Lowrance HDS-8m Gen2 Quick Start Guide

HDS-8/8m & HDS-10/10m

Quick Start Guide

Function keys

		Arrow	Activates cursor. Press up, down, left or right to
		Keypad	move the cursor.
		ZOUT	Zooms out the Radar, Sonar and Chart pages.
		ZIN	Zooms in the Radar, Sonar and Chart pages.
		EXIT	Press to return to a previous screen, clear data and
			close menus. Pressing Exit on the Chart page will
			quickly switch between displaying the boat symbol
			and the last cursor position.
		ENTER	Press to save data, change values and accept menu
			commands; also acts as a short cut key for important
			functions such as saving a waypoint at the cursor
			position on the Chart page.
		MENU	Accesses the features available on each page.
PAGES	Press to select the page (screen) to display or to access utilities such as
	the waypoints list and celestial table. Press and hold to switch control
	between the panels and combo (split screen) pages.
WPT	Press to save a waypoint at your current GPS position. Press and hold
FIND	to search for waypoints and other points of interest (POI's) or quickly
	access waypoints, routes and trails..
LIGHT	Press to turn the unit on, adjust the backlight or place the unit in low
POWER	power (standby) mode. Press and hold to turn the unit off.

Creating a Man Overboard (MOB) position

Press the ZOUT and ZIN keys at the same time to create a MOB waypoint with a line to your boat position.

Softkeys

To access softkey features, press the button below the softkey. When you have finished making adjustments press the softkey button again to close the menu.

Chart page softkeys

Pages screen

To view a page:

1.From any screen press PAGES to access the Pages screen.

2.Select the the desired page display.

To adjust Panel sizes on a Combo page:

1.From the Pages screen select the desired combo page and press the MENU key. Selecting Sonar + Chart will display a Sonar and Chart combo page.

2.Select Adjust panel sizes. and press Enter.

3.Use the keypad to adjust the panel size.

NOTE: Hold down the Pages key to switch active panels when viewing a combo page.

To add a Data or Gauge overlay to a page:

1.To add/edit data overlay, select the desired page from the pages screen and press MENU.

2.Select Edit data overlay and press Enter.

3.When the page appears press ENTER to select data or MENU to access the edit overlay menu.