Searching – Lowrance electronic Lowrance iFINDER Explorer User Manual

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4. To accept the default name Data for the GPS Data File, press

↓ to

S

AVE

|

ENT

. If you wish to rename the file, press

ENT

to activate the se-

lection box. Press

↑ or ↓ to change the first character, then press → to

the next character and repeat until the name is correct. To save the
data file, press

ENT

|

↓ to

S

AVE

|

ENT

.

The unit will display a completion message when the data file has been
saved. To return to the main page display, press

EXIT

repeatedly.

Searching

In this example, we'll look for the nearest hotel or motel. For more in-
formation on different types of searches, refer to Sec. 6, Searching.

NOTE:

This example requires the Point of Interest (POI) database included
with MapCreate 6.

After the iFINDER has acquired a position:

1. Press

FIND

|

↓ to

M

AP

P

LACES

|

ENT

|

↓ to

POI-L

ODGING

.

2. You could search the entire lodging category, but for this example
let's narrow our search. Press

→ to

H

OTELS

/M

OTELS

|

ENT

|

ENT

. You can

also change the sub category in the Find By Nearest menu by high-
lighting

S

UB

C

ATEGORY

and pressing

ENT

. Use the

↑ ↓ keys to select the

desired category and press

ENT

.

3. The iFINDER says it is calculating, then a list of hotels and motels
appears, with the closest location at the top of the list and the location
furthest from you at the bottom of the list. The nearest is highlighted.

Find Map Places Menu (left); Category Selection menu (center) and list

of the nearest motels (right).

4. If you wanted, you could scroll

↑ or ↓ here to select another motel or

hotel, but for now we will just accept the nearest one. Press

ENT

.

NOTE:

If you want to search for a specific place, push

↑ to

N

AME

F

ILTER

,

press

ENT

, then use the

↑ ↓ keys to input the first letter of the de-

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