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Navigate to a point of interest, Creating and saving a trail – Lowrance electronic 5200C User Manual

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To stop navigating to the cursor, use the Cancel Navigation command:
press

MENU

|

MENU

|

↓ to

C

ANCEL

N

AVIGATION

|

ENT

|

← to

Y

ES

|

ENT

. The unit

stops showing navigation information.

Navigate to a Point of Interest

For POIs that are in view on the map, you can use the Navigate to Cur-

sor command above; use the cursor to select the POI. The other method

involves searching for POIs with the Find Waypoint command,

launched with the

WPT

key.

After you have looked up an item with the Find Waypoint command,
use

↑ or ↓ to make sure the

G

O

T

O

W

AYPOINT

command is highlighted at

the top of the screen, then press

ENT

. The unit begins showing naviga-

tion information to the item.
To cancel navigation, press

MENU

|

MENU

|

↓ to

C

ANCEL

N

AVIGATION

|

ENT

|

to

Y

ES

|

ENT

. The unit stops showing navigation information.

Creating and Saving a Trail

A trail, or plot trail, is a string of position points plotted by the unit as

you travel. It's a travel history, a record of the path you have taken.

Trails are useful for repeating a journey along the same track. They are

particularly handy when you are trying to retrace your trip and go back

the way you came. On the screen, trails are represented by a solid line

extending from the back of the current position arrow.
The unit is set at the factory to automatically create and record a trail

while the unit is turned on. The unit will continue recording the trail

until the length reaches the maximum trail point setting. Default is

2,000, but the unit can record trails 9,999 points long. When the point

limit is reached, the unit begins recording the trail over itself.
By default, the trail flashes once a second, making it easier to see against

the background map. With the default auto setting, this unit creates a

trail by placing a dot (trail point) on the screen every time you change di-

rections. The methods used for creating a trail and the trail update rate
can be adjusted or turned off. See Sec. 5 for Trail Options.
To preserve a trail from point A to point B, you must "turn off" the trail
by making it inactive before heading to point C or even back to point A.
When the current trail is set inactive, the unit automatically creates

and begins recording a new trail.