Basic gps quick reference – Lowrance electronic Lowrance Fish-finding Sonar & Mapping GPS LMS-520C User Manual

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Basic 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. Navigation in too small an
area will constantly trigger arrival alarms.
1. Depress the

PWR

key to turn on the unit.

2. Opening screen displays map of North America at the 4,000 mile

zoom range. Rotate through the four main Page screens (Map Page,

Satellite Status Page, Navigation Page and Sonar Page) by pressing

PAGES

|

← or → to select Page Name|

EXIT

. Switch Pages to display Sat-

ellite Status Page.
3. 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

when it is unobstructed by terrain or structures. When the unit acquires

position, a tone sounds and a position acquired message appears.
4. With position acquired, press

PAGES

key to display the Map Page,

which gives you a bird's eye view. You can manipulate the map 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 map north, south, east or west using arrow keys

↑ ↓ → ← .

To stop scrolling and return to current position on map, press

EXIT

key.

5. Set a waypoint (Wpt 001) at your current position so you can navigate

back here: press

WPT

|

WPT

. Waypoint symbol and "001" appears.

6. Zoom/scroll map to find a nearby object or location to go to. Use ar-

row keys to center cursor crosshairss over the map object or location.
7. Navigate to the selected destination: press

MENU

|

ENT

|

EXIT

. Follow dot-

ted course line on Map Page or compass bearing arrow on Navigation Page.
8. At destination, Arrival Alarm goes off; to clear it, press

EXIT

. Cancel

navigation: press

MENU

|

MENU

|

↓ to

C

ANCEL

N

AVIGATION

|

ENT

|

← to Y

ES

|

ENT

.

9. Return to Wpt 1 by Navigate To Waypoint or Backtrack Trail. To
Waypoint
: press

WPT

|

→ to

S

AVED

|

ENT

|

ENT

|

ENT

. Use

↑ or ↓ to select

Wpt 001, press

ENT

|

ENT

; follow navigation displays. Trail: press

MENU

|

MENU

|

↓ to

M

Y

T

RAILS

|

ENT

. Press

↓ to Trail 1|

ENT

|

→|↓ to

N

AVI-

GATE

|

ENT

|

to

N

AVIGATE

|

ENT

|

→ to

R

EVERSE

|

ENT

|

← to

N

AVIGATE

|

ENT

. (If

arrival alarm sounds, press

EXIT

.) Follow navigation displays.

10. Back home, Arrival Alarm goes off; press

EXIT

. Cancel navigation:

press

MENU

|

MENU

|

↓ to

C

ANCEL

N

AVIGATION

|

ENT

|

← to Y

ES

|

ENT

.

11. To turn off the unit, press and hold

PWR

key for three seconds.

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