Garmin GPS 12 Owner's Manual & Reference

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Selecting a Navigation PageOnce you’ve selected a GOTO destination or acti-vated a TracBack, MOB, or route; the GPS 12 will pro-vide graphic steering guidance to the destination withone of two navigation pages:•The Compass Page (default) provides a direc-tional pointer indicating the bearing to your desti-nation and a rotating compass ring which showsyour direction of travel (track) at the top of thering. The Compass Page provides better guidancefor car travel, hiking, or biking; where straight-line navigation is often not possible.•The Highway Page provides a graphic highwaydisplay that shows your movement relative to thedesired course, with an emphasis on your crosstrack error ( the distance and direction you are offcourse). The cross track error (XTK) is depictedon a course deviation indicator (CDI) (see pg. 34).The Highway Page is well-suited for boating orsome types of off-road recreation where straightline navigation is typically possible and maintain-ing a specified course is desirable.Both pages provide a digital display of the bearingand distance to the destination, and your current speedand track over the ground. You can switch to eitherNavigation Page at any time.To select either Navigation Page:1. Press E from the existing Navigation Page, andE again to change the page. 31To switch the navigationpage to the CompassPage, press ENTER twice.REFERENCENavigationPagesTo switch the navigationpage to the Highway Page,press ENTER twice.Compass Page Highway Page