Lowrance Mark-4 DSI Owner's Manual

Installation & Operation

Elite 5 DSI, Elite 4 DSI & Mark 4 DSI

manual

Operation manual

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Table of Contents

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

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

Inserting microSD cards .......................... 4

Basic Operation ............................... 5

Setup wizard ............................................ 5

Selecting Pages.......................................5

Accessing menu items.............................7

Working with menus ................................7

Cursor ...................................................... 9

Goto cursor .............................................. 9

Advanced Mode ......................................9

Standby mode .........................................9

Restore defaults ....................................10

Adjusting the display..............................10

Pages ...............................................11

Steer Page............................................. 11

DSI Page ............................................... 11

Chart/DSI page ...................................... 12

Chart Page ............................................12

Chart/Sonar split .................................... 13

Overlay Data..........................................13

Using DSI ........................................ 15

Trackback .............................................15

DSI menu...............................................15

DSI Interpretation .......................... 19

Using your Chart ........................... 21

Chart Menu ............................................ 21

Waypoints, Routes, Trails ......................22

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Table of Contents

Routes Screen ....................................... 23

Trails Screen .........................................27

Orientation ............................................. 29

Settings Menu........................................30

System...................................................30

Settings .......................................... 30

Browse Files .......................................... 32

Saving Screenshots...............................32

Navigation..............................................33

Chart ...................................................... 34

Sonar .................................................... 35

Installation .............................................36

Alarms ..................................................37

Index ............................................... 39

Specications ................................ 41

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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: nalizes menu selections;

save waypoint at cursor position

ZOOM Keys: used to zoom in/zoom
out

MOB: press and hold both Zoom keys
to create a Man Overboard waypoint

microSD slot: insert a blank microSD card to save
screen captures; or insert a microSD mapping card
to use mapping data (See illustration on page 2)

Turn unit

on/off

Man

Overboard

waypoint

Adjusting

the

backlight

Muting

Audio

Selecting a

GPS

Source

Getting Started

To turn on/off the unit, press and
hold the LIGHT/POWER key for
three seconds.

Press the ZOOM IN and ZOOM
OUT keys at the same time to set

a Man Overboard waypoint. Your
system will automatically create an
active route back to the MOB way­point. You must cancel navigation
to terminate the function.

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

Select Mute Audio from the
System menu and press ENTER.

Select GPS Source from the
System menu and press ENTER.
Select internal or external and
press ENTER. (Elite-5 DSI only)

10 backlight levels.

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Introduction

Inserting/Removing microSD cards

Carefully slide the microSD card into the slot until it clicks into place.

To remove, carefully push in the card until it clicks out of place.

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Basic Operation

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.

NOTICE

This manual covers several units. Some screen­shots may dier from what you see on your
screen. Your unit, however, will function in a
similar manner.

Pages

This unit has four pages: Steer, Chart, Chart/DSI and
DSI.

Pages menu

Selecting Pages

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

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Basic Operation

Page menus

The Steer, DSI, Chart, and Chart/DSI pages have
menus that can only be accessed when those
pages are displayed.

Steer menu

Steer page

DSI Page

Chart/DSI page

Chart page

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DSI menu

Chart or
menu will appear
depending on
which panel is
active. Press

the
twice to switch
active panels.

Chart menu

DSI

PAGES key

Basic Operation

Accessing the Settings menu

Settings menu

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.

Working with menus

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

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

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

ENTER.

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Basic Operation

NOTE: Press the Menu key to Exit

menus.

Dialogs

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

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

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

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.

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Basic Operation

Cursor

The keypad moves the cursor around the display,
allowing you to scroll the map, select map items
and review sonar history. Press MENU and select
Return to vessel or Exit cursor mode to clear the
cursor.

Goto cursor

Allows you to navigate to the cursor.

1. Move the cursor to a desired location
and press MENU.

2. Select Goto cursor and press ENTER.

Advanced Mode

Enables advanced features and settings.

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

• Alarms (Enables arrival, off course and
anchor alarm options)

• NMEA 0183 Output

• Units (Enables distance, speed, depth,

temperature, and bearings options)

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.

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Basic 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.

Adjusting the display

You can make adjustments to the display using
Contrast and Color settings. Both are covered in
the DSI section.

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Pages

Pages

Direction to
cursor

Your location

Current Track

Compass

Navigation
information

Steer Page

The Steer page has a compass that shows your
current track, the direction to your destination, and
a digital data navigation panel.

FishTree

Structure

Frequency

DSI Page

Displays the water column moving from right to
left on your unit’s screen.

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Pages

Chart/DSI Page

Chart/DSI page

Consists of a Chart/DSI splitscreen. Press the Pages
key twice to switch active panels. The active panel
will have an orange border.

Depth contours

Current location;
distance to cursor

Current location

Waypoint

Zoom
Range

Chart Page

Consists of map that moves in real-time as you
move. By default, the map is shown from a birds­eye view with North at the top of the screen.

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Pages

Chart/Sonar split

Allows you to change the
way the panels are dis­played when viewing the
Chart/Sonar page.

Press the Pages key twice to switch active panels.

Overlay Data

Displays selected overlay data on the sonar page.

Overlay data

Show

Enables/disables the display of overlay data, allow­ing you to remove overlay data from the screen
without deleting the selected overlay data con­guration.

Congure

Used to select overlay data to be displayed on the
screen.

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