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  • Page 1: Operation Instructions

    Pub. 988-0160-451 Mapping GPS and Multimedia Player Operation Instructions...
  • Page 2 Copyright © 2007 Navico All rights reserved. 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. Navico is a registered trademark and XOG™...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    External Connections ... 4 Map Mode... 7 Creating and Saving Contacts... 10 Saving Symbols On-screen... 11 Music Mode... 14 Pictures, Gauge and Options ... 17 Options Pages ... 18 Directions List ... 18 Categories Drawn... 19 Route Via Destinations ... 20 Cancel Navigation ...
  • Page 4 Auto Complete ... 37 Name Filter... 40 Navigating to a Selected POI ... 41 Recent Destinations ... 41 Finding Intersections ... 42 Choosing New Destinations while Navigating... 43 Point-to-Point Navigation ... 44 Create Waypoint at Current Position ... 46 Create Waypoint with Cursor ... 46 Go To Cursor...
  • Page 5 A CAREFUL NAVIGATOR NEVER RELIES ON ONLY ONE METHOD TO OBTAIN POSITION INFORMATION. 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 prohibited in some loca- tions.

  • Page 6: External Connections

    External Connections Section 1 includes information on external connections. SD card slot Reset button Headphone socket USB-to-PC/External power socket Left side of unit Right side of unit To insert an SD card, hold it so the label faces forward and SD card slot: slide it into the slot, pushing with the tip of the finger until the card locks in place.
  • Page 7 If the unit is not responding, use the Reset button located Reset button: on the right side of the unit. Use the tip of a pen or something pointed to firmly press the Reset button recessed in the hole. Pressing the Re- set button will force the unit to power off so it can be restarted.
  • Page 8 Portable Battery Charger With a full charge, the internal battery will power the unit for approximately 2.5 hours. To extend battery time, try turning down the backlight. You can also save power by turning off the satellite receiver from the Satellites screen. See the topic Enable-Disable GPS on page 34.

  • Page 9: Map Mode

    Map Mode Section 2 addresses on-screen commands, power button, and creating and saving contacts. Power button Power Button The Power button turns the unit on and off and controls the map screen's backlight. The unit has three preset backlight levels. Repeatedly pressing will...
  • Page 10 Opening Warning Dialog and Language Menus The unit will display an Alarm dialog when powered up. Press to close the dialog box. The Language – Text menu will appear. Select the text language the unit will dis- play and press .
  • Page 11 Map, Music, Find and Options are all available from Main Menu button: the Main Menu. Brings up the Location Information or Location-POI Information button: POI Information screen which is explained under the topic "Creating and Saving Contacts." Push to repeat the current navigation instruction or to Speak button: bring up the on-screen volume control slider.

  • Page 12: Creating And Saving Contacts

    3D View displays the map from a position above, and slightly behind, the black arrow icon which represents you on-screen. North Up always shows the map with North at the top of the screen. Track Up rotates the map so that the direction you are traveling is always at the top of the screen.

  • Page 13: Saving Symbols On-Screen

    When is selected, the Edit Contact screen will ap- DD TO DDRESSBOOK pear with the option to Go To the selected location or add an on-screen symbol by pressing the button. YMBOL The Edit Contact screen (left) shows a saved contact. The Find By Name screen (right) is the screen for saved contacts in the unit's Ad- dress Book.
  • Page 14 In the Edit Contact screen (left) press the Symbol button to bring up the Symbol Window screen, shown at right. The symbol will remain on-screen until it is deleted or changed. To delete or change a symbol, go to the Address Book. In the Address Book highlight and select the con- tact to be edited.
  • Page 15 To change information about a saved contact touch the entry header in the Edit Contact screen and a keyboard will appear. The Name header was selected in the Edit Contact screen, at right, and a key- board (left) appeared. To manually change the latitude or longitude, press either the Lati- tude or Longitude header and a numbers keyboard will appear.

  • Page 16: Music Mode

    Music Mode Use SD cards to store music and picture files. When Music Mode is se- lected the unit automatically searches the SD card for the specified media files. Insert an empty SD card into the unit and use the USB-to- PC cable to connect the unit to a computer.

  • Page 17: Play Control Buttons

    Song Position slider Stop Previous Next Play / Pause Volume slider Play control buttons Skips to previous song. Previous: Starts a song or play list. If a song is playing, pressing this Play/Pause: button will pause the song. Skips to next song. Next: Stops the song.
  • Page 18 where inside the Name Filter box to open a keyboard. Enter all or part of a song's filename and press . The Audio Search screen will pro- vide a list of all audio files that match the text entered in the Name Filter field.

  • Page 19: Pictures, Gauge And Options

    Pictures, Gauge and Options The unit can display .gif and .jpg images stored on an SD card. The unit will automatically search the SD card for any stored images. Se- lect located at the bottom left of the Main Menu screen. The ICTURES picture toolbar controls are: Close Slideshow returns to the Main Menu.

  • Page 20: Options Pages

    Options Pages The Options feature in the Main Menu contains three pages of menus used to customize the operation of the unit. Directions List The Directions list is created when the unit begins navigat- ing. The Directions list shows all the turns from the start of a route to the end, including an arrow icon indicating the direction of each turn.

  • Page 21: Categories Drawn

    Use the blue slider bar in the Directions screen to scroll through the list. The Turn Preview screen will appear when a turn is selected from the Directions list. Trip Calculator Trip Calculator displays infor- mation about a route, including current speed, average speed, max speed, trip time and trip distance.

  • Page 22: Route Via Destinations

    Use the Map Categories Drawn screen to customize the map. In this example the category My Trails and subcategory Distances are off. The right image shows what Map Categories Drawn features have been The Map Categories Drawn menu is divided into two columns, Category and Subcategory.
  • Page 23 Use the Routes list menu (left) to store and manage different routes. The left image shows several stored routes. Each route contains differ- ent "legs." Each leg is a destination in the route. The Edit Route menu (right) shows all of the routing controls and a generated route from the Routes list.
  • Page 24 The Add to route button is shown at left. When you select a location to add to a route, a Notice Via Added dialog (right) will appear. Once all the locations are added, press the the Route Via Destinations menu to access the route you created in the Routes list.
  • Page 25 The Category and Subcategory list in the Find menu. In this example a search is being conducted for a museum to add to a route. Selecting a Category or Subcategory will bring up the Find By menu (left) with three options: Name Entry, Near Current Location and Near Cursor.

  • Page 26: Cancel Navigation

    Choose a desired destination, select it, and add it to your route. You can add 99 waypoints to a route. To rearrange the order of the way- points in a route use the to move a waypoint higher or lower in the list. The unit can generate a route from several locations even if you don't know which order to go in.
  • Page 27 Overlay Data Setup Overlay Data Boxes appear in semi-transparent boxes on the map screen and are used to dis- play information about a route, including distance to the next turn, the direction and angle of a turn, speed, estimated time to destination and text directions.
  • Page 28 The Data Viewer screen left and center image. The Data Information screen for the Odometer setting is shown at right. When Audio Data (left image above) is selected its subcategories ap- pear. Press in the box to the left of each category to activate it. When a feature is activated (center image above) a check mark will appear in the box next to it.

  • Page 29: My Trails

    My Trails The unit is designed to record Trails. By default, Trails are hidden on-screen. Trails can be displayed, showing your travel history. For instructions on displaying Trails see the earlier discussion of Categories Drawn. For the My Trails feature to work it must be activated in the Categories Drawn menu.

  • Page 30: Language

    Language Use the Language menu to select the text and spoken voice language. When the Language button is selected, the Lan- guage – Text menu will appear. The unit will display text in English, UK English, Dansk, Nederlands, Suomi, Francais, Deutsch, Italiano, Norsk, Portugues, Espanol and Svenska.

  • Page 31: Interface Setup

    unit will emit a sound every time a command is entered. If Voice Instructions are turned off, voice instructions Voice Instructions: can still be accessed by pressing the This feature will cause the unit to give slightly more de- Verbose Mode: tailed spoken navigation instructions.
  • Page 32 Several skin options are available. To change the Interface Selection: skin display touch inside the Interface Selection box and a drop-down list will appear showing all of the available skins. Interface Options button Changes the keyboard button Keyboard: layout. Controls the brightness of the Brightness: screen.

  • Page 33: Units Of Measure

    Power Key: Power Off and Standby Power Off is the unit's default mode. Standby mode allows the unit to "sleep" and draw very little battery power. If the unit is left idle for 12 hours, it will automatically leave Standby mode and switch to a full shut down to save battery power.

  • Page 34: Routing Options

    other dialog box will appear asking, "Do you want to clear your address book?" Select dress Book contacts. Device Information To view the unit's software version, access the Device Infor- mation page. Routing Options Routing Options are used to con- trol how the unit generates a route.

  • Page 35: Turn Preview

    Cross-Traffic Turns: traffic. By default, toll roads have a fairly high value in routes gen- Toll Roads: erated by the unit. Drag the slider all the way to the right and the unit will not use toll roads. The default setting is designed to avoid Interstates for short Interstates: trips but if the unit is sending you to the highway too often try setting the unit to Avoid Interstates.

  • Page 36: Gps Simulator

    GPS Simulator The GPS Simulator simulates the navigation of a route. If the unit is in Simulator mode and you reach a speed of 15 m.p.h. or greater, and the unit acquires a satellite lock, the unit will leave Simulator mode. If the unit does not have satellite lock it will prompt you to simulate when navigation begins.

  • Page 37: Current Position Lock

    A white circle serves as a graphical view of the satellites overhead. Each satellite is shown on the circular chart relative to your position. The GPS receiver is tracking satellites that are in light blue type. The receiver has not locked onto a satellite if the number is in dark blue.

  • Page 38: Searching, Finding And Navigating

    Searching, Finding and Navigating When Find is selected from the Main Menu, the first of three Find menus will appear. The unit can search for locations before it has acquired a position lock. If a search is conducted before its position is determined, the unit will display distance and bearing from the unit's last known location.

  • Page 39: Auto Complete

    Select when the information is entered in the text field. The unit may provide a list with more than one location/address that closely re- sembles the information entered. Scroll through the list and choose the desired destination by highlighting and selecting it. The button in the bottom right corner of the keyboard, Num/Sym, stands for Num- bers and Symbols.
  • Page 40 The unit will prompt you to search by State/Province. When the Choose button is selected, a keyboard (right) will appear. When a State or Province is entered an- other keyboard will appear. Use the key- board to enter a City or Zip. Once the unit has determined the city, it will prompt you to enter an address.
  • Page 41 Displays a location on-screen. Anytime a search is per- Find on Map: formed with the cursor, the distance will be calculated from the cursor position and not the unit's current position. Generates a route to a selected address. Go To: Fuel, Lodging, Restaurants and other POIs To find a local gas station, press first Find screen.

  • Page 42: Name Filter

    The unit searches for locations in several different ways. When navi- gating, the unit searches for locations nearest to its current route. If the cursor is on-screen the unit will search for locations nearest to the cursor. If you are not navigating, and do not have the cursor on-screen, the unit will search for locations near your current position.

  • Page 43: Navigating To A Selected Poi

    To search for a specific restaurant by name, select the Name Filter op- tion; "Taco" search results are shown at right. Navigating to a Selected POI When a POI is selected the unit will display a POI Information screen with details about the location. Press the POI Information screen and center the map on the selected POI.

  • Page 44: Finding Intersections

    The Find Recent screen is shown at left. When a recent destination is selected the Recent Destination Information screen appears. Finding Intersections Select NTERSECTION and a keyboard will appear. Enter the name of the HOOSE first street without direction or street type modifiers such as "N."...

  • Page 45: Choosing New Destinations While Navigating

    Choosing New Destinations while Navigating When navigating and an alternate destina- tion is selected a dialog box will appear asking, "Which would you like to do?" You will have three choices: Detour here, New final destination or Cancel old navigation. Navigates to the new location.

  • Page 46: Point-To-Point Navigation

    Point-to-Point Navigation The unit can use optional "plug and play" map cards available through LEI, the source for Lowrance accessories. Optional maps include: Nau- ticPath™ USA marine charts, Fishing Hot Spots ® Navionics marine charts, FreedomMaps™ for North America and Europe, and LakeMaster Caution: The unit is designed to be used inside an automobile.

  • Page 47: Navigation Modes

    Navigation Modes Point-to-point navigation creates a straight-line navigation course between you and another point on the map screen. To switch to point-to-point mode, press the select . From the Options menu select the PTIONS to display the Navigation Mode screen. Turn-by-turn is selected as the default set- ting.

  • Page 48: Create Waypoint At Current Position

    Straight-line Navigation Commands The two basic commands used for straight-line navigation are Go To Cursor and Go To Waypoint. Go To Cursor will navigate to any spot, landscape feature or waypoint selected on-screen using the cursor. The Go To Waypoint command works with the Address Book feature. Create Waypoint at Current Position Press the OCATION...

  • Page 49: Go To Cursor

    button to bring up the Waypoint Information screen. Select FORMATION DD TO DDRESSBOOK pears. Select to close the screen and clear the cursor and toolbar from the screen. Navigate To a Waypoint If a waypoint cannot be viewed on the map screen, the easiest way to navigate to the waypoint is to look it up in the Address Book.

  • Page 50: Red Course Line

    Waypoint Black arrow icon Navigating with the Go To Cursor command. At left, a waypoint was selected with the cursor. The image at right shows the straight-line navigation course. Red Course Line The turn-by-turn magenta line is replaced with a red course line in point-to-point mode.

  • Page 51: Navigating With Trails

    Uncheck and close the menus. Some overlay categories NVALID do not work the same in point-to-point mode, but several data types can help guide you. One of the easiest to use is the Steering Arrow. The Steering Arrow shows which way to steer to a destination. It always points to the destination, regard- less of the map orientation.
  • Page 52 arrow icon. The unit creates a Trail line by recording a string of trail points along your path. The unit can save 100 trails with 10,000 points per trail. The default setting is 2,000 points per trail. When the trail exceeds the maximum point setting, the unit will begin recording a trail over itself.
  • Page 53 From left to right, menu sequence for navigating a trail. At the start of a trail the arrival alarm will sound as soon as navigation to clear the alarm. Begin navigating by following the begins. Press red course line. Back tracking a trail requires manually editing the route to change the point order.

  • Page 54: Reading Nauticpath Map Information

    These images show the offshore/coastal detail using NauticPath™ USA marine charts. Reading NauticPath Map Information Use the cursor to highlight a map feature or symbol and a pop-up box will appear identifying the item. Press the but- -POI I OCATION NFORMATION ton.
  • Page 55 Information for almost any on-screen symbol can be accessed as long as it can be highlighted with the cursor. The Tidal Current Information screen displays daily tidal current data for specific stations on this date at the present time. The graph at the top of the screen is an approxi- mate view of the flood and ebb pattern for the day, from midnight (MN), to noon (NN) to midnight (MN).
  • Page 56 Fishing Hot Spots electronic charts lake detail, far left. Select a Fish- ing Area POI symbol and press the Location-POI Information button for localized fishing tips, center. Select a Marina symbol to get infor- mation about the marina's services, far right. Mapping data includes Fishing Tips &...
  • Page 57 tures. More detail appears as the screen is zoomed in. Underwater fea- tures on man-made lakes reflect conditions prior to inundation. The amount of detail varies from lake to lake. Underwater features, such as bridges, old creek channels, roads and other items can be identified with the cursor.

  • Page 58: Index

    Auto Complete, 36 Auto Zoom, 8 Brightness, 28, 29 Calibrate Screen, 29 Cancel Navigation, 23 Contact, 9, 10, 18 Contrast, 28 Cursor, 7, 38, 39 Customize Display, 32 Destinations, 19 Directions List, 17, 32 External Connections, 4 Find Address, 36 GPS Data File, 32 Icons, 17, 26, 29 Keyboard, 15, 29, 39...
  • Page 60 Lowrance Pub. 988-0160-451 © Copyright 2007 All Rights Reserved Navico Printed in USA 101207...

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