Section 1 - General information ........................................................................

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1-1 Features .................................................................................................................................................

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1-2 Customizing your Lowrance VHF radio......................................................................................

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1-3 How to display and navigate menus ..........................................................................................

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1-4 How to enter alphanumeric data..................................................................................................

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1-5 LCD symbols and meanings ..........................................................................................................

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1-3 Beep tones & call alerts.................................................................................................................

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Section 2 - Basic operation and key functions ................................................

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Section 3 - Radio MENU SELECT options..........................................................

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3-1 Manage your waypoints list (WAYPOINT)...............................................................................

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3-1-1 Add a new waypoint...................................................................................................................................

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3-1-2 Edit or delete a waypoint..........................................................................................................................

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3-1-3 Go to a new waypoint................................................................................................................................

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3-1-4 Go to nearest waypoint (NEAREST WP)...........................................................................................

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3-1-5 Go to temporary waypoint......................................................................................................................

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3-1-6 Edit or delete a temporary waypoint................................................................................................

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3-1-7 Send waypoint data to a chartplotter..............................................................................................

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3-2 Set the backlighting level (BACKLIGHT) ................................................................................

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3-3 Maintain your buddy list (BUDDY LIST)...................................................................................

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3-3-1 Add an entry ....................................................................................................................................................

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3-3-2 Edit or delete an entry ...............................................................................................................................

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3-4 Local or distance sensitivity (LOCAL/DIST) ............................................................................

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3-4-1 Set distance sensitivity...............................................................................................................................

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3-4-2 Set local sensitivity........................................................................................................................................

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3-5 Set the contrast level (CONTRAST) ...........................................................................................

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3-6 GPS data and time (GPS/DATA) ..................................................................................................

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3-6-1 Manually enter position and UTC time (MANUAL) .................................................................

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3-6-2 Local time (TIME OFFSET)........................................................................................................................

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3-6-3 Time format options (TIME FORMAT) ..............................................................................................

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3-6-4 Time display options (TIME DISPLY) .................................................................................................

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3-6-5 Position display options (LL DISPLY) .................................................................................................

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3-6-6 Course & speed display options (COG/SOG) ...............................................................................

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3-6-7 GPS alert (GPS ALERT) ...............................................................................................................................

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3-7 GPS simulator (GPS SIM) ..............................................................................................................

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3-8 Reset to factory defaults (RESET) ..............................................................................................

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Section 4 - Radio setup menu (RADIO SETUP).................................................

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4-1 Channel (UIC) ...................................................................................................................................

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Lowrance - Link-8 Operation Instructions

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