FLCoyote

I've been a Garmin 76 user for about 7 years and just bought a 76CSX. The instructions on manual entry of a waypoint seem about as clear as mud. I know how to mark a current waypoint and how to mark one on the displayed map. How about just getting a set of waypoint coordinates from a friend and entering them manually like adding two or three just before a fishing trip. I loaded all of my existing waypoint by transferring them from my 76 via the provided mapsource software. I just can't quite see how to manually enter a couple of new waypoints. What am I missing here. Please feel free to refer to the owners manual by page and paragraph in your reply. The manual does state there are three ways to enter waypoints and that manual is one of them, then it doesn't go on to explain how. This is probably one of those things thats looking me right in the face and I feel that the answer must be so simple that I just am over looking it. Thank you for your answers in advance.

FLCoyote

Andy

To enter your own lat/long, hold down Mark while on the map page. It works the same as saving the current position as a waypoint. But when the screen comes up to enter the waypoint information, move to the coordinate position and change the lat/lon to the ones you want.

FLCoyote

Andy,

Thanks for your reply. I think the instruction manual could be a little clearer on this. I bet I'm not the only person that had problems with this.

FLCoyote

Andy

I agree. I've always had complaints about the manuals for every GPS I own. Things like they tell you a description of a particular function, without any real detail on what it does, how it works, why you might want to use it. A good example is the WAAS function. On my older GPS the manual just tells you how to turn it on and off, but not what it does when it's in either mode.

LOYL

Is there a quick refresher on how to set a way point for a planned trip? Thanks, Loy