Lowrance electronic Fish Finder manual GPS Quick Reference

GPS Quick Reference

Start outdoors, with a clear view of the open sky. As you practice, try navi- gating to a location at least a few blocks away. While you're learning, navigation in too small an area will constantly trigger arrival alarms.

1.Connect the unit to electric power and the antenna module. Make sure the MMC is in. (See complete installation details beginning on page 9.)

2.To turn on the M52 Pro, press and release PWR key.

3.Opening screen displays the GPS plotter at the 4,000 mile zoom range. Rotate through the four main GPS Page screens (Plotter, Satel- lite Status, Navigation and Position Page) by pressing PAGES↓ or ↑ to select Page NameEXIT. Switch Pages to display Satellite Status Page.

4.Wait while unit locates satellites and calculates current position. Process is visible on Satellite Page. This takes an average of 1 minute or less under clear sky conditions (unobstructed by terrain or structures). When the unit acquires position, a tone sounds and a position acquired message appears.

5.With position acquired, press PAGES key to display Plotter Page, which shows your position in the center. You can move around the plotter by:

Zoom in closer to see greater detail: press ZIN (zoom in key.)

Zoom out to see more area, less detail: press ZOUT (zoom out key.) Scroll display north, south, east or west using arrow keys ↑ ↓ → ←.

To stop scrolling and return to current position, press EXIT key.

6.Set a waypoint (Wpt 001) at your current position so you can navi- gate back here: press WPTWPT. Waypoint symbol and "001" appears.

7.If you've already made some waypoints or event marker icons, zoom/scroll to find a nearby location to go to. Otherwise, travel around some and place some waypoint at place of interest. When you have sev- eral in place, use arrow keys to center cursor cross-hair over one of your existing waypoint or locations.

8.Navigate to destination: press MENUENTEXIT. Follow dotted course line on Plotter Page or compass bearing arrow on Navigation Page.

9.At destination, Arrival Alarm goes off; to clear it, press EXIT. Cancel navigation: press MENUMENU↓ to CANCEL NAVIGATIONENT← to YESENT.

10.Return to Wpt 1 by Backtrack Trail. Press MENUMENU↓ to MY TRAILSENT. Press ↓ to Trail 1ENT↓ to NAVIGATEENT→ to RE- VERSEENT← to NAVIGATEENT. (If arrival alarm sounds, press EXIT.) Fol- low navigation displays.

11.Back home, Arrival Alarm goes off; press EXIT. Cancel navigation: press MENUMENU↓ to CANCEL NAVIGATIONENT← to YESENT.

12.To turn off the unit, press and hold PWR key for three seconds.

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