Lowrance Mark-4 HDI, Elite-4 HDI Operation Manual

Installation & Operation

Mark-4 HDI & Elite-4 HDI

manual

Operation manual

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Lowrance Mark-4 & Elite-4 HDI

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Table of contents

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

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

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

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

Pages ......................................................5

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

Page menus ............................................5

Fishing Modes ......................................... 8

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

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

Advanced Mode ....................................10

Standby mode .......................................10

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

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

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

Sonar Page............................................ 11

DownScan page ................................... 12

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

Combo pages ........................................ 13

Overlay Data..........................................14

DownScan Operation .................... 16

Trackback .............................................16

Ping Speed ............................................ 18

DownScan options.................................19

Sonar Operation ............................ 21

Trackback ..............................................21

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Sensitivity ..............................................23

Chart Settings ........................................ 40

Colorline ................................................23

Range .................................................... 23

Frequency .............................................24

Ping Speed ............................................ 24

Fish ID ..................................................26

DownScan options.................................26

Sonar Settings ....................................... 27

Chart Operation ............................. 30

Waypoints, Routes, Trails ......................31

Routes Screen ....................................... 33

Trails Screen .........................................37

Orientation ............................................. 39

Overlay Data..........................................39

Settings..................................................39

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Navigation Settings

..................................41

AIS................................................... 43

AIS Setup ..............................................43

Target symbols ......................................44

Viewing AIS target information ..............45

Settings .......................................... 46

System...................................................46

Saving Screenshots...............................48

Alarms ..................................................48

Specications ................................ 50

Index ............................................... 51

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Introduction

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; save
waypoint at cursor position

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

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

microSD slot: insert a blank microSD card to save
screen captures, sonar logs, waypoints, routes and
trails; or insert a microSD mapping card to use
mapping data

Turn unit

on/o

Overboard

waypoint

Adjusting

backlight

Muting

Audio

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Man

the

Getting Started

To turn on/o 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 11 backlight levels. Press
the LIGHT/POWER key to switch
backlight levels.

Select Audio from the System menu.
Select

Mute and press ENTER.

Introduction | Mark-4 & Elite-4 HDI

Inserting microSD cards

Conventional sonar and DownScan

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.

Introduction | Mark-4 & Elite-4 HDI

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

Conventional

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.

DownScan

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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.

Selecting Pages

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

Page menus

Pages

This unit has eight pages: Steer, DownScan, Sonar,
Chart, Chart/Sonar, Chart/DownScan, Sonar/
DownScan and Chart/Sonar/DownScan.

Pages dialog

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

Steer menu

Steer page

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Combo pages

DownScan page

Sonar page

Chart page

Basic Operation | Mark-4 & Elite-4 HDI

DownScan menu

Sonar menu

Chart menu

Two-panel page

Three-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.

Accessing the Settings menu

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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.

On/Off features

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

Dropdown menus

Access the dropdown
menu and press the
keypad up/down to select
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).

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
entry, dierent methods are used
to conrm, cancel or close the
dialog.

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Entering text

Fishing Modes

Some functions, like naming a waypoint, route or
trail, will require you to input text.

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

Basic Operation | Mark-4 & Elite-4 HDI

(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

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

60ft or less

400ft or less Inland/Coastal

400ft or less Inland/Coastal

400ft or less Fresh-Saltwater mix

Shallow weedy

bottoms

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

Used to navigate to the cursor.

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

2. Select Goto cursor and press ENTER.

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Advanced Mode

Enables advanced features and settings.

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

• Navigation (Enables arrival radius, off­course distance and Bearings setting)

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

• NMEA 0183 conguration options

• Units (Enables distance, speed, depth,

temperature and bearings conguration

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.

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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Pages

Course over ground

Direction to
destination

Current
vessel
location

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.

Fish arches

Bottom
countour

Sonar Page

Surface
Clutter

Range Scale

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

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Pages | Mark-4 & Elite-4 HDI

Baitsh

Surface clutter

Waypoint

Cursor

Current
vessel
location

Structure

Range scale

DownScan page

The DownScan page shows the water column
moving from right to left. You can overlay
DownScan sonar on the conventional sonar page
by selecting DownScan Overlay on the Sonar
settings menu.

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Current location and
distance/bearing to cursor

Zoom
Range

Chart Page

Consists of a 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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Combo pages

This unit has four pre-congured combo pages.

Chart/Sonar Chart/DownScan

Sonar/DownScan Chart/Sonar/DownScan

NOTE: Press the PAGES key twice to
switch active panels. The active panel will
have an orange border.

Customizing combo pages

You can control how the pages
will be arranged on the screen:
vertically (side) or horizontally
(over).

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Pages | Mark-4 & Elite-4 HDI

Overlay Data

Used to select data shown on the Sonar, DownScan
and Chart pages.

Overlay
data

Show

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

Congure

Allows you to select/customize overlay data.

Pages | Mark-4 & Elite-4 HDI

To add overlay data:

1. From the Sonar, Chart or DownScan
page, press MENU.

2. Select Overlay data and press ENTER.

3. Select Congure and press ENTER.

4. Press Menu and select Add. Press
ENTER.

5. Select a category and press ENTER.

6. Select the desired data and press
ENTER.

7. Repeat Steps 5 and 6 to add more data.

8. Press MENU and select Return to
Overlays. Press ENTER.

9. Press MENU, select Done Conguring
and press ENTER.

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Customizing Overlay Data

You can add/remove data and adjust the size and
position of overlay data on the screen.

1. Press MENU and select Overlay data.

2. Select Congure and press ENTER.

3. Highlight the desired overlay data and
press MENU.

4. Selectthedesiredcongurationcategory
to make adjustments.

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DownScan Operation

Move the sonar history bar all the way to the right
to resume normal sonar scrolling, or press MENU
and select Exit cursor mode.

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

The features described in this section are for
DownScan sonar. Refer to the “Sonar operation”
section for information on conventional sonar
features.

Trackback

You can review your sonar history by pressing the
keypad to the left until the screen starts to move
in reverse and the sonar history bar appears at the
bottom of the screen.

DownScan history bar

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DownScan menu

Press MENU from the DownScan page to view the
DownScan menu.

Stops sonar
transmission;
pauses sonar
scroll

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