Lowrance Mark-4 DSI Owner's Manual

Elite 5 DSI, Elite 4 DSI & Mark 4 DSI

Operation manual

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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

Table of Contents
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

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
Specifications.................................	41

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: finalizes 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)

		Getting Started
	Turn unit	To turn on/off the unit, press and
	Turn unit	hold the Light/Power key for
	on/off	hold the Light/Power key for
	on/off	three seconds.
		three seconds.

		Press the Zoom in and Zoom
	Man	out keys at the same time to set
	Man	a Man Overboard waypoint. Your
	Overboard	system will automatically create an
	waypoint	active route back to the MOB way-
		point. You must cancel navigation
		to terminate the function.

	Adjusting	This unit has 10 backlight levels.
	the	Press the Light/Power key to
	backlight	switch backlight levels.

	Muting	Select Mute Audio from the
	Audio	System menu and press Enter.

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

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.

Basic Operation	Basic Operation
Setup wizard	Pages

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

To restart the Setup wizard, restore defaults.

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

Pages menu

NOTICE

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

Selecting Pages

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

Basic Operation

DSI Page

Page menus

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

Chart/DSI page

Steer menu

Steer page

Chart page

DSI menu

Chart or DSI menu will appear depending on which panel is active. Press the Pages key twice to switch active panels.

Chart menu

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.

Basic Operation

Working with menus

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

Scrollbars

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

On/Off features

Select an on/off menu item and press Enter to turn it on/off.

Dropdown menus

After accessing the dropdown menu, press the key-

pad up/down to select the desired item and press

Enter.

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, different methods are used to confirm, 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.

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.

Basic Operation

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 off 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.

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.

Pages

Direction to	Current Track Compass
cursor

Your location	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.

Pages

Tree	Fish

Structure Frequency

DSI Page

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

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

Current location;	Waypoint Zoom
distance to cursor	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.

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.

Pages

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 configuration.

Configure

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

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