Lowrance electronic X-55 GPS Receiver User Manual


 
When either
depth
alarm
sounds,
a "Silence Alarm" label
appears
at the
bottom of the screen. Pressthe
"CLEAR"
key
to mute the alarm. When the
alarm is
triggered again,
the alarm will
also
sound.
The
following
section
describes each sonar alarm and its limits.
FISH ALARM
Use the fish alarm for a
distinctive audible alarm when fish or other
suspended objects
are detected
by
the Fish I.D.
feature.
A
different tone
sounds for each fish
symbol
size shown on the
display.
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DISPLAY ZOOM BAR
When the unit is in the zoom
mode,
the zoom bar doesn't
normally
show
on the screen. The zoom
bar
shows the section of water on the
right
side
of the screen that the zoom
feature
displays
on the left side.
To turn the zoom bar on con-
tinuously,
first
press
the MENU
key
until the
3rd menu
page
appears.
Now
press
the
key
next to the
"DISPLAY ZOOM
BAR" label.
To turn the zoom bar
off,
press
the MENU
key
until the third
SONAR ALARMS
The
X-55 has three different
types
of sonar alarms. The first is the Fish
Alarm. It sounds when
the Fish l.D. feature determines an echo or
group
of echoes is a fish.
Another alarm is the Zone Alarm which consists of a
bar.
Any
echo
that
appears
inside this bar
triggers
the alarm. The last
alarm is called the
Depth
Alarm.
Only
the bottom
signal
will
trigger
this
alarm. This is useful as an
anchor
watch,
a shallow water
alert,
or for
navigation.
See the GPS
section
for
information on GPS alarms.
To
adjust
an
alarm,
first
press
the ALARM
key.
The screen shown below
appears.
Press the
key
next to the "SET DEPTH OR GPS ALARMS" to
adjust
the shallow or
deep digital
alarms. When
you press
the
key
next to
the "SET DEPTH OR GPS
ALARMS",
the menu shown at the
top
of the
MENU-PAGE 3
CHART CURSOR
The X-55 has a chart cursor
that allows
you
to
pinpoint
a
target's depth.
The cursor is
simply
a horizontal line that
extends across the
displayf
rom
left to
right.
A
depth
box at the
end
of
the line on the
right
side
shows the line's
depth.
In the
example
below,
the cursor
(line)
is at 30.0 feet.
To
display
the chart
cursor,
press
the menu
key
three times. Now
press
the
key adjacent
to the 'TURN CHART CURSOR ON" label. A screen
similarto the one at the boftom
of this
page appears.
Use the
up
or down arrow
keys
to move
the cursor
up
or down to the
_________
desired
depth.
PAGE
3
next
page appears.
The zone
alarm has its
own menu which ________ _____
is
shown and described in the
zone alarm section.
Once
you
seethis
screen, pressthe
down
arrow
key
until the black box is
on the
desired alarm. In this
example,
the shallow alarm is
selected. Now
press
the
key
next to the "CHANGE VALUE"
label. Use the numbered
keys
to set the alarm. For
example,
to setthe shallowalarm's value
to 10
feet,
press
the 1
key,
then
press
the 0
key.
When the desired value has been
entered,
press
the
key
next to the "ENTER" label. The unit returns to
the ALARMS screen.
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To turn the chart cursor
off,
press
the menu
key
three
times. Now
press
the
key adja-
cent to the 'TURN CHART
CURSOR OFF" label. The X-
55 returns to the sonar screen
without the chart cursor.
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