Basic Gps Quick Reference - Lowrance GlobalMap 5150C Operation Instructions Manual

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Start outdoors, with a clear view of the open sky. As you practice, try navi-
gating to a location at least a few blocks away. While you're learning,
navigation in too small an area will constantly trigger arrival alarms.
1. To turn on the unit, press and release
2. Opening screen displays map of North America at 4,000 mile zoom
range. Rotate through the three main Page screens (Map Page, Satel-
lite Status Page and Navigation Page) by pressing
select Page Name|
3. Wait while unit locates satellites and calculates current position. Process
is visible on Satellite Page. This takes about a minutes or less under clear
sky conditions (unobstructed by terrain or structures.) When position is
acquired, unit sounds a tone and displays a "position acquired" message.
The present position arrow and information shown in data boxes or as
overlay data will stop flashing.
4. With position acquired, press
shows a bird's eye view of the earth. You can move around the map by:
Zoom in closer to see greater detail: press
Zoom out to see more area, less detail: press
Scroll map north, south, east or west using arrow keys ↑ ↓ → ← .
To stop scrolling and return to current position on map, press
5. Set a waypoint (Wpt 001) at your current position so you can navigate
back here: press
6. Zoom/scroll map to find a nearby object or location to go to. Use ar-
row keys to center cursor cross-hair over the map object or location.
7. Navigate to the selected destination: press
course line on Map Page or compass bearing arrow on Navigation Page.
8. At destination, Arrival Alarm goes off; to clear it, press
navigation: press
9. Return to Wpt 1 by Navigate To Waypoint or Backtrack Trail. To
Waypoint: press
|
; follow navigation displays. Trail: press
ENT
ENT
. Press ↓ to Trail 1|
|
T
ENT
RAILS
Press → to
R
EVERSE
sounds, press
EXIT
10. Back home, Arrival Alarm goes off; press
press
|
MENU
MENU
11. To turn off the unit, press and hold

Basic GPS Quick Reference

. Switch Pages to display Satellite Status Page.
EXIT
|
. Waypoint symbol and "001" appears.
WPT
WPT
|
|↓ to
MENU
MENU
|
|
WPT
ENT
ENT
|
|← to
R
ENT
OUTE
.) Follow navigation displays.
|↓ to
C
ANCEL
PWR
key to display Map Page, which
PAGES
MENU
C
N
ANCEL
AVIGATION
. Use ↑ or ↓ to select Wpt 001, press
|↓ to
ENT
D
ELETE
N
R
AVIGATE
|
N
ENT
AVIGATION
key for three seconds.
PWR
39
key.
PAGES
(zoom in key.)
ZIN
(zoom out key.)
ZOUT
|
|
ENT
EXIT
|
|
← to Y
ENT
|
MENU
MENU
|→ to
T
N
RAIL
|
. (If arrival alarm
ENT
OUTE
. Cancel navigation:
EXIT
|
|
← to Y
ENT
ES
|← or → to
key.
EXIT
. Follow red
. Cancel
EXIT
|
.
ENT
ES
|↓ to
M
Y
|
.
ENT
AVIGATE
.

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