Lowrance Endura - any way to lock the touch screen?

[+jjmcwill]

I took my Lowrance Endura Out & Back on its first backpacking trip this weekend to the Waterloo State Recreation Area in southern Michigan.

 

I purchased the e-topo for the area before the trip.

 

Satellite locking and EPE was great compared to my older iFinder H2O. Loved the color and having the eTopo map on the GPS to compare with my USGS Quadrangle map.

 

I'm still learning the menus and controls - especially how to start and stop recording of trails, save and review them, etc.

 

One thing I'm finding an annoyance is the touch screen. Often I put the GPS in a pocket while it's running so that it will record my track so that I can review it later.

 

What I'm finding is that it will get jostled and register touch screen presses. When I pull it back out, the display has changed to something unexpected or additional waypoints have been created, or something else.

 

How can I lock the touch screen to prevent this from happening? Locking the touch screen is a common feature on smart phones. If this feature does not currently exist on the Enduras, hopefully Lowrance would consider adding it to a future firmware update.

 

Thanks

[+allory]

Press the + and - keys at the same time. Same thing to unlock.

[+briansnat]

Press the + and - keys at the same time. Same thing to unlock.

 

That is really good to know. The accidental activation of the touch screen was driving me nuts.

[+chachi44089]

I had the same problem.The info on locking the screen is not in the manual."I think".I did find it in the quick start guide.After being told it was there.

[+jjmcwill]

Awesome! Thank you!

[texas republic]

Are you always required to have the turn by turn micros sd card in the endura while using it for driving directions, or may you somehow download the contents to the Endura's hard drive and place other music sd cards in it while driving?

 

Is there a way to control the MP3 player sound? Like base, treble, etc?