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Lowrance iWAY 250C Operation Instructions Manual

Lowrance iWAY 250C Operation Instructions Manual

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  • Page 1: Operation Instructions

    Pub. 988-0160-201 Turn-by-Turn Mapping GPS and MP3 Player Operation Instructions...
  • Page 2 Copyright © 2006 Lowrance Electronics, Inc. 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. Lowrance is a registered trademark and iWAY™...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Preface: Introducing GPS... 1 How Lowrance GPS and the GPS System Work... 2 Section 1: Installation & Accessories... 3 Power Cable ... 3 External Power and Standby Mode ... 4 External Connections... 4 USB-to-PC Cable Connection ... 5 MMC or SD Card... 5 Getting Music and Pictures on Your iWAY...
  • Page 4 Visualization Effects – Waveform/Spectrum Analyzer ... 23 Music Browser ... 24 Find Music ... 24 Shuffle (On/Off) ... 24 Repeat (On/Off)... 25 Setup Equalizer ... 25 Section 4: Pictures, Gauge and Options Menu ... 27 Pictures Slideshow ... 27 Gauge Page ... 28 Options Menu ...
  • Page 5 Section 5: Searching, Finding and Navigating... 47 Using the iWAY's Virtual Keyboard ... 50 Fuel, Lodging, Restaurants and other POIs... 50 Using the Name Filter ... 52 Navigating to the Selected POI ... 52 Recent Destinations ... 53 Address Book ... 53 Other Pages ...
  • Page 6 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 destination. There are times when it may give directions, such as a U-turn, that may be prohib- ited in some locations.

  • Page 7: Preface: Introducing Gps

    GPS receiver and MP3 music player. Our goal for this book is to get you on the road fast with a minimum of fuss.

  • Page 8: How Lowrance Gps And The Gps System Work

    How Lowrance GPS and the GPS System Work You will navigate a little easier if you understand the basics of how the iWAY scans the sky to show you where you are and where you are go- ing. You will use the iWAY's touch screen to enter commands and control its functions.

  • Page 9: Section 1: Installation & Accessories

    Section 1: Installation & Accessories This section describes the various accessories and cables that came with your iWAY and exactly how to use them. Important information contained in this section includes how to connect the iWAY to your car's power and how to use the USB-to-PC cable to add songs or picture files to your MMC or SD Card.

  • Page 10: External Power And Standby Mode

    NOTE: When operating on external power the iWAY is designed to enter a Standby mode if the external power source fails. For full details see the discussion of power button functions in Section 4. External Power and Standby Mode The iWAY has an optional Standby Mode (on by default) which allows the unit to conserve power while not in use.

  • Page 11: Usb-To-Pc Cable Connection

    The RAA-5 external antenna for the iWAY™ 250c. The GPS antenna module can be mounted to any flat surface. The magnetic back allows the antenna module to be used on almost any steel surface. USB-to-PC Cable Connection The iWAY comes with a cable designed to allow you to copy files from your computer to the iWAY's MMC or SD Card.

  • Page 12: Mounting Brackets

    card containing mapping data is removed the unit's map mode will not work. You must have the MMC card with the mapping data in the unit for map mode to work. You will need additional MMC cards in order to store music and picture files.
  • Page 13 The iWAY 250c™ shown with the optional protective face cover. Use a microfiber towel to clean the unit’s screen. The microfiber towel also is an optional accessory available on the lei-extras web site. Or check your local retailer as they are often available where shop towels or auto cleaning towels are sold.

  • Page 14: Moving On: Iway Operation

    Moving On: iWAY Operation Now that you have installed your iWAY it's time to find out how it works. The following section jumps right into a description of Mapping Mode Operation which will tell you everything you need to know about the iWAY's moving map and the various settings on the map display.

  • Page 15: Section 2: Mapping Mode Operation

    Section 2: Mapping Mode Operation This section addresses the unit's Mapping Mode operation. Mapping Mode includes all navigation features from finding the nearest restau- rant to plotting a road trip across the country. Before you turn the unit on it's a good idea to learn about the different menus and how they work together.

  • Page 16: Press And Drag

    Since the iWAY screen responds to pressure, with practice, you will learn exactly the right amount of pressure to operate the touch screen controls. Buttons are easy while scrollbars can be a little more chal- lenging. NOTE: From time to time you may notice a slight delay between pressing an on-screen button and seeing the iWAY respond.

  • Page 17: Map And Music

    The iWAY Main Menu. Map and Music Use the Map and Music buttons to change the iWAY’s mode. Map Mode shows your current position on a moving map as well as information concerning your current route. Music Mode allows you to choose the audio play list, adjust volume and set various play controls.

  • Page 18: Map Mode Practice Run

    Start with the iWAY installed in your car. You should start out navigat- ing to a destination you are already familiar with. Don't be too sur- prised if the iWAY suggests a different route than you would take. Try the iWAY's route. Then see "Knowing the Area" in Section 5. 1.

  • Page 19: The Map Mode Display And On-Screen Commands

    The Map Mode Display and On-Screen Commands The Map Mode screen shows your current position and route from a "bird's-eye" view. By default the iWAY shows the map in a 3D view. This can be changed if you would prefer to see the map from a different perspective.

  • Page 20: Using The Map Display Toolbar

    on this slider to quickly adjust the volume. For more information on sound options see the heading "Sound and Voice Setup" in Section 4. Using the Map Display Toolbar The map display toolbar buttons are used with the touch screen to con- trol what part of the map you see.

  • Page 21: Using The Map Orientation Button

    screen. When the box contains all the area you want to see lift the sty- lus and the map display will zoom in. If you are starting at a very wide zoom, Zoom Box can be an extremely helpful way of narrowing down your view to exactly the area you are interested in.

  • Page 22: Creating And Saving Contacts

    est such as a restaurant, gas station, a contact that you have saved or a map location that you would like to visit. The Location Information Screen will include as much information as possible about the location that you have selected. If it's a cursor loca- tion, this may include only the lat/lon coordinates and the distance and bearing to the location, although a cursor location close to a road will also have the street address.
  • Page 23 An Edit Contact screen will appear with a textbox containing the con- tact's name, address and phone number. You can choose to leave the address and phone number fields blank but any information you add to them will display whenever you open the Location Information screen for that contact.

  • Page 24: Editing A Contact

    Editing a Contact You can edit a contact's name, address, phone number, lat/long or sym- bol by selecting it on the map and pushing the ton. Choose from the Location Information Screen. The Edit Contact screen described earlier under "Creating and Saving Contacts"...

  • Page 25: Section 3: Music Mode Operation

    Section 3: Music Mode Operation This section addresses the unit's Music Mode operation. If you would rather skip ahead you can look at Section 4 which is full of details on setting up and customizing the iWAY's various options. Or you could turn to Section 5 where you will learn about Searching and how the iWAY generates Turn-by-Turn routes.

  • Page 26: Map And Music

    The iWAY Main Menu. Map and Music Use the Map and Music buttons to change the iWAY’s mode. Map Mode shows your current position on a moving map as well as information concerning your current route. Music Mode allows you to choose the audio play list, adjust volume and set various play controls.

  • Page 27: Music Mode Practice Run

    Music Mode Practice Run Start at your computer. You will need some MP3 or Ogg Vorbis music files. If you need help ripping your CDs to these formats consult the documentation for the CD ripper software. 1. Insert an MMC or SD Card in your iWAY and connect the iWAY to your computer as described in the supplemental instruction sheet.

  • Page 28: The Music Mode Display And On-Screen Commands

    The Music Mode Display and On-Screen Commands The Music Mode screen contains a large central area for visualization effects with a set of play control buttons along the bottom of the screen. When a song is playing the name of the song will appear at the top of the screen as well as the song's length and quality in kilobits per sec- ond, or Kbps, which is a measure of the song's bandwidth.

  • Page 29: Using The Now Playing Box To Launch Music Browser

    Song Position slider Stop Previous Next Play / Pause Volume slider The Music Mode Play Control Buttons. Song Position indicates the playback position for the current song. Whenever a song begins to play the Song Position slider starts at the far left and moves right.

  • Page 30: Music Browser

    Music Browser The iWAY can play both MP3 and Ogg Vorbis music files. It can also recognize m3u-style play list files. Touch the Now Playing area of the Music Mode screen to launch the Browse Music Files screen. The music browser is a screen showing the file structure of your music drive, in- cluding all of the songs and play lists available as well as any subfold- ers.

  • Page 31: Repeat (On/Off)

    Use the button to toggle the option on or off. The button is yel- HUFFLE low when the option is turned on and white when the option is turned off. Repeat (On/Off) When Repeat is turned on, at the end of a play list − or song if you are playing one song −...
  • Page 32 Notes...

  • Page 33: Section 4: Pictures, Gauge And Options Menu

    Pictures, Gauge and Options Menu Pictures Slideshow The iWAY can display .gif and .jpg images stored on a media card. To open the Photos Slideshow select the tom left of the Main Menu. You can choose to play the images as a slideshow or pause on a single image.

  • Page 34: Gauge Page

    Close Slideshow returns the iWAY to the Main Menu. Zoom In enlarges the image currently displayed, zooming in on the center of the display. You can press and drag anywhere within the im- age display to focus on a particular area. Play / Pause Slideshow allows you to control whether the iWAY automatically cycles through the available images or displays a single image.

  • Page 35: Directions List

    The following pages describe each of the Options Menus. All of these op- tions come with default values so you can use the iWAY right out of the box. That way you may never need to make changes. You might want to skip on to Section 5 to learn more about searching for destinations and generating routes.

  • Page 36: Overlay Data Setup

    When active the Auto Zoom takes control any time the map cursor is not showing. When the map cursor is up you can use the Zoom In and Zoom Out buttons to control the zoom level. When the map cursor is cleared from the screen Auto Zoom will automatically recalculate the zoom level.

  • Page 37: Route Via Waypoints

    Route Via Waypoints While the iWAY is designed to generate a route from your current posi- tion all the way to a chosen destination, sometimes you will want more control over where you are going. The Route Via Waypoints command allows you to access the Routes list menu where you can store and manage routes you have created.

  • Page 38: Autosort

    cific location and begin to generate a route. Select either the button or the pear. Use the cursor arrow on the map and drag it to a specific location (or address) then select the location has been added to your route. You can continue to select and add other locations in this same manner.

  • Page 39: Routing Options

    current waypoint and continue on to the next waypoint in the route. Routing Options Routing Options are used to control exactly how the iWAY generates a route from your current position to a selected destination. To access these options, from the Options Menu, choose .

  • Page 40: Prefer/Avoid Toll Roads

    will not avoid cross-traffic turns at major intersections where you will likely have a protected turn at a traffic light. Sometimes you would have to drive miles out of your way to avoid tak- ing a cross-traffic turn somewhere in your route. Then again, some- times it's worth it.

  • Page 41: Categories Drawn

    A sample Turn Preview screen in 3D mode. As you can see in the previous image the Turn Preview screen includes a close-up map of the turn itself and a magenta route line showing your path. Additional data boxes show the text instruction, the distance from your current location to the selected turn, the direction of the turn (in this case a right turn) and the total distance from the turn to the end of the route.

  • Page 42: My Trails

    Use the Map Categories Drawn screen to customize your map. In this example the category My Trails and subcategory Distances are off. The Map Categories Drawn Menu is divided into two columns, "Cate- gory" and "Subcategory." You can turn any category or subcategory on or off.

  • Page 43: Safety Mode (On/Off)

    Trails Menu, showing 5 trails. Trail 3 is the active trail (indicated by the arrow on the right). Trails 1, 4 and 5 are hidden (there is no check mark next to them), but Trails 2 and 3 are shown. From the Trails Menu you can start a new Trail or edit or delete an existing Trail.

  • Page 44: Sound And Voice Setup

    To disable Safety Mode and switch to Passenger Mode make sure the vehicle is not moving. From the Options Menu choose toggle whether the option is on or off. The button itself will show its current state. A dialog like the one in the following image appears. Choose to disable Safety Mode and return to the Options Menu.

  • Page 45: Interface Options

    Periodic Voice instructions are repeated at set intervals and are in- tended as reminders. Use this slider to adjust the frequency of Periodic Voice instructions until your iWAY is giving you exactly as much in- formation as you need. To set Voice Volume: Press and drag the blue button on the slider.

  • Page 46: Keyboard

    down list will appear showing all of the available skins. Choose one from the list and the iWAY will display the new skin automatically. Screenshots throughout this manual were taken using the "Default" skin mode. Other skin options will be available on the Lowrance web site in the future.

  • Page 47: Standby Mode Vs. Power Off Mode

    The Touch Screen Calibration menu. Press each of the targets in turn. After the third the screen should be calibrated. The calibration screen will disappear, returning you to the Interface Options menu. You may want to use a stylus for more accu- rate calibration or even the plunger of a ballpoint pen –...

  • Page 48: Reset Options

    To change any of these, from the Options Menu choose and the menu shown in the following image will appear. The unit will not automatically update when you travel to a different time zone. You will need to access the Set Local Time feature and use the up and down arrows to reset the correct local time.

  • Page 49: Gps Status

    These upgrades make the unit perform better or introduce a new fea- ture or function. You can find out what software version is running in your unit by using the Device Information command. From the Options Menu, choose EVICE NFORMATION Complete information and instructions for installing an update will be available on the update's page at the Lowrance web site.

  • Page 50: Epe (Estimated Position Error)

    A white circle that serves as a graphical view of the satellites overhead fills much of the right half of the screen. Each satellite is shown on the circular chart relative to your position. The GPS receiver is tracking satellites that are in blue type. The receiver hasn't locked onto a satel- lite if the number is in dark blue, so it isn't being used to track the po- sition.

  • Page 51: Gps Simulator

    GPS Simulator The iWAY offers a GPS Simulator option allowing it to simulate the navigation of a route. When you turn on the Simulator the iWAY pre- tends it has a GPS lock at the current location then begins moving along the current route as though you are following it.
  • Page 52 Notes...

  • Page 53: Section 5: Searching, Finding And Navigating

    Searching, Finding and Navigating With the exception of the screen, the iWAY's search functions all begin by pressing the ton on the main menu screen. When the Find menu will appear. Each Find menu contains different search op- tions. The options in all three Find menus are part of a database of POIs stored on the iWAY's hard drive.

  • Page 54: Find Address

    Find Address When the button is selected in the first Find menu the Find DDRESS Address screen will appear. When the button is selected the Find PELL Address screen with a virtual keyboard will appear. This screen allows you to enter a specific location by name. When the Address button is selected in the first Find menu the Find Address screen at left will appear.
  • Page 55 If you select Spell (left) from the Find Address by City/Zip screen the Find Address by City/Zip keyboard screen (right) will appear. Enter the name of the city or the zip code of the area in which you wish to search.

  • Page 56: Using The Iway's Virtual Keyboard

    As mentioned in Section 2, the Location Information screen's command allows you to generate a route to any point on the map by placing the map cursor at your desired destination. These search op- tions will be explained in the following pages. But first we should de- scribe one of the iWAY's basic tools used when searching: the virtual keyboard.
  • Page 57 To find a nearby gas station: 1. Press from the Main Menu to open the first Find menu. 2. Select , ATM nearest to your current position. Wait a moment for the unit to finish compiling the list. Now you can choose the gas station you desire. NOTE: The iWAY has several methods of performing searches.

  • Page 58: Using The Name Filter

    Using the Name Filter Sometimes a search returns far too many results or maybe just more results than you feel like scrolling through. The Name Filter on the search results list helps you narrow down the list to just those items containing a particular set of letters.

  • Page 59: Recent Destinations

    tion to your own position or to some other part of town. Right now we are just trying to get to the gas station so choose erate a route from your current position, or last known position if it doesn't have a satellite lock, to the selected destination.

  • Page 60: Intersections

    Pages 2 and 3 of the Find Menu. In addition to these subcategories, pages 2 and 3 provide a Find Intersections option and an RV Intersections The Intersection command in the third Find menu will let you navigate to any street intersection stored on the iWAY's hard drive. This can be useful when you don't have a specific street address.

  • Page 61: Choosing New Destinations While Navigating

    Choosing New Destinations while Navigating So far we have explained some of the ways the iWAY generates a route. No matter which method you use the iWAY responds in the same way. It begins examining the roads between your current position and your selected destination.

  • Page 62: Knowing The Area

    The iWAY clearly indicates every turn in a generated route. Push the Location Information button while a turn dot is selected and the Turn Preview Screen for that turn will immediately appear. It's easy to make the iWAY generate a route. It's a little harder to describe exactly how you should use that information.

  • Page 63: Considering Temporary Or Local Conditions

    Turn Preview allows you to leave your current position and focus more closely on a turn in the route ahead. A closer zoom range and large-font data boxes will appear to help you see exactly what the road conditions are ahead. The Directions list gives you a detailed description of the entire route with more information than you can see in the basic Map Mode.
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  • Page 69: Fcc Compliance

    This device complies with Part 15 of the U.S. Federal Communi- cations Commission (FCC) Rules. Operation is subject to the fol- lowing two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful in- terference, and (2) this device must accept any interference re- ceived, including interference that may cause undesired opera- tion.

  • Page 70: End User License Agreement

    TERMS AND CONDITIONS Personal Use Only. You agree to use this Data together with the iWAY™ 250 c GPS receiver for the solely personal, non-commercial purposes for which you were licensed, and not for service bureau, time-sharing or other similar purposes; for purposes of clarity, such “personal, non-commercial purposes”...
  • Page 71 including but not limited to, content, quality, accuracy, complete- ness, effectiveness, reliability, fitness for a particular purpose, use- fulness, use or results to be obtained from this Data, or that the Data or server will be uninterrupted or error-free. Disclaimer of Warranty: LOWRANCE AND ITS LICENSORS (INCLUDING THEIR LICENSORS AND SUPPLIERS) DISCLAIM ANY WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, OF QUALITY, PERFORMANCE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PAR-...
  • Page 72 agreements previously existing between us with respect to such subject matter. Governing Law. The above terms and conditions shall be gov- erned by the laws of the Illinois, without giving effect to (i) its con- flict of laws provisions, or (ii) the United Nations Convention for Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, which is explicitly excluded.
  • Page 73 LOWRANCE ELECTRONICS FULL ONE-YEAR WARRANTY "We," "our," or "us" refers to LOWRANCE ELECTRONICS, INC., the manufacturer of this product. "You" or "your" refers to the first person who purchases this product as a consumer item for personal, family or household use. We warrant this product against defects or malfunctions in materials and workmanship, and against failure to conform to this product's written specifications, all for one (1) year from the date of original purchase by you.

  • Page 74: How To Obtain Service

    How to Obtain Service… …in the USA: We back your investment in quality products with quick, expert service and genuine Lowrance parts. If you're in the United States and you have technical, return or repair questions, please contact the Factory Customer Service Department.

  • Page 75: Accessory Ordering Information

    Accessory Ordering Information for all countries To order Lowrance GPS accessories, please contact: 1) Your local sporting goods, marine, aviation, automobile or consumer electronics store. Most quality dealers that handle outdoor electronic equipment or other consumer electronics should be able to assist you with these items.

  • Page 76: Visit Our Web Site

    Visit our web site: Lowrance Pub. 988-0160-201 © Copyright 2006 All Rights Reserved Printed in USA 080706 Lowrance Electronics, Inc.

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