Lowrance AirMap, Installation And Operation Instructions Manual

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INSTALLATION
The AirMap operates from six AA batteries or from 6 to 35 volts DC. The
cigarette lighter adapter included with your unit plugs into virtually any
aircraft’s electrical system. The AirMap automatically switches to external
power when it’s plugged into the unit (provided that the external power
has a higher voltage than the batteries.) If, for any reason, the external
power fails, the unit will automatically switch to the batteries. The AirMap
does not require batteries when external power is in use, however they
make a good backup in case of power failure. A rechargeable battery
pack, (optional) has a nickle-metal hydride battery and charger built into a
pack that’s almost identical to the alkaline battery pack that slides onto
the bottom of the AirMap.
An external antenna kit supplied with the unit allows the removable an-
tenna to be mounted on a suction cup bracket up to four feet away from
the GPS receiver.
SUCTION CUP
AND BRACKET
NiMH BATTERY
AirMap takes these corrections and applies them to the position and alti-
tude screens, giving you much better accuracy. Even with S/A on, and
without a DGPS receiver, your AirMap gives you outstanding position and
navigation information.
Please sit down with the unit and this manual and familiarize yourself with
them before using this unit in the “real world”. A simulator is built in, which
lets you practice with the receiver.