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Power/lights on and off, Main menu – Lowrance electronic 5200C User Manual

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and Radar. 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 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 erase 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. 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. 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 back-

light 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

will deal only with functions; the basic commands. The GPS will work

fine for these lessons right out of the box with the factory default set-

tings. But, if you want to learn about the various options, see Sec. 5,
System Setup and GPS Setup Options.
You can access the Main Menu

from any of the four Page screens by pressing

MENU

|

MENU

. To clear

the menu screen and return to the page display, press

EXIT

.