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Navigate to a waypoint – Lowrance electronic LMS-337C DF User Manual

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symbol, the unit will remember the one you chose and use it the
next time you save a waypoint. To revert back to the default symbol,
edit a waypoint and choose the original symbol, or use the Reset
Options command (described in Sec. 8).

Create Waypoint on Map

1. Use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the place where you want
to make a waypoint.

2. Press

WPT

|

WPT

. The waypoint is saved and automatically given a

name with a sequential number, such as "waypoint 001." The waypoint
symbol and number appear on the map.

Create Waypoint by Entering a Position

1. Press

WPT

|

→ to

S

UBCATEGORY

column|

↓ to

N

EW

|

ENT

.

2. Press

↓ to

E

NTERED

P

OSITION

|

ENT

|

→ to

C

REATE

|

ENT

.

3. Press

→ to

L

ATITUDE

|

ENT

. Enter the latitude by pressing

↑ or ↓ to

change the first character, then press

→ to the next character and re-

peat until the latitude is correct. Press

ENT

.

4. Press

↓ to

L

ONGITUDE

|

ENT

. Enter the longitude by pressing

↑ or ↓ to

change the first character, then press

→ to the next character and repeat

until the longitude is correct. Press

ENT

, then

EXIT

|

EXIT

to return to the

previous page display. The waypoint is saved and automatically given a
name with a sequential number, such as "waypoint 001." The waypoint
symbol and number appear on the map and in the waypoint list.

Navigate To a Waypoint

You can select any waypoint visible on the Map Page with the cursor,
then use the Navigate to Cursor command (we'll describe how later in
this section.) However, you can avoid scrolling the map to pick your
waypoint if you use the Find Waypoint commands:

1. Press

WPT

|

→ to

S

AVED

|

ENT

. To look up the nearest waypoint, press

to

N

EAREST

|

ENT

; or, to look by name (and scroll through the entire

waypoint list), press

ENT

. For this example, look by name.

2. If your waypoint list is a long one, you can spell out the waypoint name
in the

F

IND

B

Y

N

AME

box to search for it. (Press

↑ or ↓ to change the first

character, then press

→ to move the cursor to the next character and re-

peat until the name is correct, then press

ENT

to jump to the list below.)

3. If the list is short, you can jump directly to the

F

IND

I

N

L

IST

box by

pressing

ENT

. Use

↑ or ↓ to select the waypoint name, press

ENT

and the

waypoint information screen appears with the

G

O

T

O

command selected.

4. To begin navigating to the waypoint, press

ENT

.

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