Lowrance iWAY 250C - Manual

iv WARNING! A CAREFUL NAVIGATOR NEVER RELIES ON ONLY ONE METHOD TO OBTAIN POSITION INFORMATION. CAUTION When showing turn-by-turn navigation data, a GPS unit will show the shortest, most direct route to the destination. There are times when it may give directions, such as a U-turn, that may be prohi...

1 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. Before you grab the iWAY 250c ™ GPS unit and begin installing it, please give us a moment or two to explain how the manual can help you get the best perfor...

2 How Lowrance GPS and the GPS System Work You will navigate a little easier if you understand the basics of how the iWAY scans the sky to show you where you are and where you are go- ing. You will use the iWAY's touch screen to enter commands and control its functions. As long as there is no interf...

3 Section 1: Installation & Accessories This section describes the various accessories and cables that came with your iWAY and exactly how to use them. Important information contained in this section includes how to connect the iWAY to your car's power and how to use the USB-to-PC cable to add s...

4 NOTE: When operating on external power the iWAY is designed to enter a Standby mode if the external power source fails. For full details see the discussion of power button functions in Section 4. External Power and Standby Mode The iWAY has an optional Standby Mode (on by default) which allows the...

5 The RAA-5 external antenna for the iWAY ™ 250c. The GPS antenna module can be mounted to any flat surface. The magnetic back allows the antenna module to be used on almost any steel surface. USB-to-PC Cable Connection The iWAY comes with a cable designed to allow you to copy files from your comput...

7 The iWAY 250c ™ shown with the optional protective face cover. Use a microfiber towel to clean the unit’s screen. The microfiber towel also is an optional accessory available on the lei-extras web site. Or check your local retailer as they are often available where shop towels or auto cleaning tow...

8 Moving On: iWAY Operation Now that you have installed your iWAY it's time to find out how it works. The following section jumps right into a description of Mapping Mode Operation which will tell you everything you need to know about the iWAY's moving map and the various settings on the map display...

9 Section 2: Mapping Mode Operation This section addresses the unit's Mapping Mode operation. Mapping Mode includes all navigation features from finding the nearest restau- rant to plotting a road trip across the country. Before you turn the unit on it's a good idea to learn about the different menu...

10 Since the iWAY screen responds to pressure, with practice, you will learn exactly the right amount of pressure to operate the touch screen controls. Buttons are easy while scrollbars can be a little more chal- lenging. NOTE: From time to time you may notice a slight delay between pressing an on-s...

11 The iWAY Main Menu. Map and Music Use the Map and Music buttons to change the iWAY’s mode. Map Mode shows your current position on a moving map as well as information concerning your current route. Music Mode allows you to choose the audio play list, adjust volume and set various play controls. T...

12 Map Mode Practice Run Start with the iWAY installed in your car. You should start out navigat-ing to a destination you are already familiar with. Don't be too sur-prised if the iWAY suggests a different route than you would take. Try the iWAY's route. Then see "Knowing the Area" in Sectio...

13 The Map Mode Display and On-Screen Commands The Map Mode screen shows your current position and route from a "bird's-eye" view. By default the iWAY shows the map in a 3D view. This can be changed if you would prefer to see the map from a different perspective. See the topic Using the Map ...

14 on this slider to quickly adjust the volume. For more information on sound options see the heading "Sound and Voice Setup" in Section 4. Using the Map Display Toolbar The map display toolbar buttons are used with the touch screen to con- trol what part of the map you see. You can zoom all...

17 An Edit Contact screen will appear with a textbox containing the con- tact's name, address and phone number. You can choose to leave the address and phone number fields blank but any information you add to them will display whenever you open the Location Information screen for that contact. You a...

19 Section 3: Music Mode Operation This section addresses the unit's Music Mode operation. If you would rather skip ahead you can look at Section 4 which is full of details on setting up and customizing the iWAY's various options. Or you could turn to Section 5 where you will learn about Searching a...

21 Music Mode Practice Run Start at your computer. You will need some MP3 or Ogg Vorbis music files. If you need help ripping your CDs to these formats consult the documentation for the CD ripper software. 1. Insert an MMC or SD Card in your iWAY and connect the iWAY to your computer as described in...

22 The Music Mode Display and On-Screen Commands The Music Mode screen contains a large central area for visualization effects with a set of play control buttons along the bottom of the screen. When a song is playing the name of the song will appear at the top of the screen as well as the song's len...

23 The Music Mode Play Control Buttons. Song Position indicates the playback position for the current song. Whenever a song begins to play the Song Position slider starts at the far left and moves right. You can quickly skip to any point in a song by pressing and dragging the blue button on the Song...

25 Use the S HUFFLE button to toggle the option on or off. The button is yel- low when the option is turned on and white when the option is turned off. Repeat (On/Off) When Repeat is turned on, at the end of a play list − or song if you are playing one song − the unit will immediately start playing ...

27 Section 4: Pictures, Gauge and Options Menu Pictures Slideshow The iWAY can display .gif and .jpg images stored on a media card. To open the Photos Slideshow select the P ICTURES option located at the bot- tom left of the Main Menu. You can choose to play the images as a slideshow or pause on a s...

28 Close Slideshow returns the iWAY to the Main Menu. Zoom In enlarges the image currently displayed, zooming in on the center of the display. You can press and drag anywhere within the im- age display to focus on a particular area. Play / Pause Slideshow allows you to control whether the iWAY autom...

29 The following pages describe each of the Options Menus. All of these op- tions come with default values so you can use the iWAY right out of the box. That way you may never need to make changes. You might want to skip on to Section 5 to learn more about searching for destinations and generating r...

30 When active the Auto Zoom takes control any time the map cursor is not showing. When the map cursor is up you can use the Zoom In and Zoom Out buttons to control the zoom level. When the map cursor is cleared from the screen Auto Zoom will automatically recalculate the zoom level. If you prefer t...

31 Route Via Waypoints While the iWAY is designed to generate a route from your current posi- tion all the way to a chosen destination, sometimes you will want more control over where you are going. The Route Via Waypoints command allows you to access the Routes list menu where you can store and man...

32 cific location and begin to generate a route. Select either the F ROM M AP button or the F ROM F IND button. If you select F ROM M AP the map will ap- pear. Use the cursor arrow on the map and drag it to a specific location (or address) then select the A DD button. The iWAY will let you know the ...

33 current waypoint and continue on to the next waypoint in the route. Routing Options Routing Options are used to control exactly how the iWAY generates a route from your current position to a selected destination. To access these options, from the Options Menu, choose R OUTING O PTIONS . A screen ...

34 will not avoid cross-traffic turns at major intersections where you will likely have a protected turn at a traffic light. Sometimes you would have to drive miles out of your way to avoid tak- ing a cross-traffic turn somewhere in your route. Then again, some- times it's worth it. Practice with th...

35 A sample Turn Preview screen in 3D mode. As you can see in the previous image the Turn Preview screen includes a close-up map of the turn itself and a magenta route line showing your path. Additional data boxes show the text instruction, the distance from your current location to the selected tur...

36 Use the Map Categories Drawn screen to customize your map. In this example the category My Trails and subcategory Distances are off. The Map Categories Drawn Menu is divided into two columns, "Cate- gory" and "Subcategory." You can turn any category or subcategory on or off. If yo...

37 Trails Menu, showing 5 trails. Trail 3 is the active trail (indicated by the arrow on the right). Trails 1, 4 and 5 are hidden (there is no check mark next to them), but Trails 2 and 3 are shown. From the Trails Menu you can start a new Trail or edit or delete an existing Trail. To modify an exis...

38 To disable Safety Mode and switch to Passenger Mode make sure the vehicle is not moving. From the Options Menu choose S AFETY M ODE to toggle whether the option is on or off. The button itself will show its current state. A dialog like the one in the following image appears. Choose Y ES to disabl...

39 Periodic Voice instructions are repeated at set intervals and are in- tended as reminders. Use this slider to adjust the frequency of Periodic Voice instructions until your iWAY is giving you exactly as much in- formation as you need. To set Voice Volume: Press and drag the blue button on the V O...

40 down list will appear showing all of the available skins. Choose one from the list and the iWAY will display the new skin automatically. Screenshots throughout this manual were taken using the "Default" skin mode. Other skin options will be available on the Lowrance web site in the future...

41 The Touch Screen Calibration menu. Press each of the targets in turn. After the third the screen should be calibrated. The calibration screen will disappear, returning you to the Interface Options menu. You may want to use a stylus for more accu- rate calibration or even the plunger of a ballpoin...

42 To change any of these, from the Options Menu choose U NITS OF M EASURE and the menu shown in the following image will appear. The unit will not automatically update when you travel to a different time zone. You will need to access the Set Local Time feature and use the up and down arrows to rese...

43 These upgrades make the unit perform better or introduce a new fea- ture or function. You can find out what software version is running in your unit by using the Device Information command. From the Options Menu, choose D EVICE I NFORMATION . Complete information and instructions for installing a...

44 WAAS means your GPS is receiving reliable correction signals from the FAA's Wide Area Augmentation System. WAAS is designed for use in aircraft but occasionally terrestrial vehicles can attain a WAAS lock. This is the most accurate position signal available. EPE (Estimated Position Error) The Est...

45 GPS Simulator The iWAY offers a GPS Simulator option allowing it to simulate the navigation of a route. When you turn on the Simulator the iWAY pre- tends it has a GPS lock at the current location then begins moving along the current route as though you are following it. This feature can be handy...

47 Section 5: Searching, Finding and Navigating With the exception of the G O T O command in the Location Information screen, the iWAY's search functions all begin by pressing the F IND but- ton on the main menu screen. When the F IND button is selected the first Find menu will appear. Each Find men...

48 Find Address When the A DDRESS button is selected in the first Find menu the Find Address screen will appear. When the S PELL button is selected the Find Address screen with a virtual keyboard will appear. This screen allows you to enter a specific location by name. When the Address button is sel...

49 If you select Spell (left) from the Find Address by City/Zip screen the Find Address by City/Zip keyboard screen (right) will appear. Enter the name of the city or the zip code of the area in which you wish to search. Pressing the Back button will take you to the previous Find Address screen. If ...

50 As mentioned in Section 2, the Location Information screen's G O T O command allows you to generate a route to any point on the map by placing the map cursor at your desired destination. These search op- tions will be explained in the following pages. But first we should de-scribe one of the iWAY...

51 To find a nearby gas station: 1. Press F IND from the Main Menu to open the first Find menu. 2. Select G AS , ATM S . A screen will appear with a list of gas stations nearest to your current position. Wait a moment for the unit to finish compiling the list. Now you can choose the gas station you ...

52 Using the Name Filter Sometimes a search returns far too many results or maybe just more results than you feel like scrolling through. The Name Filter on the search results list helps you narrow down the list to just those items containing a particular set of letters. To use the Name Filter press...

53 tion to your own position or to some other part of town. Right now we are just trying to get to the gas station so choose G O T O . The iWAY will gen- erate a route from your current position, or last known position if it doesn't have a satellite lock, to the selected destination. NOTE: There are...

54 Pages 2 and 3 of the Find Menu. In addition to these subcategories, pages 2 and 3 provide a Find Intersections option and an RV Parks/Services menu. Intersections The Intersection command in the third Find menu will let you navigate to any street intersection stored on the iWAY's hard drive. This...

55 Choosing New Destinations while Navigating So far we have explained some of the ways the iWAY generates a route. No matter which method you use the iWAY responds in the same way. It begins examining the roads between your current position and your selected destination. If you are navigating to a ...

56 The iWAY clearly indicates every turn in a generated route. Push the Location Information button while a turn dot is selected and the Turn Preview Screen for that turn will immediately appear. It's easy to make the iWAY generate a route. It's a little harder to describe exactly how you should use...

57 Turn Preview allows you to leave your current position and focus more closely on a turn in the route ahead. A closer zoom range and large-font data boxes will appear to help you see exactly what the road conditions are ahead. The Directions list gives you a detailed description of the entire rout...

63 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...

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

65 including but not limited to, content, quality, accuracy, complete-ness, effectiveness, reliability, fitness for a particular purpose, use-fulness, use or results to be obtained from this Data, or that the Data or server will be uninterrupted or error-free. Disclaimer of Warranty: LOWRANCE AND IT...

66 agreements previously existing between us with respect to such subject matter. Governing Law. The above terms and conditions shall be gov- erned by the laws of the Illinois, without giving effect to (i) its con-flict of laws provisions, or (ii) the United Nations Convention for Contracts for the ...

67 LOWRANCE ELECTRONICS FULL ONE-YEAR WARRANTY "We," "our," or "us" refers to LOWRANCE ELECTRONICS, INC., the manufacturer of this product. "You" or "your" refers to the first person who purchases this product as a consumer item for personal, family or househo...

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

Accessory Ordering Information for 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 electronic equipment or other consumer electronics should be able to ...