Lowrance electronic 540c Baja User Manual

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Satellite Status Page (left). Custom Gauges (right).

This screen will show a graphical view of the satellites that are in view.

Each satellite is shown on the circular chart relative to your position. The

point in the center of the chart is directly overhead. The small inner ring

represents 45° above the horizon and the large ring represents the horizon.

North is at the top of the screen. You can use this to see which satellites are

obstructed by obstacles in your immediate area if the unit is facing north.
The GPS receiver will track satellites that are in bold type. The re-

ceiver hasn't locked onto a satellite if the number is grayed out, there-

fore it isn't being used to calculate your position.
Beneath the circular graph will be bar graphs, one for each satellite in

view. Since the unit has twelve channels, it can dedicate one channel

per visible satellite. The taller the bar on the graph, the better the unit

is receiving the signals from the satellite.
You can set up custom digital gauges through the Satellite Status page

menu. The Custom Gauges feature allows you to monitor a wide vari-

ety of data from one page.
To set up Custom Gauge page:
1. Select the

ATELLITE

TATUS

page from the Pages menu, highlight

US-

TOM

AUGES

and press

ENT

2. Press

MENU

VERLAY

ATA

will highlighted, so press

ENT

. The Overlay

Data shown menu will appear.
3. Highlight

RESS

NT TO ADD

…)

and press

ENT

to open the Data Viewer

menu with five expandable data categories: GPS Data, Navigation,

Trip Calculator, Time and Sensor Data.
4. Highlight the desired data category and press

ENT

, which will ex-

pand the list, revealing several subcategories with checkboxes next to

them.