of 24 satellites that continually send radio signals to the earth. Your present position is determined by receiving signals from up to 16 satellites and measuring the distance from the satellites.

All satellites broadcast a uniquely coded signal once per second at exactly the same time. The GPS receiver on your boat receives signals from satellites that are visible to it. Based on time differences between each received signal, the GPS receiver determines its distance to each satellite. With distances known, the GPS receiver mathematically triangulates its own position. With once per second updates, the GPS receiver then calculates its velocity and bearing.

The following GPS functionality is currently supported by the 700 Series™ Chartplotter when it is connected to the included GPS receiver:

• View current position

• View current track (breadcrumb trail)

• View precision speed and heading from your GPS receiver

• Save tracks, waypoints and routes

• Travel a route and navigate from one waypoint to the next.

Your 700 Series™ supports Navionics® Gold, HotMaps™ and HotMaps™ Premium on MMC or SD card media.

NOTE: Your 700 Series™ does not support Navionics® Classic Charts, only Navionics® Gold, HotMaps™, and HotMaps™ Premium.

Your unit also comes with a built-in UniMap™ with a more detailed map of North America (Domestic models) or a more detailed map of Europe and Southeast Asia, including Australia and New Zealand (International models).

Your 700 Series™ uses the GPS Receiver to determine the position of the boat automatically, and uses the zoom level settings on a particular view to select the best chart to display. See Viewing Cartography for more information.

Multi-Media Card (MMC)/SD Slot

Your 700 Series™ Chartplotter also has a multimedia card (MMC)/SD slot that is used to insert optional-purchase cards containing additional detailed maps. If you insert an MMC/SD that contains a more detailed chart for a particular location, your 700 Series™ Chartplotter will

retrieve that chart and display it automatically. Use the illustration to locate the position of the MMC/SD slot cover, remove the MMC/SD slot cover, then insert the MMC/SD into the slot. The label on the MMC/SD should face toward the right side of the unit. Press down on the card until it clicks into place, then replace the slot cover, making certain that the gasket is present and positioned correctly before re-installing the cover, then replace and tighten snugly - do NOT overtighten, as this will not improve water resistance, and may damage the cover.

Software Updates

Use the MMC/SD slot to update the software version of your control head. To update the software in your control head, plug in the appropriate MMC/SD card that contains a software update file; the unit will recognize it, will tell you what software version your control head is currently running, and will ask you if you want to update the software in the unit to match that on the MMC/SD card. You can obtain software updates from the www.humminbird.com website.

Inserting an MMC/SD

into the Card Slot

What’s On the Display

The 700 Series™ Chartplotter can display a variety of useful information.

Cursor Info Box: indicates the Latitude and Longitude of the cursor position, the distance to travel to the cursor position and the bearing to the cursor position is shown with a GPS receiver. A waypoint can be marked at the cursor position for later retrieval and use with a GPS receiver.

Boat Icon

Latitude and Longitude Position of Cursor

Map Scale

Route: Two or more linked waypoints that show

intended navigation and the shortest path from one waypoint to the next.

Track: Detailed position history, displayed as a breadcrumb trail of trackpoints.

Speed Over Ground: the measurement of the boat’s progress across a given distance, and is the speed measurement provided by GPS.

DTG: Distance to Go to Waypoint

Cartography

NEXT: Next Waypoint in the Route

TTG: Time to Go to Waypoint

Active Cursor Icon

Course Over Ground: the current direction the boat is

traveling measured in degrees from North.

Waypoint

Selectable Readout Boxes

XTE: Cross Track Error: Distance of Boat from Route

Bearing to Waypoint

Bearing to Cursor

Latitude and Longitude Position of Boat

Distance to Cursor

Course Projection Line: Arrow extending from the

bow of the boat that projects your current course, and shows where the boat will go if you continue on your present course.

Views

The views available on your Chartplotter are:

• Bird's Eye No Readouts View

• Bird's Eye View

• Bird's Eye Big Digits View

• Chart No Readouts View

• Chart View

• Chart Big Digits View

• Instrument View

• Screen Snapshot View

• GPS Diagnostic View.

NOTE: When you change any menu settings that affect the display, the view will update immediately (i.e. you don’t have to exit the menu to apply the change to the screen).

GPS Diagnostic View is the default view until GPS communications are established. At that point, all the other views become available. When the VIEW key is pressed, the display cycles through the available views. When the EXIT key is pressed, the display cycles through the available views in reverse order. Any view can be hidden or displayed as part of the view rotation using the Views Menu tab. See Start-Up Options Menu for information about the Self Test, Accessory Test, and GPS Diagnostic Views.

Bird’s Eye Bird’s Eye

No Readouts No Readouts

ViewView

Bird’s Eye

No Readouts

View

Bird’s Eye ViewBird’s Eye ViewBird’s Eye View

Bird’s Eye

Big Digits ViewBig Digits View

Bird’s Eye

Big Digits View

ChartChart

No ReadoutsNo Readouts

ViewView

Chart

No Readouts

View

Chart

Big DigitsBig Digits

ViewView

Chart

Big Digits

View

Instrument

ViewView

Instrument

View

Screen

SnapshotSnapshot

ViewView

Screen

Snapshot

View

Self Test

Self TestSelf Test

Accessory Test

Accessory TestAccessory Test

Chart

ViewView

Chart

View

GPS

Diagnostic Diagnostic

ViewView

GPS

Diagnostic

View

Bird’s Eye Views

Bird's Eye Views - The Standard Bird's Eye, Bird's Eye Big Digits, and Bird's Eye No Readouts Views show a 3-D, perspective view of the track and the chart’s land contour from a point above and behind the boat (the eye point). As the boat turns, the eye point moves to follow the boat.

When you press the 4-WAY Cursor key in the Bird’s Eye View, the position of the eye point will shift. This allows you to move and turn the eye point so that you can look off to the sides, or even behind the boat. Pressing the RIGHT or LEFT arrow keys on the 4-WAY Cursor key turns the eye point right or left, while pressing the UP arrow key moves the eye point forward, and pressing the DOWN arrow key moves the eye point backward.

Pressing the EXIT key moves the eye point back to its original position behind and above the boat.

NOTE: Standard Bird's Eye View and Chart View share the same set of 9 readouts, 7 of which are adjustable. When you change the readouts display on the Bird's Eye View, you also are changing them on the Chart View.

Bird’s Eye View

Next Waypoint

TTG: Time To Go to Next Waypoint

DTG: Distance To Go to Next Waypoint

Latitude and Longitude Position of Boat

SOG: Speed Over Ground

Boat Icon

XTE: Cross Track Error

BRG: Bearing

COG: Course Over Ground

You may also choose Bird's Eye Big Digits View or Bird's Eye No Readouts View if you prefer.

NOTE: Bird's Eye Big Digits View, Chart Big Digits View, and Instrument View all share the same set of 8 readouts. When you change the readouts display on one of these three views, you are also changing them on the other two views. See Navigation X-Press™ menu: Select

Readouts for more information.

Bird's Eye Big Digits View

Next Waypoint in the Route

TTG: Time to Go to Next Waypoint

DTG: Distance to Go to Next Waypoint

Latitude and Longitude Position of Boat

XTE: Cross Track Error

SOG: Speed Over Ground

Last Waypoint

in the Route

TTG: Time to Go

to Last Waypoint

DTG: Distance to

Go to Last

Waypoint

Time

BRG: Bearing

COG: Course Over Ground

Bird's Eye No Readouts View

Chart Views

Chart Views - The standard Chart, Chart Big Digits, and Chart No Readouts Views show cartography from the built-in UniMap™ or an optional MMC/SD map for the area surrounding your current position. The current track (also known as the position history or breadcrumb trail) showing where the boat has been, along with saved tracks, waypoints, and the current route (when navigating), are overlaid on the chart. You can use the 4-WAY Cursor Control key to shift/pan the chart to another area. You can use the ZOOM (+/-) keys to zoom in and out. You can use the INFO key to get information on the chart objects near the cursor.

Chart View without Active Cursor, shown with

Optional-Purchase Navionics® Cartography

Cartography

Map Scale

SOG: Speed Over Ground

Latitude and

Longitude

Position of

Boat

COG: Course Over Ground

Chart View with Active Cursor, with Optional-Purchase Navionics® Cartography, Showing Navigation

COG: Course Over Ground

Latitude and Longitude Position of Cursor

Cursor Info Box

Map Scale

Next Waypoint in Route

TTG: Time To Go to Next Waypoint

DTG: Distance To Go to Next Waypoint

SOG: Speed Over Ground

DIST: Distance to

Cursor

BRG: Bearing

to Cursor

Active Cursor

XTE: Cross Track Error

Cartography

BRG: Bearing

Latitude and Longitude

Position of Boat

Chart View with Active Cursor, shown

with Optional-Purchase Navionics® Cartography

Latitude and Longitude Position of Cursor

Cursor Info Box

Cartography

Map Scale

Latitude and Longitude Position of Boat

SOG: Speed Over Ground

COG: Course Over Ground

DIST: Distance

to Cursor

BRG: Bearing

to Cursor

Active Cursor

You may also choose Chart Big Digits View or Chart No Readouts View if you prefer.

Chart No Readouts View

Chart Big Digits View

Next Waypoint in Route

TTG: Time to Go to Next Waypoint

DTG: Distance to Go to Next Waypoint

Latitude and Longitude of the Boat

XTE: Cross Track Error

SOG: Speed Over Ground

Last Waypoint

in Route

TTG: Time to Go

to Last Waypoint

DTG: Distance to

Go to Last

Waypoint

Time

BRG: Bearing

COG: Course Over Ground

Instrument View

Instrument View allows you to display a digital instrument panel with 8 selectable readouts. This view provides a digital compass at the top of the view, as well as 8 selectable readouts, and a Cross Track Error (XTE) graphic at the bottom of the view. The XTE graphic shows the boat's position in relation to the Off Course Alarm limits, as well as the optimal route (shown as the dotted line in the middle). You should try to keep the boat as close to the dotted line as possible for best results. If your course exceeds the Off Course Alarm limits, an alarm will sound, and the boat icon will change position and will turn from black to red to indicate the alarm state.

Readouts for more information.

NOTE: If there is only one waypoint in a route, the Next Waypoint and the End Waypoint info

boxes will display the same information, both for that next waypoint.

Instrument View

Compass

Next Waypoint in Route

TTG: Time To Go DTG: Distance To Go to Next Waypoint in Route

Latitude and Longitude Position of Boat

XTE: Cross Track Error. Distance of Boat from Route

SOG: Speed Over Ground

Off Course Alarm Limit

Boat Icon

Last Waypoint

in Route

TTG: Time to Go,

DTG: Distance to

Go to Last

Waypoint in Route

Time

BRG: Bearing to

Next Waypoint

COG: Course Over Ground

Recommended Route

Off Course

Alarm Limit

XTE: Cross Track

Error Graphic

Screen Snapshot View

Screen Snapshot View displays and allows you to view screen snapshot thumbnails captured to an optional-purchase MMC/SD card installed in your unit. In addition, when you are in the Screen Snapshot View, Delete Image and Delete All Images are added to the X-Press™ menu.

The Screen Snapshot View displays up to three screen snapshot thumbnails on the screen at a time; you may have to scroll using the 4-WAY Cursor keys to see the whole list of thumbnails in this view. The selected thumbnail will be highlighted with arrows.

NOTE: The speed of the screen capture depends on the type of card you use; in general, SD cards capture the screen faster than MMC cards do.

Screen Snapshot View

Total amount of space on card

Information Box

Amount of space left on the card

Unavailable icon

Highlighted

Screen Snapshot

Thumbnail

Screen Snapshot

Thumbnail

Screen Snapshot: When Screen Snapshot is enabled (from the Accessories menu tab), pressing the MARK key creates a saved screen capture (when you have an optional-purchase MMC/SD card installed). Once you have created a screen capture, a screen capture thumbnail is added to the Screen Snapshot View, and is available to view at a later date. See the full-sized image by highlighting a thumbnail (using the Up or Down 4-Way Cursor keys), then using the Right 4-Way Cursor key to view the full image. A border around the full-size screen snapshot indicates that it is just a screen snapshot, not a “live” view. You can delete the selected image, or all images, by selecting a thumbnail and using Delete Image, or using Delete All Images from the Screen Snapshot X-Press™ menu.

orking with screen snapshots is a f

our-step process:

1. Enabling Screen Snapshot from the Accessories Menu.

2. Making a Screen Snapshot using the MARK key.

3. Viewing a Screen Snapshot using the Screen Snapshot View.

4. Deleting a Screen Snapshot using the Screen Snapshot X-Press™ menu.

For more information, see Accessories Menu Tab: Using Screen Snapshot and

Screen Snapshot X-Press™ Menu.

When you start a screen snapshot, you will see a message that a waypoint has been created at the point where your cursor is on the screen, and the screen will freeze while the snapshot is being saved to the MMC/SD card. A status dialog box will appear that shows the progress of the save as a percentage, and that displays the numbered file name assigned to the .BMP file that is being created. Snapshot filenames begin with the letter "S". For more information, see the Accessories Menu Tab: Using Screen Snapshot procedure and Screen

Snapshot X-Press™ Menu.

View Orientation

All the Chart views allow you to choose the orientation of the view. When North-Up orientation is selected, True North is shown at the top of the display.

In other words, objects located to the north of the boat are drawn above the boat. When Course-Up orientation is selected, the direction of motion of the boat is shown at the top of the display. In other words, objects ahead of the boat are drawn above the boat. In both orientations, the view pans automatically, so that the boat is always centered on the display. When the boat is stationary, it is drawn as a circle. When the boat is in motion, it takes on a boat shape, pointed in the direction of motion (always Up in the Course-Up orientation).

Viewing Cartography

In the Chart Views, there are several cartography-related functions that you can access using various keys.

Panning: Use the 4-WAY Cursor keys to move the chart around on the display in the direction of the key being pressed. When you do this, a bull's eye cursor is drawn at the center of the screen and is linked to the boat by a gray line, even if the boat is off the screen. At the same time, the distance and bearing from the boat to the cursor position and the latitude/longitude coordinates of the cursor are displayed in the upper info boxes.

Zooming: Use the Plus (+) key to Zoom In and the Minus (-) key to Zoom Out showing the cartography at different scales. The

scale is indicated on the left side of the display. If you zoom in beyond the available chart data, the display will go into Overzoom mode whereby the last available chart data is amplified to reflect the scale selected. If you zoom in so far that no cartography is available, a lat/lon grid will be drawn instead.

Chart Info: Use the INFO key to get detailed information about the chart through the Chart Info submenu. If the cursor is active, you will see information about the chart objects located near the cursor. If the cursor is not active, the Chart Info menu will appear. You can select the nearest port, the nearest tide station, or the nearest current station to see information about any of these objects using the 4-WAY Cursor Control key.

NOTE: The built-in UniMap™ does not contain any Port, Tide or Current information. This information is only available from optional-purchase MMC/SD cards.

Chart View with Cursor Present,

shown with Optional-Purchase

Navionics® Cartography

Nearest Port: The position and services information for the nearest port to your present position will be displayed in an information box. Press the EXIT key to remove the information box and the cursor bull’s eye will be centered over the port position. The cursor information boxes at the bottom of the display will indicate the distance and bearing to the port from your present position. Press the EXIT key again to return to the Chart View.

Nearest Tide Station: Tide information for the nearest tide station to your present position will be displayed in an information box. This includes the position of the station and the times of the high and low tides for today’s date. A tide graph is also displayed showing the rise and fall of the tides for the 24 hour time period encompassing the date. You can change the date to look at tide information before or after the date displayed by pressing the LEFT or RIGHT cursor key respectively. Press the EXIT key to remove the information box and the cursor bull’s eye will be centered over the tide station position. The cursor information boxes at the bottom of the display will indicate the distance and bearing to the tide station from your present position. Press the EXIT key again to return to the Chart View.

Chart Info Submenu

TTG: Time to Go to Next Waypoint

DTG: Distance to Go to Next Waypoint

Latitude and Longitude of Boat

XTE: Cross Track Error

SOG: Speed Over Ground

Last Waypoint

in Route

TTG: Time to Go

to Last Waypoint

DTG: Distance to

Go to Last

Waypoint

Time

BRG: Bearing

COG: Course Over Ground

Nearest Current Station: Current information for the nearest current station to your present position will be displayed in an information box. This includes the position of the station and the current changes for today. Two graphs are also presented that show the time, direction and flow speed of the current changes for the 24 hour time period of today’s date. You can change the date to look at current information before or after the date displayed by pressing the LEFT or RIGHT cursor key respectively. Press the EXIT key to remove the information box and the cursor bull’s eye will be centered over the current station position. The cursor information boxes at the bottom of the display will indicate the distance and bearing to the current station from your present position. Press the EXIT key again to return to the Chart View.

Introduction to Navigation

Use your Chartplotter to establish waypoints at areas of interest and to navigate to those waypoints via a savable route (representing the shortest intended distance between waypoints). You can also view and save tracks, which represent the actual path of the boat.

Waypoints, Routes and Tracks

Waypoints are stored positions that allow you to mark areas of interest or navigation points. Your Chartplotter can store up to 3000 waypoints.

Routes link two or more waypoints together to create a path for navigation, and are used in trip planning. You can link individual waypoints together by using the GOTO key. A route represents your intended navigation and shows the shortest path from each waypoint to the next. As you travel a route, staying on the route line is the most efficient way to get to your destination, although you should always look out for obstacles not shown on the chart. Your 700 Series™ Chartplotter can store up to 50 routes that can each contain up to 50 waypoints.

Tracks consist of detailed position history, and are displayed as a breadcrumb trail of trackpoints. The Current Track shows the position history since the unit was powered up (maximum of 20,000 trackpoints displayed). You can clear the Current Track or save it at any time. Your 700 Series™ Chartplotter can store up to 50 saved tracks, each containing 20,000 trackpoints. The current track represents your actual path so far.

Waypoints, Routes and Tracks

Map Scale

TTG: Time to Go to Waypoint

DTG: Distance to Go to Waypoint

SOG: Speed Over Ground

Waypoint

Route

Track

XTE: Cross Track

Error. Distance of

Boat from Route

BRG: Bearing

to Waypoint

COG: Course Over Ground

Latitude and

Longitude

Position of Boat

Save, Edit, or Delete a Waypoint

Save your current position as a waypoint: On any view, press the MARK key to save the current position of the boat as a waypoint.

Save the cursor position as a waypoint: On the Chart views, use the Cursor key to designate the position you want to save as a waypoint. Then press the MARK key to save the marked position as a waypoint.

NOTE: When you save a waypoint by any of these methods, a numerical waypoint name is automatically assigned. You can edit the waypoint information later to give it a different name and select an icon to represent it (see Waypoint submenu on the Navigation Main Menu Tab).

Display the Waypoints Submenu: From any view, press the MENU key twice to display the Main Menu System, then use the RIGHT Cursor key to select the Navigation tab. Select Waypoints and press the RIGHT Cursor key to display the Waypoints submenu.

Program a specific position as a waypoint: To create a waypoint that is NOT your current position, from the Waypoints submenu, select the Create option and press the RIGHT Cursor key. Use the Cursor keys to program a waypoint name, latitude, longitude, and icon before selecting Save.

Edit a waypoint: From the Waypoints submenu, select Edit and press the RIGHT Cursor key to display a list of saved waypoints. Select the waypoint you want to edit and press the RIGHT Cursor key. Use the 4-WAY Cursor Control key to move from field to field, and the UP and DOWN Cursor keys to changes values once you are in a field. In the Waypoint Name, Latitude and Longitude fields, use the UP and DOWN Cursor keys to change the letter or number. All upper and lower case letters are available, as well as digits 0-9 and some punctuation characters. In the Waypoint Icon field, use the UP and DOWN Cursor keys to change the icon used to represent the waypoint on the Chart views. You can exit these fields with the LEFT and RIGHT Cursor keys or by pressing the EXIT key. Select Save and press the RIGHT Cursor key to save your changes.

To make it easier to select a waypoint, select Sort By and press the RIGHT or LEFT Cursor keys to select a sort order:

• Name shows the waypoints alphabetically

• Time shows the most recently-created waypoint first

• Distance shows the closest waypoint first.

Delete a waypoint: From the Waypoints submenu, select Delete and press the RIGHT Cursor key to display a list of waypoints. Select the waypoint you want to delete, then press the RIGHT Cursor key. You will be asked to confirm deletion before the waypoint is actually deleted.

Navigate to a Waypoint or Position

Navigate to the cursor position: From the Chart views, use the Cursor key to select a position or waypoint to which you want to navigate. Press the GOTO key. Navigation will begin immediately.

Navigate to a specified waypoint: Press the GOTO key, then choose the waypoint to which you would like to navigate from the waypoint list and press the RIGHT Cursor key to select it.

NOTE: By repeating the previous instructions, you can add more waypoints to create a longer multi-segment route.

Skipping a waypoint: From the Navigation X-Press™ menu, select Skip Next Waypoint and press the RIGHT Cursor key. If there is not another waypoint to skip to, navigation will be cancelled.

Cancel navigation: From the Navigation X-Press™ menu, select Cancel Navigation and press the RIGHT Cursor key. Canceling navigation removes the route and any waypoints created using the GOTO key, but does not remove any saved routes from memory. You will be prompted to save the current route when you cancel navigation.

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