Lowrance H2OC - Manuals

18 One model has a mounting arm and cradle attached to a swivel ballplate that can be screwed or bolted to a supporting surface. Another hasa moldable, weighted, rubber foot and gooseneck for support virtuallyanywhere without screws or adhesives. R-A-M even has suction cupbases for attachment to win...

19 Section 3: Easy Mode Operation This section addresses Easy Mode operation for the iFINDER's mainGPS functions. The principles are the same in both operating modes, sothis discussion also serves as a good introduction to Advanced Modework. Before you turn on the iFINDER, it's a good idea to learn ...

20 6. EXIT – The Exit key lets you return to the previous screen, clear data or close a menu. 7. FIND – The Find key launches the iFINDER search menus and some navigation functions. 8. ZOUT – (Zoom Out) – This key lets you zoom the screen out to see a larger geographic are on the map. Less detail is...

21 Sounds : enables or disables the sounds for key strokes and alarms and sets the alarm style. Navigate Trail : sets up navigation back to the start of the current trail. Clear Trail : clears all the points stored in the plot trail. Sun/Moon : finds the rising and setting time of the sun and the mo...

22 Satellite lock-on with a 3D position acquired. This screen shows a graphical view of the satellites that are in view.Each satellite is shown on the circular chart relative to your position.The point in the center of the chart is directly overhead. The small in-ner ring represents 45° above the ho...

23 Navigation Page, recording a trail, traveling east. Page looks like this when the iFINDER is not navigating to a waypoint , following a route, or backtracking a trail. When navigating to a waypoint or following a route, the Navigationscreen looks like the one shown in the next image. Your ground ...

24 Navigation Page, going to cursor. Driver is headed east (a 68º track) toward a cursor location 68º (bearing) away. The cross track error range (white corridor) is 0.20 miles either side of the course. The driver is headed toward the cursor location, which is 0.17 miles away. The vehicle is basica...

25 Map Page opening screen (left); Map zoomed to 100 miles (center); Map zoomed to 6 miles (right). Over Zoomed means you have reached the detail limits in an area covered only by the basic background map. Zooming in any closer will reveal no more map details because a high- detail custom map for th...

26 highways; Interstate highway exits and exit services information;large- and medium-sized lakes and streams and more than 60,000navigation aids and 10,000 wrecks and obstructions in U.S. coastal andGreat Lakes waters. MapCreate custom maps include massive amounts of information notfound in the bac...

28 IFINDER  H2Oc Easy Mode Quick Reference Start outdoors, with a clear view of the open sky. As you practice, trynavigating to a location a few blocks away. Navigation in too small aspace, like a backyard, will constantly trigger arrival alarms. 1. Install two AA batteries and an MMC card in the b...

29 Find Your Current Position Finding your current position is as simple as turning on the iFINDER.The unit automatically searches for satellites and under a clear sky,calculates its position in approximately one minute or less. NOTE: Clear sky means open sky, unobstructed by terrain, dense foliage ...

30 Tip: Use the cursor to determine the distance from your current position(or last known position, when working indoors) to any map object orlocation. Use the arrow keys to position the cursor over the object orplace. The distance, measured in a straight line, appears in the databox at the bottom o...

31 3. A list of restaurants will appear with the closest at the top of the listand the one furthest from you at the bottom of the list. The nearest ishighlighted. 4. If you wanted, you could scroll ↑ or ↓ to select another restaurant, but for now, we will just accept the nearest one . Press ENT. 5. ...

32 7. To clear the search and return to the last page displayed, press EXIT repeatedly. Before you completely exited out of the Search menus, youcould have gone looking for another place. NOTE: Search works from mapping and POI data loaded in the unit. If youhave not loaded a high-detailed custom ma...

33 To cancel navigation, press MENU | ↓ to C ANCEL N AVIGATION | ENT | ← to Y ES | ENT . The iFINDER stops showing navigation information. Set Man Overboard (MOB) Waypoint One of boating's most terrifying events is having a friend or familymember fall overboard. This unit has a man overboard feature...

34 2. Center the cursor over the location to select it. See the example be-low. Many map items such as waypoints, Points of Interest, towns, etc.,can be selected, and appear highlighted with a pop-up box. Other items,like a river or a street intersection will not appear highlighted, but thecursor wi...

35 Navigate to a Point of Interest For POIs that are in view on the map, you can use the Navigate to Cur-sor command above. Use the cursor to select the POI. Another method involves searching for POIs by pressing the FIND key and selecting M AP P LACES . (See the searching example earlier in this se...

36 Navigate Trail will not be able to take advantage of the automatic trail creationfeature in Easy Mode. Displaying a Saved Trail The trail is automatically displayed in Easy Mode by default. Trail dis-play can be selectively turned off and on only in Advanced Mode. Navigating or Backtracking a Tra...

37 Navigate trail, map views: Driver is southbound heading straight to- ward trail point 6 (left). The steer arrow tells the driver to go straight. Southbound driver (right) has reached point 6 and must turn east to follow trail. The steer arrow swings around to the left (east), toward the next trai...

38 WARNING: Clearing a trail will erase the trail from the iFINDER's memory.You will not be able to backtrack the trail, if the it is erased. If youneed to preserve the trail, switch to Advanced Mode and use the in-structions in Sec. 4 for Creating and Saving a Trail . 1. Press MENU | ↓ to C LEAR T ...

39 The Transfer My Data submenu asks if you want to save data to the MMC or load data from the MMC into the iFINDER's memory. 2. The Transfer My Data menu includes a message which tells you if anMMC is present or not. If no MMC is present, you must insert a cardinto the iFINDER to activate the Load ...

40 These figures (left to right) show the menu sequence for loading a GPS Data File from an MMC into the iFINDER's memory. Switch to Advanced Mode To leave Easy Mode and switch to Advanced Mode: 1. Press MENU | ↓ to A DVANCED M ODE | ENT . 2. The unit asks if you are sure you want to enter Advanced ...

41 Section 4: Advanced Mode Operation Keypad iFINDER H2Oc keypad. 1. PWR/LIGHT (Power & Light) – The PWR key turns the unit on and off and activates the backlight. 2. PAGES – Pressing this key switches the unit between the four dif- ferent page screens in Advanced Mode. (Satellite, Position, Nav...

42 Power/lights on and off To turn on the unit, press PWR . To turn on the backlight, press PWR again. Pressing PWR once again will turn off the backlight. (Press EXIT to clear any message or alarm displays.) Turn off the unit by pressing and holding the PWR key for 3 seconds. Main Menu Advanced Mod...

43 GPS Setup : gives access to GPS receiver options, like GPS Simulator, Track Smoothing and GPS Auto Search. System Setup : give access to general configuration options like, Units of Measure, Set Local Time, Reset Options, Popup Help and TransferMy Data. Utilities: allows users to modify settings ...

47 Map Page (left) with Map Menu (right). Map Menu The map menu offers a variety of options, which include, finding dis-tances, changing the orientation of the map and viewing and modifyingmap data. Moving Around the Map: Zoom & Cursor Arrow Keys The map is presented from a bird's-eye view. The ...

48 The distance to Dallas from the starting point is 211.1 miles. Find Distance from Point to Point You can also measure distance between two other points on the map. 1. While on the Map page press MENU | ↓ to F IND D ISTANCE | ENT . 2. Center your cursor over the first position. (A rubber band line...

49 Icons Icons are graphic symbols used to mark some location, personal point ofinterest or event. They can be placed on the map screen, saved and re-called later for navigation purposes. These are sometimes referred to asevent marker icons. The iFINDER has 42 different symbols to choosefrom when cr...

50 1. Press MENU | ↓ to D ELETE M Y I CONS | ENT . 2. Press ↓ to D ELETE A LL I CONS , D ELETE B Y S YMBOL or D ELETE F ROM M AP and press ENT . Delete icons menu. Load GPS Data Files from an MMC GPS Data files , containing waypoints, routes, trails and event marker icons, must be copied from an MMC...

51 L OAD | ENT . The unit will display a completion message when the data transfer is finished. To return to the page view, press EXIT | EXIT | EXIT . Navigate Navigation is one of the primary reasons GPS users choose theiFINDER. The unit gives you useful trip information about where youwant to go, ...

53 When the progress message disappears, the unit displays a trail infor-mation screen, with N AVIGATE highlighted in the top command box. Tip: Back Track a Trail Running the Navigate command will lead you along the trail from itsstarting point to its ending point. You can also back track a trail, f...

54 To load a MapCreate route into the iFINDER, follow instructions inMapCreate's manual for creating a route and saving it as part of a GPSData File (file format *.usr). Copy the GPS Data File to an MMC andinsert the MMC into the iFINDER. (See Sec. 2 for instructions on in-stalling MMCs. To load the...

55 4. 5. 6. Route creation sequence, continued: Fig. 4. Point (3) set at on-ramp turn. Fig. 5. Waypoint (4) set at highway exit to frontage road leading to river. Waypoint (5) ends the route at a tree stand in the hunting area. Fig. 6. Press EXIT to save the route and you return to this screen. 5. M...

56 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 ...

57 POI information screen on fast food restaurant nearest this position. Screen shows name, street address, phone number, latitude/longitude, distance to the restaurant and its compass bearing. Go To command is highlighted (left). Find On Map command is highlighted (right). 6. The iFINDER's map appe...

60 2. The Transfer My Data menu includes a message which tells you if anMMC is present or not. If no MMC is present, you must insert a cardinto the iFINDER to activate the Load or Save commands. To transfer data from the iFINDER to the MMC , press ENT (for S AVE .) To transfer data from the MMC to t...

61 Waypoints A waypoint is an electronic address, based on the latitude and longi-tude of a position on the earth. It represents a location, spot, or destina-tion that can be stored in memory, then recalled and used later fornavigation purposes. You can create a waypoint at the cursor positionon the...

65 Section 5: System & GPS Setup Options Alarms This unit has several GPS alarms. The factory default setting has allalarms turned on, but you can turn alarms off and on and change theirdistance settings. You can set an arrival alarm to flash a warning message and sound atone when you cross a pr...

66 4. When your adjustments are finished, return to the main page dis-played by repeatedly pressing EXIT . IMPORTANT ALARM NOTES: Anchor Alarm – The anchor alarm may be triggered even whenyou're sitting still. This can happen when using small (less than0.05 mile) anchor alarm ranges. Arrival Alarm –...

67 You can force the unit to immediately kick into auto search mode.Here's how: 1. While in Advanced Mode press PAGES until you are on the Satellites page. 2. Press MENU | ↓ to GPS A UTO S EARCH | ENT then ← to Y ES | ENT . Check MMC Files and Storage Space To check MMC Files: 1. In Advanced Mode, p...

68 To set Com Port Configuration: 1. Press MENU | MENU | ↓ to S YSTEM S ETUP | ENT . 2. Press ↓ to C OMMUNICATIONS P ORT | ENT | ENT . 3. Use the ↓ ↑ keys to select the desired Baud Rate and press ENT . Configure NMEA You can configure the unit to use specific NMEA sentences. 2. From the Communicati...

69 equivalent of WAAS. Like WAAS, it makes GPS position calculationmore accurate. To determine the accuracy in your area, place yourselfin a known location and turn on the GPS. Note your location on themap with WAAS/EGNOS on, then turn it off and check again. Use thesetting that is most accurate in ...

70 The military grid reference system (MGRS) uses two grid-letteringschemes, referred to as standard and alternate MGRS on this unit.Your position and datum in use determines which one to use. If you usestandard, and your position is off significantly, then try the alternateMGRS. NOTE: When the posi...

71 To configure a map fix: To use this format, you need to follow these steps in order. First, takeyour map of the area and determine a reference latitude/longitude. NOTE: In order for this system to work, the latitude/longitude lines mustbe parallel with the edge of the map. USGS maps are parallel,...

72 Customize Page Displays The Digital Data, Navigation, and Map pages all have customizableoptions available in Advanced Mode. The options give you control overwhat information will be viewed on each page. Customize Digital Data Page The Digital Data page has six boxes that may be customized. While...

73 Remote Passive Antenna command on the Satellite Status Menu. WARNING: As long as the External Passive Antenna command is acti-vated, the iFINDER will only monitor GPS signals from an external passive antenna. If you have this command acti-vated and are not using an external passive antenna, the u...

74 GPS Setup Menu (left) with GPS Simulator Menu (right). Choose the desired settings, then turn on the simulator by highlighting GPS S IMULATOR O N and pressing ENT , which will turn on (check) or turn off (uncheck) the simulator. Press EXIT to close this menu. A message ap- pears periodically, rem...

75 Map Auto Zoom This receiver has an auto zoom feature that eliminates much of the but-ton pushing common with other brands of GPS receivers. It works inconjunction with the navigation features. First, start navigation to a waypoint. (See the waypoint section formore information on navigating to a ...

76 Draw Map Boundaries From the Map Data menu, press ↓ to D RAW M AP B OUNDARIES . With the option highlighted, press ENT to turn it on (check) or turn it off (un- check). After the option is set, press EXIT . Fill Water with White From the Map Data menu, press ↓ to F ILL W ATER W ITH W HITE . With ...

77 Datums can be selected only in Advanced Mode. (Switch from Easy toAdvanced: MENU | ↓ to A DVANCED M ODE | ENT | ← | ENT ). To change the datum: 1. Press MENU | MENU | ↓ to GPS S ETUP | ENT | ↓ to D ATUM S ELECTION | ENT . 2. Scroll ↓ or ↑ to select the desired datum, then press ENT . 3. To return...

78 Map Menu (left) with Map Categories Menu (right). Map Orientation By default, this receiver shows the map with north always at the top ofthe screen. This is the way most maps and charts are printed on paper.You, however, can change the map orientation to Track Up or CourseUp if you switch to Adva...

79 You can benefit from switching back and forth between North Up andTrack Up settings, depending on the circumstances. If you are in anarea you know fairly well, run the unit in North Up. But when you arein unfamiliar territory and want to instantly coordinate your sur-roundings with what is displa...

80 To display a Navionics chart: 1. Install the Navionics MMC in the memory card compartment andturn on the unit. (For full card install instructions, see Sec. 2.) 2. From the Map Page, press MENU | ↓ to M AP D ATA | ENT | ↓ to N AVIONICS M AP C HOICE | ENT . Use ↑ or ↓ to select the Map Name , then...

81 Navionics chart showing Port Services icon selected by cursor. When first highlighted, the Pop-Up name box appears. After a few seconds, the name box disappears, and the position, distance and bearing are displayed at the bottom of the screen. The Port Services information screen has two windows....

82 4. Depending on the location, the Detailed Services window may have along list of services under the General Services category. To scrollthrough the Detailed Services window, press ↓ to D ETAILED S ERVICES | ENT , then use ↑ or ↓ to scroll through the list of available services. If the De- tailed...

83 Current Information screen. The Tidal Current Information screen displays daily tidal current datafor this station on this date at the present time. The graph at the top ofthe screen is an approximate view of the flood and ebb pattern for theday, from midnight (MN), to noon (NN) to midnight (MN)....

84 Navionics chart showing Tide Station icon selected by cursor (left). Icon animates automatically without selection at the 1/2 mile zoom range (right). In the example above, the tide is at 1.5 feet and falling, as shown by the down arrow at the top of the icon. Tide Information screen. The Tide In...

85 Pop-up Help Help is available for most all menu items on this unit. Selecting a menuitem and leaving it highlighted for a few seconds, a pop-up message ap-pears, describing the function of the item. This feature is on by default. To set up Popup Help, press MENU | MENU | ↓ to S YSTEM S ETUP | ENT...

86 Screen Contrast and Brightness Screen adjustments work the same in both Easy and Advanced Mode,but you access the command differently in each mode. In Easy Mode, press MENU | ↓ to S CREEN | ENT . In Advanced Mode, press MENU | MENU | ENT . To adjust the display's contrast: 1. After accessing the ...

87 To adjust display's backlight delay options: 1. Press ↓ to L IGHT D ELAY | ENT |press ↑ or ↓ to select mode | EXIT . 2. To leave screen settings and return to the main page display, press EXIT | EXIT . Continuous selected on Light Delay menu. It's ideal for night travel in a vehicle, since the ci...

88 Set Local Time highlighted in (left) Easy Mode. Set local time selected in Advanced mode (center). Time Settings menu (right). To set Local Time: from the Time Setting menu, press ENT . Press ↑ or ↓ to change the first character, then press → to move the cursor to the next character. Repeat until...

89 customers as free downloads from our web site, www.lowrance.com.The upgrades make the unit perform better and in many cases, intro-duce a new feature or function. You can find out what software versionis running in your iFINDER by using the Software Info command. Software Info command in Easy Mod...

90 Sounds selected on main menu in Easy Mode (left). Sounds highlighted on main menu in Advanced mode (center). Sounds menu (right). To set Key Sounds: from the Sounds menu, highlight K EY P RESS S OUNDS and press ENT to turn them on (check) or turn them off (uncheck). To set Alarm Sounds: from the ...

91 Trail Options There are several options you can use with trails. Some affect all trails,others may be applied to specific trails. A few of the options include,displaying, hiding, creating, editing and deleting trails. These optionsare only available in Advanced Mode, but also will affect the appe...

92 WARNING: If the Update Active Trail option box is unchecked, automatic trailcreation and recording will be turned off in both Advanced and Easy modes. You will have to turn it on again to record trails. Thedefault setting is on. Press ↓ or ↑ to U PDATE A CTIVE T RAIL . With the option highlighted...

93 Trail Options menu. Specific Trail Options Delete Trail To delete a specific trail, from the Trails menu, press ↓ to the saved trail list, select a trail and press ENT . The Edit Trail menu appears as seen in the following figure. Press ↓ to D ELETE T RAIL | ENT | ← to Y ES | ENT . New Trail If y...

94 Units of Measure This menu (shown below) sets the speed and distance (statute or nauti-cal miles, meters), depth (feet, fathoms, or meters), temperature (de-grees Fahrenheit or Celsius) and heading (true or magnetic) units. Tochange the units: In Easy Mode , press MENU | ↓ to U NITS OF M EASURE |...

96 Cursor crosshairs centered on a POI (left). The Find menu with Se- lected Item highlighted (center). POI information (right). Selected Item The Selected Item function will appear on the menu only when youhave an item selected with the cursor crosshairs. It allows you toquickly access information ...

97 To access Destination : 1. When navigating to a location, press FIND , select D ESTINATION and press ENT . 2. If your destination is listed in the POI database, the POI informationwindow will appear. If you are navigating to a location not listed in thePOI database, an information window will app...

98 Current Route highlighted on the Find menu (left). The trail menu (right) launches when C URRENT R OUTE is selected from the Find menu. Find Addresses 1. Press FIND | ↓ to F IND A DDRESS | ENT . 2. Press ENT to search in the Address field. Find Address Menu. 3. To enter an address number : with t...

100 Find city field (left); Search in particular city only option (center); Find City by name (right). 6. When the necessary search fields are filled in, press ↓ to F IND A D- DRESS | ENT . Your unit asks you to wait while it searches for the address. If an address is not in the database, a message ...

101 Find Home Waypoint The Home Waypoint is a unique waypoint created when using theiFINDER in Easy Mode. To search for the Home Waypoint in Easy Mode , press FIND | ↓ to G O H OME | ENT . The Easy Mode Find Menu. In Advanced Mode, you still have access to a Home Waypoint created inEasy Mode. It wil...

102 repeat until the name is correct, then press ENT | ENT . B. Jump down to the lower selection list by pressing ENT , then press ↓ or ↑ to select a highway from the list, then press ENT . 3. Once you have selected a highway name you can then select an exit.Press ↓ to switch to the Exit List, then ...

103 Map Places category menu. 3. Search by nearest POI. Nearest will be highlighted, so press ENT . The Find by Nearest menu will show a calculating screen then a list ofnearest POIs will appear. Press ↓ or ↑ to select the desired POI and press ENT to call up the POI's Waypoint Information screen. F...

104 Find by name option (left); Find by name menu (right). 5. When the POI's Waypoint Information screen appears, you can chooseto G O T O the POI by pressing ENT or F IND ON M AP by pressing → | ENT . Go To POI option (left); Find on Map POI option (right). Find Streets or Intersections Find a Stre...

105 2. You must first fill in a street name in the First Street dialog box. Press ENT to display the Find By Name menu. There are two options: A. You can spell out the street in the top selection box. Press ↑ or ↓ to change the first letter, then press → to move the cursor to the next letter and rep...

107 If you want to navigate to the found intersection, just press ENT, which will launch a menu that will give you two options: F IND and G O T O . To navigate to location, press → to select G O T O and press ENT . Find Waypoints (Advanced Mode only) 1. Press FIND | ↓ to M Y W AYPOINTS | ENT . 2. If...

108 B. To find the waypoint, press → to F IND ON M AP | ENT . The Map Page appears with the cursor highlighting the found waypoint. To clear these menus and return to the main page display, press EXIT re- peatedly. 5. If you're looking by name , there are two options: A. You can spell out the name i...

109 Section 7: Supplemental Material Datums Used by This Unit WGS 1984Default AdindanMean for Ethiopia,Sudan AdindanBurkina Faso AdindanCameroon AdindanEthiopia AdindanMali AdindanSenegal AdindanSudan AfgooyeSomalia Ain el Abd 1970Bahrain Ain el Abd 1970Saudi Arabia Anna 1 Astro 1965Cocos Islands An...

113 FCC Compliance This device complies with Part 15 of the U.S. Federal Communi-cations Commission (FCC) Rules. Operation is subject to the fol-lowing two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful in-terference, and (2) this device must accept any interference re-ceived, including interfere...

115 Index A Accessories, 1, 3, 4, 6, 16, 17, 18, 38, 59, 72, 73 Sec. 2, Installation & Accessories, 11 Advanced Mode, 2, 8, 19, 21, 24, 33, 35, 36, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 49, 51, 52, 53,58, 65, 67, 69, 72, 77, 78, 85, 86, 87,89, 91, 94, 95, 101, 102, 104, 107 Switch To, 40 Alarm Clock, 60Alarms, 28...

120 DATABASES LIMITED WARRANTY "We", "our", or "us" refers to Lowrance Electronics, Inc., the manufacturer ofthis product. "You" or "your" refers to the first person who purchases the prod-uct as a consumer item for personal, family, or household use. The Data...

121 LOWRANCE ELECTRONICS FULL ONE-YEAR WARRANTY "We," "our," or "us" refers to LOWRANCE ELECTRONICS, INC., the manufacturer ofthis product. "You" or "your" refers to the first person who purchases this product as aconsumer item for personal, family or househol...

122 How to Obtain Service… …in the USA: We back your investment in quality products with quick, expert serviceand genuine Lowrance parts. If you're in the United States and youhave technical, return or repair questions, please contact the FactoryCustomer Service Department. Before any product can be...

Accessory Ordering Informationfor all countries To order Lowrance GPS accessories such as computer cables or MMCcards, please contact: 1) Your local marine dealer or consumer electronics store. Most quality dealers that handle marine electronic equipment or other consumerelectronics should be able t...