Lowrance electronic airmap 600c User Manuals

Table of Contents

• Section 1: Read Me First!

  1
• Capabilities and Specifications

  3
• How AirMap Works

  5
• Introduction to GPS and WAAS

  7
• How to use this manual: typographical conventions

  9
• Section 2: Installation & Accessories

  11
• Power

  11
• Batteries

  11
• Cigarette Lighter Power Adapter

  13
• NMEA Cable Connections

  13
• MMC or SD Memory Card Installation

  14
• FreedomMaps

  15
• External Active Antenna

  16
• Bracket Mounting System

  17
• Section 3: Aviation Operation

  19
• Keypad

  19
• Power/lights on and off

  20
• Main Menu

  20
• Pages

  21
• Satellite Status Page

  23
• Navigation Page

  24
• Navigation Display Options

  25
• Aviation Map display option

  25
• Navigation AirSpace display option

  25
• HSI Map display option (Compass Rose With HSI)

  26
• Navigating with OBS Hold

  29
• Map Page

  31
• Map Page Menu

  32
• Map Display Options

  32
• Full Map page display option

  32
• Map Panel page display option

  35
• Compass Overlay page display option

  36
• Position page display option

  37
• Two Maps page display option

  38
• Aviation GPS Quick Reference

  40
• Find Your Current Position

  41
• Moving Around the Map: Zoom & Cursor Arrow Keys

  41
• Selecting Any Map Item With the Cursor

  42
• Searching

  43
• Find Nearest Airport (shortcut)

  45
• Navigating to Nearest Airport with the AirMap

  45
• Setting a Waypoint

  46
• Navigate Back to a Waypoint

  46
• Navigate to Cursor Position on Map

  47
• Navigate to a Point of Interest

  48
• Go "Direct To" (Using the Direct To Button)

  48
• Airspace Status

  49
• Airport Information

  49
• Runways

  50
• Runway Approach Guidance feature

  51
• Services

  52
• Terrain Awareness Display

  53
• Color Code

  53
• Transfer Custom Maps and GPS Data Files

  54
• Switch to Land Mode

  55
• Switch Back to Aviation Mode from Land Mode

  56
• Aviation Calculators

  56
• E6B Altitude/Airspeed Calculator

  56
• E6B Wind Speed/Direction Calculator

  57
• Vertical Navigation Calculator

  58
• Section 4: Land Operation

  59
• Keypad

  59
• Power/lights on and off

  60
• Main Menu

  60
• Pages

  60
• Satellite Status Page

  61
• Status Menu

  61
• Navigation Page

  61
• Navigation Menu

  62
• Map Page

  62
• Map Menu

  63
• Moving Around the Map: Zoom & Cursor Arrow Keys

  63
• Find Distance From Point to Point

  64
• Find Your Current Position

  64
• Icons

  65
• Delete an Icon

  66
• Load GPS Data Files from an MMC

  66
• Navigate

  67
• Navigate Back to Man Overboard Waypoint

  67
• Cancel Navigation

  67
• Navigate a Route

  67
• Navigate to Cursor Position on Map

  67
• Navigate to an Icon

  68
• Navigate to Point of Interest (POI)

  68
• Navigate to a Waypoint

  68
• Navigate a Trail

  68
• Backtrack a Trail

  70
• Routes

  70
• Create and Save a Route

  70
• Delete a Route

  73
• Save GPS Data Files to an MMC

  73
• Searching

  74
• Switch to Aviation Mode

  76
• Switch Back to Land Mode from Aviation Mode

  76
• Trails

  76
• Create and Save a Trail

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• Delete a Trail

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• Edit a Trail Name

  77
• Transferring GPS Data Files

  77
• Transferring and Loading Custom Maps

  77
• Utilities

  77
• Alarm Clock

  78
• Sun/Moon Rise & Set Calculator

  78
• Trip Calculator

  78
• Trip Down Timer

  78
• Trip Up Timer

  78
• Waypoints

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• Create a Waypoint

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• Create Waypoint on Map

  78
• Create Waypoint at Current Position

  78
• Create a Man Overboard Waypoint

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• Create a Waypoint by Average Position

  79
• Create a Waypoint by Projecting a Position

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• Selecting a Waypoint

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• Delete a Waypoint

  80
• Edit a Waypoint

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• Waypoint Name

  80
• Waypoint Symbol

  80
• Waypoint Position

  80
• Waypoint Altitude

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• Section 5: System & GPS Setup Options

  81
• Alarms

  81
• Aviation Alarms

  82
• Auto Satellite Search

  83
• Battery Indicator

  84
• Check MMC Files and Storage Space

  84
• Com Port Configuration

  84
• Coordinate System Selection

  85
• Map Fix

  87
• Customize Page Displays

  88
• GPS Simulator

  89
• Map Auto Zoom

  90
• Map Data

  90
• Show Map Data

  91
• Pop-up Map Information

  91
• Fill Water with White

  91
• Map Overlays (Range Rings; Lat/Long Grid)

  91
• Draw Map Boundaries

  92
• Map Datum Selection

  92
• Map Detail Category Selection

  92
• Map Orientation

  93
• Navionics Charts

  94
• Port Information

  95
• Tidal Current Information

  96
• Tide Information

  98
• Pop-up Help

  99
• Reset Options

  100
• Screen Contrast and Brightness

  100
• Set Language

  102
• Set Local Time

  103
• Software Version Information

  104
• Sounds and Alarm Sound Styles

  104
• Track Smoothing

  105
• Trail Options

  106
• Update Active Trail Option

  106
• Update Trail Criteria (Auto, Time, Distance)

  106
• Trail Update Rate (Time, Distance)

  107
• New Trail

  107
• Units of Measure

  108
• Section 6: Searching

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• Aviation Mode Searches

  111
• Find An Airspace (Using Cursor)

  111
• Find Airports (Aviation Mode only)

  112
• Find VORs (Aviation Mode only)

  113
• Find NDBs (Aviation Mode only)

  115
• Find Intersections (Aviation Mode only)

  117
• Land Mode Searches

  118
• Find Addresses

  118
• Find Any Item Selected by Map Cursor

  120
• Find Interstate Highway Exits

  121
• Find Map Places

  122
• Find Streets or (Street) Intersections

  125
• Find Waypoints

  127
• Section 7: Supplemental Material

  129
• Index

  135