Lowrance electronic ELITE 4X, ELITE 5X, MARK 5X, MARK 5X PRO User Manual

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Lowrance electronic ELITE 4X, ELITE 5X, MARK 5X, MARK 5X PRO User Manual

Elite 5X, Mark 5X, Mark 5X Pro & Elite 4X

Operation manual

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Introduction......................................

2

Basic Operation................................

3

Setup wizard............................................

3

Working with menus.................................

4

Fishing Mode............................................

5

Cursor......................................................

6

Advanced Mode ......................................

6

Standby mode..........................................

7

Restore defaults.......................................

7

Pages.................................................

8

Sonar Page..............................................

8

Split Frequency........................................

8

Split Zoom................................................

9

Overlay Data............................................

9

Using your Sonar............................

11

Table of Contents

Trackback...............................................

11

Sensitivity...............................................

12

Colorline/Grayscale................................

12

Depth Range..........................................

13

Frequency .............................................

14

Ping Speed (Advanced Mode only)........

14

Sonar Options........................................

14

Settings...........................................

17

System...................................................

17

Sonar .....................................................

19

Surface Clutter.......................................

19

Installation..............................................

20

Alarms ...................................................

21

Index................................................

22

Specifications.................................

23

1

Introduction

Introduction

Unit Controls

LIGHT/POWER: controls backlight level and turns unit on/off

KEYPAD: controls cursor & selects items on menus

PAGES: allows you to select a page to view

MENU: opens settings, context and page menus

ENTER: finalizes menu selections; save waypoint at cursor position

ZOOM Keys: used to zoom in/zoom out

Getting Started

 

To turn on/off the unit,

Turn unit on/off

press and hold the Light/

Power

key

for

three

 

 

seconds.

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusting

This unit has 10 backlight

levels. Press the Light/

the backlight

Power

key

to switch

 

backlight levels.

 

 

 

 

 

Muting Audio

Select Mute

Audio

from

the System

menu

and

 

press Enter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

Setup wizard

The Setup wizard will appear when the unit is turned on for the first time. To choose your own settings, do not run the setup wizard.

To restart the Setup wizard, restore defaults.

Basic Operation

Accessing Sonar menu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sonar menu

Sonar Page

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pages

Accessing the Settings menu

This unit has three pages: Sonar, Split Frequency and Split Zoom.

Settings menu

3

Basic Operation

Accessing menu items

The keypad and enter key are used to select menu items and open submenus. Use the keypad to highlight the desired item and press Enter.

On/Off features

Select an on/off menu item and press Enter to turn it

on/off.

Working with menus

There are several menu types used to make adjustments to options and settings, including scrollbars, on/off features and dropdown menus.

Scrollbars

Select the scrollbar and press the keypad left (decrease) or right (increase).

Dropdown menus

After accessing the dropdown menu, press the keypad up/ down to select the desired item and press Enter.

NOTE: Press the Menu key to Exit menus.

4

Dialogs

Dialogs are used for user input or for presenting information to the user.

Depending on the type of information or entry, different methods are used to confirm, cancel or

close the dialog.

Basic Operation

To input text:

1.Use the keypad to select the desired character and press enter.

2.Repeat Step 1 for each character.

3.When entry is completed, highlight OK and press enter.

Entering text

Some functions, like naming a waypoint, route or trail, will require you to input text.

Switches letters to uppercase/ lowercase

Switches keyboard between Alpha and QWERTY layout

Fishing Mode

Fishing modes enhance the performance of your unit by providing preset packages of sonar settings geared to specific fishing conditions.

NOTE: Use Fresh Water mode when fishing in less than 100 feet of water; otherwise your unit may not track bottom properly.

5

Basic Operation

 

Fishing Mode Options

General

Bottom brown/white background; 50% ping

Use

speed

 

 

Shallow

Bottom brown/white background

Water

 

Fresh

Bottom brown/white background; 50% ping

Water

speed

Deep

Deep Blue; 50% ping speed; 50kHz is primary

Water

transducer frequency

Slow

Bottom brown/white background; 50% ping

Trolling

speed

 

 

Fast

Bottom brown/white background; slightly lower

Trolling

chart speed

Clear

Bottom brown/white background; 50% ping

Water

speed

Brackish

Bottom brown/blue background; higher ASP;

Water

slightly lower chart speed

 

 

Cursor

The keypad moves the cursor on the display and allows you to review Sonar history. Press Menu and select Exit cursor mode to clear the cursor.

Advanced Mode

Enables advanced features and settings.

The following features are enabled when Advanced mode is turned on:

Colorline (manual control)

Surface Clarity (manual control)

Ping Rate (manual control)

Units (Enables distance, speed, depth and temperature options)

6

Basic Operation

Standby mode

Lowers power consumption by turning off sonar and the display.

Press the PWR/Light key to access the Backlight menu. Select Standby and press Enter.

Press any key to resume normal operation.

NOTE: Leaving your unit in Standby mode when your boat is not is use will run down your battery.

Restore defaults

Resets unit options and settings to defaults.

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