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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's also in-
volved in some navigation functions.

8. ZOUT – (Zoom Out) – This key lets you zoom the screen out. On the
Sonar Page, this key returns you to a full sonar chart display, showing
the entire water column from surface to bottom. On the Plotter Page,
this lets you see a larger geographic area on the display. 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 Plotter
Page, zooming in lets you see greater detail in a smaller geographic
area on the display.

Power/lights on and off

To turn on the unit, press

PWR

. As the unit powers up, the Plotter 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 backlight

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 that make the unit
do something. The unit will work fine for these lessons right out of the
box with the factory default settings. But, if you want to learn about
the various options, see Sec. 7, 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

.