Lowrance HDS GEN2 TOUCH Operating Manual

HDS Gen2 Touch

Operator manual

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Warning: It is your sole responsibility to install and use the instrument and transducer(s) in a manner that will not cause accidents, personal injury or property damage. Always observe safe boating practices.

Sonar performance: The accuracy of the sonar depth display can be aﬀected by many factors, including the type and location of the transducer and water conditions. Never use this instrument to gauge depth or other conditions

for swimming or diving.

The choice, location, and installation of transducers and other components of the system are critical to the performance of the system as intended. If in doubt, consult your local dealer.

To reduce the risk of misusing or misinterpreting this unit, you must read and understand all aspects of this Installation and Operation Manual. We also recommend that you practice all operations using the built-in simulator before using this unit on the water.

Global Positioning System: The Global Positioning System (GPS) is operated by the US Government which is solely responsible for its operation, accuracy and maintenance. The GPS is subject to changes which could aﬀect the accuracy and performance of all GPS equipment anywhere in the world, including this instrument.

Electronic Chart: The electronic chart used by this instrument is an aid to navigation designed to supplement, not replace, oﬃcial government charts. Only oﬃcial government charts supplemented by notices to mariners contain the information required for safe and prudent navigation. Always supplement the electronic information provided by this instrument with other plotting sources such as observations, depth soundings, radar and hand compass bearings. Should the information not agree, the discrepancy must be resolved before proceeding

any further.

Navico may nd it necessary to change or end our policies, regulations and special oers at any time. We reserve the right to do so without notice. All features and specications subject to change without notice.

IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT RESTRICTED OPERATION OUTSIDE OF THE AMERICAS

Units designed for sale in the Americas will have limited Language and Units functionality outside of a zone deﬁned as 30 degrees West longitude on the East and the International Date Line on the West. Language options will be restricted to English (US) only and Units will be restricted to non-metric measures.

Units sold with Enhanced US Basemap, Nautic Insight, Lake Insight or Insight USA units are impacted and will not have this functionality outside of the deﬁned region. Units sold with WorldWide Basemap will function without these

restrictions.

Preface

As Navico is continuously improving this product, we retain the right to make changes to the product at any time which may not be reﬂected in this version of the manual. Please contact your Lowrance dealer if you require any further assistance.

It is the owner’s sole responsibility to install and use the instrument and transducers in a manner that will not cause accidents, personal injury or property damage. The user of this product is solely responsible for observing safe boating practices.

NAVICO HOLDING AS AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES, BRANCHES AND AFFILIATES DISCLAIM ALL LIABILITY FOR ANY USE OF THIS PRODUCT IN A WAY THAT MAY CAUSE ACCIDENTS, DAMAGE OR THAT MAY VIOLATE THE LAW.

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This manual represents the product as at the time of printing. Navico Holding AS and its subsidiaries, branches and aﬃliates reserve the right to make changes to speciﬁcations without notice.

Warranty

The warranty card is supplied as a separate document.

In case of any queries, refer to the brand web site of your display or system: www.lowrance.com

Declarations and conformance

This equipment is intended for use in international waters as well as inland waters and coastal sea areas administered by countries of the USA, E.U. and E.E.A. For more information refer to the separate HDS Gen 2 Touch Installation manual.

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About this manual

This manual is a reference guide for operating the Lowrance HDS Gen 2 Touch system. It assumes that all equipment is installed and conﬁgured, and that the system is ready to use.

The manual does not cover basic background information about how equipment such as radars, sonars and AIS work. Such information is available from our web site: www.lowrance.com/en/Support/Library/.

Important text that requires special attention from the reader is emphasized as follows:

¼ Note: Used to draw the reader’s attention to a comment or some

important information.

Warning: Used when it is necessary to warn personnel that they should proceed carefully to prevent risk of injury and/or damage to equipment/personnel.

The software

This manual is written for Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Release to Market 1 (RTM1). Please check web site for details on release version.

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Contents

7 HDS Gen2 Touch screen and keys

8 The HDS Gen2 Touch home screen

9 Basic operation

9 The power key 9 First time startup 9 Using the touchscreen 10 Menus 12 Dialog boxes 13 Positioning a Man Overboard waypoint 14 Screen capture

15 Pages

15 Page overview 15 Selecting pages, quick splits 16 Selecting Active panel 16 Customizing pages 18 Data Overlay

19 Chart

20 Chart scale 20 Using the cursor on the chart page 20 Panning the chart 20 Zooming 21 Chart menu 22 Chart options 26 Chart overlay 26 Chart Settings 27 Navionics chart options 30 Navionics settings

31 Waypoints, routes & trails

31 The waypoints, route and trails screens 33 Routes 35 Trails

36 Navigating

36 Goto cursor 36 Navigating on the chart 37 Navigation settings panel 39 Steer page

40 Sonar

41 Zooming 42 Viewing sonar history 43 Sonar menu 44 Log sonar data 46 View 48 Measuring distance 49 Sonar settings 51 Installation settings

53 StructureScan HD™

53 SideScan 54 DownScan 55 Zooming 55 Viewing StructureScan history 56 StructureScan™ menu 57 Log sonar 58 Stop sonar 58 Network StructureScan 58 Structure settings

59 StructureMap™

59 Turning on StructureMap overlay 59 Selecting Structure Source 61 Structure options 62 Logging Structure data 63 Accessing StructureMap ﬁles on SD card 63 Using StructureMaps with mapping cards 64 Scanning Fishing areas

65 The Instruments panels

65 The dashboards 65 Customizing the Instrument panel

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67 Using Video (9” and 12” units only)

67 The video page 67 Setting up the video page

68 The alarm system

68 The alarms dialog 70 Acknowledging a message

71 Utilities

71 Vessels 72 Sun/moon 72 Trip Calculator 72 Find 72 Alarms 72 Waypoints/routes/trails 73 Tides 73 Satellites 73 Files 74 Settings

75 System Settings

75 Changing system settings 76 Units

77 Using the simulator

77 Simulator mode 77 Selecting simulator source ﬁles 78 Advanced simulator settings

79 Using the radar (optional)

79 Radar operation modes 80 Adjusting range 81 Measuring range and bearing to a target 83 EBL/VRM 84 Setting a guard zone around your vessel 85 Radar Settings menu 86 Radar orientation 87 MARPA targets 90 Radar overlay 91 Radar installation menu

93 Using AIS

93 Target symbols 94 Viewing information about AIS targets 95 Vessel alarms 95 The vessel settings panel

97 Networking

97 Auto conﬁguration 97 Data sources 100 Device list 100 Diagnostics 100 SIRIUS status (US only) 101 NMEA 2000 101 NMEA 0183

102 Fuel

102 Vessel setup 103 Fuel used 103 Find fuel

104 SIRIUS™ weather (North America only)

105 Showing detailed weather information 105 Weather symbology 107 Weather alarms 108 Weather reports

110 Audio

110 Enabling audio 111 Operating the audio source 111 Audio controls 112 Using the FM/AM radio 113 Using SIRIUS radio

115 Maintenance

115 Simple maintenance procedures 116 Software upgrades 116 Troubleshooting 116 Backing up your system data

118 Index

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Introduction

HDS Gen2 Touchscreen and keys

1 Touchscreen

2 SD Card reader

Used for optional InsightHD, Navionics, other compatible third-party cartography, software updates, transfer of user data and system backup.

3 Waypoint key

A short press opens the waypoint menu. A long press opens the Find menu. Press the key twice to quickly save a waypoint.

4 Pages key

A short press displays the home screen. Repeated short presses toggles through favorite pages.

5 IN / OUT / MOB key

Zoom key for chart, radar and sonar pages. A simultaneous press on both keys will position a Man Overboard (MOB) waypoint at the vessel’s position.

6 Power key

A long press turns the unit ON/OFF.

A short press brings up the backlight and power dialog. Repeated short presses toggles between preset brightness levels.

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The HDS Gen2 Touch home screen

¼ Note: video is only available on HDS Gen2 Touch 9” and 12” units.

The radar option will only be shown when the unit is connected to a radar.

1 Utilities panel

Tap an icon to access utility data.

2 Favorites panel

Used to display Favorite pages, save new Favorites or clear previously conﬁgured pages.

3 Pages

Tap a page icon to view the page full screen. Press and hold a page icon to view quick split combo page options.

4 More

Tap to see the full menu.

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5 Back button

Tap to exit the home screen and return to the previous page.

6 Local time

7 Water depth

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Basic operation

The power key

• Press and hold: Turn unit on/oﬀ

Display dialog for

• Single press:

• Repeated

presses:

¼ Note: If the power key is released before shut-down is completed,

the power oﬀ is cancelled.

A night mode which optimizes the color palette for low light conditions, is included.

¼ Note: Details on the chart may be less visible when Night mode is

selected!

When in Standby mode, the sonar and the backlight for touchscreen and keys are turned oﬀ to save power. The system will continue to run in the background. To switch from Standby mode to normal operation, press the power key.

brightness adjustment, night mode, standby mode and power oﬀ

Toggle preset brightness levels (10 - 6 - 3- 1)

First time startup

The device conﬁguration dialog appears when you start up the unit for the ﬁrst time. It will reappear at the next restart if you select

Maybe later. Tap Close to manually conﬁgure settings.

Using the touchscreen

Basic touchscreen operation on the diﬀerent pages is shown in the table.

The Pages section later in this manual has more information about page-speciﬁc touchscreen operation.

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Operation Menu/Dialogs

Tap

Press and

hold

Drag

Select/toggle

item

n/a Activate cursor selection mode

Adjust slider

value

Scroll dialog

Hide page menu

(Drag right)

Menus

Menus are used to operate the system and to adjust settings.

• You select a menu item and toggle on/oﬀ menu check boxes by

tapping the selected item.

• You adjust slider bar values by dragging your ﬁnger

on the slide bar. Minor adjustments can be made by tapping above or below the slider bar.

Toggle menu

• Drop-down menu items are selected by tapping the

item and then the selected value.

Pages

Chart Sonar Radar

Activate cursor

Pan chart

(any direction)

Pan water column

(any direction)

Pan sonar history

(horizontal movement)

Move cursor

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Dropdown menu

Slide bar

Page menus

Page menus for each operation mode are on the right side of the screen.

Page menus can be hidden to allow pages to be displayed full screen. Drag the menu to the right to hide the menu.

¼ Note: When the cursor is active, some features on page menus will

be replaced with cursor mode features.

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Back button

You can return to the previous screen or menu by pressing the Back button.

Page menu

Hiding page menu

Hidden system menu

The page menu for each operation mode has a hidden system menu. To access the hidden system menu, place your ﬁnger on the top menu item and drag down.

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Settings dialog

You can access the settings dialog for each operation mode from the hidden system menu or from the Utilities panel on the home screen.

Dialog boxes

You select entry ﬁelds and keys in a dialog box by tapping the screen. You can only enter information when a ﬁeld is selected and highlighted.

Some dialog listings might extend beyond the screen area. These dialogs will include a scroll indicator, and you scroll by dragging the list. A dialog is closed by tapping the Close button.

Numeric and alphanumeric keyboards will automatically be displayed when required for entering user information in dialogs.

A virtual keyboard is operated by tapping the virtual keys.

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Using the cursor

The cursor is by default not shown on any page. Tap the screen to activate the cursor on the chart, sonar, structure and radar pages. The cursor information window will show position coordinates at the cursor position and range and bearing to the vessel.

On the Sonar page, the cursor information window will include the corresponding surface temperature and the depth at the cursor position.

To remove the cursor and cursor window from the page, tap the Clear cursor button.

On the Chart page, tap Restore cursor to display the cursor in its previous location. Restore cursor is a useful feature for toggling between your current boat location and the cursor position.

Panning

You can pan the chart, sonar and structure screens by dragging your ﬁnger in any direction.

Cursor assist mode

Press and hold your ﬁnger on the screen to switch the cursor to selection mode. The selection tool will appear above your ﬁnger. Drag the selection tool over the desired item.

Positioning a Man Overboard waypoint

If an emergency man overboard situation should occur, you can position a Man Overboard waypoint at the vessel’s current position by pressing both zoom keys simultaneously.

When you activate the MOB function the following actions are automatically performed:

• a MOB waypoint is positioned at the vessel’s position

• the display switches to a zoomed chart page, centered on the vessel

position

• the unit displays navigation information back to the MOB waypoint

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Cancel navigation

The unit will continue navigating toward the MOB waypoint until the waypoint is reached or until you cancel navigation.

Delete a MOB waypoint

1. Cancel navigation.

2. Tap Waypoint MOB on the page menu.

3. Tap Delete.

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Screen capture

Simultaneously press and hold the PAGES and POWER keys to take a screenshot. By default, screen captures are saved to internal memory.

Refer to the Utilities section of this manual for information on viewing screen captures and saving ﬁles to a SD card.

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Pages

Page overview

This unit supports up to 7 page types. Each has a corresponding group of preconﬁgured quick split combo pages.

¼ Note: Video is available only on 9” and 12” units. The radar option

will only be shown when the unit is connected to a radar.

Quick splits are two-panel combination pages featuring the selected page combined with each of the other pages. Quick splits can not be modiﬁed, but you can select/save your own page combination using the Favorites feature. You can save up to 10 favorites. Pages, quick splits and favorites are all accessed from the homescreen.

Selecting pages, quick splits

Tap a page icon to view the page full screen. Press and hold a page icon to view quick split combo page options.

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Selecting Active panel

You can change active panels by tapping the desired panel. The active panel will have an orange border.

Adjusting splits

The size of panels can be adjusted by tapping Adjust splits on the hidden system menu. Drag the adjustment button horizontally to resize the panels. Tap Save to conﬁrm changes.

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Customizing pages

Saving Favorites

You can save and edit Favorite pages from the page editor screen.

Tap an empty Favorites icon on the Favorites panel or tap Customize to modify an existing favorite

- The Page editor panel will be displayed

Drag and drop page icons to set up your custom screen

3. Select a panel conﬁguration

4. Save the page layout by tapping Save.

¼ Note: Tap Clear to cancel changes and select a new panel

conﬁguration. Tap Discard to cancel changes and return to the homescreen.

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You can select from seven diﬀerent panel conﬁgurations as illustrated below.

¼ Note: You can cycle through favorite pages by pressing the PAGES

key.

Editing favorites

1. Tap Customize on the Favorites panel

2. Tap an existing favorite

3. Drag a page icon from the preview

4. Tap Save

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Deleting favorites

1. Tap Customize on the Favorites panel

2. Tap the page icon for the page you want to remove

3. Tap Clear and tap Save

Data Overlay

Allows you to overlay information on the active page. You can turn on/oﬀ viewing of overlay data and edit/add overlay data by accessing the hidden system menu from any page screen.

Access the hidden system menu

2. Tap Edit overlay and tap Add

3. Select a data category

4. Tap the data you want to overlay

5. Drag the overlay data into the desired position on the page

6. Tap Save

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Customizing overlay data

You can toggle the overlay data type between an analog and digital display, select data size, and change previously conﬁgured data from the Edit overlay conﬁguration menu.

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Chart

The chart page displays your position relative to land and other chart objects. On the page you can plan and navigate routes, place waypoints, overlay a radar image, a StructureMap image and weather information, and display AIS targets.

¼ Note: This unit has diﬀerent embedded cartography depending on

the region. The ﬁrst part of this section describes how to use the charts, and is

common to both Insight and Navionics. Chart options depend on which cartography is in use on the unit.

The Chart page

* Optional chart items

Extension line *

Vessel

Grid lines *

Opens page menu

Waypoint *

Cursor

Range rings *

Trail*

Zoom keys

¼ Note: You turn the optional images on/oﬀ individually. Refer to Chart

settings later in this section.

Chart range scale

Vessel symbol

When a GPS and a suitable heading sensor are connected to the system, the vessel symbol indicates vessel position and heading.

Without a heading sensor installed, the icon will position itself using COG (Course over Ground). If no GPS is available the vessel symbol will include a question mark.

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Chart scale

You zoom in and out on the chart by using the ZOOM keys.

Chart range scale and range rings interval (when turned on) will be shown in the lower right corner of the chart panel.

Using the cursor on the chart page

The cursor is by default not shown on the chart page.

When you tap the screen, the cursor will become visible and the cursor position window will be activated. When the cursor is active, the chart will not follow the vessel.

Press and hold the screen to activate cursor assist mode. Cursor assist places the cursor above your ﬁnger and stops chart scrolling to allow for accurate placement of waypoints.

To remove the cursor and cursor window from the chart, tap Clear cursor. Tap the Restore cursor button to reactivate the cursor and cursor window.

Goto cursor

You can navigate to the cursor by tapping Goto cursor on the menu.

Panning the chart

You can move the chart in any direction by dragging your ﬁnger in any direction.

Tapping Clear Cursor will remove the cursor from the page, and the chart center will be positioned at the vessel.

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Zooming

You zoom in/zoom out the chart by tapping the onscreen Zoom keys. You Zoom in to see less of the map with more detail; zoom out to see more of the map with less detail. You can also use the dedicated +/- keys to zoom.

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Chart menu

When the cursor is active, some features on the chart menu will be replaced with cursor mode features.

Tap Clear cursor to return to the normal chart menu.

Saving waypoints

When the cursor is not active, you can save a waypoint at the vessel position by tapping New waypoint on the chart menu.

Using the touchscreen to save a waypoint at the cursor:

No cursor Active cursor

Tap the desired location on the screen

2. Tap New on the chart menu

3. Tap New waypoint and tap Save

¼ Note: You can also save a waypoint by pressing the dedicated

WAYPOI NT key twice. With the cursor active, the waypoint will

be saved at the cursor position. When the cursor is inactive, the waypoint will be saved at the vessel position.

Creating routes

You can quickly create routes on the chart page.

Tap the screen to activate the cursor

2. Tap New on the menu

3. Tap New route

4. Tap the screen to position the ﬁrst routepoint. Tap the screen to place more

routepoints

5. Save the route by tapping Save on the menu

Measuring distance

The cursor can be used to measure the distance between your vessel and a selected position, or between two points on the chart.

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¼ Note: To measure distance from your vessel, tap the desired location

on the map and the distance to that location will be shown in the info box in the lower left corner of the screen.

Tap the screen and then tap Measure on the menu

• The measuring icons will appear with a line drawn from the vessel

center to the cursor position, and the distance will be listed in the info box.

Drag one of the map pins to the desired point. The distance between the two points will be shown in the info box.

You can turn oﬀ the measuring function by tapping Finish measuring on the menu.

¼ Note: You can use the measure function in conjunction with cursor

assist mode to accurately position the map pins.

Find

You can search for items on the chart by using the Find feature. Tap the desired location on the screen to search from the cursor position. Clear the cursor from the screen to search from the vessel position.

¼ Note: You must have a SIRIUS data package subscription to search

for Fueling stations and an AIS receiver to search for vessels.

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Chart options

Orientation

Several options are available for how the chart is rotated on the page. The chart orientation symbol in the upper right corner of the page indicates the north direction.

North up

Displays the chart with the north direction upward. Corresponds to the usual orientation of nautical charts.

North up Heading up Course up

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Heading up

Displays the chart with the vessel’s heading directly up on the chart image. Heading information is received from a compass. If heading is not available, then the COG from the GPS will be used.

Course up

Rotates the chart in the direction of the next point when in navigation mode. If the unit is not in navigation mode the heading up orientation will be used until you start navigating

Look ahead

This option centers the chart slightly forward of your vessel so you can maximize your view ahead.

View 2D, 3D

You can toggle the view on the chart between 2D and 3D by tapping the View button.

3D chart view options

There are two 3D views available:

• Rotate - default mode keeping the boat in center on the chart panel

• Pan - allows you to move the 3D chart view away from the vessel

You toggle between these two modes by pressing Camera on the menu or by tapping the pan and rotate icons at the top of the screen.

Rotate mode

In this mode the camera follows the vessel. The vessel’s position will be in center if Look Ahead is not selected.

The camera angle is by default as seen from your eye position, looking toward the vessel. The vessel’s rotation on the chart is deﬁned by the chart orientation settings.

Chart tilted in rotate mode

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You can change the camera tilt angle and rotate the camera around the vessel by dragging your ﬁnger on the screen.

¼ Note: When in rotate mode, use horizontal motions to rotate the

vessel. Use vertical motions to change the viewer perspective.

When rotate is selected the camera position is ﬁxed, and the camera can only be rotated and tilted. You rotate and tilt the camera by tapping and dragging your ﬁnger on the screen.

Pan mode

You switch from Rotate mode to Pan mode by tapping Camera on

the menu or by tapping the rotate icon at the top of the screen.

The Rotate mode allows you to view the entire 3D chart, regardless of vessel position.

You can rotate and move the camera (pan) away from your vessel. You switch between panning and rotating camera motion by tapping the icons on the right side of the chart panel.

When pan is selected, you move the camera away from the vessel and around in the chart by tapping and dragging on the screen. When you remove your ﬁnger from the chart the view will remain in the selected position.

Imagery

Lowrance mapping can be displayed in two diﬀerent imagery styles, either as 2D basic mapping style, or with shaded relief presenting chart including terrain imaging.

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2D mapping Shaded relief

Chart detail

Low

This is the basic level of information that includes information that is required in all geographic areas. It is not intended to be suﬃcient for safe navigation.

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Medium

This is the minimum information suﬃcient for navigation

Full

This is all available information for the chart in use