Garmin GPSMAP 178 Owner's Manual

Also see for GPSMAP 178 Sounder: Specifications

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Garmin GPSMAP 178 Owner's Manual Manual pdf 63 page image

ReferenceGoing to a DestinationGoing to a DestinationUsing the NAV key, the GPSMAP 178/178C provides three ways to navigate to a destination: Go ToPoint, Follow Route, and Follow Track (TracBack). Once you are actively navigating, you see a straightline that always runs from your current location to the destination on the Map Page. The easiest methodfor selecting a destination is the ‘Go To’ function, which lets you select a destination point, then quicklysets a direct course from your present position. If you highlight a point on a list or the map and pressNAV, ‘Go To ’ appears in addition to ‘Go To Point’. The ‘Go To’ function can be accessedfrom any list of points or graphically from the map display.To activate a ‘Go To’ from a point list:1. Press the NAV key.2. Use the ARROW KEYPAD to highlight ‘Go To Point’ and press ENTER.3. From the ‘Find’ menu, highlight ‘Waypoints’ and press ENTER. (You may also choose to go to otherpoints, such as Cities, Tide Stations, etc. from this list.)4. Select a waypoint from the ‘By Name’ or ‘Nearest’ list, then press ENTER. To display the WaypointReview Page for the selected waypoint.5. With the ‘Go To’ button highlighted, press ENTER to begin navigation.To stop navigation:1. Press the NAV key. Use the ARROW KEYPAD to highlight ‘Stop Navigation’ and press ENTER.Selecting a ‘Go To’ GraphicallyA graphical ‘Go To’ may be used to select one of three items from the map display: an existingwaypoint, an on-screen map item (roads, rivers, cities, navaids, etc.), or a new map point (non-mapitem). If you select a map item as the ‘Go To’ destination, the GPSMAP 178/178C automatically uses thename of the map item, but the point is not stored in the waypoint list (see page 45 for creating waypointsusing map items). If you select a new map point (non-map item) as the ‘Go To’ destination, the GPSMAP178/178C automatically creates or moves a waypoint named ‘MAP’ at the cursor position.Choose a waypoint from eitherthe ‘User’ or ‘Nearest’ tab list.The waypoint or map item nameautomatically appears when high-lighted and NAV is pressed.