Agree with you – the manual is very basic and useless regarding the finer points, it is only surpassed in this regard by Garmin’s Australian distributor’s service.
The gadget itself is pretty good, once you get used to it. I have a GPSmap 78s, apparently the ‘c’ only applies to the inclusion a Marine map, therefore functions should be the same.
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To create a waypoint on the map, rather than entering your current location:
1. Move the pointer to the location you have selected on the map and give it a short click
2. When ‘Go’ for start of navigation appears on screen, hit Menu which then shows ’Save as Waypoint’
3. Hit ‘Enter’ . A confirmation will then show that the waypoint has been saved. Hit ‘Enter’ to confirm confirmation ‘ok’.
To find the waypoint again:
1. Select ‘Main Menu’, then ‘Waypoint Mgr’. The latter will show you the list of all ’WPs’ saved.
2. Select the ‘WP’ you want. You can then move the cursor to edit any of the fields,eg. enter a name for ‘WP’ or hit ‘Menu’
and use some other functions.
Should you accidentally hit ‘Go’ somewhere along the line and you do not wish to go to the ‘WP’ selected, but want to delete that annoying line that points you in that direction, select ‘Find’, then select ‘Stop Navigation’.
Another tip: It eats ‘AA batteries'. Choose Lithium.
Happy to help with any other problems I may have come across.
) was to work up a simple "cheat sheet" of instructions, 'cuz both the manual and "quick book" instructions were written in Greek by an engineer on the far side of the moon!