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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
MOB: press and hold both Zoom keys
to create a Man Overboard waypoint
ZOOMKeys: used to zoom in/zoom
out
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-5m only)
10 backlight levels.
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Inserting 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.
Introduction
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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.
NOTICE
This manual covers several units. Some screenshots may dier from what you see on your
screen. Your unit, however, will function in a
similar manner.
Pages
This unit has two pages: Chart and Steer.
Page menus
The Steer and Chart pages have menus that can
only be accessed when those pages are displayed.
Chart menu
Chart page
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Steer page
Basic Operation
Steer menu
Working with menus
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.
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.
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Basic Operation
Dropdown menus
After accessing the dropdown menu, press the keypad
up/down to select the desired
item and press Enter.
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, dierent methods are used to conrm, 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 and select map
items. Press MENU and select Return to vessel 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:
• Navigation menu
• 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 the display.
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Basic Operation
Press the PWR/LIGHT key to access the Backlight
dialog. Select Standby and press ENTER.
Press any key to resume normal 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.
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Pages
CompassDirection to
Navigation
information
waypoint
Your location
Current Track
Steer Page
The Steer page has a compass that shows your
current track, the direction to your destination, and
a digital data navigation panel.
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
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 conguration.
Congure
Used to select overlay data to be displayed on the
screen.
To select overlay data:
1. From the chart page, press MENU.
2. Select Overlay data and press ENTER.
3. Select Congure and press ENTER.
4. Press Menu and select Add. Press
ENTER.
5. Select a category from the Congure
Items to show screen. Press ENTER.
6. Press MENU and select Return to overlay.
7. Press MENU, select Done Conguring
and press ENTER.
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Customizing Overlay Data
Access the Overlay Data conguration menu to
make adjustments to the size and/or location of
overlay data on the display.
Press Menu from the Congure Item Locations and
Sizes screen to access the menu.
Pages
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Chart
Using your Chart
This section covers chart operation, which includes
saving, loading and navigating, waypoints, routes
and trails and using chart menus, context menus
and submenus.
Chart Menu
Press Menu from any Chart pages to open the
Chart menu.
Chart menu
New Waypoint
Creates a waypoint at your current location or at
the cursor position.
When the cursor is on the screen, waypoints will
be saved at the cursor position; conversely, if the
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cursor is not displayed onscreen, waypoints will be
saved at your current position.
Waypoints, Routes, Trails
Used to create, edit, navigate and delete waypoints, routes and trails.
Press the keypad left/right to toggle between
waypoint, routes and trails tabs.
Waypoints Screen
Waypoints
menu
Chart
Waypoints menu
Edit
Allows you to edit the name,
icon and latitude/longitude.
of a selected waypoint.
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Chart
New
Creates a new waypoint
at the cursor or vessel
position. You can also select
waypoint name, icon and
latitude/longitude from the
new waypoint menu.
Show
Displays the selected waypoint on
the map.
Goto
Allows you to navigate to a waypoint.
Delete and Delete All
Delete is used to delete a
selected waypoint. Delete
All deletes all waypoints.
Sort
Controls how the waypoints list will be
sorted — by name or by nearest.
Routes Screen
Used to create, edit, navigate and delete routes.
Use the keypad to highlight the Routes tab to access the Routes screen.
Routes screen
Creating a route
Routes can be created by inserting waypoints from
the waypoints list or by using the cursor to position new points on the chart. You also can add waypoints to a route by selecting them from the chart
screen.
Routes menu
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Chart
Shows selected route
waypoint on the chart
Inserts waypoint between
existing route waypoints
Adds waypoint to
Remove waypoint
Controls how waypoints
are listed
Route waypoint
menu
Starts navigation
to the selected
route waypoint
end of the route
To create a route from waypoint list:
1. Press MENU from the Routes screen.
2. Select New... and press ENTER.
3. Press the keypad down to select the
Leg name eld and press ENTER.
4. Press Menu, select Add to End and press
ENTER.
5. Highlight Waypoint from list and press
ENTER.
6. Select the desired waypoint and press
ENTER.
7. Press Menu and select Add to end to add
another waypoint to the route.
8. When the route is complete, press MENU,
select Stop Editing and press ENTER.
9. Select Save and press ENTER.
Add waypoints from list or Points from chart.
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Chart
Creating a route using points from chart:
1. Repeat Steps 1-4 from the instructions
for Creating a route from waypoint list.
2. Select Points from chart and press
ENTER. The chart screen will appear.
3. Move the cursor to the desired location.
Press ENTER to set a waypoint.
4. Repeat Step 3 to add more route
waypoints.
5. Press MENU and select Stop adding.
Press ENTER.
6. Highlight the Save button and press EN-TER.
Routes menu
Navigating a route
Routes can be navigated in forward or reverse.
1. Select the desired route
on the Route screen and
press MENU.
2. Select Start and press ENTER.
3. Select Forward or Reverse and press
ENTER.
4. Press MENU and select Return to Chart.
Press ENTER.
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Chart
To cancel navigation:
1. Press Menu from the chart screen.
2. Select Navigation and press ENTER.
3. Highlight Cancel and press ENTER.
4. Select Ye s and press ENTER.
Edit and New Route menus
Used to edit/create routes, route names and to turn
on/o the route display. That allows you to display
only desired routes on the map.
Turns on/
Use keypad to select
Route leg window
off route
display
on map
To access the Edit or New Route menu, select Edit
or New on the Routes menu and press ENTER.
To nalize changes on the Edit or New Route
menus, highlight the Accept button and press EN-TER.
Displayed
Used to show/hide a route on the display, which
prevents the screen from being cluttered by too
many routes
Delete and Delete All
Delete is used to delete
individual routes. Delete
All, removes all routes.
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Chart
Trails Screen
Used to create, edit, navigate and delete trails. Use
the keypad to highlight the Trails tab to access the
Trails screen.
Trails screen
Creating trails
When creating a trail you can customize the trail
name and color from the New Trail.
Trails menu
Trails menu
To create a trail:
1. Select New and press ENTER. The
New Trail will appear.
2. Use the keypad to highlight Record and
press ENTER to make the trail active/
inactive.
3. Select Save and press ENTER.
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Chart
Edit and New Trail menus
Allows you to edit/create trails, select trails names,
trail color, trail display and the trail being recorded.
You can also convert a trail into a route from the
Edit Trail menu.
Turns on/
off trail
display
on map
Edit Trails menu
Turns on/
off trail
recording
Navigating a trail
A trail must be saved as a route before it can be
navigated.
To save a trail as a route:
1. Highlight the desired trail on the Trails
screen and press ENTER. The Edit
Trail menu will appear.
2. Highlight Create Route and press
ENTER. The Edit Route menu will
appear.
3. Highlight Done and press ENTER.
4. For navigation instructions refer to the
Navigating a route segment.
Displayed and Record
Displayed allows you to show/hide trails on the
map display, preventing the screen from being
cluttered with trails.
The Record command allows you to record or
resume recording a desired trail.
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Chart
Delete and Delete All
Delete is used to remove
individual trails. Delete
All removes all trails.
Orientation
Allows you to select North Up or Course Over
Ground (COG) as the map orientation.
North UpCOG
Overlay Data
Allows you to select data (course over ground, etc)
to be displayed on top of the Chart screen.
Overlay data
Overlay data setup is covered in the Pages section.
Settings
Accesses the Chart settings menu.
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Settings
Settings Menu
Accesses to installation and conguration settings
for your unit.
(Advanced mode
only)
Settings
menu
(Advanced mode
only)
System
Adjusts unit settings like language, mute audio
and advanced mode.
Enables
advanced
features and
System menu
Displays
software
information
settings
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Settings
Set Language
Selects the language used on
menus and text boxes.
Mute Audio
Turns on/o unit audio, like key beeps, alarm
sounds, etc.
Time
Used to set local time, and
time and date formats for
your unit.
GPS Status
Monitors the location of
satellites in view and the
quality of the unit’s satellite
lock-on.
GPS Source (Elite-5m only)
Selects the antenna your unit will
use for GPS. You will use the builtin GPS antenna unless you have a LGC-16W external antenna (p/n: 000-00146-001).
Advanced Mode
Enables features and settings only available with
unit in Advanced Mode. Advanced Mode is covered in the Basic Operation section.
Restore Defaults
Switches the unit back to default
settings.
Browse Files
Allows you to view a list of the les
saved to the microSD card.
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Settings
Saving Screenshots
You can save screenshots to a microSD card by inserting a microSD card into the card slot and pressing Power and then Zoom (+). You must view les
on a computer or other microSD compatible device.
NOTE: You cannot save screenshots to a
Navionics card.
About
Displays software information about this unit. Before attempting a software update, you can check
the version of software your unit is using by accessing the About screen.
Lowrance periodically updates unit software to
add features and improve functionality. To see the
latest available software version go to www.lowrance.com.
Navigation
Controls Arrival Radius and O Course distance
settings and is used to turn on/o WAAS/MSAS/
EGNOS.
Navigation Settings menu
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Settings
Arrival Radius
Sets the arrival radius threshold for the Arrival
alarm. The arrival alarm will sound when your vessel comes within a selected distance (arrival radius)
of the destination waypoint.
Off Course Distance
Sets O Course Distance threshold for the O
Course alarm. When the selected o course distance is exceeded, the O Course alarm will sound
when the alarm is enabled.
WAAS/MSAS/EGNOS
Turns on/o the Wide Area Augmentation System
(WAAS), Multi-Functional Satellite Augmentation
System (MSAS) and European Geostationary
Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS).
All three systems help increase GPS accuracy for
dierent parts of the world.
Bearings
Controls whether bearing will be calculated using
True North or Magnetic North. Magnetic North
should be used when navigating with a compass
course or heading; otherwise use the default setting, True North.
Magnetic Variation
Controls whether magnetic variation will be calculated using Automatic or Manual settings. Magnetic variation is the angle between magnetic north
and true north. The automatic setting reconciles
the variation for you.
WARNING: You should only use the
Manual magnetic variation setting if you
have variation information from a veried source.
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Settings
Chart
Controls map data used on the chart screen as well
as display settings like grid lines, waypoints, routes
and trails.
Chart Settings menu
Chart Data
Selects map data that will be used on the Chart
display (Lowrance or Navionics regional map). Go
to Navionics.com to see a full selection of available
charts.
COG Extension
A line extending from the front
of the current position icon that
is used to estimate distance and
time of arrival.
Grid Lines
Displays base values for
latitude and longitude, making
it easier to get a general idea of
your location on the latitude/
longitude scale.
Waypoints, Routes and Trail displays
From the Chart Settings menu, you can turn on/o
waypoint, route and trail display properties. Turning o display properties allows you to get a better
view of the map, if the screen becomes cluttered
with waypoints, routes and/or trails.
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Settings
Waypoints, Routes, Trails
Accesses the Waypoints, Routes & Trails screen.
Alarms
Enables alarms and selects alarm thresholds. Arrival, O Course and Anchor alarms are only available
in Advanced mode.
Alarms
menu
Alarms
sounds alarm when you are within a selected
Arrival
Off
Course
Anchor
distance of your destination (Advanced
Mode only)
sounds alarm when course exceeds a
selected off-course threshold (Advanced
Mode only)
sounds alarm when vessel moves a selected
distance (Advanced Mode only)
Units
Allows you to select the unit of measure used by
the unit. Unit options vary depending on whether
the unit is in basic or advanced mode.
Basic Mode
Advanced Mode
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NMEA 0183 Output
Allows users to select NMEA 0183 sentences the
unit will use when connected to a VHF radio or
other NMEA 0183 device.
Simulator
Simulates GPS activity. Simulations can be
customized on the Simulator options menu.
5.6” H (144mm) x 3.7” W (94.3mm); 6.4” H (164mm)
with bracket
VHF and Autopilot through NMEA 0183
Power
12V
at 13.5V (150mA)
3-amp Automotive (not supplied)
Mapping card slot
GPS Antenna
Mapping
compatibility
Waypoints, Routes
& Trails
GPS
microSD (microSDHC high capacity cards are not
compatible)
16 parallel channel (internal); optional external
GPS antenna sold separately
Fishing Hot Spots, NauticPath & Navionics
(Hotmaps, Premium and Gold)
Up to 3000 waypoints, 100 routes and 100
retraceable plot trails
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