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Lowrance GlobalMap Baja 480C Operation Instructions Manual

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  • Page 1: Operation Instructions

    Pub. 988-0151-281 www.lowrance.com GlobalMap Baja 480C ® Mapping GPS Receiver Operation Instructions...
  • Page 2 All features and specifications subject to change without notice. All screens in this manual are simulated. On the cover: ® GlobalMap 480C shown. NMEA 2000 For free owner's manuals and other information, All rights reserved.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Navigate to a Point of Interest... 47 Creating and Saving a Trail... 47 Displaying a Saved Trail ... 49 Navigating Trails... 50 Transfer Custom Maps and GPS Data Files ... 53 Custom Maps:... 53 Table of Contents  Baja 480c... 2...
  • Page 4 GPS Data files: ... 53 Cancel Navigation ... 56 Section 4: Advanced GPS Operations... 57 Find Distance from Current Position to Another Location ... 57 Icons ... 58 Routes... 59 Create and Save a Route ... 60 Navigate a Route... 64 Trails ...
  • Page 5 Map Datum Selection ... 82 Map Detail Category Selection ... 83 Map Orientation ... 84  Navionics Charts... 85 Port Information ... 87 Tidal Current Information... 88 Tide Information ... 90 Overlay Data... 91 Pop-up Help ... 94 Reset Options... 95 Screen Contrast and Brightness ...
  • Page 6 A CAREFUL NAVIGATOR NEVER RELIES ON ONLY ONE METHOD TO OBTAIN POSITION INFORMATION. When showing navigation data to a position (waypoint), a GPS unit will show the shortest, most direct path to the waypoint. It provides navigation data to the waypoint regardless of obstructions.

  • Page 7: Section 1: Read Me First

    First, we want to thank you for buying a Lowrance GPS unit. Whether you're a first time user or a professional fisherman, you'll discover that your GlobalMap Baja 480c is easy to use, yet capable of handling de- manding navigation tasks. When you team your unit with our custom mapping software MapCreate...

  • Page 8: Capabilities And Specifications: Globalmap  Baja 480C

    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 Baja 480c's many advanced navigation features. That brings us to Section 4, Ad- vanced GPS Operations. This section contains the rest of the unit's GPS command functions, organized in alphabetical order.
  • Page 9 Case size:... 5.4" H x 6.9" W x 3.4" D (13.8 x 17.6 x 8.6 MMC slots: ... One with waterproof door (SD card compati- Recording:... MMC & SD memory cards for recording GPS Back-up memory: ... Built-in memory stores GPS data for dec- Languages:...

  • Page 10: How Lowrance Gps Works

    How Lowrance GPS Works You'll navigate faster and easier if you understand how the GlobalMap Baja 480c scans the sky to tell you where you are on the earth — and, where you're going. (But if you already have a working understanding of GPS receivers and the GPS navigation system, skip on ahead to Sec- tion 2, Installation &...
  • Page 11 GPS Data Files (file format *.usr) can be shared be- tween Lowrance GPS or sonar/GPS units or even personal computers. This GlobalMap Baja 480c has one more thing in common with a per- sonal computer. Just as computers have a floppy disk drive for storing and exchanging files, the unit has a slot for an MMC (MultiMedia Card) or SDC (Secure Digital card) flash memory card.

  • Page 12: Introduction To Gps And Waas

    Section 2, Installation & Accessories, on page 11, so you can mount your GlobalMap Baja 480c and plug in the power. Or you might want to see how our text formatting makes the manual tutorials easy to skim.
  • Page 13 Speed, direction of travel, and distance are all calculated from position information. Therefore, in order for the GlobalMap Baja 480c to determine direction of travel, you must be moving and the faster, the better. This is not to say that it won’t work at walking or trolling speeds —...

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

    WAAS reception, but terrain, foliage or even large man-made structures frequently block the WAAS signal from ground receivers. You'll find that using your GPS receiver is both easy and amazingly accurate. It’s easily the most accurate method of electronic navigation available to the general public today.
  • Page 15 AVIGATE 3. You are asked to wait while it converts the trail into a route. 4. The wait message disappears and the GlobalMap Baja 480c begins showing navigation information along the trail. Now, begin moving and follow your GlobalMap Baja 480c.
  • 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: Power Connections

    You need to select an antenna installation location that has a clear, un- obstructed view of the sky. After the module is installed, connect it to the end of the Y-adapter extension cable as shown in the following dia- gram. To connect it to the unit, insert the cable's splitter plug into the Network socket on the back of the unit and your system is ready to use.

  • Page 19: Powering A Nmea-2000 Buss

    To unit The Power/Data cable for this unit. 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 20 with electrical interference. Therefore, it's safer to go ahead and attach the power cable directly to the battery. CAUTION: When using the unit in a saltwater environment, we strongly rec- ommend that you shut off the power supply to the power cable when the unit is not in use.

  • Page 21: Nmea 0183 Cable Connections

    Power cable to the boat's battery. Data Cable Power connections for the GlobalMap Baja 480c GPS unit. NOTE: If you're powering a NMEA-2000 buss, you will attach both the NMEA-2000 Power cable and the unit's Power Supply cable to the boat's battery.

  • Page 22: Nmea Wiring

    NMEA-compatible device. Mounting the Unit: Bracket, In-Dash or Portable You can install the GlobalMap Baja 480c on the top of a dash with the supplied gimbal bracket. It can also be installed in the dash or mounted on a portable power supply.
  • Page 23 Optional R-A-M mounting system. Bracket Installation Mount the GlobalMap Baja 480c in any convenient location, provided there is clearance behind the unit when it's tilted for the best viewing angle. You should also make sure there is enough room behind the GlobalMap Baja 480c to attach the power and GPS antenna/receiver module cables.
  • Page 24 Millimeter Front view (left) and side view (right) showing dimensions of the GlobalMap Baja 480c when mounted on gimbal bracket. After drilling the hole, pass the antenna connector up through the hole from under the dash. Pass the power cable's bare-wire end down though the hole from the top.
  • Page 25 GlobalMap Baja 480c. If you choose to fill in the hole, be sure to position the cables against the rear edge of the hole as you apply the fill material.

  • Page 26: Mmc Or Sd Card Memory Card Installation

    Portable Installation Like many Lowrance products, the GlobalMap Baja 480c is capable of portable operation by using an optional portable power pack. The power pack and the magnet-equipped antenna module expand the uses for your GPS unit. The portable power pack makes it easy to transfer your unit from a boat to a car, recreational vehicle, airplane or other vehicle without drilling and mounting a second bracket.

  • Page 27: Other Accessories

    MMC groove for card removal Thumb screw Insert card face up, this way Memory card compartment with a 16 MB MMC card installed. To remove an MMC 1. Open the card compartment door by unscrewing the thumb screw. The screw should only be finger tight. If it was over-tightened, use a thumbnail, a coin or a screwdriver to open the door.

  • Page 28: Face Cover

    MapCreate™ 6 CD-ROM (left); MMC card reader for USB ports (right). Now that you have your GlobalMap Baja 480c 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 29: Section 3: Basic Gps Operations

    Quick Reference on page 36. Keyboard GlobalMap Baja 480c GPS unit, front view, showing Map Page, key- board and access door for the MMC slot. 1. PWR/LIGHT (Power & Light) – The PWR key turns the unit on and off and activates the backlight.

  • Page 30: Power/Lights On And Off

    Navigation Page and Map Page.) Each page represents one of the unit's major operation modes. 3. MENU – Press this key to show the menus and submenus, which allow you to select a command or adjust a feature. This also accesses search functions for streets, intersections, addresses and highway exits.
  • Page 31 Point of Interest or map cursor location; or after you reach the end of a route or trail. GPS Setup command: sets various GPS receiver options. System Setup command: sets general configuration options. Sun/Moon Calculations command: finds the rising and setting time...

  • Page 32: Satellite Status Page

    Trip Calculator command: shows trip status and statistics. Timers command: controls the up timer, down timer and alarm clock settings. Browse MMC Files command: this allows you to view the installed MMC card and the files it contains. Pages The unit has three Pages that represent the three major operating modes. They are the Satellite Status Page, the Navigation Page and the Map Page.
  • 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

    The Satellite Status Page has its own menu, which is used for setting various options. (Options and setup are discussed in Sec. 5). To access the Satellite Status Page Menu, from the Status Page, press Navigation Page This screen has a compass rose that not only shows your direction of travel, but also the direction to a recalled waypoint.
  • Page 35 Speed (ground speed) is the velocity you are making over the ground. (If you wish, you can customize the Speed data box to display Closing Speed instead. Closing Speed is also known as velocity made good. It's the speed that you're making toward the waypoint. For instructions, see the Customize Page Displays entry in Sec.

  • Page 36: Map Page

    course. You need to steer left to return to the desired course. You can use the keys to change the cross track error range. ZOUT A circular symbol depicting your destination (waypoint) appears on the screen as you approach the waypoint, as shown on the screen in the preceding figure.
  • Page 37 The Zoom In and Zoom Out keys zoom the map to enlarge or reduce its coverage area and the amount of mapping detail shown. There are 39 available map zoom ranges, from 0.02 miles to 4,000 miles. Map Page opening screen (left). Zoomed to 100 miles (center) and zoomed to 10 miles (right).

  • Page 38: Background Map Vs. Mapcreate Map Content

    Background map vs. MapCreate map content The background map includes: low-detail maps of the whole world (con- taining cities, major lakes, major rivers, political boundaries); and me- dium-detail maps of the United States. The medium-detail U.S. maps contain: all incorporated cities; shaded metropolitan areas;...
  • Page 39 Interstate Minor Streets Marker School POI Position, distance and bearing data When the map is zoomed out far enough, most POIs appear as square dots (left). As you zoom in closer, the symbols become readable icons. In the 0.2 mile zoom example (right), the cursor has selected the Cupps Café...

  • Page 40: Resize Window Command

    Digital Data map page (left); Two Position Formats page (right). Resize Window command In pages that have two major windows (such as two maps) you can tog- back forth between windows pressing . This allows you to change which map your cursor PAGES PAGES moves on, and which map the menu operates on.
  • Page 41 the window widths. Press an arrow key parallel to the centerline to switch between horizontal and vertical layout. (You can only change size, not switch layout, on the Map With Sonar page - it's always two vertical windows.) Press to clear the four flashing arrows. EXIT Fig.

  • 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 learn- ing, navigation in too small an area will constantly trigger arrival alarms.

  • Page 43: Find Your Current Position

    Find Your Current Position Finding your current position is as simple as turning the unit on. Un- der clear sky conditions, the unit automatically searches for satellites and calculates its position in approximately one minute or less. NOTE: "Clear sky" means open sky, unobstructed by terrain, dense foliage or structures.

  • Page 44: Searching

    Cursor line Selected airport The selected airport to the northwest is 4.2 miles away. Selecting Any Map Item with the Cursor 1. Use the zoom keys and the arrow keys to move around the map and find the item you wish to select. 2.
  • Page 45 After the unit has acquired a position: 1. Press |↓ to POI-R 2. You could search the entire restaurant category, but in this example we will narrow our search. Press → to |↓ to HAINS 3. The unit says it is calculating, then a list of restaurants appears, with the closest at the top of the list, and the farthest at the bottom of the list.
  • Page 46 POI information screen on fast food restaurant nearest this position. Screen shows name, street address, phone number, latitude/longitude, distance to restaurant and its compass bearing. Go To Waypoint com- mand (left); Find On Map command (right). 6. The unit's map appears, with the cross-hair cursor highlighting the restaurant' s POI symbol.

  • Page 47: Set A Waypoint

    NOTE: Search works from mapping and POI data loaded in the unit. If you do not have a high-detailed custom map (containing POI data) for the area you are searching loaded on the MMC, you may not find anything. Set a Waypoint A waypoint is simply an electronic "address,"...
  • Page 48 Create Waypoint at Current Position While you are traveling, press automatically given a name with a sequential number, such as "way- point 003." The waypoint symbol and number appear on the map. Step 1. Step 3. Sequence for setting a waypoint. Step 1: while traveling, quickly press WPT twice to call up Find Waypoint screen (seen in Step 2) and set a point.

  • Page 49: Navigate To 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. 5). Create Waypoint on Map 1. Use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the place where you want to make a waypoint.

  • Page 50: Set Man Overboard (Mob) Waypoint

    Course line (dotted) Off course range, set at 0.20 mile Navigation Page, navigating toward waypoint 004 and leaving a trail. Set Man Overboard (MOB) Waypoint One of boating's most terrifying events is having a friend or family member fall overboard. This situation can be deadly on any body of water —...

  • Page 51: 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 star- board of the vessel. The GPS shows where to go for the rescue. The man overboard position is also stored in the waypoint list for future reference.
  • Page 52 Navigate to cursor. In this example, the cursor has selected 3. Press MENU cation. 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. See the following examples. The 15-mile zoom (left) clearly shows the dotted course line connecting your current position to your destination.

  • Page 53: Navigate To A Point Of Interest

    Navigate to a Point of Interest For POIs that are in view on the map, you can easily use the Navigate to Cursor command above; just use the cursor to select the POI. The other method involves searching for POIs with the Find Waypoint command, launched with the lier in this section, or turn to Sec.
  • Page 54 Active symbol Visible symbol Sequence for saving a trail and beginning a new one (after My Trails command is selected). The Trails Menu (left). The arrow to the right of Trail 14 indicates the trail is "active," and the check to the left indi- cates the trail is visible on the map display.

  • Page 55: Displaying A Saved Trail

    New trail, named "Trail 15," is created when Trail 14 is made inactive. Any new travel will be recorded in this trail, which is active and visible. Trails do not need to be visible in order to be active. 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.

  • Page 56: Navigating Trails

    3. Press ↓ to CTIVE press EXIT EXIT EXIT To turn on trail display: 1. Press MENU MENU 2. Press ↓|↓ to enter the Saved Trail list, then use ↑ or ↓ to select the desired Trail Name| 3. Press ↓ to CTIVE press EXIT...
  • Page 57 3. Press → to ELETE 4. Press ↓ to AVIGATE mation along the trail. NOTE: If you are already located at or near the beginning of your trail, the arrival alarm will go off as soon as you hit Enter. Just press clear the alarm and proceed.
  • Page 58 On the Map Page, the trail you are navigating is represented by a dot- ted line that alternates with a flashing solid line. The Navigation Page will also show the navigated trail as a dotted line. The bearing arrow on the compass rose points to the next waypoint on the trail.

  • Page 59: Transfer Custom Maps And Gps Data Files

    3. Press → to ELETE 4. Press ↓ to AVIGATE begins showing navigation information along the trail, in reverse. NOTE: If you are already located at or near the end of your trail, the arri- val alarm will go off as soon as you hit clear the alarm and proceed.
  • Page 60 The Transfer My Data submenu asks if you want to save data to the MMC or load data from the MMC into the unit's memory. 2. The Transfer My Data menu includes a message which tells you if an MMC is present or not. If no MMC is present, you must first insert a card into the unit in order to activate the Load or Save commands.
  • Page 61 These figures (from left to right) show the menu sequence for naming and saving a GPS Data File from the unit's memory to an MMC. 4. Loading to unit memory: There may be more than one GPS Data File (*.USR) on the card. To select a file, press to activate the selec- tion box, use ↓...

  • Page 62: Cancel Navigation

    Figure 1. 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 63: 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 64: 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 65: Routes

    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 66: Create And Save A Route

    The course from one waypoint to the next is a leg; routes are composed of one or more legs. The legs of all GPS routes are based on straight lines between waypoints. A route provides the automatic capability to navigate through several waypoints without having to reprogram the unit after arriving at each waypoint.
  • Page 67 Selecting the Route Planning command on Main Menu will open the Route List screen. 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 68 Route creation sequence (from left to right): Fig. 1. Set route waypoint (1) at 11th St. & 145th Ave. Fig. 2. Zoom in; move cursor north to set point (2) at 145th & Admiral. Fig. 3. With point (2) set, move cursor east to mark interstate on-ramp with waypoint (3).
  • Page 69 You can edit the route and run other commands, but if you are finished with the route for now, return to the last page displayed by pressing EXIT EXIT Delete a Route 1. From the AVIGATION press |↓ to MENU MENU 2.

  • Page 70: Navigate A Route

    3. Use ↓ and ↑ to select a command from the Edit Route Waypoints menu and press route by clicking on a map location with the cursor. Add Waypoint calls up the Waypoint List so you can insert a waypoint from the list. Re- move Waypoint will delete the waypoint from the route.
  • Page 71 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| Upon arrival press |↓ to MENU MENU The following figures show what the Navigation Page and Map Page look like while navigating a route.

  • Page 72: 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 73: Edit A Trail Name

    Tip: You can also delete all trails at once: 1. Press MENU 2. Press → to 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...

  • Page 74: Utilities

    Edit Trail Menu with Pattern option selected (left). Edited trail with dotted line pattern (right). 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 & Set Calculator To get to the Sun/Moon menu: press ALCULATIONS Trip Calculator...

  • Page 75: Edit A Waypoint

    To delete all waypoints at one time: press |↓ to ETUP ELETE to the previous page, press Edit a Waypoint Waypoint Name To edit waypoint name: 1. Press AYPOINT 2. Press ↑ or ↓ to change the first character, then press → to the next character and repeat until the name is correct.

  • Page 76: Set A Waypoint By Projecting A Position

    1. Press |→ to 2. Press ↓ or ↑ to VERAGE 3. Wait while the unit takes points to average for the position. (The greater the number of points, the greater the accuracy.) When the desired number of points accumulates, press 4.

  • Page 77: 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. You can set an arrival alarm to flash a warning message and sound a tone when you cross a preset distance from a waypoint.

  • Page 78: 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 79: Check Mmc Files And Storage Space

    Check MMC Files and Storage Space To check MMC Files: Press |↓ to MENU MENU MMC F ENT. ROWSE ILES 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.

  • Page 80: Configure Nmea

    To set Com Port Configuration: 1. Press MENU MENU 2. Press ↓ to OMMUNICATIONS Configure NMEA You can configure the unit to use specific NMEA sentences. 1. Press MENU MENU 2. Press ↓ to OMMUNICATIONS 3. A menu appears showing the prefixes of the available NMEA sen- tences.
  • Page 81 (Standard + 10); Map Fix; Loran TD; British, Irish, Finnish, German, New Zealand, Swedish, Swiss, Taiwan and Greek. 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 82: Map Fix

    Map Fix Map Fix is used with charts or maps. This system asks for a reference position in latitude/longitude, which you take from a marked location on the map. It then shows the present position as distance on the map from that reference point.

  • Page 83: Customize Page Displays

    The screen below appears, and enter the map's scale. 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. Configure a map fix so the unit can find your position on a printed Press →...

  • Page 84: Gps Simulator

    change the box or hit ↑, ↓, → or ← to select another box, then press . You'll see a list of categories with "+" or "–" symbols next to each category. A category with a "+" is expandable, meaning its contents are currently hidden.
  • Page 85 You can steer your position and change speed on the map by using the arrow keys ( TEER WITH speed in the dialog boxes provided on the simulator menu screen. To get to the GPS Simulator: 1. Press MENU MENU 2.

  • Page 86: Initialize Gps

    2. Set to zero. Select PEED which turns on the simulator and returns you to the Map Page. 3. Begin navigating along the trail/route. (If you are close enough to the first waypoint, the arrival alarm will usually go off as soon as naviga- tion begins.

  • Page 87: Map Data

    To turn this feature on, from the . Repeat these steps to turn it off. EXIT Map Data 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;...

  • Page 88: Map Boundaries

    Map Boundaries From the Map Page, press . With the option highlighted, press OUNDARIES on) and uncheck it (turn off.) After the option is set, press return to the page display. Fill Water With White From the Map Page, press .

  • Page 89: Map Detail Category Selection

    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. However, it can show your position using one of 191 different datums.

  • Page 90: Map Orientation

    Map Categories Drawn Menu. Map Orientation By default, this receiver shows the map with north always at the top of the screen. This is the way most maps and charts are printed on paper. In Track Up mode, map shows "N" and arrow to indicate north. Map orientation is shown in north up (left) and track up (right).

  • Page 91: Navionics  Charts

    To correct this problem, a track-up mode rotates the map as you turn. Thus, what you see on the left side of the screen should always be to your left, and so on. Another option is course-up mode, which keeps the map at the same orientation as the initial bearing to the waypoint.
  • Page 92 Entrance to Chesapeake Bay (left) in a MapCreate 6 custom map, 10-mile zoom. Same position on Navionics chart at 11-mile zoom (cen- To display a Navionics chart: 1. Install the Navionics MMC in the memory card compartment and turn on the unit. (For full card install instructions, see Sec. 2.) WARNING: You should never format the MMC containing your Navionics chart.

  • Page 93: Port Information

    Port Information Navionics charts contain Port Services information, represented by anchor icons on the map display. An example is displayed in the following figure. To view Port Services information: 1. Use the arrow keys to move the cursor over a Port Services icon. When selected, a pop-up name box appears.

  • Page 94: Tidal Current Information

    Port Services information screens. Tidal Current Information Navionics charts contain Tidal Current information, represented at large zoom ranges by a box icon with the letter "C." The icon stands for a Tidal Current Station location. An example is displayed at right. When you zoom in to a sufficiently small zoom range, the icon itself be- comes an animated arrow showing tidal current velocity and direction for the selected tidal station at the present time.
  • Page 95 Tidal Current Station icon in animated mode Cursor lines Navionics chart showing Tidal Current Station icon selected by cur- sor. In this example, the tidal current is in flood but it's about to enter the slack water stage. The current is flowing to the west at 0.1 mph. The Tidal Current Information screen displays daily tidal current data for this station on this date at the present time.

  • Page 96: Tide Information

    You can look up tidal current data for other dates by changing the month, day and year selection boxes. To select another date: 1. Use → and ← to highlight month, day or year, then press 2. Use ↑ and ↓ to select the desired month, day or year, then press To clear the information screen, press Tide Information Navionics...

  • Page 97: Overlay Data

    Tide Information screen. 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 98 Overlay Data, with "Navigation," "Trip Calculator" and "Time" categories expanded. To overlay information on your screen: 1. While on the Navigation Page or a Map Page, press | to MENU OVERLAY DATA 2. You'll see a list of the overlay data currently shown, if any. Select and press .
  • Page 99 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 100: Pop-Up Help

    1. From one of the Map Pages, press 2. You'll see a list of the overlay data currently displayed. Select the item you want to move and press 3. The data begins to flash on your screen. Use any combination of →, ←, ↑...

  • Page 101: Reset Options

    System Setup menu (left) with Pop-up Help highlighted. Pop-up Help message for Go To Cursor (right), located on the Map Menu. Reset Options To reset all features to their factory defaults: 1. Press MENU MENU NOTE: Reset Options does not erase any waypoints, routes, icons or plot trails. Reset Options command (left) and the Reset Options Menu (right).

  • Page 102: Set Language

    Screen Command (left) and Screen Menu (right). To adjust the display's brightness: Press ↓ to RIGHTNESS scale is minimum contrast; the right end is maximum contrast. To adjust the screen's display mode: Press ↓ to ISPLAY Set Language This unit's menus are available in 10 languages: English, French, Ger- man, Spanish, Italian, Danish, Swedish, Russian, Dutch and Finnish.

  • Page 103: Set Local Time

    3. Use ↓ or ↑ to select a different language and press now appear in the language you selected. Set Local Time Using the correct local time setting is handy when estimating local ar- rival time while navigating. Also, the time and date are saved when a waypoint is created.

  • Page 104: Software Version Information

    If you want, you have the option of turning off the WAAS Acquired/Lost alarm without affecting how the unit uses WAAS. Here's how: 1. Press MENU MENU 2. With the option highlighted, press check it (turn on.) After the option is set, press the page display.

  • Page 105: Track Smoothing

    Sounds command (left); The Sounds menu (right). Once in the Sounds menu: To set Key Press Sounds: With the option highlighted, press check it (turn on) and uncheck it (turn off.) After the option is set, press to return to the page display. EXIT EXIT To set Alarm Sounds: Press ↓...

  • Page 106: 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 107 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 108: Delete Trail

    Specific Trail Options Delete Trail To delete a specific trail: From the Trails Menu, press ↓ to Trail Name| . The Edit Trail menu appears as seen in the following fig- ure. Press → to |← to ELETE RAIL Edit Trail menu. New Trail To manually start a new trail, in the Trails Menu, make sure RAIL...

  • Page 109: Units Of Measure

    Main Menu with Transparency command selected To adjust Menu Transparency level: Press MENU MENU appears. Press or to move the bar. The lower end of the scale 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 110 Notes...

  • Page 111: 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 112 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 113 If you select yes, there are two options: A. You can spell out the city name in the top selection box. Press ↑ or ↓ to change the first letter, then press → to move the cursor to the next letter and repeat until the name is correct, then press , then press ↓...

  • Page 114: Find Any Item Selected By Map Cursor

    Address search result list (left). Map Page showing location of the ad- dress on the map (center), highlighted by cursor. After the address is located (right), you can navigate to it ("D" symbol for destination). 8. To navigate to the address, press begin showing navigation information to the address pointed out by the cursor.

  • Page 115: Find Interstate Highway Exits

    A POI selected by the cursor (left), POI information screen (right). NOTE: Since the Go To Waypoint command is highlighted, you can navi- gate to the selected POI by pressing Waypoint Information screen. Find Interstate Highway Exits 1. From the Map Page, press up the Find Exit menu.
  • Page 116 Find By Name menu. 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 ENT. Find Exit menu, with an exit selected in the Exit List. 4.

  • Page 117: Find Map Places Or Points Of Interest (Poi)

    "Go To Exit" option (left), "Find On Map" option (right). Tip: You can also look up some additional information on the Exit Serv- ices located near this exit. Press ↓ to Service Name| Exit Information (left); general location and amenities (right). Find Map Places or Points of Interest (POI) 1.
  • Page 118 Find Waypoint menu with Lodging POI category selected (left), and with the RV Parks subcategory selected (right). 2. Search by nearest POI. Press ↓| . The "find by nearest" menu will show a "calculating" screen, then a list of the nearest POI's will appear.

  • Page 119: Find Streets Or Intersections

    Find by Name option (left), Find by Name menu (right). 4. When the POI's Waypoint Information screen is displayed, you can choose to "Go To" the POI waypoint by pressing or find it on the map by pressing ↓| "Go To" POI option (left); "Find on Map" POI option (right). Find Streets or Intersections Find a Street 1.
  • Page 120 Find Streets command (left); Find Streets menu (right). 2. You must first fill in a street name in the First Street dialog box. Press to display the Find By Name menu. There are two options: A. You can spell out the street in the top selection box. Press ↑ or ↓ to change the first letter, then press →...
  • Page 121 A message appears asking you to wait while the unit finds the street. When the Streets Found list appears, press ↑ or ↓ to select the street you are searching for and press The Find Streets menu with the Find First Street command highlighted (left).
  • Page 122 1. From the Map Page, press Streets Menu appears. 2. You must fill in a street name in the First Street dialog box. Press to display the Find By Name menu. There are two options: A. You can spell out the street in the top selection box. Press ↑ or ↓ to change the first letter, then press →...

  • Page 123: Find Waypoints

    (In our example, we selected the intersection of SW 80th Street and SW 71st Avenue in Miami, Fla.) 7. The Map Page appears, with the cursor pointing to the found intersec- tion. The intersection in our example is shown in the following figure. Map Page showing results of an intersection search.
  • Page 124 3. If you're looking for nearest, the unit says it is calculating, then a list of waypoints appears. The closest is highlighted at the top of the list and the farthest at the bottom of the list. Calculating message (left) and list of the nearest waypoints (right). 4.
  • Page 125 To clear these menus and return to the previous page, press EXIT peatedly. 5. If you're looking by name, there are two options: A. You can spell out the name in the top selection box. Press ↑ or ↓ to change the first letter, then press →...
  • Page 126 Notes...

  • Page 127: Section 7: Supplemental Material

    Section 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 128 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 129 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 130 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 131: 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.
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  • Page 135 LOWRANCE DATABASES LICENSE AGREEMENT 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 136 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 137 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 138: 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 139 Accessory Ordering Information for all countries To order Lowrance GPS accessories, please contact: 1) Your local marine dealer or consumer electronics store. Most quality dealers that handle marine electronic equipment or other consumer electronics should be able to assist you with these items. To locate a Lowrance dealer near you, visit our web site, www.lowrance.com and look for the Dealer Locator.

  • Page 140: Visit Our Web Site

    Visit our web site: Lowrance Pub. 988-0151-281 © Copyright 2005 All Rights Reserved Printed in USA 032205 Lowrance Electronics, Inc.

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