Lowrance Elite-5 DSI Operation Manual

Elite 5 DSI

Operation manual

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Introduction

PAGES: used to

select pages

ZOOM Keys: used to zoom
in/zoom out (On GPS­capable units, press keys
simultaneously to create
Man Overboard waypoint)

KEYPAD: controls
cursor & selects
items on menus

MENU: Opens
settings, context
and page menus

ENTER: conrms

menu selections

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

NOTICE

This manual covers several units. Some
features and screenshots may dier from
your unit’s capabilities or from what you
see on your screen. Your unit, however,
will function in a similar manner.

Getting Started

Turn unit on/

off

Adjusting

the backlight

Muting Audio

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Press and hold the LIGHT/
POWER key for three seconds.

Press the LIGHT/POWER key,
select Brightness and press
the keypad left/right.

Select Mute Audio from the
System menu and press

ENTER.

General Operation

Accessing Pages

Fishnder, GPS and combination units

Fishnder or GPS only units

Accessing page menus

Page

Page menu

Accessing Settings menu

Settings menu

Selecting Menu items

Sonar settings

Exiting menus

Press Menu to see if the screen or menu has an
exit option). If it does (Close, Return to screen, Exit
dialog, etc), highlight the exit option and press

ENTER to exit.

If there is no exit option press the MENU key
repeatedly to close all menus.

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General Operation

Overlay Data

Allows you to display data on the screen. Overlay
data can be accessed on the Chart, Sonar and DSI
menus.

Advanced Mode

Enables advanced fea­tures/settings. On some
units, advanced mode is
enabled by answering

Yes to the advanced user

question in the Setup Wiz­ard. To repeat the Setup
Wizard, restore defaults.

Standby mode

Lowers power consumption
by putting the unit into a sleep
mode. Press any key to resume
normal operation.

WARNING: Leaving the unit in
Standby with the boat turned

off will drain the battery.

Restoring Defaults

Resets unit options and
settings to defaults.

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Sonar Operation

Trackback

You can review your sonar history by pressing the
keypad to the left until the screen starts to move
in reverse and the sonar history bar appears at
the bottom of the screen.

Move the sonar history bar all the way to the
right to resume normal sonar scrolling, or press

MENU and select Exit cursor mode.

Adjusting the display

Sensitivity (Traditional Sonar)

Controls the level of detail on the screen. Too
much detail will clutter the screen. Conversely,
desired echoes may not be displayed if Sensitivity
is set too low.

Sonar history bar

DSI only

Colorline (Advanced mode - traditional)

Separates strong sonar echoes from weak sonar
echoes, making it easier to distinguish sh or
structure from the bottom.

On monochrome units, wide bands of gray
indicate a hard sonar return, while softer returns
are shown as dark, narrow lines.

Contrast (DSI sonar)

Adjusts the brightness ratio between light and
dark areas on the screen, making it easier to dis­tinguish objects from the background.

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