Garmin GPS 2 Manual

							The ‘ETE’ field, located in the middle of the bottom of both pages, is a user-selectable field that
allows you to display a variety of navigation values for your trip.
To access the user-selectable field:
1. Highlight ‘ETE’, and press ENTER.
2. Use the keypad to scroll through the possible options.
The following data options are available from the navigation pages (see Appendix H):
Estimated Time Enroute (ETE)— the time left to your destination based on your present
speed and track.
Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA)— the time of day of your arrival at a destination, based on
current ground speed and track.
Course to Steer (CTS)— the bearing which will give you the most efficient way to stay on
course to your destination.
Crosstrack Error (XTK)— the distance you are off the desired course in either direction.
Velocity Made Good (VMG)— the speed you are traveling toward the destination.
Turn (TRN)— the amount of correction in degrees needed to travel directly to your destina-
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							Using the Compass Page
The GPS II’s compass page (Fig. 56) provides graphic steering guidance to a
destination waypoint. 
The middle  of  the  page features a rotating  ‘compass’ that
shows your course over ground while you’re moving (track up),  and a  pointer arro w
in the  center indicates the direction of the  destination relative to  the direction you’re
m o v i n g .
The compass rose and pointer  arrow work independently to show—  at a
glance— the direction of  your movement and the direction to your destination. 
The
bearing and distance to a waypoint are displayed at the top of the screen, and
your current track and speed are shown below.
This page provides better steering guidance for travel at slower speeds and
for travel with many directional changes. 
When you are  one minute away  from the
destination (based on your  current speed and track over the  ground), the  GPS II will
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57Track Over
Ground
Selectable
FieldSpeed Over
Ground Distance to
Waypoint
Graphic
Compass Pointer to
WaypointDestination
Waypoint Bearing to
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							Using the Highway Page
The GPS II’s highway page (Fig. 58) also provides graphic steering guidance to a
destination, with a greater emphasis on the straight-line desired course and the dis-
tance and direction you are off course. As you head toward your destination, the
middle of the screen provides visual guidance to your waypoint on a moving graph-
ic ‘highway’.
Your present position is represented by the diamond in the center of the course
deviation scale. The line down the middle of the highway represents your desired
track. As you navigate toward a waypoint, the highway will actually move, indicat-
ing the direction you’re off course, relative to the position diamond on the CDI
scale. To stay on course, simply move toward the center of the highway.
If you do get off the desired course by more than 1/5th of the selected CDI
range, the exact distance you are off course will be displayed where the CDIscale
setting normally appears. If you get too far off course (the highway has disap-
peared), a message box will appear to indicate what course to steer to get back on
course.For information on how to set this scale, see page 76.REFERENCE
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							Track Over
Ground
Estimated Ti m e
E n ro u t eSpeed Over
Ground Distance to
Waypoint Bearing to
WaypointDestination
Waypoint
Graphic
Highway CDI
ScaleREFERENCE
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							Moving Map Page
The GPS II features a powerful real-time moving map (Fig. 60) that can do much
more than just plot your course and route. The map page also provides you with a
target cursor that will let you pan ahead to nearby waypoints, determine the distance
and bearing to any map position, and mark new waypoints while you navigate. The
GPS II also features dedicated zoom keys for instant zooming. The map portion of
the page displays your present position as a diamond icon, with your track and/or
route displayed as small points. Nearby waypoints are represented as squares, with
the waypoint name listed. You may select which features are shown through the map
setup submenu page (see pages 65-66).
The four corners of the map page are used to display various navigation data,
including the bearing and distance to a destination waypoint and your current track
and speed over the ground. The two fields at the top corners of the map show your
bearing and distance to one of three selectable destinations: an active destination
waypoint; a highlighted on-screen waypoint; or the panning target crosshair. If you
are not navigating to a waypoint or using the panning function, the top data fields
will not be displayed. Your current track and speed are shown at the bottom corners
of the display.GETTINGSTARTED
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							Bearing to
Waypoint
Track Over
GroundSpeed Over
Ground Present
PositionDistance to
WaypointREFERENCE
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							62Zooming and Panning
There are three main functions you can perform from the map page— zooming,
panning, and pointing. The moving map has 12 map scales (from 0.2 to 320 miles,
or 0.5 to 600 km.) which are selected by selecting the IN and OUT zoom keys.
These ranges are measured vertically.
To use the zoom keys:
1. From the map page, press either IN or OUT (Fig. 62a).
2. To see the current map scale, press and hold either button down. A pop-up window will
display the current scale (Fig. 62b).
The second function on the map page is the pan function, which allows you to
move the map with the keypad in order to view areas outside the current map.
To activate the pan function:
1. Use the keypad to move the map in any direction, including diagonally.
As you begin to move the map, a crosshair will appear. This crosshair will now
serve as a target marker for the moving map. The distance and bearing to a destina-
tion will now be replaced by the distance and bearing from your present position to
the target crosshair.
Fig. 62a
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							63As you pan around the map, you’ll notice that the target crosshair will “snap” to
on-screen waypoints and highlight the waypoint name (Fig. 63a). Once a waypoint
name is highlighted, you can review its waypoint definition page or execute a GOTO
function right from the map page (Fig. 64b).
To review the definition page for a waypoint highlighted on the map
page:
1. Press ENTER.
To GOTO a waypoint highlighted on the map page:
1. Press GOTO.
2. Press ENTER to confirm the GOTOwaypoint page.
To stop the panning function:
1. Press QUIT.
Fig. 63a
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							64Using the Cursor to Mark and GOTO Waypoints
During panning, the crosshair represents a target position right on the moving
map, with the range and bearing to the target displayed at the top corners of the
screen. You can also use the target crosshair to mark a new waypoint position or as a
GOTO destination right from the map field. 
To mark the target crosshair position as a new waypoint:
1. Press MARK (Fig. 64a).
2. Enter a name and/or route number, and press ENTER.
You can also use the target crosshair as an instant GOTO destination. Similar to
the MOB mode, this function will mark and instantly set a course for a new way-
point called ‘MAP’.
To GOTO the target crosshair:
1. Press GOTO, and press ENTER (Fig. 64b).
If you want to save the MAP waypoint, be sure to rename it because it will be
overwritten the next time a map GOTO is executed.
Fig. 64a
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