Lowrance electronic LMS-240 User Manual

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Specifications and Main Features

General
Display: Features 5.0’’ (12.7cm) diagonal composite Twain SuperTwist which is enhanced to suit viewing needs.
Resolution: 240 pixels in width and 240 pixels in length having a total pixel of 57600.
Backlighting: Indicates mounted cold cathode light with different levels of brightening and backlit keyboard.
Input power: The total direct current cover between 10 and 15 volts.
Dimensions: 5.4 inches high, 6.9 inches wide, and 3.4 inches long or 18.8 x 17.6 x 8.6 cm case sealed and water resistant which is recommended for salt water use.
Expanded Memory Card Door: One with water proof latch (support for secure digital memory cards).
Back-up: It has some internal spare which can last sonar logs and GPS information for some decades.
Languages: Supports ten; user can choose among the menu languages.
Sonar
Range: Operating range of around 200 Kilohertz.
Transducer: Type Skimmer® which also can have a temperature competent with sensitivity settings as wide as 60 ° range.
Watts: Peaking at 3000 power/375 rms operational watts.
TDMS meter reading range: 1000 ft or 305 meters of a sonar which is also transducer dependent configuration and installation, bottom type, and conditions meter reading.
Depth Indicator: Shows depth continuously.
Graph: Graph recording of over 128mb in space of expansion memory card which also uses mmc or sd card.
Alarms: Deep/ shallow/ fish/ zone alarms.
Instant Direction Change and Depth Ranging: It has instant change to the next graphical size reading 9yes technofeature which also alters the screen instantaneously.
Bottom Zoom: Allows zooming in on the bottom image and track line, if correct parameters are set true.
Surface water temp: Yea.
Speed/distance log: Optional (with an additional speed sensor).
GPS
Receiver/antenna: External; LGC-12w 12 parallel channel GPS/WAAS; DGPS beacon receiver optional.
Recording: Provides for the use of MMC memory cards for the recording of trip’s GPS details and chart or map displays.
Background map: Built-in custom lowrance detail map.
Custom mapping: MapCreate™ 6 software optional; Navionics® charts optional.
Mapping memory: And another 128 Mb on one MMC (or SD) card.
Position updates: Once per second.
Position points: 1,000 waypoints and 1,000 event marker icons.
Audible alarms: Arrival/off course/anchor.
Graphic symbols for waypoints or event marker icons: forty two.
Routes: One hundred.
Plot Trails: Ten savable trails containing up to nin thousand 999 points each.
Zoom range: 37 in ranges of 0.05 to 4,000 miles 0. who says devices can’t do zooming.
Key features: Full screen and split screen map view supporting zoom map within a split screen; IBM-compatible PC with mouse; searchable highway exits and Points of Interest database, trail backtracking, Man Over Board (MOB) feature, full one year warranty.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What is the maximum depth that LMS-240 can sonar detect?
A: The depth of sonar detection by the LMS-240 is a maximum of 1000 ft/305m, but this is dependent on the transducer used and location.
Q: Is the LMS-240 able to have FPGA mapping?
A: It provides ability to create custom mapping in conjunction with the MapCreate™ 6 program and Navionics® charts.
Q: Are there any limitations in using LMS-240 transducer with saltwater?
A: The transducer is suitable for saltwater as it is fully rated water sealed and waterproof.
Q: How many waypoints will the LMS-240 May store?
A: It is up to one thousand waypoints that can be programmed into LMS-240 unit.
Q: Which transducer you will get with the LMS-240?
A: The LMS-240 comes with Skimmer® transducer that has built in temperate sensor.
Q: Is the display of the LMS-240 customizable?
A: Yes, the display can be programmed according to the user’s needs.
Q: How does it find its position?
A: It computes its position in relation to terrestrial and artificial satellites and provides navigational data.
Q: How much power do you have for the LMS-240?
A: The LMS-240 operates on 10 to 15 volts direct current input.