Lowrance Elite-5x HDI Owner's Manual

Installation & Operation

Elite-5x HDI

manual

Operation manual

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Table of contents

Introduction ...................................... 3

Unit Controls ............................................ 3

Conventional sonar and DownScan ........ 3

Basic Operation ............................... 4

Setup wizard ............................................ 4

Pages ......................................................4

Selecting Pages.......................................4

Page menus ............................................4

Accessing the Settings menu .................. 5

Accessing menu items.............................5

Working with menus ................................6

Dialogs.....................................................6

Entering text ............................................6

Fishing Modes ......................................... 7

Cursor ...................................................... 8

Advanced Mode ......................................8

Restore defaults ......................................9

Pages .............................................. 10

Sonar Page............................................10

DownScan page ................................... 10

Combo pages ........................................ 11

Overlay Data.......................................... 11

DownScan Operation .................... 13

DownScan menu ................................... 13

Ping Speed ............................................ 15

DownScan options.................................16

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Sonar Operation ............................ 18

About .....................................................28

Sensitivity ..............................................19

Colorline ................................................19

Range .................................................... 20

Frequency .............................................20

Ping Speed ............................................ 21

Fish ID ..................................................22

DownScan options.................................23

Sonar Settings ....................................... 24

Installation .............................................25

Settings .......................................... 27

Settings menu........................................27

System...................................................27

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Alarms ..................................................28

Specications ................................ 30

Index ............................................... 31

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Introduction

Getting Started

Unit Controls

LIGHT/POWER: controls backlight level

and turns unit on/o

KEYPAD: controls cursor & selects items

on menus

PAGES: allows you to select a page to

view

MENU: opens settings, context and page

menus

ENTER: nalizes menu selections

ZOOM KEYS: (+) used to zoom in; (-)

used to zoom out

Turn unit

on/o

Adjusting

the

backlight

Muting

Audio

To turn on/o the unit, press and
hold the
three seconds.

This unit has
Press the LIGHT/POWER key to
switch backlight levels.

Select
menu and press ENTER.

LIGHT/POWER key for

11 backlight levels.

Mute Audio from the System

Conventional sonar and DownScan

This unit supports two types of sonar: Conventional
and DownScan.

Refer to the “Sonar Operation” section for
information about conventional sonar features and
settings.

DownScan features and settings are covered in the
“DownScan Operation” section.

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Basic Operation

Setup wizard

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

Pages

This unit has four pages: DownScan, Sonar,
Sonar/Downscan (vertical) and Sonar/Downscan
(horizontal).

Pages dialog

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Selecting Pages

To select a page, press the keypad in the direction
of the desired page and press ENTER.

Page menus

The DownScan and Sonar pages have menus
that can only be accessed when those pages are
displayed.

DownScan page

DownScan menu

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Accessing the Settings menu

Sonar page

Combo pages

Two-panel page

Press the PAGES key twice to switch active
panels. The page menu for the active page will be
displayed when the MENU key is pressed.

Sonar menu

Horizontal panels

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.

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Working with menus

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

NOTE: Press the MENU key to exit
menus.

Dialogs

Scrollbars

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

On/Off features

Select an on/o menu item and
press ENTER to turn it on/o.

Dropdown menus

Access the dropdown
menu, press the keypad up/
down to select the desired
item and press ENTER.

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Dialogs are used for user input or
for presenting information to the
user. Depending on the type of
entry, dierent methods are used
to conrm, cancel or close the
dialog.

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Entering text

Fishing Modes

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.

Switches letters
to uppercase/
lowercase

Switches keyboard
between ALPHA and
QWERTY layout

(Conventional sonar only)

Fishing modes enhance the performance of your
unit by providing preset packages of sonar settings
geared to specic shing conditions.

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Fishing Mode Options

General Use 1000ft or less Coastal

Shallow
Water

60ft or less Shallow weedy bottoms

Cursor

The keypad moves the cursor around the display
and allows you to review sonar history.

Fresh Water 400ft or less Inland/Near coastal

Deep Water 1000ft or more Offshore

Slow
Trolling

Fast
Trolling

Clear Water 400ft or less Inland/Coastal

Brackish
Water

Ice 400ft or less Ice shing

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400ft or less Inland/Coastal

400ft or less Inland/Coastal

400ft or less Fresh-Saltwater mix

Advanced Mode

Enables advanced features and settings.

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

• NMEA 0183 conguration options

• Units (Enables depth and temperature

conguration options)

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Standby mode

Lowers power consumption by turning o sonar
and the display.

1. Press the PWR/LIGHT
key to access the
Backlight dialog.

2. Select Standby and
press ENTER.

3. Press any key to resume normal
operation.

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

Restore defaults

Sets unit options and settings
to default values.

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