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Configure nmea, Coordinate system selection – Lowrance electronic Lowrance GlobalMap 5200C User Manual

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2. Press

↓ to

C

OMMUNICATIONS

P

ORT

|

ENT

.

Configure NMEA

You can configure the unit to use specific NMEA sentences.
1. Press

MENU

|

MENU

|

↓ to

S

YSTEM

S

ETUP

|

ENT

.

2. Press

↓ to

C

OMMUNICATIONS

P

ORT

|

ENT

|

↓ to

C

ONFIGURE

NMEA

0183

|

ENT

.

3. A menu appears showing the prefixes of the available NMEA sen-
tences. A check mark next to a prefix means the prefix is in use. Use

↓ → ← to select a prefix, then press

ENT

to turn off the prefix. Press

ENT

again to check the box and turn a prefix on.

4. When the desired prefixes are checked or unchecked, press

EXIT

|

EXIT

|

EXIT

|

EXIT

to return to the previous page.

Coordinate System Selection

The Coordinate System Menu lets you select the coordinate system to

use when displaying and entering position coordinates.

Menus for changing coordinate system used to display positions.

To get to Coordinate System Selection:
1. Press

MENU

|

MENU

|

↓ to

GPS

S

ETUP

|

ENT

.

2. Press

↓ to

C

OORDINATE

S

YSTEM

|

ENT

.

This unit can show a position in degrees (36.14952°); degrees, minutes

and thousandths of a minute (36° 28.700'); or degrees, minutes, seconds

and tenths of a second (36° 28' 40.9"). It can also show position in: UTM

(Universal Transverse Mercator) projection; MGRS (Standard); MGRS

(Standard + 10); Map Fix; Loran TD; British, Irish, Finnish, German,

New Zealand, Swedish, Swiss, Taiwan and Greek.