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Power/lights on and off, Main menu – Lowrance electronic LCX-17M User Manual

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Navigation Page, Map Page and Sonar Page.) Each page represents one
of the unit's major operation modes.

3. MENU – Press this key to show the menus and submenus, which
allow you to select a command or adjust a feature. This also accesses
search functions for streets, intersections, addresses and highway exits.

4. ARROW KEYS – These keys are used to navigate through the
menus, make menu selections, move the map cursor and sonar chart
cursor and enter data.

5. ENT/ICONS (Enter & Icons) – This key allows you to save data,
accept values or execute menu commands. It is also used to create
event marker icons.

6. EXIT – The Exit key lets you return to the previous screen, clear
data or close a menu.

7. WPT – (Waypoint) The Waypoint key is used to save and recall
waypoints, search for waypoints and access the waypoint list. It also
launches the Point-of-Interest (POI) search menus and is involved in
some navigation functions.

8. ZOUT – (Zoom Out) – This key lets you zoom the screen out. On the
Sonar Page, this key returns you to a full sonar chart display, showing
the entire water column from surface to bottom. On the Map Page, this
lets you see a larger geographic area on the map. Less detail is seen as
you zoom out.

9. ZIN – (Zoom In) – This key lets you zoom the screen in. On the Sonar
Page, this key enlarges fish signals and bottom detail. On the Map
Page, zooming in lets you see greater detail in a smaller geographic
area on the map.

Power/lights on and off

To turn on the unit, press

PWR

. As the unit powers up, the Map Page is

displayed first. (To switch to another page, press

PAGES

|

← or → to

Page Name|

EXIT

.)

To turn on the backlight, press

PWR

again. The unit has three backlight

levels to select from. Repeatedly pressing

PWR

will cycle through the

backlight settings and turn off the backlight.

Turn off the unit by pressing and holding the

PWR

key for 3 seconds.

Main Menu

The unit has a Main Menu, which contains some function commands
and some setup option commands. The tutorial lessons in this section