Lowrance HDS-5 Gen2 Operation Manual - Page 39

Chart Find Current Position Power on the unit and display the Chart page. The current position icon represents your current position on screen. The icon always points to your heading. If the current position icon displays a question mark then the unit has not achieved a satellite lock and is not tracking your current position. When sufficient satellites are received to determine a position, the icon's movement will correspond with your movement. Chart menu Use the Chart menu to adjust settings and enter commands. From this menu you have access to routes, waypoints, info, chart options and screen settings. To open the Chart menu, go to the Chart page and press the MENU key. The following features are listed in the order they appear on the Chart menu, top to bottom: • New Waypoint: Creates a new waypoint. • New Route: Creates a new route. Chart menu • Go to Cursor: Navigates to the cursor position on the Chart page. • Find: Opens the Find menu. From the Find menu you can search for items by select categories. • Info: Shows a list of items close to the cursor. • Measure: Used to measure the distance between current position and another point on the Chart page or between two different points. • Overlay: Toggles weather and radar overlay on or off (Radar and Weather module sold separately) • Chart options: Opens the Chart options submenu which contains the Map Orientation, Look Ahead, Chart categories and Imagery features. Chart Options menu Controls chart features and options including Map Orientation, Chart Detail, Look Ahead, Chart categories and Imagery. 37