Lowrance electronic 8VHF User Manual

3. 

The waypoint details are displayed. The cursor is at the first character of the name. 

4. 

Edit the temporary waypoint name or to edit only the latitude or longitude, press ENT 

repeatedly until the cursor moves to the required line.

5. 

When you are finished, press ENT (repeatedly if necessary) until a new LCD appears.  

6. 

Press ENT to store the changes. The waypoint list is displayed again. If more changes are 

required, repeat steps 2 through 6. Otherwise, press EXIT.

You can send waypoint data over NMEA 2000 to a compatible chartplotter.

MENU SELECT

►WAYPOINT

 BACKLIGHT

 BUDDY LIST

 LOCAL/DIST

▼

WAYPOINT

►WP LIST

 NEAREST WP

 TEMP

TEMP2

 WP EDIT

 DELETE

 GO

►TX WP DATA

WP LIST

NEW WP TEMP2

MOB    

TEMP1  

1. 

Select WAYPOINT then WP LIST. Your waypoint list is displayed. Press ENT. 

NEW WP starts to flash.

2. 

Scroll down to the waypoint whose data you want to send to the chartplotter then 

press ENT. In the example scroll to TEMP2 then press ENT.

3. 

Scroll down and select TX WPT DATA and press ENT to send the data.

There are 8 levels of backlight. Level 8 is the brightest, Level 0 is OFF. The backlight function 
affects the base station (LCD and Keypad) and the microphone keypad backlight.

MENU SELECT

 WAYPOINT

►BACKLIGHT

 BUDDY LIST

 LOCAL/DIST

▼

BACKLIGHT

  

  LO    HI

PRESS ENT

1. 

Select BACKLIGHT.

2. 

Select a comfortable level using the Channel Select knob or + or – on the microphone 

to change the setting. 

3. 

Press ENT to enable the setting and return to the menu.

Note: The DISTRESS key backlight cannot be switched off.

Note: If the backlight setting is set to level 0 (OFF), the backlight will automatically turn ON 
at  level 1 if the radio detects any DSC activity, or any buttons are pressed. The backlight will 
return to level 0 (OFF) after 10 seconds of inactivity.

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