Lowrance electronic ELITE-5 HDI User Manual

Installation & Operation

Elite-5 HDI Combo

manual

Operation manual

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Compliance Statements

Lowrance Elite-5 HDI

• meets the technical standards in accordance with Part 15.103 of the FCC rules

• complies with CE under RTTE directive 1999/5/EC

• complies with the requirements of level 2 devices of the Radiocommunications (Electromagnetic Compatibility) standard 2008

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Warning

The user is cautioned that any changes or modications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that the interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the

equipment o and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna

• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver

• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that of the receiver

• Consult the dealer or an experienced technician for help

WARNING: When a GPS unit is used in a vehicle, the vehicle operator is solely responsible for operating the vehicle in a safe manner. Vehicle operators must maintain full surveillance of all pertinent driving or boating conditions at all times. An accident or collision resulting in damage to property, personal injury or death could occur if the operator of a GPS-equipped vehicle fails to pay full attention to travel conditions

and vehicle operation while the vehicle is in motion.

Table of contents

Introduction ...................................... 4

Unit Controls ............................................ 4

Inserting microSD cards .......................... 5

Basic Operation ............................... 6

Setup wizard ............................................ 6

Pages ......................................................6

Selecting Pages.......................................6

Page menus ............................................6

Accessing the Settings menu .................. 7

Accessing menu items.............................8

Working with menus ................................8

Dialogs.....................................................8

Entering text ............................................9

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Fishing Modes ......................................... 9

Cursor .................................................... 10

Goto cursor ............................................ 10

Advanced Mode .................................... 11

Standby mode ....................................... 11

Restore defaults .................................... 11

Pages .............................................. 12

Steer Page.............................................12

Sonar Page............................................12

DownScan page ................................... 13

Chart Page ............................................13

Combo pages ........................................ 14

Overlay Data..........................................15

DownScan Operation .................... 17

Waypoints, Routes, Trails ......................32

Trackback .............................................17

Ping Speed ............................................ 19

DownScan options.................................20

Sonar Operation ............................ 22

Trackback ..............................................22

Sensitivity ..............................................24

Colorline ................................................24

Range .................................................... 24

Frequency .............................................25

Ping Speed ............................................ 25

Fish ID ..................................................27

Sonar Settings ....................................... 28

Installation .............................................30

Chart Operation ............................. 31

Routes Screen ....................................... 34

Trails Screen .........................................38

Orientation ............................................. 40

Overlay Data..........................................40

Settings..................................................40

Chart Settings ........................................ 41

Navigation Settings

...................................42

Settings .......................................... 44

Settings menu........................................44

System...................................................44

Saving Screenshots...............................46

Alarms ..................................................46

Specications ................................ 48

Index ............................................... 49

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Introduction

Unit Controls

LIGHT/POWER: controls backlight level

and turns unit on/o

Turn unit

on/o

Getting Started

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

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

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Overboard

waypoint

Adjusting

backlight

Muting

Audio

Selecting a GPS source

Man

the

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.

Select GPS from the System settings menu. Press

MENU, select GPS

source and choose the desired

source.

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.

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

Conventional DownScan

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.

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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

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

Steer menu

Steer page

DownScan page

Sonar page

DownScan menu

Sonar menu

Combo pages

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

Chart page

Chart 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).

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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.

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

(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 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

Surface Clutter

Fish arches

Compass

Current vessel 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.

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Colorline

Range Scale

Sonar Page

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

Baitsh

Surface clutter

Waypoint

Current vessel location

Cursor

Structure

DownScan page

Range scale

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.

Current location and distance/ bearing from vessel to cursor

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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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.

Customizing combo pages

You can adjust the panel size of combo pages and control how the pages will be arranged on the screen: vertically (side) or horizontally (over).

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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.

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 data 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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