Navigate To A Waypoint - Lowrance LCX-17M Installation And Operation Instructions Manual

Create Waypoint by Entering a Position
1. Press |→ to
WPT
2. Press ↓ to
E
3. Press → to
change the first character, then press
repeat until the latitude is correct. Press
4. Press ↓ to
L
change the first character, then press → to the next character and repeat
until the longitude is correct. Press
previous page display. The waypoint is saved and automatically given a
name with a sequential number, such as "waypoint 001." The waypoint
symbol and number appear on the map and in the waypoint list.

Navigate To a Waypoint

You can select any waypoint visible on the Map Page with the cursor,
then use the Navigate to Cursor command, which will be covered later
in this section. You can avoid scrolling the map to pick your waypoint if
you use the Find Waypoint commands:
1. Press |→ to
WPT
↓ to
|
N
EAREST
waypoint list, just press
2. If your waypoint list is a long one, you can spell out the waypoint
name in the
F
IND
then press → to move the cursor to the next character and repeat until
the name is correct, then press
3. If the list is short, you can jump directly to the
. Use ↑ or ↓ to select the waypoint name, press
pressing
ENT
the waypoint information screen appears with the
selected.
4. To begin navigating to the waypoint, press
S
UBCATEGORY
P
NTERED OSITION
|
L ENT
ATITUDE
. Enter the longitude by pressing ↑ or ↓ to
|
ENT
ONGITUDE
|
S ENT
AVED
or, to look by name and scroll through the entire
ENT;
ENT
box. Press ↑ or ↓ to change the first character,
B N
Y AME
column|↓ to
| |→ to
ENT C
REATE
. Enter the latitude by pressing ↑ or ↓ to
→
ENT
, then
ENT
. To look up the nearest waypoint, press
. For this example, we'll look by name.
to jump to the list below.
ENT
117
| .
N ENT
EW
| .
ENT
to the next character and
.
| to return to the
EXIT EXIT
F I
IND
G
O
.
ENT
box by
L
N IST
and
ENT
command
T
O