Lowrance Mapping GPS & MP3 Player, Operation Instructions Manual

Page 1: ...Pub 988 0160 451 Mapping GPS and Multimedia Player Operation Instructions ...

Page 2: ...ts Reserved infoUSA is a trademark of infoUSA Inc Mapping Database copyright 2007 NAVTEQ NAVTEQ ON BOARD is a trademark of NAVTEQ Lowrance Electronics may find it necessary to change or end our poli cies regulations and special offers at any time We reserve the right to do so without notice All features and specifications subject to change without notice All screens in this manual are simulated Fo...

Page 3: ...Pages 18 Directions List 18 Categories Drawn 19 Route Via Destinations 20 Cancel Navigation 24 My Trails 27 Language 28 Safety Mode 28 Sound and Voice Setup 28 Interface Setup 29 Routing Options 32 Turn Preview 33 GPS Simulator 34 Current Position Lock 35 EPE Estimated Position Error 35 Satellite Display 35 Lat Lon Coordinates 35 Searching Finding and Navigating 36 ...

Page 4: ...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 47 Red Course Line 48 Index 56 ...

Page 5: ...ath to the next destination is available WARNING Do not attempt to configure adjust or enter information into this unit while driving Driver assumes all responsibility for using safe and prudent driving and navigation methods When a GPS unit is used in a vehicle the vehicle operator is solely responsible for operating the vehicle in a safe manner Vehicle operators must maintain full surveillance o...

Page 6: ...e 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 When Music Mode or the Pictures slideshow is selected the unit will automatically search the SD card for the related files SD card slot Reset button Headphone socket USB to PC External power socket Left side of unit Right side of unit ...

Page 7: ...fore using headphones USB to PC External power socket The unit operates on an internal re chargeable battery When the external power cable is connected the unit draws power directly through the power cable and recharges the battery The unit also comes with a USB to PC cable The XOG acts like a removable disk drive when connected to a computer The USB cable is used to transfer files from a computer...

Page 8: ...te 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 The external power pack must have a USB connection and output 5 volts In the case of replaceable AA types the power pack mus...

Page 9: ... select entries and change features From time to time there may be a slight delay between pressing a command and seeing the unit respond The delay may be necessary while the unit retrieves information from the hard drive Close menus and dialogs by pressing X in the top right corner of the screen Use an optional microfiber towel to clean the unit s screen DO NOT use cleaning chemicals on the screen...

Page 10: ...ctions The unit will speak a short test message Press BACK to reselect the text language or press DONE to continue to the map screen On Screen Commands When the map screen is touched the cursor and Map Screen Toolbar will appear Use the cursor and Map Screen Toolbar to move around the map screen When the unit is navigating the cursor and Map Screen Toolbar are hidden Map Screen Toolbar Overlay Dat...

Page 11: ...our position Auto Zoom will enlarge the map based on your speed and the distance to the next turn If you prefer to manually control the zoom level turn the Auto Zoom feature off by pressing the AUTO ZOOM button Turn the fea ture back on by touching the button again Map Screen Toolbar Controls the map screen Cursor Use to highlight map POI Point of Interest symbols Overlay Data Hide button Clears O...

Page 12: ...e 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 Use the cursor to select and highlight a POI symbol Press the LOCATION POI INFORMATION button The POI Information screen will appear To save the POI in the Address Book select ADD TO ADDRESS BOOK in the POI Information screen The cursor left has been use...

Page 13: ...place the cursor where you want the sym bol to appear on screen Press the LOCATION POI INFORMATION button In the Location Information screen press ADD TO ADDRESSBOOK The location will be added to the Address Book and the Edit Contact screen will ap pear Press the SYMBOL button in the Edit Contact screen The Symbol Window will appear Highlight and select a symbol Close the screen The Edit Contact s...

Page 14: ... Book highlight and select the con tact to be edited When the Address Book entry is selected the Contact Information screen will appear The Contact Informa tion screen has four buttons on the right side Go To Find On Map Edit and Delete Go To Makes the unit navigate to the Address Book entry Find On Map Displays the location on the map screen Edit Changes information about an Address Book entry De...

Page 15: ... 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: ... 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 When a song is playing the name of the song will appear at the top of the screen along with the song s length and quality in kbps Music screen Find Music Repeat Shuffle Equalizer Now...

Page 17: ... position of a song Quickly skip to any point in a song by pressing and dragging the blue button on the Song Position slider Now Playing box Displays the name position and quality of the song Touch the screen inside the Now Playing box to open the Browse Music Files screen Find Music Opens the Audio Search screen To find a specific song or play list by its filename press the FIND MUSIC button and ...

Page 18: ...isualization effects press the screen in side the Visualization Area Shuffle When this feature is on at the end of a song the unit will ran domly choose another song to play next Repeat When this feature is on at the end of a song the unit will start playing the play list again from the beginning Equalizer Use this feature to customize audio levels Browse Music Files screen Touch inside the Now Pl...

Page 19: ... located in the bottom right corner of the pictures screen Gauge Page The Gauge Page shows the estimated time of arrival time to destina tion distance to destination average speed and max speed To view the Gauge Page select GAUGE PAGE located on the bottom right of the Main Menu screen To return to the Main Menu press the MENU button in the top left corner of the screen Close Slideshow returns to ...

Page 20: ... 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 The Directions List left and Turn Preview screen at right ...

Page 21: ...es 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 arrow buttons to the left and right of the Threshold level to adjust its value The Trip Active checkbox toggles the Trip Calculator feature on and off Categories Drawn Use Categories Drawn to select how much mapping detail to display on the map ...

Page 22: ...ory 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 Route Via Destinations Use Route Via Destinations to access the Routes menu where routes are stored and managed To create a route the unit must know its position Once the unit has locked on select OPTIONS from the Main Menu Select ROUTE VIA DESTINATIONS and the Ro...

Page 23: ...s 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 If FROM MAP is selected the map will appear Use the cursor arrow on the map screen and drag it to a specific loca tion or address and select the ADD button A dialog box will appear indi cating the location has b...

Page 24: ...e 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 To delete a route from the Routes menu press DELETE If you select FROM FIND in the Edit Route screen the Find menu will appear Use this menu to search for a desired destinati...

Page 25: ... 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 op tion you should select The three Find By option screens ...

Page 26: ...el navigation Select YES to stop navigating Navigation can be canceled at any time with the Cancel Navigation command From the Options menu select CANCEL NAVIGATION and the unit will display a dialog box to confirm your choice Choose YES and the unit will stop navigating When navigating a route with multiple destinations and Cancel Navigation is selected the unit will give you the option to cancel...

Page 27: ...irections Control the transparency level of Overlay Data Boxes from the Interface Options screen The Overlay Data Setup far left can be found on Page 2 in the Op tions menu If you select Add here in the Overlay Data Shown screen center the Data Viewer screen will appear The Data Viewer screen is shown far right Use the Data Viewer to select data to display on screen Press the sign to view the sub ...

Page 28: ...he size of Overlay Data Boxes can be controlled with the slider in the Data Information screen far right Each Data Viewer category will have its own Data Information screen Bring up the Data Information screen by highlighting and pressing on the cate gory in the Overlay Data Shown screen Move Used to manually position data boxes on the map screen Auto Position Automatically positions overlay data ...

Page 29: ...ated by the arrow to the right Trail 1 is displayed on screen indi cated by the check mark to the left but it is not active The Edit Trail screen right allows you to modify an existing Trail My Trails controls how the unit records and displays Trails The Trails menu lists all the Trails with symbols to indicate which trail is active To modify a Trail press its entry in the list The Edit Trail scre...

Page 30: ...when giv ing turn by turn instructions When finished making your selection press DONE Safety Mode The unit has a Safety Mode to prevent vehicle drivers from operating the unit while a vehicle is in motion The touch screen buttons are temporarily disabled whenever Safety Mode is on For more information about Safety Mode refer to the Auto Safety Warning insert included with the unit s documentation ...

Page 31: ...ces When this feature is active the unit will speak the dis tance to the next turn Music Volume This setting only affects music playback spoken instruc tions will remain unchanged Periodic Voice Use this feature to increase or decrease the frequency of spoken instructions Voice instructions are repeated at set intervals and are intended as reminders Voice Volume This setting only affects spoken in...

Page 32: ...feature is off the screen will stay at a constant brightness Moving the slider to the left will cause the screen to dim after a set amount of time This fea ture is designed to save battery life Calibration Screen If the touch screen isn t responding correctly try calibrating the screen In the Interface Options menu press the Calibrate Screen button Touch Screen Calibration will ap pear with a smal...

Page 33: ...t POWER OFF Units of Measure This feature adjusts the units of measure including speed and distance heading time and date The unit will not automatically up date when traveling to a different time zone Access the Set Local Time feature and use the up and down arrows to reset the local time To change any setting press the button next to the format Depth is available when using optional lake or coas...

Page 34: ...ide con trols to determine how much the unit avoids or prefers the associated options when generating a route A Warning dialog will appear when the Routing Options fea ture is accessed stating Changing rout ing preferences can drastically alter routing results and may significantly increase time to calculate routes If the values are changed significantly and the unit begins generating poor routes ...

Page 35: ...rols whether or not the unit displays a Turn Preview The Turn Preview screen includes a close up of the turn while data boxes provide text in structions about the turn Access the Turn Preview for any turn in a route from the Directions List Transfer Data SD cards can be used to store and transfer GPS data files re corded on the unit To transfer data to and from the SD card select TRANSFER DATA A d...

Page 36: ...o 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 The Satellites screen left provides information on the satellites the unit is monitoring to determine its position Enable Disable GPS Turns the GPS feature on and off If the GPS fea ture is Disabled it WILL NOT achieve satellite lock...

Page 37: ...3D lock EPE Estimated Position Error The Estimated Position Error or EPE represents the expected error from a benchmark location If the EPE shows 50 feet then the position shown by the unit is estimated to be within 50 feet of your actual loca tion Satellite Display A white circle serves as a graphical view of the satellites overhead Each satellite is shown on the circular chart relative to your p...

Page 38: ...on In the Find menus search options are divided into specific POI catego ries Gas ATMs Lodging Restaurants Shopping Attractions and Air ports have their own separate search screens Use the Address menu to search for POIs by street name city State Province or zip code Keyboard Search options in the Find menus require data such as a shop name address State or Province to be entered A keyboard will b...

Page 39: ...Auto Complete The unit has an Auto Complete feature Before you finish entering an address state or province the unit may generate a list of choices Find Address To search for a specific location press the ADDRESS button in the Find 1 menu The Find Address screen will appear with the word Choose on screen press CHOOSE and a keyboard will appear Enter the name of a State or Province and press DONE T...

Page 40: ... the unit has determined the city it will prompt you to enter an address The unit will some times 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 When an address is selected a dialog box will appear with three choices Add to Addressbook Find on Map and Go To Add to Addressbook Sav...

Page 41: ... appear with a list of gas stations nearest to your current position It may take a moment for the unit to compile the list Select a gas station from the list The POI Information screen will appear Select GO TO from the information screen and the unit will generate a route to the gas station Use the Gas ATMs command in the first Find menu to locate the near est gas station The Nearest To Current Po...

Page 42: ...The Find By menu allows you to search for a loca tion by Name Entry Near Current Location or Near Cursor Name Filter If a search returns too many results the Name Filter in the Nearest To Current Position screen can help narrow a search Press NAME FILTER and a keyboard will appear Type all or part of the POI name and press DONE The unit will return to the previous list but will only show locations...

Page 43: ...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 Recent Destinations Recent Destinations provides a list of the most recent desti nations Use the Find Recent screen to get back on route if you diverted to another location...

Page 44: ... DONE and another Find Streets screen will appear with a dialog directing you to enter the name of the second street Press SPELL and use the keyboard to enter the name of the second street Press DONE and a dialog box will appear stating Finding street intersection Please wait If the unit is not able to locate the intersection a dialog box will appear indicating it was unable to locate the intersec...

Page 45: ...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 navi gating to the original destination New final destination Will add a new location to the end of a route Cancel old navigation Will stop navigating to the original destination and start navigating to a new location ...

Page 46: ...l bracket and cradle designed for rugged outdoor use The unit s case is not waterproof If used in wet conditions the unit must be pro tected from moisture The unit also can display custom maps prepared by LEI s MapCreate topographical mapping software and Lowrance Enhanced Lake Maps that can be downloaded free from the Lowrance web site www lowrance com Turn by turn navigation does not work with a...

Page 47: ... dia log appears asking if you want to change modes Choose YES and close the Naviga tion Mode screen Settings in the Map Data pull down menu do not need to be changed unless a Navionics card is used When a Navionics card is inserted the Map Data pull down menu be comes active Scroll down and select Navionics now close the Naviga tion Mode screen To switch back to turn by turn go to the Navigation ...

Page 48: ...RMATION button on the map screen and the Waypoint Information screen will appear Select ADD TO ADDRESSBOOK to save the waypoint The Edit Contact screen appears You can accept the default name and symbol or edit it Waypoint Information screen at left The Edit Contact screen for this waypoint is shown at right To change the waypoint name symbol or any other information in the Edit Contact screen tou...

Page 49: ... the slider bar to scroll down the list and select the waypoint To search by name touch the FIND BY NAME box to launch the keyboard Enter the waypoint name to find it in the Address Book The FIND BY button gives you the option to search by name or narrow the search by looking near your current location or near the cursor lo cation Select the waypoint and the Waypoint Information screen ap pears Ch...

Page 50: ...row icon moves along the red course line An arrival alarm will sound when the destination is reached Cancel navigation by going to Options Page 1 and pressing CANCEL NAVIGATION Steering Arrow and other Overlay Data Different types of navigation information can be displayed as Overlay Data Overlay Data boxes will not appear in point to point mode unless the Hide When Invalid setting is turned off T...

Page 51: ... the most com monly used overlay data for point to point navigation are Track The direction traveled shown in de grees true or magnetic format Bearing The direction to a destination from your current position shown in degrees true or magnetic format Course The direction traveled to reach a destination Off Course Pos Error Distance to the left or right of the course line when not directly on the co...

Page 52: ...ail at Point A Go to Options Page 2 select MY TRAILS and press the NEW TRAIL button When you arrive at Point B stop recording and save the trail just cre ated This happens automatically when you start another trail with the NEW TRAIL button The two ways to navigate a saved Trail are visual trailing and the Navigate Trail command Visual trailing is the easiest Zoom the map in closely so the trail i...

Page 53: ...r will need to be changed NauticPath USA Marine Electronic Charts NauticPath USA map cards show offshore coastal navigational detail This plug and play map card provides electronic charts covering the U S East and West coasts Hawaii Gulf coast Great Lakes Alaska the Bahamas Puerto Rico and the U S Virgin Islands NauticPath features depth contours intertidal zones and spot sound ings navigational a...

Page 54: ...ght a map feature or symbol and a pop up box will appear identifying the item Press the LOCATION POI INFORMATION but ton 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 ...

Page 55: ...nted by the Slack Water Line SWL The flood appears above the SWL and the ebb appears below the SWL Look up tidal current data for other dates by changing the month day and year selection boxes at the bottom of the Tidal Current Information screen The cursor has selected the Port Aransas Municipal Harbor marina symbol at left In the right image the Location POI Information but ton has been selected...

Page 56: ...ct a Marina symbol to get infor mation 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 In addition to underwater contour features these maps show shoreline features small islands and various bottom struc ...

Page 57: ...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 ele vations for 49 states excluding Alaska MapCreate version 7 has elevations for all 50 states Topographic in formation is displayed as major and minor contour lines with numbers showing the elevation above...

Page 58: ... 13 Name Filter 39 NauticPath 50 Navigating 26 Now Playing Box 14 Options 17 Overlay Data 24 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 ...

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