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Pub. 988-0160-451 Mapping GPS and Multimedia Player Operation Instructions ...
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Copyright © 2007 Navico All rights reserved. No part of this manual may be copied, reproduced, republished, trans- mitted or distributed for any purpose, without prior written consent of Lowrance. Any unauthorized commercial distribution of this manual is strictly prohibited. Navico ® is a registered trademark and XOG ™ is a trademark of Navico ...
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1 Table of Contents External Co nnections ............................................................... 4 Map Mode..................................................................................... 7 Creating and Saving Cont acts ............................................ 10 Saving Symbol s On-screen........................................... ...
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2 Auto Comp lete ......................................................................... 37 Name F ilter .............................................................................. 40 Navigating to a Selected POI ................................................. 41 Recent Dest inatio ns ......................................................... ...
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3 WARNING! A CAREFUL NAVIGATOR NEVER RELIES ON ONLY ONE METHOD TO OBTAIN POSITION INFORMATION. CAUTION When showing turn-by-turn navigation data, a GPS unit will show the shortest, most direct route to the dest ination. There are times when it may give directions, such as a U-turn, that may be prohibited in some loca- tions. While navigating, a dri ...
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4 External Connections Section 1 includes informatio n on external connections. SD card slot: To insert an SD card, hold it so the label faces forward and slide it into the slot, pushing with the tip of the finger until the card locks in place. To remove the card, again use your finger tip to push on the card, releasing the catch and ejecting the c ...
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5 Reset button: If the unit is not responding, use the Reset button located on the right side of the unit. Use the tip of a pen or something pointed to firmly press the Reset button rece ssed in the hole. Pressing the Re- set button will force the unit to powe r off so it can be restarted. Headphone socket: Used to connect headphones. Listening to ...
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6 Portable Battery Charger With a full charge, the internal battery will power the unit for approximately 2.5 hours. To extend battery time, try turning down the backlight. You can also save power by turning off the satellite re ceiver from the Satellites screen. See the topic E n a b l e -Disable GPS on page 34. An external power pack can be used ...
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7 Map Mode Section 2 addresses on-screen comma nds, power button, and creating and saving contacts. Power Button The Power button turns the unit on and off and controls the map screen's backlight. The unit has three preset backlight levels. Repeatedly pressing POWER will cycle through the backlight settings. To turn the unit off, press and hol ...
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8 Opening Warning Dialog and Language Menus The unit will display an Alarm dialog when powered up. Press X to close the dialog box. The Language – Text menu will appear. Select the text language the unit will dis- play and press N EXT . The Language – Voice menu will appear. Select the spoken lan- guage for turn-by-turn voice instructions. The ...
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9 Main Menu button: Map, Music, Find and Options are all available from the Main Menu. Location-POI Information button: Brings up the Location Information or POI Information screen which is explained under the topic "Creating and Saving Contacts." Speak button: Push to repeat the current navigation instruction or to bring up the on-screen ...
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10 3D View displays the map from a position above, and slightly behind, the black arrow icon which represen ts you on-screen. North Up always shows the map with North at the top of the screen. Track Up rotates the map so that the direction you are traveling is always at the top of the screen. Creating and Saving Contacts Use the POI Information scr ...
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11 When A DD TO A DDRESSBOOK is selected, the Edit Contact screen will ap- pear with the option to Go To the selected location or add an on-screen symbol by pressing the S YMBOL button. The Edit Contact screen (left) shows a saved contact. The Find By Name screen (right) is the screen for saved contacts in the unit's Ad- dress Book. Saving Sym ...
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12 In the Edit Contact screen (left) press the Symbol button to bring up the Symbol Window screen, shown at right. The symbol will remain on-screen until it is deleted or changed. To delete or change a symbol, go to the Address Book. In the Address Book highlight and select the con- tact to be edited. When the Address Book entry is selected the Con ...
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13 To change information about a saved contact touch the entry header in the Edit Contact screen and a keyboard will appear. The Name header was selected in the Edit Contact screen, at right, and a key- board (left) appeared. To manually change the latitude or longitude, press either the Lati- tude or Longitude header and a numbers keyboard will ap ...
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14 Music Mode Use SD cards to store music and picture files. When Music Mode is se- lected the unit automatically searches the SD card for the specified media files. Insert an empty SD card into the unit and use the USB-to- PC cable to connect the unit to a computer. Once connected, the unit acts like a removable disk. The Music screen has a centra ...
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15 Play control buttons Previous: Skips to previous song. Play/Pause: Starts a song or play list. If a song is playing, pressing this button will pause the song. Next: Skips to next song. Stop: Stops the song. Volume slider: Adjusts volume. Song Position slider: Indicates the playback position of a song. Quickly skip to any point in a song by press ...
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16 where inside the Name Filter box to open a keyboard. Enter all or part of a song's filename and press D ONE . The Audio Search screen will pro- vide a list of all audio files that match the text entered in the Name Filter field. Visualization Effects: Takes up the center of the Music Mode display and provides either a Waveform Analyzer or S ...
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17 Pictures, Gauge and Options The unit can display .gif and .jpg images stored on an SD card. The unit will automatically search the SD card for any stored images. Se- lect P ICTURES located at the bottom left of the Main Menu screen. The picture toolbar controls are: The toolbar can be hidden using the icon located in the bottom right corner of t ...
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18 Options Pages The Options feature in the Main Menu contains three pages of menus used to customize the operation of the unit. Directions List The Directions list is created when the unit begins navigat- ing. The Directions list shows all the turns from the start of a route to the end, including an arrow icon indicating the direction of each turn ...
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19 Use the blue slider bar in the Dire ctions screen to scroll through the list. The Turn Preview screen will appe ar when a turn is selected from the Directions list. Trip Calculator Trip Calculator displays infor- mation about a route, including current speed, average speed, max speed, trip time and trip distance. Pressing R ESET T RIP will reset ...
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20 Use the Map Categories Drawn screen to customize the map. In this example the category My Trails and subcategory Distances are off. The right image shows what Map Categories Drawn features have been activated. The Map Categories Drawn menu is divided into two columns, Category and Subcategory. Press and highlight any item to turn it on or off. I ...
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21 Use the Routes list menu (left) to store and manage different routes. The left image shows several stored routes. Each route contains differ- ent "legs." Each leg is a destination in the route. The Edit Route menu (right) shows all of the routing controls and a generated route from the Routes list. In this case it is the last route fro ...
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22 The Add to route button is shown at left. When you select a location to add to a route, a Notice Via Added dialog (right) will appear. Once all the locations are added, press the M AIN M ENU butt on . Return to the Route Via Destinations menu to access the route you created in the Routes list. To begin navigating th e route, highlight it and sel ...
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23 The Category and Subcategory list in the Find menu. In this example a search is being conducted for a museum to add to a route. Selecting a Category or Subcategory will bring up the Find By menu (left) with three options: Name Entry, Near Current Location and Near Cursor . Depending on how you want to search for a specific location will determin ...
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24 Choose a desired destination, select it, and add it to your route. You can add 99 waypoints to a route. To rearrange the order of the way- points in a route use the U P and D OWN buttons in the Edit Route screen to move a waypoint higher or lower in the list. The unit can generate a route from several locations even if you don't know which ...
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25 Overlay Data Setup Overlay Data Boxes appear in semi-transparent boxes on the map screen and are used to dis- play information about a route, including distance to the next turn, the direction and angle of a turn, speed, estimated time to destination and text directions. Control the transparency level of Overlay Data Boxes from the Interface Opt ...
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26 The Data Viewer screen left and center image. The Data Information screen for the Odometer setting is shown at right. When Audio Data (left image above) is selected its subcategories ap- pear. Press in the box to the left of each category to activate it. When a feature is activated (center image above) a check mark will appear in the box next to ...
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27 My Trails The unit is designed to record Trails. By default, Trails are hidden on-screen. Trails can be displayed, showing your travel history. For instructions on displaying Trails see the earlier discussion of Categories Drawn. For the My Trails feature to work it must be activated in the Categories Drawn menu. Trails Menu (left) showing two t ...
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28 Language Use the Language menu to select the text and spoken voice language. When the Language button is selected, the Lan- guage – Text menu will appear. The unit will display text in English, UK English, Dansk, Nede rlands, Suomi, Francais, Deutsch, Italiano, Norsk, Portugues, Espano l and Svenska. Once the text lan- guage is selected, press ...
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29 unit will emit a sound every time a command is entered. Voice Instructions: If Voice Instructions are tu rned off, voice instructions can still be accessed by pressing the SPEAK button on the m ap screen. Verbose Mode: This feature will cause the unit to give slightly more de- tailed spoken navigation instructions. Read Street Names: When this f ...
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30 Interface Selection: Several skin options are available. To change the skin display touch inside the Interface Selection box and a drop-down list will appear showing all of the available skins. Keyboard: Changes the keyboard button layout. Brightness: Controls the brightness of the screen. Transparency: Controls the transparency of Overlay Data ...
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31 Power Key: Power Off and Standby Power Off is the unit's default mode. Standby mode allows the unit to "sleep" and draw very little battery po wer. If the unit is left idle for 12 hours, it will automatically leave Standby mode and switch to a full shut down to save battery power. To place the unit in Standby mode, select S TANDBY ...
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32 other dialog box will appear asking, "Do you want to clear your address book?" Select YES or NO depending on whether you want to clear all Ad- dress Book contacts. Device Information To view the unit's software ve rsion, access the Device Infor- mation page. Routing Options Routing Options are used to con- trol how the unit genera ...
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33 Cross-Traffic Turns: Use this option to avoid turns across busy lanes of traffic. Toll Roads: By default, toll roads have a fairly high value in routes gen- erated by the unit. Drag the slider all the way to the right and the unit will not use toll roads. Interstates: The default setting is designed to avoid Interstates for short trips but if th ...
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34 GPS Simulator The GPS Simulator simulates the navigation of a route. If the unit is in Simulator mode and you reach a speed of 15 m.p.h. or greater, and the uni t acquires a satellite lock, the unit will leave Simulator mode. If the unit does not have satellite lock it will prompt you to simulate when navigation begins. Satellites screen Press t ...
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35 Current Position Lock Two buttons on the left side of the Satellites screen indicate the quality of the units position lock. If 2D or 3D is not highlighted the unit may not have a satellite lock. 2D lock does not include altitude. Th e unit must receive reliable signals from 3 satellites to establish a 2D lock. 3D means the unit has achieved a m ...
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36 Searching, Finding and Navigating When Find is selected from the Ma in Menu, the first of three Find menus will appear. The unit can search for locations before it has acquired a position lock. If a search is conducted before its position is determined, the unit will display distance and bearing from the unit's last known location. In the F ...
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37 Select D ONE when the information is entered in the text field. The unit may provide a list with more than one location/address that closely re- sembles the information entered. Scroll through the list and choose the desired destination by highlighting and selecting it. The button in the bottom right corner of the keyboard, Num/Sym , stands for ...
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38 The unit will prompt you to search by State/Province. When the Choose button is selected, a keyboard (right) will appear. When a State or Province is entered an- other keyboard will appear. Use the key- board to enter a City or Zip. Once the unit has determined the city, it will prompt you to enter an address. The unit will some- times provide a ...
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39 Find on Map: Displays a location on-screen. Anytime a search is per- formed with the cursor, the distance will be calculated from the cursor position and not the uni t's current position. Go To: Generates a route to a selected address. Fuel, Lodging, Restaurants and other POIs To find a local gas station, press F IN D from the Main Menu to ...
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40 The unit searches for locations in several different ways. When navi- gating, the unit searches for location s nearest to its current route. If the cursor is on-screen the unit will search for locations nearest to the cursor. If you are not navigating, and do not have the cursor on-screen, the unit will search for locations near yo ur current po ...
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41 To search for a specific restaurant by name, select the Name Filter op- tion; "Taco" search results are shown at right. Navigating to a Selected POI When a POI is selected the unit will display a POI Information screen with details about the location. Press F IND O N M AP to have the unit close the POI Information screen and center the ...
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42 The Find Recent screen is shown at left. When a recent destination is selected the Recent Destination Information screen appears. Finding Intersections Select I NTERSECTION to open the Find Streets screen. Select C HOOSE and a keyboard will appear. Enter the name of the first street without direction or street type modifiers such as "N.&quo ...
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43 Choosing New Destinations while Navigating When navigating and an alternate destina- tion is selected a dialog box will appear asking, "Which would you like to do?" You will have three choices: Detour here , New final destination or Cancel old navigation . Detour here: Navigates to the new location. Once you arrive, the unit will resum ...
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44 Point-to-Point Navigation The unit can use optional "plug and play" map cards available through LEI, the source for Lowrance accessories. Optional maps include: Nau- ticPath ™ USA marine charts, Fishing Hot Spots ® Elite lake maps, Navionics ® marine charts, FreedomMaps ™ for North America and Europe, and LakeMaster ® ProMaps. C ...
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45 Navigation Modes Point-to-point navigation creates a straight-line navigation course between you and another point on the map screen. To switch to point-to-point mode, press the M AI N M ENU button and select O PTIONS . From the Options menu select the N AV IG AT IO N M ODE button to display the Navigation Mode screen. Turn-by-turn is selected a ...
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46 Straight-line Navigation Commands The two basic commands used for straight-line navigation are Go To Cursor and Go To Waypoint . Go To Cursor will navigate to any spot, landscape feature or waypoint select ed on-screen using the cursor. The Go To Waypoint command works with the Address Book feature. Create Waypoint at Current Position Press the ...
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47 FORMATION button to bring up the Waypoint Information screen. Select A DD TO A DDRESSBOOK to save the waypoint. The Edit Waypoint screen ap- pears. Select X to close the screen and clea r the cursor and toolbar from the screen. Navigate To a Waypoint If a waypoint cannot be viewed on the map screen, the easiest way to navigate to the waypoint is ...
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48 Navigating with the Go To Cursor command. At left, a waypoint was selected with the cursor. The image at right shows the straight-line navigation course. Red Course Line The turn-by-turn magenta line is replaced with a red course line in point-to-point mode. An "S" symbol is placed at the starting point. To navigate a red course line, ...
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49 Uncheck H IDE W HEN I NVALID and close the menus. Some overlay categories do not work the same in point-to-poi nt mode, but several data types can help guide you. One of the easiest to use is the Steering Arrow. The Steering Arrow shows which way to steer to a destination. It always points to the destination, regard- less of the map orientation. ...
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50 arrow icon. The unit creates a Trail line by recording a string of trail points along your path. The unit can save 100 trails with 10,000 points per trail. The default setting is 2, 000 points per trail. When the trail exceeds the maximum point setting, the unit will begin recording a trail over itself. Up to 100 Trails can be saved to an SD car ...
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51 From left to right, menu sequence for navigating a trail. At the start of a trail the arrival alarm will sound as soon as navigation begins. Press X to clear the alarm. Begin navigating by following the red course line. Back tracking a trail requires manually editing the ro ute to cha nge th e po in t o rde r. To back track, begin with the same ...
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52 These images show the offshore/coastal detail using NauticPath ™ USA marine charts. Reading NauticPath Map Information Use the cursor to highlight a map feature or symbol and a pop-up box will appear identifying the item. Press the L OCAT ION -POI I NFORMATION but- ton. A screen appears with information about the selected item. The Miami Harbo ...
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53 Information for almost any on-screen symbol can be accessed as long as it can be highlighted with the cursor. The Tidal Current Information screen displays daily tidal current data for specific stations on this date at the present time. The graph at th e top of the screen is an approxi- mate view of the flood and ebb pattern for the day, from mi ...
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54 Fishing Hot Spots electronic charts la ke detail, far left. Select a Fish- ing Area POI symbol and press the Location-POI Information button for localized fishing tips, center. Select a Marina symbol to get infor- mation about the marina's services, far right. Mapping data includes Fishing Tips & Techniques, Lake Profile and local Fishe ...
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55 tures. More detail appears as the s creen is zoomed in. Underwater fea- tures on man-made lakes reflect co nditions prior to inundation. The amount of detail varies from lake to lake. Underwater features, such as bridges, old creek channels, roads and other items can be identified with the cursor. FreedomMaps ™ and MapCreate ™ Mapping Data M ...
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56 Auto Complete, 36 Auto Zoom, 8 Brightness, 28, 29 Calibrate Screen, 29 Cancel Navigation, 23 Contact, 9, 10, 18 Contrast, 28 Cursor, 7, 38, 39 Customize Display, 32 Destinations, 19 Directions List, 17, 32 External Connections , 4 Find Address, 36 GPS Data File, 32 Icons, 17, 26, 29 Keyboard, 15, 29, 39 Language, 27 Location-POI Information Butt ...
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