Garmin GPS III A Owner's Manual

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Select a five mile scale by pressing zoom IN or OUT repeatedly.Working from the Map Page is a simple process that centers around the use of areference “arrow”. Controlled by the rocker keypad, the reference arrow is an impor-tant tool allowing you to pan to other areas on the map display, create waypoints,view waypoint information and create routes. To get a feel for using the Map Pageand the arrow, try the following exercise:1. Using the rocker keypad to move the arrow, try following a highway (or other fea-ture) near your position. Simply press and hold one side of the rocker keypad tomove more quickly. Notice how a data field appears above the map, showing thebearing and distance from present position to the cursor, along with the latitude/longitude of the arrow’s position.2. Using the rocker keypad, move the arrow in any direction approximately five milesfrom your present position (the pointer icon) and press ENTER. This procedurecreates a waypoint at the arrow location and displays the Waypoint Edit Page.3. A three-digit number is pre-assigned to your new waypoint as its name, but we’regoing to change the name. Let’s call this location ‘SIMUL8’. To change the name,highlight the waypoint name field and press ENTER. Use the rocker keypad to enterthe new name – UP/DOWN to change the first character (‘S’), RIGHT to move to thenext character (‘I’), and repeat. Press and hold UP or DOWN (on the rocker keypad)to cycle through the characters more quickly. Once the new name is spelled out,press ENTER to accept it.Use the rocker keypad to panto other areas on the mapdisplay. When panning anon-screen arrow appears forreference, along with a datafield above the map.Place the panning arrow overan on-screen item to display adescriptive name.20SIMULATOR TOURCreating a WaypointWaypointName FieldWaypointSymbol FieldWaypoint Position