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Navigate to a waypoint – Lowrance electronic 5150C User Manual

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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

M

Y

W

AYPOINTS

|

ENT

. To look up the nearest waypoint,

press

ENT

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

list), press

↓ to

N

AME

|

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 press-

ing

ENT

. Use

↑ or ↓ to select the waypoint name, press

ENT

and the way-

point information screen appears with the

G

O

T

O

command selected.

4. To begin navigating to the waypoint, press

ENT

.