Section 5: System & Gps Setup Options; Alarms - Lowrance iFinder Explorer Operating Instructions Manual

Section 5:
System & GPS Setup Options

Alarms

This unit has several GPS alarms. The factory default setting has all
alarms turned on, but you can turn alarms off and on and change their
distance settings.
You can set an arrival alarm to flash a warning message and sound a
tone when you cross a preset distance from a waypoint. For example, if
you have the arrival alarm set to 0.1 mile, the alarm will flash a mes-
sage when you come within 0.1 mile of the recalled waypoint.
The off-course alarm warns you when your track drifts too far to the
right or left of the course line. If the alarm is set to 0.1 mile, an alarm
message will flash if you drift 0.1 mile or more to the right or left of the
line to the waypoint.
The anchor alarm is triggered when you drift outside of a preset radius.
If you are anchored and your boat moves more than 0.1 mile, an alarm
message will flash and a tone will sound.
You can only adjust alarm distance settings or turn alarms off or on in
Advanced Mode.
Alarms command (left); Alarm menu (right).
To change alarm settings:
1. Press | |↓ to | .
MENU MENU A ENT
LARMS
2. Scroll ↓ or ↑ to select the desired category, then press
to check or
ENT
uncheck the enabled box. This turns the alarm on (checked) or off (un-
checked).
3. As you can see in the example on the top right, each checkbox cate-
gory — Arrival Alarm, Off Course Alarm and Anchor Alarm — has a
dialog box below it. These dialog boxes — Arrival, Off Course and An-
chor — must be accessed to change the distance settings for each
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