Lowrance electronic X-3 I'll

If the chart alarm is set off

a fish or the

bottom, the alarm

will sound

and the ALARM can be seen at the bottom of

the

display

lithe range is

changed,

the chart alarm

may need to be changed also,

since it

operates independently

and does not track range sethngs.

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The note key turns the audible tone off or on. When the alarms are

first

set, the audible tone is on which can

be seen by

the note annuncia-

tor at the bottom of

the display. To turn the audible tone off, press the

note key on the

keyboard

once. To turn it back

on, press

the note key

again.

Clearing the Chart Alarm

To turn the Chart Alarm off, press the SELECT key

to

switch over to the

Deep

Alarm, or press 2nd -0-SELECT. The

annunciator "CHART ALARM"

in the bottom left hand corner of the screen will

go off, showing that

the

alarm is no longer in use. Note: Simply pressing

the SELECT key

will

switch the X-3 from the chart alarm to the depth

alarm. All of the chart

alarm settings

will remain in memory. Pressing

2nd-0-SELECT will erase

the chart alarm settings.

DEPTH ALARM

The

Depth

Alarm is actually

two alarms. The shallow alarm

gives a visual

and/or audible signal

when in water that is shallower than the alarm set

point

The

deep alarm will give a visual and/or audible

signal when in

water that is

deeper

than the alarm set

point

Note that this alarm window

exactly opposite

from the

chart alarm. Also,

the

depth alarm can be set

off

only by

the bottom signal,

not

by fish or any other echoes.

NOTE: The

digital must be on in order to use the

Depth

Alarm.

To use the depth alarm, press the SELECT key until the

DEPTH

ALM

annunciator appears

in the lower left hand corner of the screen. When

first turned on, both alarms are automatically

set

to zero.

To set the Deep

alarm, press the desired depth using the number

keys on the

keyboard,

then press the DEEP SET

key. For

example, if a Deep alarm setting

of 55

feet is

desired, press 5-5-DEEP SET. The number 55 will show in the

display in large numbers for 6 seconds and then disappear.

Now if the

water

depth goes

below 55

feet the alarm will sound.

NOTE: The maximum alarm

depth setting

is 999 feet

FT/FA/M

FEET-FATHOMS- METERS

The X-3 can display

the depth in either

feet, fathoms, or meters. When it

is first turned on, the

display

reads in feet To change it to fathoms or

meters, press 2nd-6. The letters 'ft' will be displayed

on the screen,

showing that

the X-3 is in the feet mode. While the letters "it" are still

displayed, press the 6 key again. Now the letters "ft" will disappear and

the letters "fa" will appear.

The

range has

changed

to fathoms. Press the

6

key again and the display

will show the letter "M" and change

meters. After six seconds the letters will disappear. To change

the range

back to feet, press 2nd-6-6. To see which range

mode the unit is in,

press 2nd-6 at

any

time and the letters

ft fa, or m will appear When the

unit is turned off, and then back on, it will always return to feet.

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