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Power/lights on and off, Main menu – Lowrance electronic LMS-520C User Manual

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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 and sonar chart cursors

and enter data.
5. ENT/ICONS (Enter & Icons) – This key allows you to save data, ac-

cept 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 way-

points, 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, it returns you to a full sonar chart display, showing the

entire water column from surface to bottom. On the Map Page, it 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 the Sonar Page, press

PAGES

, select

S

ONAR

and press

ENT

.

To turn on the backlight, press

PWR

again. The unit has three back-

light levels. 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 instructions in this section will

deal only with sonar functions, the basic commands that make the unit

show sonar signals on your screen. This sonar unit will work fine right

out of the box with the factory default settings.

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