NorthStar 6000i - Introducing Waypoints; Designating a Waypoint

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Reference section 3 — Navigating to Waypoints
Introducing waypoints
Northstar 6000i
Introducing waypoints
A waypoint is a point (a location) that
you’ve entered into the 6000i’s memory.
The waypoint is displayed on the chart
with the symbol you’ve chosen. In
contrast, the term nav aid refers to a point
that’s permanently stored on the Navi-
onics chart cartridge.
Here are some of the functions you can
perform with waypoints:
• go to a point on the CHART screen in
one step (making a “quick” waypoint)
• store waypoints into the 6000i
• go to these waypoints
• string these waypoints together to form
routes
• edit or erase waypoints or routes
• plot waypoints on a chart
• transfer waypoints and routes from the
6000i to a PC or an older Northstar
navigator, and back again
Designating a waypoint
You can designate waypoints in any of the
following ways:
• use the cursor on the CHART screen to
select an existing waypoint or create a
new waypoint
• enter numeric position coordinates
• select an existing waypoint from a list
You can also string together several
waypoints to form a route, and let the
6000i guide you from one waypoint to the
next (see Introducing routes, on page 71).
Designating a waypoint on the chart
screen
You can go to a waypoint by moving the
cursor to that point on the chart — either
selecting an existing waypoint on the
CHART screen, or designating any other
location on the CHART screen:
1. On the CHART screen, move the cursor
pad to choose an existing waypoint or nav
aid, or any unmarked chart position.
2. Press Go to waypt. (If you didn’t choose
a waypoint, the key will read Go to cur-
sor
or Go to navaid.)
3. Press ENTER.
To store a route, see
page 71.