Lowrance electronic iFINDER Expedition C User Manual

Pub. 988-0160-011 www.lowrance.com Mapping GPS & MP3 Player Operation Instructions

2 The rest of Section 3 contains short, easy-to-scan lessons that follow one another in chronological order. They're all you'll need to know

92 Tide Information screen. The Tide Information screen displays daily tidal data for this station on this date at the present time. The graph at th

93 To display a Navionics chart: 1. Install the Navionics MMC in the memory card compartment and turn on the unit. (For full card install instructions

94 Pop-up Help message for the Screen command. Reset Options In Advanced Mode 1. Press MENU|MENU|↓ to SYSTEM SETUP|ENT|↓ to RESET OPTIONS|ENT|← to YE

95 be highlighted. Press ← or → to adjust the contrast. Screen Command (left) and Contrast bar (right). To adjust the display's brightness:

96 Continuous selected on Light Delay menu. It's ideal for night travel in a vehicle, since the cigarette lighter can be used as the power sourc

97 To set Local Time: from the Time Setting menu, press ENT. Use ↑ ↓ to change the first character, then press → to move the cursor to the next charac

98 Software Info command in Easy Mode (left). Advanced mode (center). The Software Info screen (right). The command works the same in both Ea

99 To change LineOut Volume: from the Sounds menu, use the ← → keys to increase or decrease the volume. To set Key Sounds: from the Sounds menu, high

100 Main Menu (left); Trails Menu (center); Trail Options menu (right). General Trail Options To access the Trails Menu: 1. Press MENU|MENU|↓ t

101 Update Trail Criteria There are three criteria by which trails may be updated: automatic, time or distance. When it is in the default automatic m

3 Input power:... 3 volts DC (two 1.5v AA batteries); operates up to 12 hours on batteries when using one-second position updates (

102 Edit trail menu with Delete Trail highlighted. Trail Visible/Invisible and Other Trail Options Trail name, maximum number of points in a trail, a

103 To set Heading: from the Units of Measure menu, press ↓ to HEAD-ING|ENT. Use ↑ ↓ to select the desired unit and press ENT. To set Altitude: from

104 Notes

105 Section 6: Searching NOTE: The background map loaded in your unit lets you search for U.S. Interstate Highway exits and exit services as well as l

106 Cursor crosshairs centered on a POI (left). The Find menu with Se-lected Item highlighted (center). POI information (right). Selected Item

107 To access Destination: 1. When navigating to a location, press FIND, select DESTINATION and press ENT. 2. If your destination is listed in the PO

108 Current Route highlighted on the Find menu (left). The Route infor-mation window (right) launches when Current Route is selected from the

109 Tip: When entering a street name, do not enter its compass direction (N, S, E or W) in the street name field. Just enter the number or name. If t

110 6. When the necessary search fields are filled in, press ↓ to FIND AD-DRESS|ENT. Your unit will begin searching for the address. If an address is

111 Find menu. (left); Find Exit menu (center) with Highway highlighted at the top. Press enter and the Find by Name menu (right) will appear.

4 or SD (Secure Digital Card.) Position updates:...Up to every second. Position points: ...1,000 waypoints; 1,000 event marker icon

112 Easy Mode Find menu (left); Advanced Mode Find menu (right). 2. Press ↓ ↑ to select a Map Place or POI category, then press ENT. (To narrow yo

113 4. Search by name of POI. When the Find By menu appears, press ↓ to NAME and press ENT. There are two options: A. You can spell out the POI in th

114 Find menu with Find Streets highlighted. 2. You must first fill in a street name in the First Street dialog box. Press ENT to display the Find By

115 Find first street (left); Streets found list (right). If you want to navigate to the found street at the cursor location, just press MENU|ENT

116 Find intersection selected (left); Working message (center); Intersection list (right). 6. To search for the intersection of the two stre

117 List of nearest waypoints (left). Waypoint information screen with Go To highlighted (right). 4. To see information on the closest waypoint,

118 A. To navigate to the waypoint, press ENT. The GO TO command is already highlighted. The unit will show navigation information to the waypoint. B.

119 Section 7: Music Mode The Music Mode Display and Keyboard Commands The Music Mode screen contains a battery power indicator and a volume display f

120 Music Mode always runs using a play list, even if this consists of a sin-gle song. You can copy pre-made play list files from your PC to your MMC

121 you've sorted your music on the MMC by album or artist, you can select the folder you wish and play only the songs in that folder or you can

5 nates the weakest signals, then computes its location in relation to the remaining satellites. Once the iFINDER figures its latitude and longitude,

122 Music Mode Practice Run Start at your computer. You should already have some MP3 or Ogg Vor-bis music files available. If you need help ripping yo

123 Play Lists The iFINDER can play both MP3 and Ogg Vorbis music files. It can also recognize m3u-style play list files. Use the FIND key to launch t

124 Use Indoors When you're only using your iFINDER to listen to music, you can pre-serve battery life by turning off the GPS satellite search. T

125 Section 8: Supplemental Material Datums Used by This Unit WGS 1984 Default Adindan Mean for Ethiopia, Sudan Adindan Burkina Faso Adindan Camer

126 Chua Astro Paraguay Corrego Alegre Brazil Dabola Guinea Djakarta (Batavia) Indonesia (Sumatra) DOS 1968 New Georgia Islands (Gizo Island) Ea

127 Naparima BWI Trinidad & Tobago North American 1927 Mean for Antigua, Barbados, Barbuda, Caicos Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Grand Cayma

128 Point 58 Sweden Santo (DOS) 1965 Espirito Santo Island Sao Braz Azores (Sao Miguel, Santa Maria Islands) Sapper Hill 1943 East Falkland Island

129 FCC Compliance This device complies with Part 15 of the U.S. Federal Communi-cations Commission (FCC) Rules. Operation is subject to the fol-lowin

130 Notes

131 LOWRANCE DATABASES LICENSE AGREEMENT THIS IS A LEGAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE END-USER WHO FIRST PURCHASES THIS PRODUCT AS A CONSUMER ITEM FOR PERSON

6 You make your own Custom Map Files with our MapCreate software, but you don't have to. We also sell ready-to-use FreedomMaps™. These custom ma

132 DATABASES LIMITED WARRANTY "We", "our", or "us" refers to Lowrance Electronics, Inc., the manufacturer of this produ

133 LOWRANCE ELECTRONICS FULL ONE-YEAR WARRANTY "We," "our," or "us" refers to LOWRANCE ELECTRONICS, INC., the manufactu

134 How to Obtain Service… …in the USA: We back your investment in quality products with quick, expert service and genuine Lowrance parts. If you&apos

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7 A minimum of three satellites are required to determine a 2D fix. The system requires signal reception from three satellites in order to determine

8 There, however, are some fringe areas of the U.S., including parts of Alaska, that do not yet receive robust WAAS coverage. Continued WAAS developme

9 some kind with the menu item. Text that you may need to enter or file names you need to select are shown in italic type, such as trail name. Instruc

10 Notes

11 Section 2: Installation & Accessories Power The iFINDER operates from AA batteries or on 3 volts DC using an optional external power cable with

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12 Battery Installation Turn the unit over so that the back is facing you. With your thumb or nail, pull back on the small clip to release the battery

13 Cigarette Lighter Power Adapter To use external DC power, plug the power cable's cigarette lighter adapter into a cigarette lighter receptacle

14 other device. This is our favorite cable for connecting the iFINDER Ex-peditionC to a laptop computer in a RV or other vehicle. By transmit-ting NM

15 Remove an MMC Card. 4. Drag the MMC from the slot into the battery compartment. 5. Turn the iFINDER face up and give it a shake to dump the M

16 They give you all the features found in our MapCreate™ mapping soft-ware, but without the necessity of using a computer. FreedomMaps are available

17 The optional external antenna can use a magnetic base that allows temporary mounting on any flat ferrous metal surface. A suction-cup mount allows

18 Two R-A-M mounting systems for your unit. One model has a mounting arm and cradle attached to a swivel ball plate that can be screwed or bol

19 Section 3: Easy Mode Operation This section addresses Easy Mode operation for the iFINDER's main GPS functions. The principles are the same in

20 6. EXIT – The Exit key lets you return to the previous screen, clear data or close a menu. 7. FIND – The Find key launches the iFINDER search men

21 Screen: changes the contrast or brightness of the display screen and backlight delay. Sounds: enables or disables the sounds for key strokes and al

i Table of Contents Section 1: Read Me First! ... 1 Specifications:...

22 Satellite Status Page. This screen shows a graphical view of the satellites that are in view. Each satellite is shown on the circular chart relati

23 screen. Your trail history, or path you've taken, is illustrated by a line extending from the arrow. The arrow pointing down at the top of the

24 Navigation Page, going to cursor. Driver is headed east (a 68º track) toward a cursor location 68º (bearing) away. The cross track error range (wh

25 Map Page opening screen (left); Map zoomed to 100 miles (center); Map zoomed to 6 miles (right). Over Zoomed means you have reached the

26 state highways; Interstate highway exits and exit services information; large- and medium-sized lakes and streams and more than 60,000 navigation a

27 It shows how to use the Map Categories Drawn menu to turn indi-vidual POI displays off and on. Even though their display is turned off, you can sti

28 IFINDER Expedition™c Easy Mode Quick Reference Start outdoors, with a clear view of the open sky. As you practice, try navigating to a location a f

29 Find Your Current Position When you turn on the iFINDER, it automatically searches for satellites and under clear sky conditions, calculates its po

30 Tip: Use the cursor to determine the distance from your current position (or last known position, when working indoors) to any map object or locati

31 Find Map Places Menu (left); Category Selection menu (center) with list of the nearest restaurants (right). 3. A list of restaurants will

ii Clearing a Trail ... 38 Transfer Custom Maps and GPS Data Files ...

32 Map screen showing found Waypoint. 7. To clear the search and return to the main page display, press EXIT repeatedly. Before you exited out of the

33 The example shows the home waypoint set at the cursor location. If the cursor was not active, the point would be placed at the current position. Ca

34 To cancel navigation to MOB, press MENU|↓ to CANCEL NAVIGA-TION|ENT|← to YES|ENT. The iFINDER stops showing navigation in-formation. Navigate to C

35 The 15-mile zoom figure (left) shows the course line connecting your current position to your destination. The 60-mile zoom (center) shows

36 Navigate Trail In Easy Mode, this unit automatically creates a plot trail when turned on. The trail is saved in memory when the unit is turned of

37 NOTE: If you are already located at or near the beginning of your back trail, the arrival alarm will go off as soon as you hit Enter. Just press EX

38 Navigate trail, navigation page (compass rose) views: Driver is east-bound heading straight toward trail point 5 (left). T

39 GPS Data Files: GPS Data files contain waypoints, routes, trails and event marker icons. Instructions for copying GPS Data Files between your compu

40 These figures (from left to right) show the menu sequence for naming and saving a GPS Data File from an MMC to the iFINDER's memory.

41 Section 4: Advanced Mode Operation Keypad iFINDER ExpeditionC keypad. 1. PWR – The PWR key turns the unit on and off and activates the backlight.

iii Edit a Trail Name ... 59 Edit a Trail Color ...

42 Power/lights on and off To turn on the unit, press PWR. To turn on the backlight, press PWR again. Pressing PWR once again will turn off the backli

43 Cancel Navigation: turns off the navigation command after you have reached your destination. GPS Setup: gives access to GPS receiver options, like

44 NOTE: Refer to Sec. 2, Easy Mode Operation, for further explanation and more illustrations of the Satellite Page. 1. To get to the Satellite Status

45 Digital Data page (left) with the Digital Data Menu (right). Digital Data Menu The Digital Data Menu allows you to change units of measure, en

46 Navigation Page (left) with Navigation Menu (right). Navigation Menu The Navigation Menu allows you to plan and edit routes, cancel navi-gati

47 Music Mode Page (left) with Music Mode menu (right). Map Page The map screens your course and track from a bird’s-eye view. By de-fault, this

48 Map Menu The map menu has a variety of options, which include, finding dis-tances, scouting, changing the orientation of the map and viewing and mo

49 pears, connecting your current position to the cursor's location. Press ENT to set the first point and the rubber band line disappears. 3. Mov

50 Save icon menu (left) with Select symbol menu (right). Create Icon at Current Position 1. While you are traveling, press and hold ENT until th

51 The Transfer My Data menu asks if you want to save data to the MMC or load data from the MMC into the iFINDER's memory. 2. If no MMC is prese

iv Customize Page Displays... 78 Customize Digital Data Page ...

52 matically begins navigating to the MOB waypoint. For more details, see this subject in Sec. 3, Easy Mode Operation. Cancel Navigation In Easy Mode:

53 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

54 NOTE: If you are at or near the start of the trail, the arrival alarm will go off as soon as navigation begins because of your proximity to the tra

55 1. From the NAVIGATION PAGE, press MENU|ENT or from the MAP PAGE, press MENU|MENU|↓ to ROUTE PLANNING|ENT. 2. Highlight NEW ROUTE and press ENT|

56 7. To save your route, press EXIT. The iFINDER reverts to the Route screen, with the route automatically named Route 1 and stored in the iFINDER&ap

57 2. You could search the entire lodging category, but for this example we will narrow our search. Press → to HOTELS/MOTELS|ENT|ENT. 3. A list of ho

58 Map screen showing Finding Waypoint the result of a lodging search. 7. To clear the search and return to the current or last known position, press

59 Edit a Trail Name To edit a trail name, press MENU|MENU|↓ to MY TRAILS|ENT. Select a trail from the Saved Trail list and press ENT|ENT. Press ↑ or

60 GPS Data files: GPS Data Files contain waypoints, routes, trails and event marker icons. Instructions for copying GPS Data Files between your compu

61 Trip Calculator To access the Trip Calculator, press MENU|MENU|↓ to UTILITIES|ENT|↓ to TRIP CALCULATOR|ENT. See more information on Trip Calculator

v Recent Finds ... 107 Current Route...

62 Speed, Average Speed and Max Speed Speed, Average Speed and Max Speed use changes in GPS Position to track ground speed. Trip Time and Trip Distanc

63 always occurs ahead of a change in weather conditions. A pressure change during an interval of about two to three hours is the best indi-cator for

64 Pressure History box, where the unit has been recording in Sleep Mode for several hours. Air pressure peaked 11 hours ago, and has been steadily

65 You should expect no immediate, significant change in the current con-ditions. Whatever it is, the present weather should continue until you see th

66 When the iFINDER is in Sleep Mode, you can return to normal operation by pressing PWR. Waypoints A waypoint is an electronic address, based on the

67 ← → keys to bring up EDIT NAME and press ENT. When you are satisfied with the entry, press EXIT repeatedly to save the waypoint and return to the m

68 Edit a Waypoint Waypoint Name To edit a waypoint name, press FIND ↓ to MY WAYPOINTS|ENT. Press ENT|↓ to desired waypoint name|ENT|→ to EDIT NAME

69 Waypoint information screen with Record Audio Note highlighted. Waypoint Audio Note Audio notes are most helpful when you only have time to quick

70 Notes

71 Section 5: System & GPS Setup Options Alarms This unit has several GPS alarms. The factory default setting has all alarms turned on, but you ca

vi WARNING! A CAREFUL NAVIGATOR NEVER RELIES ON ONLY ONE METHOD TO OBTAIN POSITION INFORMATION. CAUTION When showing navigation dat

72 To change distance settings, press ↓, → to highlight the desired alarm distance dialog box and press ENT. Press ↑ or ↓ to change the first characte

73 Satellite Status page (left); Satellite Menu (right). You can force the unit to enter auto search mode. Here's how: 1. In Advanced Mo

74 Menus for changing Com Port settings. To set Com Port Configuration: 1. Press MENU|MENU|↓ to SYSTEM SETUP|ENT. 2. Press ↓ to COMMUNICATION

75 • APB transmits autopilot information. • GGA transmits time, position, and fix related data. • GSA and GSV transmits fix mode, DOP values, and sate

76 (Standard + 10); Map Fix; Loran TD; British, Irish, Finnish, German, New Zealand, Swedish, Swiss, Taiwan, Greek and Military grids. UTM's are

77 To access the Loran Chain Number, Secondary Station 1 or Secondary Station 2 menus, highlight the category and press ENT. Use the ↑ ↓ keys to cho

78 Press ↓ to SELECT ORIGIN|ENT, which will launch the Select Point window with three options: My Waypoints, Map Places and Highway Exits. If you save

79 Customize Navigation Page While on the Navigation Page press MENU|↓ to CUSTOMIZE|ENT. Use ↓ ↑ to select a data category and press ENT. Use ↑ ↓

80 WARNING: As long as the External Passive Antenna command is acti-vated, the iFINDER will only monitor GPS signals from an external passive antenna.

81 Simulating Trail or Route Navigation In Simulator mode, your unit can automatically follow a trail or route without manual steering if you use thes

1 Section 1: Read Me First! How this manual can get you out on the road, fast! Welcome to the exciting world of GPS satellite navigation! We know you&

82 To start a new scouting session: 1. From the Map page, press MENU|↓ to SCOUTING|ENT|ENT. 2. If you have not created a scout plot before, highlight

83 highlighted. Press ENT to create the first point. After it is created, you will be taken back to the Map Page. The message Scout 1 appears in the l

84 Map Overlays (Range Rings, Lat/Long Grid) The map screen can be customized with range rings and/or grids that divide the plotter into equal segment

85 GPS Setup Menu (left) with Map Datum Menu (right). Map Detail Category Selection This menu determines which of the mapping features are shown

86 Map Orientation By default, this receiver shows the map with north always at the top of the screen (North Up). This is the way most maps and charts

87 To change map orientation: From the Map Page, press MENU|↓ to MAP ORIENTATION|ENT. Press ↑ or ↓ to select an orientation option, then press EXIT|E

88 3. To scroll through the Chart Note screen, use ↑ or ↓ arrow keys to read the information. To return to the main page display, press EXIT repeatedl

89 3. To scroll through the service information window, use ↑ or ↓ to see the types of services available. To return to the main page display, press E

90 NauticPath chart showing Tidal Current Station icon selected by cur-sor (left). Icon animates automatically at .08-mile zoom range (right).

91 Tide Information NauticPath charts contain Tidal Information, repre-sented at large zoom ranges by a box icon with the letter "T." These