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Lowrance IWAY 350C Operation Instructions Manual

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  • Page 1: Operation Instructions

    Pub. 988-0148-841 Turn-by-Turn Mapping GPS and MP3 Player Operation Instructions...

  • Page 2: 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 3: Visit Our Web Site

    Visit our web site: Lowrance Pub. 988-0148-841 © Copyright 2005 All Rights Reserved Printed in USA 110205 Lowrance Electronics, Inc.

  • Page 4: 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 ... 4 MMC or SD Card... 4 Getting Music (or Pictures) on Your iWAY ...
  • Page 5 Using the Play Control Buttons ... 22 Using the Now Playing Box to Launch Music Browser... 23 Visualization Effects – Waveform/Spectrum Analyzer ... 23 Music Browser ... 23 Find Music ... 24 Shuffle (On/Off) ... 24 Repeat (On/Off)... 25 Setup Equalizer ... 25 Section 4: Pictures, Gauge, and Options Menu ...
  • Page 6 Reset Options... 44 Device Information... 45 GPS Status... 45 Current Position Lock ... 46 EPE (Estimated Position Error)... 46 Satellite Display ... 47 Lat/Lon Coordinates... 47 Transfer Data ... 47 GPS Simulator... 47 Section 5: Searching, Finding, and Navigating... 49 Using the iWAY's Virtual Keyboard ...
  • Page 7 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 8: 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 9: How Lowrance Gps And The Gps System Work

    24 hours a day, in all weather conditions. GPS uses 24 satellites orbiting 10,900 miles above the Earth to transmit position data back to Earth. A GPS receiver pro- cesses that data to tell you where you are.

  • Page 10: 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. Some of the most important information in this section is 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 11: 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 Sec. 4. External Power and Standby Mode The iWAY has an optional Standby Mode (it is on, by default), which allows the unit to conserve power while still monitoring your current position.

  • Page 12: Getting Music (Or Pictures) On Your Iway

    To insert an MMC card, hold it so that the label faces forward, and slide it into the slot, pushing with your fingernail until the card locks in place. To remove the card, again use your fingernail to push the card, which will release the catch and eject the card.

  • Page 13: Other Accessories

    Other Accessories The iWAY comes with a soft fabric face cover to protect the screen from damage when it’s not in use. It simply slips on and off the unit. The iWAY 350 shown with protective face cover. A special lint-free, microfiber towel is included for cleaning the unit’s screen.

  • Page 14: Section 2: Mapping Mode Operation

    Mapping Mode Operation This section addresses the unit's Mapping Mode operation. Mapping Mode includes all navigation features, from finding the nearest restaurant to plotting a road trip across the country. If you would prefer to start out using the built-in music player, skip ahead to Sec. 3, Music Mode Opera- tion.

  • Page 15: Press And Drag

    allow you to select a single entry. The iWAY touch screen responds to pressure. With practice, you'll learn exactly the right amount of pressure to active the touch screen controls. Buttons are easy; scrollbars can be a little harder. NOTE: From time to time, you may notice a slight delay between pressing an on-screen button and seeing the iWAY respond.

  • Page 16: 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 17 ping Mode well enough to find your current location and find your way to a destination.

  • Page 18: Map Mode Practice Run

    Start with the iWAY installed in your car. As you practice, try navigat- ing to a location at least a few blocks away. You should start out navi- gating to a destination you're already familiar with. Don't be too sur- prised if iWAY suggests a different route than you would take.

  • 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 the path of your cur- rent route from a "bird's-eye" view. By default, the iWAY shows the map as a 3d view. NOTE: This can be changed if you'd prefer to see the map from a different perspective.

  • Page 20: Using The Menu Button

    When tracking your current position, the toolbar buttons on the left of the page are hidden, so that you can see as much of the menu as possi- ble. You can change what's visible on the map display at any time, though, simply by touching the screen.
  • Page 21 The Map Display Toolbar can be made partially transparent, like all of the buttons and overlay boxes that are drawn covering portions of your map. You can control the level of transparency, if you want to make these overlays more readable (by decreasing transparency) or if you want to make the map beneath more visible (by increasing transparency).

  • Page 22: Using The Map Orientation Button

    to a calculated level once you hit to manually control the zoom level all the time, turn off the Auto Zoom feature, as described later in this section. Using the Map Orientation Button There are three different ways to view the map. Whenever the cursor is up, the Map Orientation button can be found in the bottom right corner of the screen.

  • Page 23: Creating And Saving Contacts

    From the information screen, you can choose to tion, which makes the iWAY generate a route. This is the easiest way to generate a route to a destination, and we'll use it in the "Map Mode Practice Run." See the heading "Navigating to a Contact" below for de- tails.

  • Page 24: Editing A Contact

    A red halo indicates a selected contact on the map display Whenever you have a contact selected, you can press the button to access more information about it. A Location In- NFORMATION formation Screen will appear, which includes detailed information about the contact as well as buttons to begin navigating to the contact (Go To), to show it on the map, to edit its name and display informa- tion, or to delete it from memory.

  • Page 25: Section 3: Music Mode Operation

    Section 3: Music Mode Operation This section addresses the unit's Music Mode operation. Music Mode is designed as a powerful but simple interface for playing back your music collection while navigating. If you'd rather skip ahead, you can look at Sec.

  • 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 should already have some MP3 or Ogg Vorbis music files available. 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

    11. To turn off the unit, press and hold 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.

  • Page 29: Using The Play Control Buttons

    Using the Play Control Buttons All of the play control buttons are fairly straightforward, and are probably already familiar to you. The portion of the screen we're refer- ring to as play control buttons looks like this: Song Position slider Stop Previous Next...

  • Page 30: Using The Now Playing Box To Launch Music Browser

    broadcast its audio to a nearby FM radio at the selected frequency. To hear MP3 music and audible driving directions through your car's FM radio, first tune the radio to a vacant FM frequency. In other words, one not used by a commercial radio station in your area. Next, tune the iWAY to the same frequency as the radio.

  • Page 31: Find Music

    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, including all of the songs and play lists available as well as any subfolders.

  • Page 32: Repeat (On/Off)

    button is yellow when the option is turned on, and white when the op- tion is turned off. Repeat (On/Off) When Repeat is turned on, at the end of a play list (or song, if you're only playing one song) iWAY will immediately start playing the play list again, from the beginning.

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

    Pictures, Gauge, and Options Menu Pictures Slideshow The iWAY can display photo images from your media card. To open the Photos Slideshow, choose You can choose to play the images as a slideshow, or pause on a single image. A Pictures Toolbar allows you to control this display with but- tons similar to the Music Mode play controls.

  • Page 34: Gauge Page

    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 of the image. Play / Pause Slideshow allows you to control whether the iWAY automatically cycles through the available images, or displays a single image constantly.

  • Page 35: Directions List

    The iWAY Options Menu (Page 1). In the following pages, we'll describe each of the Options Menu pages. All of these options come with default values so that you can use the iWAY right out of the box, so you may never need to make changes. You might want to skip on to Sec.

  • Page 36: Auto Zoom (On/Off)

    You can look up and down the list by pressing and dragging the blue slider bar to the right. You can select any individual instruction on-screen for more detailed information. This screen is called a Turn Preview. If Turn Preview is on, the Directions list will be displayed automatically when the GPS is lost.

  • Page 37: Route Via Waypoints

    You can also choose the last line in the list, "(Press here to add...)" to add another data box to your screen. The list of available overlay data appears, in an expandable tree structure. Choose the + next to any of the categories to expand it, and show the available data within the category.

  • Page 38: Autosort

    for that one. The iWAY will provide you with an option of de- touring to that waypoint (adding it to the beginning of the route) or setting it as a new final destination (adding it to the end of the route).

  • Page 39: Routing Options

    NOTE: If you’re navigating a route with multiple via waypoints, when you choose Cancel Navigation the iWAY will ask you whether you want to cancel navigation of the entire route, or just cancel navigation to the 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.

  • Page 40: Avoid Cross-Traffic Turns

    Avoid Cross-Traffic Turns Use this option to avoid turns across busy lanes of traffic. The iWAY will not avoid cross-traffic turns at major intersections, where you will likely have a protected turn at a traffic light. As with all of these set- tings, try changing it a little at a time.

  • Page 41: Options Menu - Page Two

    by visiting the Directions List as described earlier. A sample Turn Preview screen. As you can see in the previous image, the Turn Preview screen includes a close-up map of the turn itself, and you can see the magenta route line showing your path.

  • Page 42: Categories Drawn

    The iWAY Options Menu (Page 2). Categories Drawn The Categories Drawn command lets you choose how much of the map- ping detail available in our database you want shown on the screen. This information includes contacts, Points of Interest, cities, highways, etc. If you draw too much detail, your screen can feel cluttered.

  • Page 43: My Trails

    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. If you turn off a Category, none of its Subcategories will appear. To turn an item on or off, press its entry in the list to highlight it.

  • Page 44: Trip Calculator

    The Edit Trail screen allows you to modify an existing Trail. On the Edit Trail screen, you can choose to Navigate the selected Trail (converting it into a Route), delete it, rename it, or modify its display characteristics such as color, pattern, and visibility. Trip Calculator The Trip Calculator is a handy tool for keeping track of detailed infor- mation concerning your route.

  • Page 45: Reset Trip

    and uncheck it (turn off). Reset Trip The Reset Trip command is used to reset all of the calculated values to zero and begin recording new information. Whenever you're starting a new trip, remember to open up the Trip Calculator Menu and choose ESET Threshold You can use Threshold to make sure the information recorded by iWAY...

  • Page 46: Sound And Voice Setup

    To disable Safety Mode and switch to Passenger Mode, make sure the vehicle is not moving and, from the Options Menu, choose to 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 able Safety Mode and return to the Options Menu.

  • Page 47: Interface Setup

    The iWAY Sounds Menu, used to adjust iWAY's audio output. To turn Key Press Sounds on and off: Tap the checkbox to the left of the label OUNDS To turn Voice Instructions on and off: Tap the checkbox to the left of the label OICE NSTRUCTIONS...

  • Page 48: Skin Selection

    your iWAY, such as its brightness and contrast and the graphical skin. You can also use the Interface Options Menu to access the Calibrate Screen command, in case your iWAY's touch screen isn't responding pre- cisely. To access the Interface Options Menu, from the Options Menu choose .

  • Page 49: Transparency

    Transparency The Transparency Slider controls the transparency of icons and other Overlays drawn over the background map, such as the Toolbar, and any navigation instruction boxes. Increasing transparency will make it easier to see the background map, but may interfere with the legibility of the Overlays.

  • Page 50: Standby Mode Vs. Power Off Mode

    Press each of the targets in turn. After the third, the screen should be calibrated. The calibration screen will disappear, returning you to the Screen Setup Menu. You may want to use a stylus for more accurate calibration (or even the plunger of a ballpoint pen) – if you do, take ex- tra care not to scratch the touch screen.

  • Page 51: Units Of Measure

    Units of Measure This menu adjusts the units of measure iWAY uses to display speed and distance (statute miles or meters), your heading (true or magnetic), the current time (12 hour or 24 hour format), and the date (Month/Day/Year, Day/Month/Year or Year/Month/Day). To change any of these, from the Options Menu choose NITS OF EASURE...

  • Page 52: Device Information

    NOTE: Reset Options does not erase any of your contacts, or saved routes or trails. Device 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, www.lowrance.com. These upgrades make the unit perform better or introduce a new fea- ture or function.

  • Page 53: Current Position Lock

    The iWAY GPS Status Screen. The GPS Status Screen contains several graphical elements that repre- sent a lot of information. Current Position Lock A set of three buttons along the left side of the screen indicates the quality of position lock your iWAY currently has. The button that's se- lected indicates your current position lock.

  • Page 54: Satellite Display

    Each satellite is shown on the circular chart relative to your position. The GPS receiver is tracking sat- ellites that are in blue type. The receiver hasn't locked onto a satellite if the number is in dark blue, so it isn't being used to solve the position.
  • Page 55 The iWAY will remain in Simulator Mode until you turn it off in the Options Menu. To turn off Simulator Mode, choose GPS Simulator from the Options Menu. NOTE: If you are running the Simulator while driving about 15 miles per hour or faster, and the unit acquires a satellite lock, the unit will ask if you want to leave simulator mode.

  • Page 56: Section 5: Searching, Finding, And Navigating

    Searching, Finding, and Navigating One of the most important uses of the iWAY is generating routes to help you get from where you are, to where you want to be. In this sec- tion, we'll teach you how to make iWAY generate a route for you, as well as how to use the information iWAY provides.

  • Page 57: Using The Iway's Virtual Keyboard

    but when in doubt you can choose to 2 of the Find Menu. The iWAY has very powerful search tools to help you refine your search, and pick precisely the location you want out of all the iWAY’s stored locations. NOTE: Any time you perform a search while the map cursor is up, by default the distances listed for search results will be calculated from the cur-...

  • Page 58: Find Gas And Atms, Lodging, And Restaurants

    The iWAY virtual keyboard is shown left using the Letters key set, and shown right using the Numbers and Symbols key set. The other important button to notice is the one on the top right, Push when the text field contains the information you want to enter.

  • Page 59: Using The Name Filter

    The Find By menu allows you to customize searches. The Find By menu allows you to force the iWAY to search by any of the methods described earlier, or by Name. Searching by Name al- lows you to find the closest Mobil, or the closest Texaco, if you have a preference.

  • Page 60: Navigating To The Selected Poi

    At left, a list of nearest restaurants to your current position can be displayed. To search for a specific restaurant by name, select the Name Filter option; "Taco" search results are shown at right. Navigating to the Selected POI Now that you have a list of nearest POIs (and know how to read it), choose the one that suits you best, and touch its line on the screen.

  • Page 61: Recent Destinations

    Recent Destinations This handy command provides you with a list of the 20 most recent destinations you searched for. If the destination was a cursor location, the list will shows its street address whenever possible. The Find Recent screen. You can use the Find Recent menu to quickly get back on your route if you diverted to a POI along the way, or to navigate back and forth be- tween two locations on a common commute.
  • Page 62 Find Address menu, shown left with all fields empty, and shown right 4. To choose your state, press the down arrow (↓) or anywhere inside the State field and a list will pop up with a scrollbar to the right. Press and drag on the blue box to scroll the list up or down, then choose the name of your state by touching its line in the list.

  • Page 63: Address Book

    Of course, you already know how to use the Location Information Screen. You can see how far away the address is, or choose Find On Map or Go To if you want to begin navigating to it. Address Book Address Book allows you to navigate to contacts you have created. To create a contact, use the Location Information screen and select .

  • Page 64: Intersections

    Pages 2 and 3 of the Find Menu. In addition to these subcategories, pages 2 and 3 provide a Find Inter- sections option, and an RV Parks/Services Menu. Intersections The Intersections command on the Find menu will let you navigate to any street intersection.

  • Page 65: Find A Street

    Find a Street If you just want to find your way to a single street, choose and the iWAY will provide a list of streets of similar names. If TREET the list is too long, try specifying a city by pressing inside the and entering a name on the virtual keyboard.

  • Page 66: Following A Generated Route

    Choose how to add a new destination to a current route. Detour Here will make the iWAY immediately navigate you to the se- lected location. Once you arrive there, the iWAY will resume navigat- ing to your previous destination. This can be useful when you’re trav- eling to a destination and want to stop for lunch along the way.

  • Page 67: 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 teach the steps to make the iWAY generate a route. It's a little harder to describe exactly how you should use that information.

  • Page 68: Considering Temporary Or Local Conditions

    The Directions List is shown left; a Turn Preview is shown right. Turn Preview allows you to leave your current position to focus mi- nutely on a particular turn in the path ahead. A close zoom range and large-font data boxes combine to help you see exactly the road condi- tions up ahead.
  • Page 69 you, it will begin generating a new one, based on your new position. This feature is particularly handy for dealing with temporary or local conditions that interfere with a route. When construction diverts you from the route the iWAY recommended, you'll often find that the iWAY recalculates your route and builds one that matches the official detour.

  • Page 70: Index

    Accessories, 1, 2, 3, 6 Address Book, 2, 10, 15, 16, 48, 54, 56 Antenna, 2, 63 Batteries, 3, 41 Brightness, 1, 39, 40 Calibrate Screen, 39, 40, 41 Cancel Navigation, 30, 31 Contact, 1, 2, 10, 14, 15, 16, 34, 43, 45, 48, 54, 68 Contrast, 39, 40 Cursor, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 28, 48,...
  • Page 71 Repeat Play List, 19, 24, 56 Reset Options, 43 Route, 1, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 56, 57, 58, 59, Routing Options, 31 Cross-Traffic Turns, 32 Interstates, 32 Toll Roads, 32...

  • Page 72: 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 73: End User License Agreement

    TERMS AND CONDITIONS Personal Use Only. You agree to use this Data together with the iWAY 350 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 74 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 75 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 76 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 77: 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 78 Copyright © 2005 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...

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