Lowrance baja 480c User Manuals

Table of Contents

• Section 1: Read Me First!

  1
• Capabilities and Specifications: GlobalMap Baja 480c

  2
• How Lowrance GPS Works

  4
• Introduction to GPS and WAAS

  6
• How to use this manual: typographical conventions

  8
• Section 2: Installation & Accessories

  11
• Preparations

  11
• GPS Antenna/Receiver Module

  11
• Power Connections

  12
• Powering a NMEA-2000 Buss

  13
• Powering Your Unit

  13
• NMEA 0183 Cable Connections

  15
• NMEA Wiring

  16
• Mounting the Unit: Bracket, In-Dash or Portable

  16
• MMC or SD Card Memory Card Installation

  20
• Other Accessories

  21
• Face Cover

  22
• Section 3: Basic GPS Operations

  23
• Keyboard

  23
• Power/lights on and off

  24
• Main Menu

  24
• Pages

  26
• Satellite Status Page

  26
• Navigation Page

  28
• Map Page

  30
• Background map vs. MapCreate map content

  32
• Resize Window command

  34
• Basic GPS Quick Reference

  36
• Find Your Current Position

  37
• Moving Around the Map: Zoom & Cursor Arrow Keys

  37
• Searching

  38
• Set a Waypoint

  41
• Navigate to a Waypoint

  43
• Set Man Overboard (MOB) Waypoint

  44
• Navigate to Cursor Position on Map

  45
• Navigate to a Point of Interest

  47
• Creating and Saving a Trail

  47
• Displaying a Saved Trail

  49
• Navigating Trails

  50
• Transfer Custom Maps and GPS Data Files

  53
• Custom Maps:

  53
• GPS Data files:

  53
• Cancel Navigation

  56
• Section 4: Advanced GPS Operations

  57
• Find Distance from Current Position to Another Location

  57
• Icons

  58
• Routes

  59
• Create and Save a Route

  60
• Navigate a Route

  64
• Trails

  66
• Delete a Trail

  66
• Edit a Trail Name

  67
• Edit a Trail Color

  67
• Edit a Trail Pattern

  67
• Utilities

  68
• Alarm Clock

  68
• Sun/Moon Rise & Set Calculator

  68
• Trip Calculator

  68
• Trip Down Timer

  68
• Trip Up Timer

  68
• Waypoints

  68
• Delete a Waypoint

  68
• Edit a Waypoint

  69
• Selecting a Waypoint

  69
• Set a Waypoint by Average Position

  69
• Set a Waypoint by Projecting a Position

  70
• Section 5: System & GPS Setup Options

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• Alarms

  71
• Auto Satellite Search

  72
• Check MMC Files and Storage Space

  73
• Communications Port Configuration

  73
• Configure NMEA

  74
• Coordinate System Selection

  74
• Map Fix

  76
• Customize Page Displays

  77
• GPS Simulator

  78
• Initialize GPS

  80
• Map Auto Zoom

  80
• Map Data

  81
• Show Map Data

  81
• Pop-up Map Information

  81
• Map Boundaries

  82
• Fill Water With White

  82
• Map Overlays (Range Rings; Lat/Long Grid)

  82
• Map Datum Selection

  82
• Map Detail Category Selection

  83
• Map Orientation

  84
• Navionics Charts

  85
• Port Information

  87
• Tidal Current Information

  88
• Tide Information

  90
• Overlay Data

  91
• Pop-up Help

  94
• Reset Options

  95
• Screen Contrast and Brightness

  95
• Set Language

  96
• Set Local Time

  97
• Show WAAS Alarm

  97
• Software Version Information

  98
• Sounds and Alarm Sound Styles

  98
• Track Smoothing

  99
• Trail Options

  100
• Delete All Trails

  100
• Update Trail Option

  100
• Delete Trail

  102
• New Trail

  102
• Trail Visible/Invisible and Other Trail Options

  102
• Transparency

  102
• Units of Measure

  103
• Section 6: Searching

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• Find Addresses

  105
• Find Any Item Selected by Map Cursor

  108
• Find Interstate Highway Exits

  109
• Find Map Places or Points of Interest (POI)

  111
• Find Streets or Intersections

  113
• Find Waypoints

  117
• Section 7: Supplemental Material

  121