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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 ..................................
Auto Complete ......................................................................... 37 Name Filter.............................................................................. 40 Navigating to a Selected POI ................................................. 41 Recent Destinations ................................................................ 41 Finding Intersections .............................................................. 42 Choosing New Destinations while Navigating......................
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 prohibited in some locations. While navigating, a driver is responsible for noting all traffic signs and obeying all local traffic laws.
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 SD card slot: To insert an SD card, hold it so the label faces forward and slide it into the slot, pushing with the tip of the finger until the card locks in place. To remove the card, again use your finger tip to push on the card, releasing the catch and ejecting the card.
Reset button: If the unit is not responding, use the Reset button located 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 Reset button will force the unit to power off so it can be restarted. Headphone socket: Used to connect headphones. Listening to music or turn-by-turn instructions with headphones can seriously impede your ability to drive. Check local laws before using headphones.
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. An external power pack can be used to recharge the unit. There are two main types of external power packs. One runs on replaceable AA batteries. The other contains a built-in rechargeable battery.
Map Mode Section 2 addresses on-screen commands, power button, and creating and saving contacts. 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 POWER will cycle through the backlight settings. To turn the unit off, press and hold the POWER key. Power button Touch Screen The touch screen is used to enter commands.
Opening Warning Dialog and Language Menus The unit will display an Alarm dialog when powered up. Press X to close the dialog box. The Language – Text menu will appear. Select the text language the unit will display and press NEXT. The Language – Voice menu will appear. Select the spoken language for turn-by-turn voice instructions. The unit will speak a short test message. Press BACK to reselect the text language or press DONE to continue to the map screen.
Main Menu button: Map, Music, Find and Options are all available from the Main Menu. Location-POI Information button: Brings up the Location Information or POI Information screen which is explained under the topic "Creating and Saving Contacts." Speak button: Push to repeat the current navigation instruction or to bring up the on-screen volume control slider.
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. Creating and Saving Contacts Use the POI Information screen to view information on POI symbols and save contacts in the Address Book. Touch the map screen and the cursor will appear.
When ADD TO ADDRESSBOOK is selected, the Edit Contact screen will appear with the option to Go To the selected location or add an on-screen symbol by pressing the SYMBOL button. 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 Address Book. Saving Symbols On-screen To save a symbol on the map, place the cursor where you want the symbol to appear on-screen. Press the LOCATION-POI INFORMATION button.
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 contact to be edited. When the Address Book entry is selected the Contact Information screen will appear. The Contact Information screen has four buttons on the right side: Go To, Find On Map, Edit and Delete.
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 keyboard (left) appeared. To manually change the latitude or longitude, press either the Latitude or Longitude header and a numbers keyboard will appear.
Music Mode Use SD cards to store music and picture files. When Music Mode is selected the unit automatically searches the SD card for the specified media files. Insert an empty SD card into the unit and use the USB-toPC cable to connect the unit to a computer. Once connected, the unit acts like a removable disk. The Music screen has a central area for visualization effects with a set of play control buttons along the right side and bottom of the screen.
Song Position slider Stop Previous Next Play / Pause Volume slider Play control buttons Previous: Skips to previous song. Play/Pause: Starts a song or play list. If a song is playing, pressing this button will pause the song. Next: Skips to next song. Stop: Stops the song. Volume slider: Adjusts volume. Song Position slider: Indicates the playback position of a song. Quickly skip to any point in a song by pressing and dragging the blue button on the Song Position slider.
where inside the Name Filter box to open a keyboard. Enter all or part of a song's filename and press DONE. The Audio Search screen will provide a list of all audio files that match the text entered in the Name Filter field. Visualization Effects: Takes up the center of the Music Mode display and provides either a Waveform Analyzer or Spectrum Analyzer effect. To switch between the available visualization effects press the screen inside the Visualization Area.
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. Select PICTURES located at the bottom left of the Main Menu screen. The picture toolbar controls are: Close Slideshow returns to the Main Menu. Zoom In enlarges the image. Play / Pause cycles through the images. Next Image Previous Image The toolbar can be hidden using the icon located in the bottom right corner of the pictures screen.
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 navigating. 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. The Directions List (left) and Turn Preview screen, at right.
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 information about a route, including current speed, average speed, max speed, trip time and trip distance. Pressing RESET TRIP will reset all on-screen values to zero. The Trip Calculator will only track time spent and distance traveled when you are moving faster than what the Threshold level is set at.
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 activated. The Map Categories Drawn menu is divided into two columns, Category and Subcategory. Press and highlight any item to turn it on or off. If a category is turned off none of its subcategories will appear.
Use the Routes list menu (left) to store and manage different routes. The left image shows several stored routes. Each route contains different "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. In this case it is the last route from the Routes menu. The Edit Route menu has two options to choose from to find a location and generate a route. Select either FROM MAP or FROM FIND.
Route Add button 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 MAIN MENU button. Return to the Route Via Destinations menu to access the route you created in the Routes list. To begin navigating the route, highlight it and select START from the bottom of the screen. To view the destinations in a particular route select OPEN and the Edit Route screen will appear.
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. Depending on how you want to search for a specific location will determine which option you should select. The three Find By option screens.
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 waypoints in a route use the UP and DOWN buttons in the Edit Route screen 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. Enter all of the destinations in any order and select AUTOSORT. The unit will organize the list of locations to create the shortest route.
Overlay Data Setup Overlay Data Boxes appear in semi-transparent boxes on the map screen and are used to display 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. Control the transparency level of Overlay Data Boxes from the Interface Options screen. Overlay Data Boxes The Overlay Data Setup (far left) can be found on Page 2 in the Options menu.
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 appear. 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. The size of Overlay Data Boxes can be controlled with the slider in the Data Information screen (far right).
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. Visible Trail (check symbol) Active Trail (arrow symbol) Trails Menu (left) showing two trails. Trail 2 is the active trail, indicated by the arrow to the right.
Language Use the Language menu to select the text and spoken voice language. When the Language button is selected, the Language – Text menu will appear. The unit will display text in English, UK English, Dansk, Nederlands, Suomi, Francais, Deutsch, Italiano, Norsk, Portugues, Espanol and Svenska. Once the text language is selected, press NEXT and the Language – Voice menu will appear. Use this menu to select what language the unit speaks when giving turn-by-turn instructions.
unit will emit a sound every time a command is entered. Voice Instructions: If Voice Instructions are turned off, voice instructions can still be accessed by pressing the SPEAK button on the map screen. Verbose Mode: This feature will cause the unit to give slightly more de- tailed spoken navigation instructions. Read Street Names: When this feature is active the unit will speak the name of streets being navigated.
Interface Selection: Several skin options are available. To change the skin display touch inside the Interface Selection box and a drop-down Interface Options list will appear showing all of the available skins. button Keyboard: Changes the keyboard button layout. Brightness: Controls the brightness of the screen. Transparency: Controls the transparency of Overlay Data Boxes. Light Timeout: Controls the screen's backlight. When this feature is off the screen will stay at a constant brightness.
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. To place the unit in Standby mode, select STANDBY in the bottom right corner of the Interface Options screen. To place the unit back in Power Off mode select POWER OFF.
other dialog box will appear asking, "Do you want to clear your address book?" Select YES or NO depending on whether you want to clear all Address Book contacts. Device Information To view the unit's software version, access the Device Information page. Routing Options Routing Options are used to control how the unit generates a route. Use the three slide controls to determine how much the unit avoids or prefers the associated options when generating a route.
Cross-Traffic Turns: Use this option to avoid turns across busy lanes of traffic. Toll Roads: By default, toll roads have a fairly high value in routes gen- erated by the unit. Drag the slider all the way to the right and the unit will not use toll roads. Interstates: The default setting is designed to avoid Interstates for short trips but if the unit is sending you to the highway too often try setting the unit to Avoid Interstates.
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. Satellites screen Press the SATELLITES button located in the top left corner of the Main Menu screen to access the Satellites screen.
Current Position Lock Two buttons on the left side of the Satellites screen indicate the quality of the units position lock. If 2D or 3D is not highlighted the unit may not have a satellite lock. 2D lock does not include altitude. The unit must receive reliable signals from 3 satellites to establish a 2D lock. 3D means the unit has achieved a more reliable lock, including altitude. The unit must receive signals from 4 satellites to establish a 3D lock.
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.
Select DONE when the information is entered in the text field. The unit may provide a list with more than one location/address that closely resembles 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 Numbers and Symbols. This button toggles between the letters and numbers keyboards. Auto Complete The unit has an Auto Complete feature.
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 another keyboard will appear. Use the keyboard to enter a City or Zip. Once the unit has determined the city, it will prompt you to enter an address. The unit will sometimes provide a list with more than one address that closely resembles the one you entered. Scroll through the list of addresses provided by the unit and make your selection.
Find on Map: Displays a location on-screen. Anytime a search is per- formed with the cursor, the distance will be calculated from the cursor position and not the unit's current position. Go To: Generates a route to a selected address. Fuel, Lodging, Restaurants and other POIs To find a local gas station, press FIND from the Main Menu to open the first Find screen. Now select GAS, ATMS. A screen will appear with a list of gas stations nearest to your current position.
The unit searches for locations in several different ways. When navigating, 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. To select a specific search setting, press the FIND BY button in the Nearest To Current Position screen.
To search for a specific restaurant by name, select the Name Filter option; "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 FIND ON MAP to have the unit close the POI Information screen and center the map on the selected POI. To navigate to the POI press GO TO and the unit will generate a route to the destination.
The Find Recent screen is shown at left. When a recent destination is selected the Recent Destination Information screen appears. Finding Intersections Select INTERSECTION to open the Find Streets screen. Select CHOOSE and a keyboard will appear. Enter the name of the first street without direction or street type modifiers such as "N." for North or "Ave." for Avenue. Press DONE and another Find Streets screen will appear with a dialog directing you to enter the name of the second street.
Choosing New Destinations while Navigating When navigating and an alternate destination 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. Detour here: Navigates to the new location. Once you arrive, the unit will resume navigating to the original destination. New final destination: Will add a new location to the end of a route.
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: NauticPath™ USA marine charts, Fishing Hot Spots® Elite lake maps, Navionics® marine charts, FreedomMaps™ for North America and Europe, and LakeMaster® ProMaps. Caution: The unit is designed to be used inside an automobile. The mounting bracket included with the XOG package is not designed for boats, motorcycles or off-road vehicles.
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 MAIN MENU button and select OPTIONS. From the Options menu select the NAVIGATION MODE button to display the Navigation Mode screen. Turn-by-turn is selected as the default setting. When Point-to-Point is selected, a dialog appears asking if you want to change modes. Choose YES and close the Navigation Mode screen.
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 LOCATION-POI INFORMATION button on the map screen and the Waypoint Information screen will appear. Select ADD TO ADDRESSBOOK to save the waypoint.
FORMATION button to bring up the Waypoint Information screen. Select ADD TO ADDRESSBOOK to save the waypoint. The Edit Waypoint screen appears. Select X 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. Press the MENU button, select FIND and choose ADDRESS BOOK. The waypoint can be found one of three ways.
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. An "S" symbol is placed at the starting point. To navigate a red course line, zoom the map screen in closely and steer so the black arrow icon moves along the red course line.
Uncheck HIDE WHEN INVALID and close the menus. Some overlay categories 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, regardless of the map orientation. The arrow automatically shows the distance from your current position to the destination.
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. Up to 100 Trails can be saved to an SD card. Trails can then be deleted from the unit's memory and a new set of trails recorded. GPS data files can be backed up on a computer using the USBto-PC cable.
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 begins. Press X to clear the alarm. Begin navigating by following the red course line. Back tracking a trail requires manually editing the route to change the point order. To back track, begin with the same steps for navigating a trail forward but in the Edit Route menu the route order will need to be changed.
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 LOCATION-POI INFORMATION button. A screen appears with information about the selected item. The Miami Harbor Entrance tide symbol in the left image has been highlighted. At right, the Location-POI Information button has been selected to view tidal information.
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 approximate view of the flood and ebb pattern for the day, from midnight (MN), to noon (NN) to midnight (MN). Slack water, the period of little or no current, is represented by the Slack Water Line (SWL).
Fishing Hot Spots electronic charts lake detail, far left. Select a Fishing Area POI symbol and press the Location-POI Information button for localized fishing tips, center. Select a Marina symbol to get information about the marina's services, far right. Mapping data includes Fishing Tips & Techniques, Lake Profile and local Fishery information. Enhanced Lake Maps U.S. inland lake contour maps can be downloaded for free from www.lowrance.com.
tures. More detail appears as the screen is zoomed in. Underwater features 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. FreedomMaps™ and MapCreate™ Mapping Data MapCreate™ Topo software can be used to create custom maps for loading onto SD cards. MapCreate version 6.3 includes topographic elevations for 49 states, excluding Alaska.
Pictures, 16 Play Control Buttons, 14 POI (Point of Interest), 18, 38, 40 Point-to-Point Navigation, 43 Power, 6 Reset Options, 30 Route, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 31, 32, 33, 39 Routing Options, 31 Safety Mode, 27 Satellites Screen, 33 Screen Calibration, 29 SD card, 4 Searching, 14, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40 Simulator, 33 Sound and Voice Setup, 27 Straight-Line Navigation, 44 Symbols, 10 Touch Screen, 6, Trail, 26 Transfer Data, 32 Trip Calculator, 18 Turn Preview, 18, 32 Units of Measure, 30 USB-to-PC Cable, 13 Utili
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