User manual MAGELLAN FX324

[. . . ] Warning: Important Notes This highly accurate navigation device should not be used as a substitute for traditional navigation methods. Connecting a GPS or DGPS receiver to a peripheral navigation device (auto-pilot, video plotter) should, under no circumstances, exempt the mariner from demonstrating prudence and keeping constant watch. Electronic charts such as the GPS are navigation aids that should, under no circumstances, be substituted for regulatory navigation methods. Only official nautical charts and notices to mariners contain all available safety information. [. . . ] Once your waypoint is saved, it appears in the list of waypoints and can be activated, edited, added to a route, etc. Marking a Waypoint with the Mark Button From any function, you can mark a waypoint (or passage point) by pushing the Mark/MOB button. Recording a Waypoint with the Cursor From the Plotter screen, the Cursor mode allows you to record a waypoint by pointing to its position on the chart and pushing the Enter button. See Locating Your Position and Course. Creating a Waypoint Using its Polar Coordinates You can create a waypoint when you know its distance and its direction from a known position. The Create Polar Waypoint option allows you to create a waypoint by specifying its distance and its azimuth with respect to your current position or an existing waypoint. Menu WPT Tab 3-Create Polar Wpt The cursor is automatically positioned in the window, allowing you to choose the reference waypoint. 53 Push Enter to select a reference position. It can be your current position, a waypoint in your list or a port from the currently loaded chart. Push Enter again to enter the distance and the azimuth of the new waypoint with respect to the chosen reference waypoint. Enter the other information (name, icon, comment) just like you would for using the a normal waypoint and save your waypoint by selecting and then push Enter. Example: In the example below, the waypoint MARK0006 is created as being located 12 nautical miles and at 45 degrees from your current position. Deleting All Waypoints The Delete All option allows you to delete all of your saved waypoints. Menu WPT Tab 4-Delete All A confirmation message is displayed. When using this option the *ANCHOR and *MOB waypoints are not deleted but their coordinates are set back to 0. Note: You cannot select this option when waypoints are used in routes. You must first delete all you routes before you can delete all waypoints. Checking the Used Waypoint Memory The 5-Used Memory option displays the number of waypoints in the memory. The *ANCHOR and *MOB waypoints are not accounted, they can be recorded even when the 1000 waypoints maximum capacity is reached. Note: If you would like to free some of the memory, the list of your waypoints can be transferred to your SD Card. See Transferring Files To and From Your SD Card. 54 Route and Track Menu The Route and Track Menu can be displayed by pushing Menu from any screen and selecting the RTE/TRK Tab. Seven options are available. See Navigating through the Screens and Selecting Options. List of Routes The Route List option allows you to view the list of all your routes. You cannot select this option if your list of routes is empty. Menu RTE/TRK Tab 1-Route List The list of your routes can be transferred to or from your SD Card. The list of waypoints that makes up the route is displayed with the distance and the bearing from point to point. The total length of the route is also displayed at the bottom of the screen. Note: 55 The action bar displayed on the right of the screen allows you to: Invert the Route Activate the Route Modify the Route Delete the Route Invert a Route Select Select using the using the button and push Enter to invert the route. Activate a Route Modify a Route using the button and push Enter to display the data Select pertaining to the route and change the necessary fields. The procedure is using the button similar to that for creating a route. Select Yes and push Enter to delete the route or select No and push Enter to return to the menu without deleting it. [. . . ] The purchaser must return the product postpaid with a copy of the original sales receipt, purchaser's return address and the RMA number clearly printed on the outside of the package to the Authorized Thales Navigation Service Center address provided by Thales Navigation with the RMA number. Thales Navigation reserves the right to refuse to provide service free-ofcharge if the sales receipt is not provided or if the information contained in it is incomplete or illegible or if the serial number is altered or removed. Thales Navigation will not be responsible for any losses or damage to the product incurred while the product is in transit or is being shipped for repair. Thales Navigation suggests using a trackable shipping method such as UPS or FedEx when returning a product for service. [. . . ]