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Navigating With Waypoints, Courses, and Activities on the inReach Mini 2

The inReach® Mini 2 handheld is able to provide direct navigation to waypoints and on multi-point courses. 

Navigating With a Waypoint, Course, or Activity

  1. From the home page, press OK to open the main menu.

  2. Select Navigate.

  3. Select Waypoints, Courses, or Activities.

  4. Select a waypoint, course, or activity to navigate to.

  5. Press OK to open the options menu.

  6. Select Go.

Once navigation has been initiated, the name of the destination will appear at the top of a map screen with the distance to the destination shown at the bottom.

Map Screen


Using the Map Pick Feature

NOTE: This feature was made available with software version 3.17. For steps on updating the software, see - Updating the Software on Your inReach Mini 2.

The Map Pick feature allows you to pan the map to a nearby location to select it as a destination, view or edit the details of a saved waypoint, or mark a new waypoint.

  1. From the home page, press Up Button or Down Button to scroll through the widget glances.

  2. Select Navigation.

  3. Press OK to open the options menu.

  4. Select Pan/Zoom Map.

  5. Select an option:

    • To toggle between panning up and down, panning left and right, or zooming, press OK.

    • To pan or zoom the map, press Up Button and Down Button.

  6. Press and hold OK once the desired location is centered on the screen:

    Map Pick Screen

  7. Select an option:

    • If a saved waypoint inReach Mini 2 Waypoint Icon was selected:

      • You may be prompted to choose a nearby waypoint from a list if there are multiple waypoints close together.

      • Select Go to navigate to the point.

      • Select View Details or View on Map to view details for the waypoint.

      • Select Edit Details to change the name, icon, or GPS coordinates of the waypoint.

      • Select Delete to delete the waypoint.

    • If a new location was selected:

      • Select Go to navigate to the point.

      • Select Mark Waypoint to save the location as a new waypoint.


Additional Navigation Screens

While viewing the Navigation widget, press Up Button or Down Button to access additional navigation screens.

Direction to Destination

Arrow Pointing to Destination

Compass

NOTE: A speed field was added to the compass page with software version 4.25. For steps on updating the software, see - Updating the Software on Your inReach Mini 2.

inReach Mini 2 Compass Page

Elevation and Current Location

Current Coordinates With Elevation


Stopping Navigation

  1. From the home page, press Up Button or Down Button to scroll through the widget glances.

  2. Select Navigation.

  3. Press OK to open the options menu.

  4. Select Stop Navigation.