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playinghooky · 06-21-2015, 08:17 AM

I have the Elite 4 which has the same instructions as the 7 (I believe). The "Trails' section is kind of confusing. Basically you have to clear the trail before you start. Then make sure the trail is displayed and recorded. Then you take the route that you want to save and before you go anywhere else you have to "save" the trail. It's not very user friendly to do but okay if you want to save a particular track.
A much easier way to do it is to set up "routes". This can be done by moving the curser on the map to make waypoints along the route that you want to setup. Then save the route. It is much easier than messing with the "Trails" and the instructions in the manual are much easier to follow and can be done while sitting at the dock. The internal map seems very accurate.
There is an option in one of the menus that allow you to change the base map from "Lowrance" to "Navionics". The Navionics map shows more details (island names) for the lake so you should make that change also.
The more that you play around with it the easier it will become.

06-21-2015, 08:17 AM	#2
playinghooky Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Alton Bay Posts: 61 Thanks: 7 Thanked 11 Times in 4 Posts	Lowrance 7 help I have the Elite 4 which has the same instructions as the 7 (I believe). The "Trails' section is kind of confusing. Basically you have to clear the trail before you start. Then make sure the trail is displayed and recorded. Then you take the route that you want to save and before you go anywhere else you have to "save" the trail. It's not very user friendly to do but okay if you want to save a particular track. A much easier way to do it is to set up "routes". This can be done by moving the curser on the map to make waypoints along the route that you want to setup. Then save the route. It is much easier than messing with the "Trails" and the instructions in the manual are much easier to follow and can be done while sitting at the dock. The internal map seems very accurate. There is an option in one of the menus that allow you to change the base map from "Lowrance" to "Navionics". The Navionics map shows more details (island names) for the lake so you should make that change also. The more that you play around with it the easier it will become.