Garmin GPSMAP 162 Owner's Manual

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15Getting StartedHighway PageThe GPSMAP 162’s Highway Page also provides graphic steering guidance to a destinationwaypoint. As you head toward your destination, the middle of the screen provides visual guidance toyour waypoint on a moving graphic “highway.” Your present position is at the bottom center of thehighway display. The line down the middle of the highway represents your desired course. As younavigate toward a waypoint, the highway will actually move—indicating the direction you’re off course.To stay on course, simply steer toward the center of the highway or “keep it on the road.” The sixdefault data fields at the top of the page indicate Speed, Distance To your destination (or the nextwaypoint in a route), ‘To Course’ which shows the bearing to get you back on course, the distanceyou are ‘Off Course’, Time To the Next waypoint, and compass Track you are heading. Use theHighway Page as your primary navigation page (in lieu of the Compass Page) when your main concernis following a defined course.Whenever the GPSMAP 162 is in simulator mode, you can also adjust your speed and course fromthe Highway Page using the ARROW KEYPAD. As you head toward each waypoint in the tour route,try adjusting your boat speed and course to get a feel for how the highway works.To adjust the simulated boat speed from the Highway Page:1. Press the UP arrow of the ARROW KEYPAD to increase the speed in 10 knot/kph/mph increments.Press the DOWN arrow to decrease the speed in the same increments.To steer the boat:1. Press the LEFT and RIGHT arrows of the ARROW KEYPAD.Notice that as you get off course, the highway will move to give you graphic guidance to get backon course. You can zoom in or out on the Highway Page display for a smaller or larger view. Fiveavailable settings range from 1X to 16X, with a default setting of 8X. The current scale will appearin the bottom right of the display.To zoom in or out on the Highway Page display:1. Press either the IN or OUT key to increase or decrease the zoom scale.Zoom ScaleData FieldsDesired CourseCurrentWaypointPresent Positionwww.reelschematic.comwww.reelschematic.com