Lowrance electronic HDS-10M, HDS-8M User Manual

Function keys

Pub. 988-0176-10A

HDS-8m & HDS-10m

Quick Start Guide

HDS works very much like previous Lowrance products but there are some changes that make it even easier to use. For more details on any of the features mentioned here consult the user's manual.

PAGES

WPT

FIND

Arrow

Keypad

FlyWheel

ZOUT

ENTER

Press to select the page (screen) to display or to access utilities such as the waypoints list and celestial table. Press and hold to switch control between the panels and combo (split screen) pages.

Press to save a waypoint at your current GPS position. Press and hold to search for waypoints and other points of interest (POI's) or quickly access waypoints, routes and trails..

Activates cursor. Press up, down, left or right to move the cursor.

Sliding your nger around the Flywheel allows you

to scroll through menus and adjust certain features.

Zooms out the Radar, Sonar and Chart pages.

Zooms in the Radar, Sonar and Chart pages.

ZIN

Press to return to a previous screen, clear data and

EXIT

close menus. Pressing Exit on the Chart page will quickly switch between displaying the boat symbol and the last cursor position.

Press to save data, change values and accept menu commands; also acts as a short cut key for important functions such as saving a waypoint at the cursor position on the Chart page.

Accesses the features available on each page.

LIGHT

POWER

Press to turn the unit on, adjust the backlight or place the unit in low power (standby) mode. Press and hold to turn the unit off.

Creating a Man Overboard (MOB) position:

• Press the ZOUT and ZIN keys at the same time to create a MOB waypoint with a line to your boat position.

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Pages screen

The softkeys at the bottom of the page screen act as a shortcut to some of the units

Softkeys

features, including setting a waypoint, Go to Cursor command, accessing information about on screen POIs, activating overlay data and mapping options.

The Chart page softkeys

To access any softkey feature, press the button below the on screen softkey. When

you have nished making any adjustment or entering a command press the softkey

button again to close the menu.

To view a page:

1. From any screen press PAGES to access the Pages screen.

Select the page display. Chart / Info will display a Chart and Info 2. combo page.

To adjust Panel sizes on a Combo page:

1. From the Pages screen select the Combo page option you want

to view, press the MENU key. Select Adjust panel sizes. Use the on screen button to adjust the panel size.

To add a Data or Gauge overlay to a page:

1. From the Pages screen select the page you want to add or Edit data

display for, press the MENU key. Select Edit data overlay.

When the page appears press 2. ENTER to add data or MENU to access options, or follow the on screen instructions.

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