Lowrance 100M - Manual

5 Preface: Introducing GPS And, how this manual can get you out on the road, fast! Welcome to the exciting world of turn-by-turn GPS navigation! Weknow you're anxious to begin finding your way, but we have a favor toask. Before you grab the iWAY  100m and begin installing it, please give us a momen...

7 Section 1: Installation & Accessories This section describes the various accessories and cables that came withyour iWAY, and exactly how to use them. Some of the most important in-formation in this section is how to connect the iWAY to your car's stereo,and how to use the MMC card to get your ...

8 Do not mix different battery types. Mixing battery types may cause leak-age. (For example, don’t use both alkaline and NiMH batteries at thesame time, and don't use standard alkalines with rechargeable alkalines.) Battery Installation Turn the unit over so that the back is facing you. With your th...

9 Cigarette Lighter Power Adapter with Speaker To use external DC power: Plug the power cable's cigarette lighterspeaker adapter into a cigarette lighter receptacle. Next, pull aside therubber cover on the bottom of the unit and insert the other connector asshown in the following image. A small clip...

11 Add an MMC Card. 5. Turn the plastic rotating card lock until it holds the card firmly inplace, with the grip parallel to the direction of the batteries. 6. Replace the batteries and battery cover. R-A-M  Bracket Mounting Systems Several R-A-M  mounting brackets are available for your iWAY. WAR...

12 Be sure to check the suction mount for adequate adhe-sion each time you use the unit, and reinstall it if neces-sary. This is a portable mounting device, and the normalheating and cooling cycle of a car's interior will eventu-ally loosen the seal. A loose suction cup could allow theunit to fall o...

13 After assembling the mount as described, slide the iWAY into the cradleand connect the power cable. You can loosen the socket arm nut to posi-tion the unit for optimum viewing, then tighten it snugly. To remove thebracket, pull on the suction release tab to break the vacuum seal. RAM suction cup ...

14 Moving on: iWAY Operation Now that you've got the iWAY installed and working, it's time to find outhow it works. The following section jumps right into a description of theMap Display, which will tell you everything you need to know about theiWAY's moving map and the various settings in the map m...

15 Section 2: The Map Display and Map Menu Options This section addresses the unit's Map Display operation. You can use the Map Display to access all of the iWAY's navigation features, from findingthe nearest restaurant to plotting a road trip across the country. If you'realready comfortable with th...

16 6. ZIN (Zoom In) – This key lets you zoom the screen in to see greater detail in a smaller geographic area on the map. 7. FIND – The Find key launches the iWAY search menus. 8. EXIT – The Exit key lets you return to the previous screen, clear data or hide a menu. 9. ENT (Enter) – This key allows ...

17 Sounds command: enables or disables the sounds for key strokes, as well as controlling the type and frequency of voice navigation instructions. Units of Measure command: changes the units of measure used in displaying distance, time and heading information. Safety Mode command: turns on or off th...

18 Using the map is as simple as turning on the iWAY. A screen similar tothose in the following images appears. For illustrative purposes, we haveremoved the textual data boxes that usually appear at the bottom of thescreen, allowing more of the map to show. You can add or remove databoxes using the...

19 Map display, left, and Map Menu, right. The Map Display has its own menu, which is used to find distances,change the orientation of your map, view map data, and perform otherhelpful map functions. To access the Map Menu, press the MENU key. We'll describe the various options in the Map Menu in de...

21 GPS Practice Run Start with the iWAY installed in your car. As you practice, try navigatingto a location at least a few blocks away. You should start out navigatingto a destination you're already familiar with. Don't be too surprised ifiWAY suggests a different route than you would take. Try the ...

22 The Map Menu When you're using the iWAY you can press MENU to open a Map Menu containing several settings and commands relating to its mapping op-eration. You can use these settings to change the information iWAYprovides you, as well as the way it generates that information. TheiWAY works great r...

23 Map Orientation command is shown left, and the Track Up mode at right. Track Up mode is ideal for driving directions, where " turn left" and"turn right" can more closely resemble the information presented on thescreen. However, you can change the map orientation to North Up orCour...

24 Use the Route Options menu to control how iWAY generates routes. When generating a route, the iWAY is able to analyze certain types ofroads or turns and adjust their values to either prefer or avoid them.Preferred road types will occur more often in your routes – the iWAYwill deliberately try to ...

25 Prefer/Avoid Toll Roads By default, toll roads have a fairly high value in iWAY's route genera-tion, because they are generally high quality roads with high speedlimits, allowing you to get where you're going faster. Of course, the convenience of toll roads comes at a price. If you'd rathersave s...

26 Auto Zoom (On/Off) The iWAY has an Auto Zoom feature which attempts to show you themost map detail possible as you navigate along a route. While the movingmap shifts to track your current position, the Auto Zoom will zoom themap in and out based on your speed and the distance to your next turn. I...

27 To turn an item on or off, select its entry in the list using ↑ or ↓ (use ← or → to select a Subcategory). When you've selected the category you wish to change, press ENT to check it (turn it on) or uncheck it (turn it off). The Category list is longer than will fit on one page, so a scrollbarapp...

28 A sample Turn Preview screen. As you can see in the previous image, the Turn Preview screen includesa close-up map of the turn itself, and you can see the gray route lineindicating your path. Additional data boxes show the text instruction,the distance from your current location to the selected t...

29 Entered Pos ition allows you to enter the exact latitude and longitude of a location, and the iWAY will then create a waypoint at that location. Average Pos ition causes the iWAY to record multiple location samples (until you end sampling) and create a single waypoint at the average ofthe various...

31 Section 3: Main Menu Options The iWAY has a Main Menu containing a handful of options and menusdesigned to let you customize the operation of your iWAY. To access theMain Menu, press MENU twice ( MENU | MENU ). The Main Menu will ap- pear, as shown in the following image. The iWAY Main Menu. In t...

33 To adjust the display's back light delay options: 1. Press ↓ to L IGHT D ELAY | ENT |press ↑ or ↓ to select mode | EXIT . Light Delay menu. Setting shown is "continuous," which is ideal for night travel in a vehicle on external power. Sounds and Voice Setup Much of the information you'll ...

34 To turn other routing instructions on and off: In addition to audi- ble beeps whenever you press keys, the iWAY 100m is able to speakinstructions guiding you through your routes. The Sounds Menu pro-vides four checkboxes to let you control how much time the iWAYspends talking to you. The Voice In...

35 The iWAY Units of Measure Menu. To change any setting: select the label of the measure you wish to change and press ENT . A drop-down list appears, showing the available options. Choose the units you prefer, and press ENT . Safety Mode The iWAY has a Safety Mode to prevent vehicle drivers from op...

36 Safety Mode disable menu. Choose whether you want Safety Mode on or off by selecting the appro-priate label, and press ENT . WARNING: When a GPS unit is used in a vehicle, the vehicle operatoris solely responsible for operating the vehicle in a safemanner. Vehicle operators must maintain full sur...

37 The Satellite Status screen. The GPS Status Screen contains several graphical elements that repre-sent a lot of information. Current Position Lock A set of three buttons along the left side of the screen indicates the qual-ity of position lock your iWAY currently has. The button that's selectedin...

38 Satellite Display A white circle that serves as a graphical view of the satellites overheadfills much of the right half of the screen. Each satellite is shown on thecircular chart relative to your position. The GPS receiver is tracking sat-ellites that are in black type. The receiver hasn't locke...

40 This example shows the Pop-up Help message for the Screen com- mand, located on the Main Menu. Disable/Enable TBT (Turn-by-Turn) Although the iWAY is designed to provide you with powerful turn-by-turnroutes, sometimes you want navigation information directly to your desti-nation, regardless of th...

41 GPS Data files: GPS Data Files contain waypoints, routes, trails and event markericons. Instructions for copying GPS Data Files between your computerand an MMC are contained in the instruction manual for your MMCcard reader and MapCreate 6 software. GPS data automatically recorded in the unit's i...

42 At left, the MMC File Browser, with Card Info screen shown at right. Power Saving The iWAY will flash low battery warning messages when battery powerdeclines to a certain level. The power save feature conserves batterypower by changing the position update rate. We recommend you testthe power save...

43 To access the Power Saving feature from the Main Menu, choose P OWER S AVING . On the Power Saving display, press → or ← to move the slider bar. The left end of the scale is minimum power saving (full batterypower); the right end of the scale is maximum power saving (minimumbattery power.) Reset ...

45 Section 4: Searching, Finding, and Navigating One of the most important uses of the iWAY is generating routes tohelp you get from where you are , to where you want to be. In this sec- tion, we'll teach you how to make iWAY generate a route for you, aswell as how to use the information iWAY provid...

46 NOTE: Any time you perform a search while the map cursor is up, the dis-tances listed for search results will be calculated from the cursorposition, not your current position. That means you can scrollahead to a destination a hundred miles away, and find the nearesthotel there , or you could clea...

47 Use the arrow keys to enter names and numbers in iWAY text boxes. Now that you know how to enter the information the iWAY will need,let's look at some of the ways you can use this information. We'll simply work our way down the Find Menu screen. Find Any Item Selected by Map Cursor With a POI or ...

48 The Recent Finds list. You can use the Recent Finds command to quickly get back on yourroute if you diverted to a POI along the way, or to navigate back andforth between two locations on a common commute. Find Waypoints The My Waypoints command is used to search among waypoints thatyou have creat...

49 Choose the waypoint you're interested in by selecting it from the listand pressing ENT . The Waypoint Information Screen will appear, al- lowing you to G O T O the waypoint, F IND O N M AP , E DIT its name and icon, or D ELETE it. Use the left or right arrows to choose any of these options, and p...

50 Since this is the result of a POI search, the Waypoint InformationScreen will likely have the name of the POI, its street address, andprobably even its phone number. That can be very helpful for callingahead to get a table at a restaurant if you're out of town. It's not so im-portant if you're ju...

51 section. Enter the desired address number, and press ENT . The Find Address menu will appear again, with the information you entered inthe Address field. 3. To enter a street name , select the label S TREET and press ENT and the cursor will enter the text field. Enter the desired street name, and...

52 choices will appear. Use the arrow keys to select the line of the addressyou want, then press ENT to bring up its Waypoint Information Screen. Of course, you already know how to use the Waypoint InformationScreen. You can see how far away the address is, or choose Find On Mapor Go To if you want ...

53 Find first street, left, Street found, right. Find an Intersection To find an intersection, repeat the instructions for finding a street, en-tering the name of a crossing street in the Second Street field. Youcould now also select a city, but your search will probably be faster if youleave those ...

54 By default, the iWAY tries to find you the fastest, shortest route to yourdestination. It will generate a list of instructions detailing the turnsyou need to make and the roads you need to follow along the way. Itwill also draw a gray line on the map display, showing the route you'resupposed to t...

55 Using Turn Preview and the Directions List Turn Preview and the Directions List are both described in Sec. 2. Themain navigation mode of the iWAY is the Map Display with its OverlayData and voice instructions. The goal of the Map Display is to provideyou a constant awareness of your current posit...

56 take. If the route is over unknown ground, this can be a very useful wayto prepare yourself for the path ahead. Considering Temporary or Local Conditions Of course, the iWAY cannot possibly be aware of all temporary or localconditions that could affect your course. Short-term construction, traffi...

57 Index A Accessories, 5, 7, 11, 40Antenna, 6, 59 B Backlights / Lighting, 16, 33Batteries, 7, 8, 10, 11, 17, 42, 43Brightness, 5, 16, 31, 32 C Cancel Navigation, 25Contrast, 16, 31, 32Cursor, 15, 19, 20, 21, 23, 28, 45, 46, 47, 50, 51, 52, 54 Custom Maps, 6, 9, 18, 40Customize Display, 18, 28, 29,...

59 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 interferen...

60 Lowrance Mapping Database End User License Agreement The data (“Data”) is provided for your personal, internal use only and not forresale. It is protected by copyright, and is subject to the following terms andconditions which are agreed to by you, on the one hand, and Lowrance Elec-tronics, Inc....

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Accessory Ordering Informationfor all countries To order Lowrance GPS accessories, please contact: 1) Your local sporting goods, marine, aviation, automobile or consumer electronics store. Most quality dealers that handle outdoor electronicequipment or other consumer electronics should be able to as...