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Pub. 988-0151-291
www.lowrance.com
LCX-17M
Fish-finding Sonar & Mapping GPS
Installation and Operation
Instructions
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Copyright © 2004 Lowrance Electronics, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this manual may be copied, reproduced, republished, transmitted or distributed for any purpose, without prior written consent of Lowrance Electronics. Any unauthorized commercial distribution of this manual is strictly prohibited. Lowrance is a registered trademark of Lowrance Electronics, Inc. MapCreate, FreedomMaps, IMS and NauticPaths are trademarks of LEI. Fishing Hot Spots is a registered trademark of Fis
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Table of Contents Section 1: Read Me First!........................................................ 1 Capabilities and Specifications: LCX-17M.................................... 3 How Your Sonar Works ................................................................ 6 How Your GPS Works .................................................................. 7 Introduction to GPS and WAAS................................................... 8 How to use this manual: typographical conventions ..........
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Alarms ......................................................................................... 62 Depth Alarms .......................................................................... 62 Zone Alarm.............................................................................. 63 Fish Alarm............................................................................... 64 Calibrate Speed........................................................................... 64 Chart Speed...................
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Main Menu ................................................................................ 100 Pages ......................................................................................... 102 Sonar Page ............................................................................ 102 Satellite Status Page ............................................................ 102 Navigation Page.................................................................... 104 Map Page..............................
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Trails ......................................................................................... 137 Delete a Trail ........................................................................ 137 Edit a Trail Name ................................................................. 137 Edit a Trail Color .................................................................. 137 Edit a Trail Pattern .............................................................. 137 Utilities................................
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Pop-up Help............................................................................... 159 Reset Options ............................................................................ 160 Screen Contrast and Brightness .............................................. 160 Set Language ............................................................................ 161 Set Local Time .......................................................................... 162 Show WAAS Alarm.........................
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WARNING! A CAREFUL NAVIGATOR NEVER RELIES ON ONLY ONE METHOD TO OBTAIN POSITION INFORMATION. CAUTION When showing navigation data to a position (waypoint), a GPS unit will show the shortest, most direct path to the waypoint. It provides navigation data to the waypoint regardless of obstructions. Therefore, the prudent navigator will not only take advantage of all available navigation tools when traveling to a waypoint, but will also visually check to make sure a clear, safe path to the waypoint
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Section 1: Read Me First! How this manual can get you out on the road, fast! Welcome to the exciting world of digital sonar and GPS! We know you're anxious to begin navigating and finding fish, but we have a favor to ask. Before you grab the unit and begin installing it, please give us a moment or two to explain how our manual can help you get the best performance from your combination fish finder and GPS receiver. First, we want to thank you for buying a Lowrance sonar/GPS unit. Whether you're
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When you come to a sonar menu command on the unit's screen, you can look it up in the manual by skimming over the table of contents, flipping through Section 3, or scanning through the sonar options in Section 4. If you're having difficulty with your sonar, you can find an answer to the most common problems in Section 5, Sonar Troubleshooting. The manual switches from sonar to navigation in Section 6, which introduces you to Basic GPS Operations. This section features a one- page GPS Quick Refer
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Capabilities and Specifications: LCX-17M General Display:............................ High-brightness LCD; programmable to viewing preference. LCX-17M 7.0" (17.8 cm) diagonal. Resolution:...................... LCX-17M: 640 pixel x 480 pixel resolution; 307,200 total pixels. Backlighting:.................. Fluorescent cold cathode backlit screen with multiple lighting levels; backlit keypad. Input power:................... 10 to 15 volts DC. Current drain: ............... Sonar only: 500 ma light
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Depth display:................ Continuous display. Graph recording: .......... Up to 1 GB on one MMC (or SD) card Audible alarms: ............. Deep/shallow/fish/zone. Automatic ranging:....... Yes, with instant screen updates. Auto bottom track:........ Yes Zoom bottom track: ...... Yes. Split-screen zoom:......... Yes. Surface water temp: ..... Yes, built into transducer. Speed/distance log: ....... Yes, with optional speed sensor. GPS Receiver/antenna:......... External; LGC-2000 12 parallel
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NOTE: This unit can hold two cards at a time. Each card can be up to 1 GB in size, so the unit has a total of 2 GB of mapping, GPS data or sonar log recording capacity while it is operating. The memory capacities refer only to the unit's on-board memory. The amount of GPS or sonar data you can record and save for recall later is only limited by the number of MMC cards you have with you. NOTICE! The storage and operation temperature range for your unit is from - 4 degrees to +167 degrees Fahrenhe
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How Your Sonar Works Sonar has been around since the 1940s, so if you already know how it works, skip down to read about the relatively new technology of GPS. But, if you've never owned a sonar fish finder, this segment will tell you the underwater basics. Sonar is an abbreviation for SOund NAvigation and Ranging, a technology developed during World War II for tracking enemy submarines. (Lowrance developed the world's first transistorized sportfishing sonar in 1957.) A sonar consists of a transm
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How Your GPS Works You'll navigate faster and easier if you understand how this unit scans the sky to tell you where you are on the earth — and, where you're going. (But if you already have a working understanding of GPS receivers and the GPS navigation system, skip on ahead to Section 2, Installation & Accessories on page 13. If you're new to GPS, read on, and you can later impress your friends with your new-found knowledge.) First, think of your unit as a small but powerful computer. (But don'
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file, these GPS Data Files (file format *.usr) can be shared between other Lowrance GPS or sonar/GPS units and even personal computers. Your unit has one more thing in common with a personal computer. Just as computers have a floppy disk drive for storing and exchanging files, this unit has a slot for an MMC (MultiMedia Card) or SDC (Secure Digital card) flash memory card. These solid-state memory devices are about the size of a postage stamp, but can hold data ranging from 8 MB to 1 GB in size.
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The Global Positioning System (GPS) was launched July 17, 1995 by the United States Department of Defense. It was designed as a 24- hour-a-day, 365-days-a-year, all weather global navigation system for the armed forces of the U.S. and its allies. Civilian use was also available, but it was less accurate because the military scrambled the signal somewhat, using a process called Selective Availability (SA.) GPS proved so useful for civilian navigation that the federal government discontinued SA on
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Like most GPS receivers, this unit doesn’t have a compass or any other navigation aid built inside. It relies solely on the signals from the satellites to calculate a position. Speed, direction of travel, and distance are all calculated from position information. Therefore, in order for the unit to determine direction of travel, you must be moving and the faster, the better. This is not to say that it won’t work at walking or trolling speeds — it will. There will simply be more "wandering" of th
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How to use this manual: typographical conventions Many instructions are listed as numbered steps. The keypad and arrow "keystrokes" appear as boldface type, so you can easily skim the instructions and pick out what menu command to use. Arrow Keys The arrow keys control the movement of dotted cross-hair lines on your mapping screen called the cursor. The arrow keys also control a horizontal line depth cursor on the sonar screen. The arrow keys also help you move around the menus so you can execut
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