Lowrance AirMap 500, Operation Instructions Manual

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2. The Transfer My Data menu includes a message which tells you if an
MMC is present. If no MMC is present, you must first insert a card into
AirMap in order to activate the Save command.
3. To save data from AirMap to the MMC: press
ENT
(for
S
AVE
.)
4. To accept the default name "Data" for the GPS Data File, press
↓
to
S
AVE
|
ENT
. (If you wish to rename the file, press
ENT
to activate the se-
lection box. Press
↑
or
↓
to change the first character, then press
→
to
the next character and repeat until the name is correct. Then, press
ENT
|
↓
to
S
AVE
|
ENT
.)
The unit will display first a progress then a completion message when
the data transfer is finished. To return to the Page view, press
EXIT
|
EXIT
|
EXIT
.
Searching
In this example, we'll look for the nearest hotel or motel. For more in-
formation on different types of searches, refer to Sec. 6, Searching .
NOTE:
This example requires the Point of Interest (POI) database included
with MapCreate 6. Always use a custom map if you want to be able
to search for Points of Interest.
After AirMap has acquired a position:
1. Press
FIND
|
↓
to
M
AP
P
LACES
|
ENT
|
↓
to
POI-L
ODGING
.
2. You could search the entire lodging category, but in this example we
will narrow our search. Press
→
to
H
OTELS
/M
OTELS
|
ENT
|
ENT
.
3. AirMap says it is calculating, then a list of hotels and motels ap-
pears, with the closest at the top of the list, and the farthest at the bot-
tom of the list. The nearest is highlighted.
Find Map Places Menu, left; Category Selection menu, center;
and list of the nearest motels, right.