Lowrance hds8 gen 2

 I have a hds8 gen 2 that I use solely as a gps/plotter. 

When I enter a goto to a waypoint I want the distance to go to be shown on the main chart screen as well as speed, I can get the speed to show up in the top left corner but can't get the dtg to show. 

I am running a platinum map card. 

Can anyone tell me if this can be done and how. 

I have the user manual and have trawled through it and still can't work it out. 

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 I've been trying to work out

Tue, 2014-07-29 20:01

 I've been trying to work out the same thing, my previous hummingbird did it, extremely frustrating

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 UBIQUE

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 yup no clue here either

Tue, 2014-07-29 20:16

 yup no clue here either all i want is distance to go, i no it was easy o get on previous model

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On the gen 1 just go in to

Tue, 2014-07-29 21:21

On the gen 1 just go in to overlay and you can have what ever you want. Dont know if gen 2 is different.

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 same on the gen 2 just have

Wed, 2014-07-30 10:05

 same on the gen 2 just have to press menu twice then select (page screen) edit data overlay then select add then click on navigation icon then select distance to destination icon click that then bobs your uncle cheers 

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 seems simple now cheers bud

Wed, 2014-07-30 18:26

 seems simple now cheers bud

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Cheers for that - never got

Wed, 2014-07-30 11:30

Cheers for that - never got around to looking for how to do that.

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The other way to go is to put

Wed, 2014-07-30 12:10

The other way to go is to put your cursor over the waypoit and then hit go to on the fast button on the bottom, from memory this will display all of the nav info including DTG on the screen. Or you can always have a split screen with the nav page which will also display all of the relevent info.

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Hds8

Wed, 2014-07-30 14:11

 Thanks for the info guys

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