Update Trail Option - Lowrance GlobalMap 5500C Operation Instructions Manual

Update Trail Option

This menu lets you change the way trail updates occur.
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
highlighted, press
Update Trail Criteria (Auto, Time, Distance)
The options are automatic, time, or distance. When it's in the default
automatic mode, the unit doesn't update the plot trail while you're
traveling in a straight line. Once you deviate from a straight line, the
unit "drops" a plot point (trail waypoint) onto the trail. This conserves
trail points. If a plot trail uses all of the available points allotted to it,
the points at the start of the trail are removed and replaced by points at
the end of the trail.
From the Trails Menu, press
↑ ↓
to select criteria type|
Press or
Trail Update Rate (Time, Distance)
You can update a trail by time, with a range from 1 second to 9999 sec-
onds. The default is 3 seconds. You can update by distance, with a
range from 0.01 mile/nm/km to 9.99 mile/nm/km. The default is 0.10
miles. With one of the Update Criteria selected, use the cursor arrows
to highlight either the
and press
ENT
to the next character and repeat until the entry is correct. Press
return to the Trail Options Menu.
Trail Options menu: Update Time Rate setting (left) and Update Dis-
to check it (turn on) and uncheck it (turn off).
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PDATE
. Press ↑ or ↓ to change the first character, then press →
tance setting (right).
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. With
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