Displaying a saved trail, Navigating trails – Lowrance electronic 3600C User Manual

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You can save and recall up to 10 different plot trails, which can also be
copied to your MMC for archiving or for transfer to your MapCreate
software.

Tip:

Another quick way to stop recording one trail and begin a new one
is to use the New Trail command: Press

MENU

|

MENU

|

↓ to

M

Y

T

RAILS

|

ENT

|

ENT

.

Caution:

You also have the option of completely turning off trail record-
ing, under the Trail Options command. However, if the Update
Active Trail option is left turned off, it will cancel the automatic
trail creation feature.

Displaying a Saved Trail

The active trail is automatically displayed on the map (the "Visible"
option) with the factory default settings. You can selectively turn trail
display off and on for any saved or active trail. In the Saved Trails List,
visible trails have a check mark in front of the trail name.

To turn off trail display:

1. Press

MENU

|

MENU

|

↓ to

M

Y

T

RAILS

|

ENT

.

2. Press

↓|↓ to enter the Saved Trail list, then use ↑ or ↓ to select the

desired Trail Name|

ENT

.

3. Press

↓ to

A

CTIVE

|

→ to

V

ISIBLE

|

ENT

. To return to the previous page,

press

EXIT

|

EXIT

|

EXIT

|

EXIT

.

To turn on trail display:

1. Press

MENU

|

MENU

|

↓ to

M

Y

T

RAILS

|

ENT

.

2. Press

↓|↓ to enter the Saved Trail list, then use ↑ or ↓ to select the

desired Trail Name|

ENT

.

3. Press

↓ to

A

CTIVE

|

→ to

V

ISIBLE

|

ENT

. To return to the previous page,

press

EXIT

|

EXIT

|

EXIT

|

EXIT

.

Navigating Trails

There are three methods for following a trail: visual trailing, navigating
a trail (forward) and backtracking a trail (backward). Try each method
to see which you prefer.

Visual trailing is the simplest method. It uses only the Map Page and
requires no menu commands at all. The technique works the same if
you are running a trail forward (from start to end) or backward (from

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