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Lowrance electronic 500 User Manual

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waypoint: 1. Press and release

ENT

. 2. The

C

REATE

W

AYPOINT

menu ap-

pears, with the

Q

UICK

S

AVE

method selected. To place a waypoint at your

current cursor position, press

ENT

. The waypoint icon appears on the

map, and a pop-up box tells you the waypoint's name (in this case, "001."

Create a waypoint. The pop-up box with waypoint name is shown at left. At

right, you can see Waypoint 001, with the default waypoint symbol.

This example shows a waypoint set at the cursor location. If the cursor
was not active, the point would be placed at the current position.

Navigate Back to a Waypoint
To navigate to a waypoint that you've created:

1. Press

FIND

|

↓ to

M

Y

W

AYPOINTS

|

ENT|ENT

. Press

↑ or ↓ to select from

the list the waypoint you want to navigate to, then press

ENT

. Use the

navigation arrows on the Map Page or the compass rose on the HSI
Navigation Page to make your way to the selected waypoint.

To cancel navigation, press

MENU

|

MENU

|

↓ to

C

ANCEL

N

AVIGATION

|

ENT

|

to

Y

ES

|

ENT

. AirMap stops showing navigation information.

Navigate to Cursor Position on Map
The Go To Cursor command navigates to the current cursor position on
the map.

To navigate to a particular location on the map, find location, then se-
lect the location with cursor. Use the Go To Cursor command to lead
you there:

1. Use the cursor (controlled by the arrow keys) with the zoom in and
zoom out keys to maneuver around the map until you find a location
you want to go to.

2. Center the cursor over the location to select it. If you have selected a
location that contains navigation information, the icon you're pointing
at will be highlighted, indicating it's selected. See the example below.

Pop-up box