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Alarms – Lowrance electronic LCX-17M User Manual

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Section 8

System & GPS Setup Options

Alarms

This unit has several GPS alarms. The factory default setting has all
the alarms turned on. You can turn the alarms off and on and change
their distance settings.

An arrival alarm also can be set to flash a warning message and sound
a tone when you cross a preset distance from a waypoint. For example,
if you have the arrival alarm set to 0.1 mile, then the alarm will flash a
message when you come within 0.1 mile of the recalled waypoint.

The off course alarm warns you when your track drifts too far to the
right or left of the course line to the waypoint. For example, if the
alarm is set to 0.1 mile, then the alarm flashes a message if you drift
0.1 of a mile or more to the right or left of the line to the waypoint.

The anchor alarm is triggered when you drift outside of a preset radius.
Again, using the 0.1 mile as an example, if you're anchored and your
boat moves more than 0.1 mile, the alarm will flash a message and
sound a tone.

Alarms command (left); Alarm menu (right).

To change alarm settings:
1. Press

MENU

|

MENU

|

↓ to

A

LARMS

|

ENT

. Choose

GPS

A

LARMS

|

ENT

.

2. Scroll

↓ or ↑ to select the desired category, then press

ENT

to check or

clear the Enabled box. This turns the alarm on (checked) or off
(unchecked.)

3.

To change distance settings, scroll

or

to select the desired

category, then press

→ |

ENT

to activate the distance dialog box. Press

or

↓ to change the first character, then press

to the next character

and repeat until the name is correct.