Lowrance electronic 540c Baja - Manual (Page 60)

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The other method involves searching for POIs with the Find Waypoint
command, launched with the
WPT
key
To Navigate to a POI:
1. Press
WPT
, select the desired POI category, then press → to Subcate-
gory.
2. Highlight the desired subcategory and press
ENT
. The Find By menu
will appear with two search options: Name of Nearest.
3. Select the desired search option and press
ENT
. A list of POIs will
appear. If you chose Nearest as the search option, use ↑ ↓ to select the
desired POI and press
ENT
. If you chose to search by Name, use ↑ ↓, ←
→ to input the POI name. When the name has been entered press
ENT
to access the POI list.
4. Select the desired POI and press
ENT
, which will open the Waypoint
Information menu.
5. Highlight
G
O
T
O
W
AYPOINT
and press
ENT
. The unit begins showing
navigation information to the item.
To cancel navigation, press
MENU
|
MENU
| ↓ to
C
ANCEL
N
AVIGATION
|
ENT
| ←
to
Y
ES
|
ENT
. The unit stops showing navigation information.
Creating and Saving a Trail
A trail, or plot trail, is a string of position points plotted by the unit as
you travel. It's a travel history, a record of the path you have taken.
Trails are useful for repeating a journey along the same track. They are
particularly handy when you are trying to retrace your trip and go back
the way you came. On the screen, trails are represented by a solid line
extending from the back of the current position arrow.
The unit is set at the factory to automatically create and record a trail
while the unit is turned on. The unit will continue recording the trail
until the length reaches the maximum trail point setting (default is
2,000, but the unit can record trails 9,999 points long). When the point
limit is reached, the unit begins recording the trail over itself.
By default, the trail flashes once a second, making it easier to see against
the background map. With the default auto setting, this unit creates a
trail by placing a dot (trail point) on the screen every time you change di-
rections. (The methods used for creating a trail and the trail update rate
can both be adjusted or even turned off. See Sec. 8 for Trail Options.)
To preserve a trail from point A to point B, you must "turn off" the trail
by making it inactive before heading to point C or even back to point A.
When the current trail is set inactive, the unit automatically begins
recording a new trail.