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Lowrance GlobalMap 3600C iGPS Operation Instructions Manual

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  • Page 1: Operation Instructions

    Pub. 988-0156-121 www.lowrance.com GlobalMap 3600C iGPS ® Mapping GPS Receiver Operation Instructions...
  • Page 2 Ltd. Exit Authority and eXitSource are trademarks of Zenrin Co. Ltd. Lowrance Electronics may find it necessary to change or end our poli- cies, regulations and special offers at any time. We reserve the right to do so without notice. All features and specifications subject to change without notice.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Section 1: Read Me First! ... 1 Capabilities and Specifications: GlobalMap How Lowrance GPS Works ... 4 Introduction to GPS and WAAS... 6 How to use this manual: typographical conventions ... 8 Arrow Keys ... 9 Keyboard ... 9 Menu Commands ... 9 Instructions = Menu Sequences ...
  • Page 4 Creating and Saving a Trail... 46 Displaying a Saved Trail ... 48 Navigating Trails... 48 Transfer Custom Maps and GPS Data Files ... 52 Cancel Navigation... 54 Section 4: Advanced GPS Operations ... 55 Find Distance From Current Position to Another Location ... 55 Find Distance From Point to Point ...
  • Page 5 Selecting a Waypoint ... 67 Set a Waypoint by Average Position ... 67 Set a Waypoint by Projecting a Position... 67 Section 5: System & GPS Setup Options ... 69 Alarms ... 69 NMEA 2000 Alarm ... 70 Auto Satellite Search... 71 Check MMC Files and Storage Space ...
  • Page 6 When a GPS unit is used in a vehicle, the vehicle operator is solely re- sponsible for operating the vehicle in a safe manner. Vehicle operators must maintain full surveillance of all pertinent driving, boating or fly- ing conditions at all times.

  • Page 7: Section 1: Read Me First

    The manual is organized into 7 sections. This first section is an intro- duction to Lowrance GPS. It tells you the basics you need to know be- fore you can make the unit look around and tell you where you are.

  • Page 8: Capabilities And Specifications: Globalmap  3600C

    After you've learned the basics (or if you already have some GPS expe- rience), you may want to try out some of the GlobalMap 3600C's many advanced navigation features. That brings us to Section 4, Advanced GPS Operations. This section contains the rest of the unit's GPS com- mand functions, organized in alphabetical order.
  • Page 9 Languages:... 10; menu languages selectable by user. Receiver/antenna: ... Internal; Built-in 12 parallel channel Background map:... Built-in custom, detailed Lowrance map. Custom mapping: ... MapCreate 6 software optional; optional Mapping memory: ... Up to 2 gigabytes on one MMC (or SD) card.

  • Page 10: How Lowrance Gps Works

    (But if you already have a working understanding of GPS receivers and the GPS navigation system, skip on ahead to Sec- tion 2, Installation & Accessories on page 11. If you're new to GPS, read on, and you can later impress your friends with your new-found knowl- edge.)
  • Page 11 MMCs, if you don't have a computer.) Our MapCreate mapping software can save, edit or create its own GPS Data Files, which can be copied to the MMC and then loaded from the MMC into the unit's memory. (NOTE: No matter where they come from, GPS Data Files must be loaded from the MMC into memory before the GlobalMap 3600C can use them.)

  • Page 12: Introduction To Gps And Waas

    GPS and its new companion WAAS work together to get you where you're going. The Global Positioning System (GPS) was launched July 17, 1995 by the United States Department of Defense. It was designed as a 24-hour-a- day, 365-days-a-year, all weather global navigation system for the armed forces of the U.S.
  • Page 13 These signals can be easily blocked by trees, buildings, an automobile roof, even your body. Like most GPS receivers, this unit doesn’t have a compass or any other navigation aid built inside. It relies solely on the signals from the sat- ellites to calculate a position.

  • Page 14: How To Use This Manual: Typographical Conventions

    Easy download and installation instructions are avail- able on our web site. The emulator works exactly like your real GPS unit. When using the GPS Simulators you can run GPS routes and trails, even create real waypoints you can use in the field.

  • Page 15: Arrow Keys

    Arrow Keys The arrow keys control the movement of dotted cross-hair lines on your mapping screen called the cursor. The arrow keys help you move around the menus so you can execute different commands. They are represented by symbols like these, which denote the down arrow key, the up arrow, the left arrow and the right arrow: ↓...
  • Page 16 Notes...

  • Page 17: Section 2: Installation & Accessories

    Installation & Accessories Preparations You can install the GPS system in some other order if you prefer, but we recommend this installation sequence: Caution: You should read over this entire installation section before drill- ing any holes in your vehicle or vessel! 1.

  • Page 18: Powering A Nmea 2000 Buss

    Depending on your configuration, you may not use all of these wires. (For example, many units cannot operate an optional external speaker, so the white wire on the Power Supply cable isn't functional.) The fol- lowing segments include instructions for installing all the wires that you will use with this unit.
  • Page 19 Data Cable Power connections for GlobalMap 3600C iGPS unit. NOTE: If you are powering a NMEA 2000 buss, you will attach both the NMEA 2000 Power cable and the unit's Power Supply cable to an electric power source.

  • Page 20: Gps Internal Antenna

    NMEA 2000 buss installed. Over the next few years, however, NMEA 2000 will become much more common. To help you get the most out of this technology, your Lowrance unit is designed to work with a NMEA 2000 network. You can install a network yourself using LowranceNET...

  • Page 21: Nmea 0183 Cable Connections

    2000 and other electronic probe sensors are available in the document "Using LowranceNET LMS-334, LMS-339 and GlobalMap missing, download it free at www.lowrance.com or contact customer service. NMEA 0183 Cable Connections NMEA 0183 is a standard communications format for marine electronic equipment.

  • Page 22: Mounting The Unit: Bracket Or Portable

    Yellow (Transmit) Com-1 To GlobalMap Shield (Ground) 3600C Com-1 wiring to transmit NMEA position information to another NMEA-compatible device. Network socket Optional network cable GlobalMap 3600 iGPS Cable Connections. Mounting the Unit: Bracket or Portable You can install the GlobalMap 3600C on the top of a dash with the sup- plied gimbal bracket.

  • Page 23: Bracket Installation

    R-A-M offers permanent mounts and temporary mounts suitable for many vehicle types. See your Lowrance dealer or visit the LEI web site ( ) for the latest options; ac- www.lei-extras.com...
  • Page 24 Front Install the gimbal bracket. Orient the bracket so the arms slope toward Drill a 1-inch (25.4 mm) hole in the dash for the power cable. The best location for this hole is immediately under the gimbal bracket location. This way, the bracket can be installed so that it covers the hole, holds the cables in position and results in a neat installation.

  • Page 25: Portable Installation

    Attach the unit to the gimbal bracket using the supplied gimbal knobs and washers. Portable Installation Like many Lowrance products, the GlobalMap 3600C is capable of portable operation by using an optional portable power pack. The power pack expands the uses for your GPS unit. The portable power pack...
  • Page 26 NOTE: Throughout this manual, we will use the term MMC, but just re- member that your unit can use an MMC or SD card to store data. Both of these solid-state flash memory devices are about the size of a postage stamp.

  • Page 27: Other Accessories

    Otherwise, wind blast can pop off the cover. Now that you have your GlobalMap 3600C installed, move on to Section 3, Basic GPS Operations. There, we'll present a series of step-by-step tutorials to teach you the basics of GPS navigation.
  • Page 28 Notes...

  • Page 29: Section 3: Basic Gps Operations

    Section 3: Basic GPS Operations This section addresses the unit's most basic GPS operations. The tuto- rials presented in Sec. 3 follow a chronological order. Sec. 4, Advanced GPS Operations, will discuss other more advanced functions and utili- ties. Material in Sec. 4 is arranged in alphabetical order.

  • Page 30: Power/Lights On And Off

    The unit has a Main Menu, which contains some function commands and some setup option commands. The tutorial lessons in this section will deal only with functions, the basic commands that make the unit do something. The GPS will work fine for these lessons right out of the box...
  • Page 31 But, if you want to learn about the various options, see Sec. 5, System Setup and GPS Setup Options. You can access the Main Menu from any of the three Page screens by pressing . To clear the menu screen and return to the page...

  • Page 32: Satellite Status Page

    TATUS No matter what Page you are on, a flashing current position indica- tor/question mark symbol and flashing GPS data displays indicate that satellite lock has been lost and there is no position confirmed. The Sat- ellite Status Page shows you the quality and accuracy of the current satellite lock-on and position calculation.
  • Page 33 You can use this to see which satellites are obstructed by obstacles in your immediate area if the unit is facing north. The GPS receiver is tracking satellites that are in bold type. The re- ceiver hasn't locked onto a satellite if the number is grayed out, there- fore it isn't being used to solve the position.

  • Page 34: Navigation Page

    Navigation Page This screen has a compass rose that not only shows your direction of travel, but also the direction to a recalled waypoint. To get to the Navi- gation Page: Press The navigation screen looks like the one below when you're not navi- gating to a waypoint or following a route or trail.
  • Page 35 Track is the heading, or the current direction you are actually travel- ing. Bearing is the direction of a line-of-sight from your present position to the destination. No matter what direction you are steering, the Bearing data box shows the compass direction straight to the destina- tion from your location at the moment.

  • Page 36: Map Page

    Travel Time is the time that it will take to reach your destination at your present closing speed. (You can also customize the time data box to show Arrival Time instead. Arrival Time is the local time it will be when you arrive at the destination, based upon your present closing speed and track.) In the preceding example figure, the driver is headed west (a 265º...

  • Page 37: Background Map Vs. Mapcreate Map Content

    Far left, Map Page opening screen. Center, zoomed to 100 miles and right, zoomed to 10 miles. Over Zoomed means you have reached the detail limits in an area covered only by the basic background map. Zooming in any closer will reveal no more map details because a high- detail custom map has not been loaded on the MMC for this area.
  • Page 38 What's more important is the large scale map detail that allows your GPS unit to show a higher level of position accuracy. For example, the background map would show you the general outline and approximate shape of a coastline or water body, but the higher detail in MapCreate shows the shoreline completely and accurately (finer detail).

  • Page 39: Resize Window Command

    Tip: In some urban areas, businesses are so close to one another that their POI icons crowd each other on the screen. You can reduce screen clutter and make streets and other map features easier to see by simply turning off the display of POIs you're not watching for.
  • Page 40 Pages Menu with Two Map option selected, left. Map Page with two map windows, at right. The left map is active. Resize Window is another extremely handy feature for pages that have two major windows. You can change the relative size of the windows, as well as horizontal or vertical layout, to suit your viewing preference.
  • Page 41 The following page contains a 12-step quick reference for the most basic GPS operations. If you don't want to carry the manual with you as you practice with the unit, you might consider photocopying this quick ref-...

  • Page 42: Basic Gps Quick Reference

    Basic GPS Quick Reference Start outdoors, with a clear view of the open sky. As you practice, try navigating to a location at least a few blocks away. While you're learning, navigation in too small an area will constantly trigger arrival alarms.

  • Page 43: Find Your Current Position

    NOTE: "Clear sky" means open sky, unobstructed by terrain, dense foliage or structures. Clouds do not restrict GPS signal reception. If for some reason satellite acquisition takes longer, you may be inside a structure or vehicle or in terrain that is blocking signal reception. To...

  • Page 44: Selecting Any Map Item With The Cursor

    Now that you've seen how the unit can find where you are, let's search for something somewhere else. Searching is one of the most powerful features in the Lowrance GPS product line. In this example, we'll look for the nearest fast-food restaurant. For more information on different types of searches, refer to Sec.
  • Page 45 After the unit has acquired a position: 1. Press |↓ to POI-R ESTAURANTS 2. You could search the entire restaurant category, but in this example we will narrow our search. Press → to column|↓ to UBCATEGORY |↓ to HAINS EAREST 3.

  • Page 46: Set A Waypoint

    You can copy waypoints from your unit to your personal computer with MapCreate software. When you want to repeat a trip, these archived waypoints can be reloaded into your GPS unit. the result of a restaurant search.

  • Page 47: Create Waypoint At Current Position

    To create and save a Waypoint: These first two techniques use the Quick Save method, the fastest and easiest way to create a waypoint. Create Waypoint at Current Position While you are traveling, press automatically given a name with a sequential number, such as "way- point 003."...

  • Page 48: Create Waypoint On Map

    Symbol is described in Sec. 4.) After you have changed a waypoint symbol, the unit will remember the one you chose and use it the next time you "quick save" a waypoint. To revert back to the default symbol, edit a waypoint and choose the original symbol, or use the Reset Options command (described in Sec.

  • Page 49: Set Man Overboard (Mob) Waypoint

    3. If the list is short, you can jump directly to the . Use ↑ or ↓ to select the waypoint name, press pressing waypoint information screen appears with the 4. To begin navigating to the waypoint, press Course line (dotted) Off course range, set at...

  • Page 50: Navigate To Cursor Position On Map

    Navigating to Man Overboard: Man Overboard Activated message, left, Navigation Page, center, Map Page, right. The victim is to the starboard of the vessel; the GPS shows which direction to steer to for the rescue. The man overboard position is also stored in the waypoint list for future reference.

  • Page 51: Navigate To A Point Of Interest

    Navigate to cursor. In this example, the cursor has selected 3. Press and the unit will begin navigating to the cursor location. MENU The Map Page will display a dotted line from your current position to the cursor position. The Navigation Page displays a compass rose showing navigation information to your destination.

  • Page 52: Creating And Saving A Trail

    The other method involves searching for POIs with the Find Waypoint command, launched with the lier in this section, or turn to Sec. 6, Searching, for detailed instructions on POI searches.) After you have looked up an item with the Find Waypoint command, use ↑...
  • Page 53 To Save a Trail 1. Press MENU MENU Sequence for saving a trail and beginning a new one. My Trails com- mand (left). The Trails Menu (center). The arrow to the right of Trail 1 indicates the trail is active, and the check to the left indicates the trail is visible on the map display.

  • Page 54: Displaying A Saved Trail

    You can save and recall up to 10 different plot trails, which can also be copied to your MMC for archiving or for transfer to your MapCreate software. Tip: Another quick way to stop recording one trail and begin a new one is to use the New Trail command: Press RAILS Caution:...
  • Page 55 "navigating a trail" follows a trail forward (from start to end) while "backtracking" follows a trail in reverse (from end to start.) When hiking at walking speed with a hand-held GPS, we often just use visual back trailing because it is a bit better at following each little turn on a foot path.
  • Page 56 Figure 1. Figure 2. Figure 4. Figure 3. Navigate a trail menu sequence: Fig. 1, My Trails command. Fig. 2, Trails Menu. Fig. 3, Edit Trail Menu. Fig. 4, Edit Route Menu with Navigate command highlighted for Trail 6. A trail is always converted to a route when you navigate the trail.
  • Page 57 Present position arrow Trail point Navigate trail, map views: at left driver is northbound heading straight toward trail point 6. At right, northbound driver has reached point 6 and has turned west to follow trail. Track or compass heading indicator Trail waypoint symbol...

  • Page 58: Transfer Custom Maps And Gps Data Files

    GPS data automatically recorded in the unit's internal memory must be saved to the MMC (as a GPS Data File) in order to store it on your per- sonal computer. GPS Data Files stored on an MMC must be copied from the card to the unit's internal memory before the unit can read them.
  • Page 59 To transfer data from the unit to the MMC: press To transfer data from the MMC to the unit: press → to 3. Saving to MMC: To accept the default name "Data" for the GPS Data File, press ↓ to shown in the following figures), press Press ↑...

  • Page 60: Cancel Navigation

    Figure 2. Figure 4. Figure 3. These figures show the menu sequence for loading a GPS Data File from an MMC into the unit's memory. Cancel Navigation You can turn off any of the navigation commands after you reach your destination or at any other time by using the Cancel Navigation com- ←...

  • Page 61: Section 4: Advanced Gps Operations

    Advanced GPS Operations Find Distance From Current Position to Another Location 1. While on the Map Page press: 2. Center your cursor over the position you want to find the distance to. A rubber band line appears, connecting your current position to the cursor's location.

  • Page 62: Icons

    Icons Icons are graphic symbols used to mark some location, personal point of interest or event. They can be placed on the map screen, saved and re- called later for navigation purposes. These are sometimes referred to as event marker icons. This unit has 42 different symbols you can pick from when creating an icon.

  • Page 63: Navigate To An Icon

    1. Press |↓ to MENU 2. Press ↓ to ELETE press The Delete All Icons command will ask if you are sure. Press ← to . All icons will be deleted from the map. The Delete by Symbol command will launch the Select Symbol menu. Press ←...

  • Page 64: Create And Save A Route

    To load a MapCreate route into the unit, follow instructions in MapCre- ate's manual for creating a route and saving it as part of a GPS Data File (file format *.usr). Copy the GPS Data File to an MMC and insert the MMC in the unit.
  • Page 65 1. From the , press or from the MENU AVIGATION press |↓ to MENU MENU OUTE LANNING 2. Press ↓ to |↓ to . The Map Page ND OF OUTE appears with the cursor showing. Edit Route menu, left. Edit Route Waypoints menu, right, with Add From Map command selected.

  • Page 66: Delete A Route

    Route creation sequence, continued: Fig. 4. Point (3) set at on-ramp turn. Fig. 5. Waypoint (4) set at highway exit to frontage road leading to river. Waypoint (5) ends the route at a tree stand in the hunting area. Fig. 6. Press EXIT to save the route and you return to this screen. 5.

  • Page 67: Edit Route Waypoints

    3. Press ↑ or ↓ to change the first character, then press → to move the cursor to the next character and repeat until the name is correct, then press Return EXIT EXIT EXIT EXIT Edit Route Waypoints You can edit the route by adding and removing waypoints. 1.

  • Page 68: Navigate A Route In Reverse

    Selecting the Route Planning command on Main Menu brings up the Routes menu, left. Edit Route menu, right. Navigate command is se- 2. Press ↓ to select route name| 3. Upon arrival at your destination, cancel navigation: press |↓ to MENU MENU The following figures show what the Navigation Page and Map Page...

  • Page 69: Trails

    Figure 1. Figure 3. Navigating along a route: Fig. 1 shows the Navigation Page at the start of a route, heading straight for the first waypoint (Wpt 1). In Fig. 2, the traveler has arrived at Wpt 1; the arrival alarm has been triggered and the bearing arrow on the compass rose has turned to point toward Wpt 2, off to the east.

  • Page 70: Edit A Trail Name

    Edit a Trail Name To edit a trail name: press . Press ↑ or ↓ to change the first character, then press name| → to the next character and repeat until the name is correct. Press then EXIT EXIT EXIT Tip: You can quickly call up the Edit Trail menu by selecting a trail on the map with the cursor.

  • Page 71: Utilities

    At left, Edit Trail Menu with Pattern option selected. At right, edited trail with dotted line pattern. Utilities Utilities are useful tools for traveling or for outdoor activities. Alarm Clock To get to the alarm clock menu: press LARM LOCK Sun/Moon Rise &...

  • Page 72: Edit A Waypoint

    To delete a waypoint from the map 1. Use the arrow keys to select the waypoint with the cursor. 2. Press |→ to the previous page and clear the cursor, press To delete all waypoints at one time: press |↓ to ETUP ELETE to the previous page, press...

  • Page 73: Selecting A Waypoint

    Selecting a Waypoint To select a waypoint on the map (for navigating to, for editing, etc.,) use the arrow keys and center the cursor over the waypoint. A highlighted halo will appear around the waypoint. Set a Waypoint by Average Position This feature sets a waypoint at the current position after taking several position readings and averaging them.
  • Page 74 Notes...

  • Page 75: Section 5: System & Gps Setup Options

    Section 5: System & GPS Setup Options Alarms This unit has several GPS alarms. The factory default setting has all of these but the anchor alarm turned on. You can turn the alarms off and on and change their distance settings.

  • Page 76: Nmea 2000 Alarm

    Press ↑ or ↓ to change the first character, then press → to the next character and repeat until the name is correct. 4. When your adjustments are finished, return to the last page dis- played by repeatedly pressing IMPORTANT ALARM NOTES: Anchor Alarm - The anchor alarm may be triggered even when you're sitting still.

  • Page 77: Auto Satellite Search

    It then searches for only those satellites. When your GPS receiver is turned on for the first time, it doesn't know what your position or elevation (altitude) is. It does know the current UTC time and date since these were programmed into it at the factory and an internal clock keeps the time while the unit is turned off.

  • Page 78: Communications Port Configuration

    Main Menu, left, MMC File Browser, right. Communications Port Configuration The unit has one NMEA 0183 version 2.0 compatible communication port, or com port for short. The Com Port Menu, which is accessed from the System Setup Menu, allows you to configure the communications port to send or receive data to another electronic device, such as an autopilot.

  • Page 79: Configure Nmea

    (Standard + 10); Map Fix; Loran TD; British, Irish, Finnish, German, New Zealand, Swedish, Swiss, Taiwan and Greek. |↓ to YSTEM ETUP |↓ to to return to the previous page. |↓ to GPS S ETUP YSTEM NMEA ONFIGURE to turn off the prefix. (Press...
  • Page 80 UTM's are marked on USGS topographic charts. This system divides the Earth into 60 zones, each 6 degrees wide in longitude. British, Irish, Finnish, German, New Zealand, Swedish, Swiss, Taiwan, and Greek grid systems are the national coordinate system used only in their respective countries.

  • Page 81: Map Fix

    This is generally at the bottom of the paper map. It's shown as a ratio, for example 1:24000. Press turns to the Configure Map Fix screen. |↓ to GPS S ETUP YSTEM CALE is highlighted. Press...

  • Page 82: Customize Page Displays

    The various data available from your unit are divided into categories in the Data Viewer menu. These categories include GPS Data, Navigation, Trip Calculator, Time and Miscellaneous Data. You can select items from any of these categories for display in any data box —...

  • Page 83: Gps Simulator

    GPS Simulator The GPS simulator lets you use the unit as if you were outdoors navi- gating somewhere. It's a great way to practice using your unit. You can set the starting location by entering latitude/longitude (Starting Posi-...
  • Page 84 This will allow you to use the map cursor during a simulation. To turn steering and speed boxes back on again, return to the GPS Simulator menu, se- lect the TEER WITH to return to the previous page.

  • Page 85: Initialize Gps

    This menu lets you turn the map off, if desired (which turns the map screen into a GPS plotter); turn off or on the pop-up map info boxes; draw the map boundaries or boxes around the areas of high detail; or show water on the map as white to contrast land.

  • Page 86: Show Map Data

    Show Map Data From the Map Page, press ARTH ETAIL want, from Off (so the unit operates like a GPS plotter) to High. After the option is set, press Pop-up Map Information From the Map Page, press . With the option highlighted, press NFORMATION on) and uncheck it (turn off.) After the option is set, press...

  • Page 87: Map Overlays (Range Rings; Lat/Long Grid)

    All datums are named. The GPS system is based on the WGS-84 da- tum, which covers the entire world. Other datums may also cover the entire world, or just a small portion of it. By default, your position shows using the WGS-84 datum.

  • Page 88: Map Detail Category Selection

    Map Datum Menu. Map Detail Category Selection This menu determines which of the mapping features are shown on the screen. This includes, waypoints, trails, icons, cities, highways, etc. You can selectively turn on or off any of these items, customizing the map to your needs.
  • Page 89 In Track Up mode, map shows "N" and arrow to indicate north. Map orientation at left is shown in north up and at right, track up. This is fine if you're always traveling due north. What you see to your left corresponds to the left side of the map, to your right is shown on the right side of the map, and so on.

  • Page 90: Nauticpath Usa Marine Charts

    Map Menu, left; Map Orientation menu with the North Up map orientation option selected, right. NOTE: In North Up and Course Up, the present position arrow appears in the center of the map page. In Track Up, the position arrow appears centered in the lower third of the page.

  • Page 91: Port Information

    To view Chart Note information: 1. Use the arrow keys to move the cursor over a Chart Note icon. When it's selected, a pop-up name box appears. 2. Press to display the Note Information screen. 3. To scroll through the Chart Note screen, use ↑ ↓ arrow keys to read the information.

  • Page 92: Tidal Current Information

    Port Services icon NauticPath chart showing Port Services icon selected by cursor. When first highlighted, the Pop-Up name box appears. The Port Services information screen for a NauticPath chart contains all the service information in one window. 3. To scroll through the service information window, use ↑ ↓ to see the types of services available.
  • Page 93 animated arrow with a pop-up name box (the name box disappears af- ter a few seconds). Examples are displayed in the following figures. To view Tidal Current information: 1. Use the arrow keys to move the cursor over a Tidal Current Station icon.

  • Page 94: Tide Information

    Slack water, the period of little or no current, is represented by the Slack Water Line (SWL). The flood appears above the SWL and the ebb appears below the SWL. You can look up tidal current data for other dates by changing the month, day and year selection boxes. To select another date: 1.

  • Page 95: Navionics  Charts

    MLLW Line Tide Table The Tide Information screen displays daily tidal data for this station on this date at the present time. The graph at the top of the screen is an approximate view of the tidal range pattern for the day, from midnight (MN) to noon (NN) to midnight (MN).

  • Page 96: Nmea 2000

    LowranceNET. For more infor- mation, see the document, Using LowranceNET with LMS-334, LMS-339 and GlobalMap missing, download it free at www.lowrance.com or contact customer service. Overlay Data On any Page display but Status you can float additional data of your own choosing in your display window.
  • Page 97 You can select items from any of these categories for display, in any combination — the category divisions are there only to help you sort through the information. Overlay Data, with "Navigation," "Trip Calculator" and "Time" categories expanded. overlay information on your screen: 1.
  • Page 98 From Overlay Data Shown (left) press ENT to see Data Viewer (center). Select a category and press ENT; then select information to float on To Remove overlaid data: 1. While on the Page that shows the item or items you want to remove, press |↓...

  • Page 99: Pop-Up Help

    3. The data begins to flash on your screen. Use any combination of →, ←, ↑ and ↓ to move the data to a new location on the screen. 4. When satisfied, press To change displayed data font size: 1. From the Map or Sonar page, press 2.

  • Page 100: Reset Options

    System Setup menu, left, with Pop-up Help command highlighted. At right, this example shows the Pop-up Help message for the Go To Cursor command, located on the Map Menu. Reset Options To reset all features to their factory defaults: 1. Press |↓...

  • Page 101: Set Language

    To adjust the display's contrast: slider bar is already selected. Press → or ← to move the ONTRAST bar. The left end of the scale is minimum contrast; the right end is maximum contrast. Screen Command, left, and Screen Menu with Contrast bar selected, right. To adjust the display's brightness: Press ↓...

  • Page 102: Set Local Time

    When the WAAS signal is lost or acquired, an alarm message appears. Since the U.S. government is still developing the WAAS system, it's not unusual for a GPS/WAAS re- ceiver to frequently lose and reacquire its lock on a WAAS satellite.

  • Page 103: Software Version Information

    3. You can return to this command and press ture on. Software Version Information From time to time, Lowrance updates the operating system software in some of its products. These software upgrades are usually offered to customers as free downloads from our web site, These upgrades make the unit perform better or introduce a new fea- ture or function.

  • Page 104: Track Smoothing

    EXIT EXIT Track Smoothing This is a factory setting on the GPS Setup menu that should always be left on. When stopped or traveling at slow speeds (such as walking or trolling), Track Smoothing prevents wandering of trails, the steering arrow, compass rose and a map in track-up mode.

  • Page 105: Trail Options

    Track Smoothing option, turned on. Trail Options There are several options you can use with trails. Some affect all trails, other options can be applied to a particular trail. You can change the way trails are updated, display or hide trails, create a new trail, delete a trail, etc.
  • Page 106 WARNING: If you uncheck the Update Trail option, automatic trail creation and recording will be turned off. You must turn it back on to record trails. The default setting is on. From the Trails Menu, press → to highlighted, press RAIL Update Trail Criteria (Auto, Time, Distance) The options are automatic, time, or distance.

  • Page 107: Specific Trail Options

    EXIT this menu. Related trail functions are discussed in further detail under the Trails topic in Sec. 4, Advanced GPS Operations. Transparency Use the transparency menu to adjust the transparency of menu win- dows. A high transparency allows you to continue monitoring the screen's display while adjusting feature settings, though the text of the menus may fade until it is unreadable.

  • Page 108: Units Of Measure

    Main Menu with Transparency command selected To adjust Menu Transparency level: Press | to MENU MENU appears. Press makes the menus opaque; the upper end is maximum transparency. Units of Measure This menu sets the speed and distance (statute or nautical miles, me- ters), depth (feet, fathoms, or meters), temperature (degrees Fahrenheit or Celsius) and heading (true or magnetic) units.

  • Page 109: Section 6: Searching

    NOTE: The background map loaded in your unit lets you to search for U.S. Interstate Highway exits and exit services, as well as some land features, including cities and lakes. For a full set of searchable land features, including landmarks, streets, addresses and Points of In- terest, you must load your own high-detail custom map produced with our MapCreate 6 software.
  • Page 110 3. To enter an address number, press ↑ or ↓ to change the first number, then press → to move the cursor to the next number and re- peat until the number is correct, then press 4. To enter a street name, press ↓ to tions: A.
  • Page 111 press → to move the cursor to the next letter and repeat until the name is correct, then press , then press ↓ or ↑ to select a city name from the list, by pressing then press . The city name you selected is now in the city field. NOTE: We recommend that you do not enter a city name unless the list you are given is too large when searching without it.

  • Page 112: Find Any Item Selected By Map Cursor

    8. To navigate to the address, press begin showing navigation information to the address pointed out by the cursor. If you are only looking up an address (not navigating), just press to return to the previous page. EXIT Tip: If the address also happens to be an item in the Point of Interest database, you can look up the item's phone number in the Waypoint Information list.

  • Page 113: Find Interstate Highway Exits

    NOTE: Since the Go Waypoint command is highlighted, you can navigate to the selected POI by pressing point Information screen. Find Interstate Highway Exits 1. From the Map Page, press up the Find Exit menu. Find Highway Exits command, left, and Find Exit menu, right. 2.
  • Page 114 3. Once you have selected a highway name you can then select an exit. Press ↓ to switch to the Exit List, then press ↓ or ↑ until you highlight the exit, then press Find Exit menu, with an exit selected in the Exit List. 4.

  • Page 115: Find Map Places Or Points Of Interest (Poi)

    Exit Information screen, left; general location and amenities information, at right. Find Map Places or Points of Interest (POI) ↓ ↑ 1. Press , press to select a map place or POI category, then . (narrow your search, press → then press ↓ or ↑ to select a press subcategory before pressing .) You will be given two options;...
  • Page 116 Find by Nearest option, left, Calculating screen, center, POI list, right. 3. Search by name of POI. Press . There are two options: A. You can spell out the POI in the top selection box. Press ↑ or to change the first letter, then press →...

  • Page 117: Find Streets Or Intersections

    "Go To" POI option, left, "Find on Map" POI option, right. Find Streets or Intersections Find a Street 1. From the Map Page, press |↓ to and the Find MENU TREETS Streets Menu appears. Find Streets command, left, Find Streets menu, right. 2.
  • Page 118 Find Street By Name menu. Spell out name in the top box, or select from the list in the lower box. 3. The Find Streets menu reappears with the street you're searching for in the First Street box. (In this example, it's 80th Street.) To search for that street, press ↓...
  • Page 119 Map Page showing results of a street search. The cursor points to the located street. If you want to navigate to the found street at the cursor location, just press MENU EXIT Find an Intersection You must enter one street in the First Street dialog box and enter the next street in the Second Street dialog box.
  • Page 120 second street. You could now use similar techniques to select a city or Zip code, but your search will probably be faster if you leave those boxes blank. (You can specify a city and/or Zip code later on to narrow the search, if the resulting list is too long.) Find Intersection command highlighted, left, and "Working"...

  • Page 121: Find Waypoints

    Find Waypoints 1. Press 2. If searching for the waypoint By Name, press . If searching for the Nearest waypoint, press ↓ to . (To search by name, |ENT EAREST jump to step 5.) Find Waypoint menu, left; Find By Nearest command, center, Find by Name command, right.
  • Page 122 B. To find the waypoint, press ↓ to appears with the cursor highlighting the found waypoint. Waypoint Information screens with the Go Waypoint command se- lected, left, and the Find on Map command selected, right. To clear these menus and return to the previous page, press 5.

  • Page 123: Section 7: Supplemental Material

    Sec. 7: Supplemental Material Datums Used by This Unit WGS 1984 Default Adindan Mean for Ethiopia, Sudan Adindan Burkina Faso Adindan Cameroon Adindan Ethiopia Adindan Mali Adindan Senegal Adindan Sudan Afgooye Somalia Ain el Abd 1970 Bahrain Ain el Abd 1970 Saudi Arabia Anna 1 Astro 1965 Cocos Islands...
  • Page 124 Chatham Island Astro 1971; New Zealand (Chatham Island) Chua Astro Paraguay Corrego Alegre Brazil Dabola Guinea Djakarta (Batavia) Indonesia (Sumatra) DOS 1968 New Georgia Islands (Gizo Island) Easter Island 1967 Easter Island European 1950 Mean for Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, West Germany, Gi- braltar, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Neth-...
  • Page 125 Nahrwan United Arab Emirates Naparima BWI Trinidad & Tobago North American 1927 Mean for Antigua, Barbados, Barbuda, Caicos Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Grand Cayman, Jamaica, Turks Islands North American 1927 Mean for Belize, Costa Rica, El Sal- vador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua North American 1927 Mean for Canada North American 1927...
  • Page 126 Point 58 Sweden Santo (DOS) 1965 Espirito Santo Island Sao Braz Azores (Sao Miguel, Santa Maria Islands) Sapper Hill 1943 East Falkland Island Schwarzeck Nambia Selvagem Grande Salvage Islands SGS 85 Soviet Geodetic System 1985 South American 1969 Mean for Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay,...
  • Page 127 Notes...
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  • Page 130: Fcc Compliance

    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 131 THIS IS A LEGAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE END-USER WHO FIRST PURCHASES THIS PRODUCT AS A CONSUMER ITEM FOR PERSONAL, FAMILY, OR HOUSEHOLD USE ("YOU") AND LOWRANCE ELECTRONICS, INC., THE MANUFACTURER OF THIS PRODUCT ("WE", "OUR", OR "US"). USING THE PRODUCT ACCOMPANIED BY THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT CONSTITUTES ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
  • Page 132 DATABASES LIMITED 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 the prod- uct as a consumer item for personal, family, or household use. The Databases Limited Warranty applies to the one or more databases that your product may contain.
  • Page 133 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.

  • Page 134: 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. Before any product can be returned, you must call customer service to determine if a return is necessary.
  • Page 135 To locate a Lowrance dealer near you, visit our web site, www.lowrance.com and look for the Dealer Locator. Or, you can consult your telephone directory for listings.

  • Page 136: Visit Our Web Site

    Visit our web site: Lowrance Pub. 988-0156-121 © Copyright 2006 All Rights Reserved Printed in USA 011306 Lowrance Electronics, Inc.

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