Garmin GPSMAP 5215 Owner's Manual

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40 GPSMAP® 4000/5000 Series Owner’s ManualWhere To?Searching for, and Navigating to, a Destination CAUTIONThe Auto Guidance feature of the BlueChart g2 Vision data card is based on electronic chart information. Thatdata does not ensure obstacle and bottom clearance. Carefully compare the course to all visual sightings andavoid any land, shallow water, or other obstacles that may be in your path.When using Go To, a direct course and a corrected course may pass over land or shallow water. Use visualsightings and steer to avoid land, shallow water, and other dangerous objects.You can search for saved waypoints, saved routes, saved tracks, and marine services destinations by name.1. From the Home screen, select Where to? > Search by Name.2. Spell at least a portion of the name of your destination.3. Select Done.The 50 nearest destinations that contain your search criteria appear.4. Select the location.5. Select Navigate to.6. Complete an action:• Select Go to.• Select Route to.• Select Guide to to use Auto Guidance.7. Review the course indicated by the magenta line.Note: When using Auto Guidance, a gray line within any part of the magenta line indicates that AutoGuidance cannot calculate part of the Auto Guidance line. This is due to the minimum safe water depth andthe minimum safe obstacle height settings (page 53).8. Follow the magenta line, steering to avoid land, shallow water, and other obstacles.Browsing for and Navigating to a Saved Waypoint CAUTIONThe Auto Guidance feature of the BlueChart g2 Vision data card is based on electronic chart information. Thatdata does not ensure obstacle and bottom clearance. Carefully compare the course to all visual sightings andavoid any land, water, or other obstacles that may be in your path.When using Go To, a direct course and a corrected course may pass over land or shallow water. Use visualsightings and steer to avoid land, shallow water, and other dangerous objects.Before you can browse a list of waypoints and navigate to them, you must create and save at least onewaypoint (page 32).1. From the Home screen, select Where to? > Waypoints.2. Select a waypoint.3. Select Navigate to.4. Complete an action:• Select Go to.• Select Route to.• Select Guide to to use Auto Guidance.5. Review the course indicated by the magenta line.Note: When using Auto Guidance, a gray line within any part of the magenta line indicates that AutoGuidance cannot calculate part of the Auto Guidance line due to the minimum safe water depth and theminimum safe obstacle height settings (page 53).6. Follow the magenta line, steering to avoid land, shallow water, and other obstacles.Browsing for and Navigating a Saved RouteBefore you can browse a list of routes and navigate to one of them, you must create and save at least one route(page 35).