Lowrance electronic HDS-5m User Manual
2009
Product Catalog
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A Navico brand – Leader in Marine Electronics
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Introducing
High
Definition
System
Welcome to the new world of functional
advancements in marine electronics.
Lowrance HDS (High-Denition System): the new, advanced series of
multi-function displays that are a revolutionary step forward in shnding and navigation-electronics innovation.
They combine the legendary, best-in-class Lowrance technology, fully
integrated weather and radar solutions and an attractive case design
that is more convenient to install.
Plus, a new easier-to-use operating system simplies access to
frequently used, and the most advanced, features to enhance your
pleasure and success.
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Contents
Lowrance HDS Features 4-7
HDS Fishnders/Chartplotters 8-13
HDS Chartplotters 14-17
High Denition Digital Radar 18-19
Legendary Fishnders 20-22
IceMachine™ 23
VHF Marine Radios 24-27
Networking & Digital Gauges 28-33
Transducers 34-35
Outdoor GPS Navigation 36-39
Cartography 40-41
Specications 42-45
About Navico 46-47
It Started in 1957
That’s when Lowrance introduced the world’s rst
transistorized and portable sportshing sonar – the legendary
Fish Lo-K-Tor, known by delighted anglers everywhere as the
“Little Green Box.” Incredibly innovative for the time and
spawning a whole industry, it was bestowed an Anglers’
Legacy Innovation Award by the American Sportshing
Association in 2008 as one of the top 10 products that
changed the way people sh over the past 75 years.
Lowrance again presents a revolutionary approach in marine
electronics with the introduction of HDS in 2009.
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High
Definition
System
The Most Revolutionary Finders Since The Little Green Box
HDS Highest-Denition Broadband Fishnding
Incredible and award-winning, exclusive Broadband Sounder digital technology is
now inside all HDS sonar models for the best Lowrance shnding ever! As the vital
link between the transducer and your HDS display, Broadband is proven to nd
more sh with greater sensitivity, higher denition and more display clarity with
superior target separation in all cover, in thermoclines and in all water conditions.
Less Noise, More Targets
With Lowrance Broadband digital signal processing software, noise goes way down and sensitivity goes way up.
The result: Ultimate target discrimination with incredible high-denition separation of those distinctive Lowrance
“sh arch” targets from structure and other sh!
Crystal-Clear Clarity
With advanced digital ltering, Broadband vastly improves at-a-glance display clarity, sharpens bottom images
and paints a much cleaner picture of targets that others will miss or show poorly.
BUILT-IN
B R O A D B A N D
S O U N D E R
Greater Shallow-Water Coverage
To cover even more water, Broadband automatically adds 83 kHz operation to a Lowrance 200 kHz singlefrequency transducer. At 83 kHz, you get full 120-degrees of wide-angle coverage with greatly enhanced
denition of sh arch targets.
Incredible Deep-Water Performance
Broadband sounding is serious electronics when the hunt is on for sh in any deep water weather condition.
Even at higher boat speeds, Broadband keeps a bottom lock at depth, with exceptional targeting of sh arches
on the bottom, around wrecks and other seabed structure. And when used with a high-power transducer, strong
bottom locks and water column detail reach down thousands of feet!
Expandability at No Extra Cost
For added value, HDS Broadband-equipped models can turn an HDS GPS Chartplotter (or GlobalMap®
chartplotter with yellow ethernet connector) into a powerful combination shnder/chartplotter with complete
sonar graph control when networked by Lowrance Ethernetworks.
Broadband with 83 kHz (shown with white-screen background)
provides wider coverage and enhanced target returns, to more easily
identify suspended sh in thermoclines and near the surface.
Broadband with 200 kHz (shown with blue-screen background)
provides crystal-clear images of shing hotspots -- like this creek
channel with trees at the top of each bank and surrounded by
suspended bait and gamesh.
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Lowrance HDS Features
Fantastic High-Denition Mapping
Only Lowrance offers a stunning new world of cartography options that go to greater depths,
and heights, in dimensional GPS navigation reference and guidance.
NEW Insight USA™ – A Charting Revolution in Detail and Resolution
Insight delivers unprecedented inland mapping and coastal charting detail with lightning-fast screen display updates. Amazing contour
shading lends life-like perspectives to bottom structure as well as topography. HDS Insight mapping choices include:
NEW Lake Insight™ U.S. inland mapping (for HDS-5) includes nearly 5,000 freshwater lake maps with life-like perspective of bottom
structure and topography. Coverage includes the Great Lakes and more than 500 Fishing Hot Spots
NEW Nautic Insight™ (for HDS-5) offers a superior like-like view of coastal bottom structure with detailed coastal and offshore depth
contours, plus nav aids, for the entire U.S. coastline.
NEW Insight USA™ (for HDS-7, -8 and -10 models) combines inland and coastal coverage ares of Lake Insight™ and Nautic Insight™.
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Lakes – a $400 value!
Lake Insight™
Amistad Reservoir, Texas
Lake Insight™
Lake Michigan, Michigan
Nautic Insight™
Puget Sound, Washington
Expanded Basemap Marine Detail
HDS models with Enhanced U.S. Basemap offer the same
geographic coverage area as Insight, with over 100,000
bodies of water and nearly 5,000 enhanced U.S. lakes with
high detail lake shorelines and contours.
HDS Mapping Options Go All-Platinum
Your trusted favorites in Lowrance 2D mapping choices,
like Fishing Hot Spots® PRO and LakeMaster® ProMaps
are fully functional with HDS. Lowrance HDS expands
your world of high-detail, high-denition 3D charting
options with total compatibility for all 2009 (and earlier)
Navionics® chartcards.
Platinum+ and Platinum – Revealing 3D views of bottom structure,
and incredibly detailed satellite imagery, for the ultimate enhancement
to navigation and shing.
HotMaps Platinum – Fantastically detailed 3D lake surveys with
shing points of interest give marked advantages for the serious angler
and tournament competitor.
Exclusive TurboView™ Advantage – This exclusive HDS built-in
graphics engine delivers seamless zooms and 2D-3D chart displays,
real-time 3D map nav data overlay, striking depth views in 2D and 3D,
plus high-speed panning/zooming with detailed aerial views for all
Platinum chartcards, and seamless zoom for Navionics
Plays Navionics
library of Navionics
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Favorites – HDS is also fully compatible with your
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Gold, Silver, Classic and HotMaps chartcards.
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Gold.
Nautic Insight™
Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts
Enhanced
basemap
includes detailed
shoreline and
lake depth
contours
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Navionics
Platinum+ with
TurboView™
Navionics®
Platinum+ with
Aerial View
Navionics
Platinum+ 3D
View
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Navionics® chart/mapping compatibilty with free HDS software upgrade in Q1 2009
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The Most Revolutionary Finders Since The Little Green Box
HDS Redenes ‘Ease of Use’
Viewing and control have never been easier, nor more user-friendly. From basic operation to
advanced professional functionality, HDS is thoughtfully designed to take you to the next level.
Stylish and Retrot-Ready –
True, HDS sports a more modern design
to enhance any boat helm. Yet, by
design, HDS makes it easy to upgrade
your Lowrance electronics. HDS is
compatible with late-model Lowrance
transducers, plus yellow Ethernetworks
and NMEA 2000
Better to Find Yourself –
With a built-in, high-sensitivity
16-channel GPS+WAAS antenna HDS
is a superior solution for both bracket
mount, and in-dash installs with the.
convenience of front mounting. Plus,
the internal GPS antenna also
networks with NMEA 2000
for data sharing. No external antenna
to place, no mess, no fuss. Just
advanced GPS accuracy with strong
satellite locks and less track plot
wander.
For closed-cabin installs, there’s also a
new and compact LGC-4000 external
GPS+WAAS antenna module option
for HDS with a true, real-time satellite
signal update rate of ve times per
second for incredible location accuracy.
For details, see page 28.
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network connectors.
LGC-4000
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systems
Enjoy Our New Menu Selection –
The new, more versatile HDS operating
system presents a new way to view and
select Lowrance features. This new
menu format is both easy to grasp and
thoughtfully functional, so you can y
through keypad functions control with
the greatest of ease and speed.
Screen Star –
In the easy-to-view category, HDS really
shines. New SolarMAX™ PLUS color
displays render fantastic detail in
sunlight, with the best wide-angle
viewing ever achieved. In fact, most now
deliver nearly twice the brilliance with
signicantly-reduced power draw than
before! Plus, super-white LED
backlighting has zero-dim for eyesoothing night vision protection.
A Touch Better –
For even easier and quicker control,
HDS-8, -8m, -10 and -10m models
feature a unique new FlyWheel™ scroll
dial, as well as a bank of soft command
keys for the fastest access to functions.
So, you spend less time operating and
more time shing.
NEW!
2-Y e ar
Limited Warranty
New 2-year Protection –
Lowrance also warrants that buying
HDS will put your mind at ease. Each
now come with a new, expanded 2-year
limited warranty, protecting you from
defects in materials and workmanship
under normal use for a full 24 months
after purchase. At no extra cost.
Optional two-year extended warranty
also available for purchase.
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HDS Newly-Dened Expandability Options
Lowrance HDS for 2009 presents a wider range of advanced accessory
options to enhance your on-the-water experience, safety and enjoyment.
High-Denition Weather – Now Adds Inland
Choice to Standard Offshore Coverage!
New LWX-1 SIRIUS® Satellite Weather/Radio Smart Antenna
Lowrance presents two industry rsts with HDS chartplotters: SIRIUS® satellite high-res
NOWRad
module bundle, AND the rst SIRIUS
… in two special SIRIUS
This compact weatherproof antenna is easy to mount, and provides weather display output to one
or more HDS units via Ethernetworks. Plus a standard 3.5 mm stereo jack easily interfaces with
onboard sound systems when you include radio with your SIRIUS
music and sports including NFL, NASCAR and college football broadcasts.
SIRIUS
• Weather radar and lightning with full 2 km (1.2 mile) resolution
• 80 nm (92 mile) lightning and radial weather display to 12 nm (13 mile) limit from coasts
• Tabular weather feed with 5-day forecast display
SIRIUS
• Cross-country weather radar and lightning with full 2 km (1.2 mile) resolution
• Sea-surface temperature with higher resolution
• Tropical storm and storm cell tracks
• Four-day forecast of surface pressure, wave height, wave period and direction
• Tabular weather feed with 5 day forecast
• And more
See page 30 for more details.
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weather radar and radio services via an affordable and integrated smart antenna/
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U.S. subscription packages!
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Inland Weather Service Package:
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Coastal/Offshore Weather Service Package:
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Inland weather service … in addition to Coastal coverage
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subscription for stereo-quality
Lowrance HDS Features
WEATHERWEATHER
LWX-1
SIRIUS NOWRad® animated coastal
weather radar
High-Denition Digital Radar Choices
LRA-1800 2 kW and LRA-2400 4 kW Radomes
Two choices in Lowrance high-performance digital radar for optimal safety in poor weather or
low-light conditions, with added chart overlay feature, are now easily networked for HDS displays
via Ethernetworks. See page 18 for more details.
Advanced Networking
Ethernetworks NEP-1 Expansion Port
All HDS models come fully ethernet-ready to share high-speed, high-bandwidth data among all HDS
displays on the boat, including sonar graphs, SIRIUS
data distribution, there’s an optional ethernet expansion port. See page 31 for more details.
Full NMEA 2000® Networking
HDS comes with full connectivity for the advanced NMEA standard in boat systems data sharing,
backed by the most extensive and affordable selection of smart sensors for systems monitoring,
including engine and fuel ow for optimum operating economies. See page 28 for more details.
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weather/radio and radar. For added growth and
LRA-1800
LRA-2400
NE P-1
High
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Definition
System
The Most Revolutionary Finders Since The Little Green Box
Fishnders/GPS Chartplotters
Fantastic HDS Features
• Built-in Broadband Sounder
• Internal 16-channel GPS+WAAS Antenna
• New, Brighter SolarMAX™ PLUS Display
• Built-in High-Denition Insight Mapping
Options
• Largest Selection of Chartcard Options
Including Navionics® Platinum+ with
TurboView™
NEW HDS-10 Fishnder/GPS Chartplotter
The nest of new Lowrance shnding and GPS navigation technologies with
massive, high-denition 10.4”/26.4 cm Super VGA color viewing. The new,
brighter SolarMAX™ PLUS display renders brilliant detail in sunlight with the
best wide-angle viewing available, while advanced pure-white LED screen/
keypad backlighting fully adjusts to zero-dim for night viewing. The unique new
FlyWheel™ dial and command soft keys give you easier and quicker control of
Broadband Sounder shnding and satellite navigation precision via the built-in
16-channel GPS+WAAS antenna. HDS built-in cartography choices include
Enhanced U.S. Basemap, or the amazing, life-like and new Insight USA™ with
combined Inland and Coastal coverage. Plus, HDS is fully compatible with all
Navionics
two high-speed SD card slots. Fully ready to build your complete stand-alone or
networked onboard system.
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chartcards, including Platinum+, Platinum, Platinum HotMaps, with
Model Part
HDS-10
U.S. Basemap, no transducer 140-40
U.S. Basemap, with 83/200 kHz transducer 140 -0 0
Insight USA™, no transducer 14 0- 41
Insight USA™, with 83/200 kHz transducer 14 0-13
Insight USA™, with 50/200 kHz transducer 140 -0 2
Build Your Own System Options Page
LWX-1 SIRIUS
NMEA 2000
HD Digital Radar 18
Transducers, up to 1 kW 34
Ethernetworks 31
VHF Marine DSC radios 24
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Weather/Radio 30
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& Fuel Management 28
• SIRIUS® Satellite Weather and Stereo-
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Quality Radio Capability
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• Ethernetworks and NMEA 2000
Performance Networking Options
• Expanded New 2-Year Warranty
Fishnders/GPS Chartplotters
NEW HDS-8 Fishnder/GPS Chartplotter
An easy t with an easy-to-see large display, this HDS delivers high-denition,
Super VGA color brilliance and clarity in an award-winning, right-sized
8.4”/21.3 cm display package. Plus, it offers all the same advanced Lowrance
HDS sounder and navigation technologies and features of the HDS-10, while it
is likewise fully ready to build a complete onboard system.
Model Part
HDS-8
U.S. Basemap, no transducer 140 -3 8
U.S. Basemap, with 83/200 kHz transducer 140 -0 9
Insight USA™, no transducer 140 -3 9
Insight USA™, with 83/200 kHz transducer 140 -0 7
Insight USA™, with 50/200 kHz transducer 140 -0 6
Build Your Own System Options Page
LWX-1 SIRIUS
NMEA 2000
HD Digital Radar 18
Transducers, up to 1 kW 34
Ethernetworks 31
VHF Marine DSC radios 24
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Weather/Radio 30
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& Fuel Management 28
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High
Definition
System
The Most Revolutionary Finders Since The Little Green Box
Fishnders/GPS Chartplotters
Fantastic HDS Features
• Built-in Broadband Sounder
• Internal 16-channel GPS+WAAS Antenna
• Brilliant, New SolarMAX™ PLUS Display
• Built-in High-Denition Insight Mapping
Options
• Largest Selection of Chartcard Options
Including Navionics® Platinum+ with
TurboView™
NEW HDS-7 Fishnder/GPS Chartplotter
This large-but-compact solution with 6.4”/16.3 cm full VGA color viewing that
renders astounding shnder and navigation details. It also includes the new,
brighter SolarMAX™ PLUS bright-sunlight/wide-angle display with pure-white LED
screen/keypad backlighting that fully adjusts to zero-dim for night vision. HDS-7
also includes the same for the built-in Broadband high-denition shnder
technology and the high-sensitivity 16-channel GPS+WAAS antenna. HDS built-in
cartography choices include Enhanced U.S. Basemap, or the amazing, life-like and
new Insight USA™ with combined Inland and Coastal coverage. Fully compatible
with all Navionics
with one high-speed SD card slot. Fully ready to build your complete stand-alone or
networked onboard system.
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chartcards, including Platinum+, Platinum, Platinum HotMaps,
Model Part
HDS -7
U.S. Basemap, no transducer 140-34
U.S. Basemap, with 83/200 kHz transducer 140 -0 5
Insight USA™, no transducer 140 -3 6
Insight USA™, with 83/200 kHz transducer 14 0-12
Insight USA™, with 50/200 kHz transducer 140 -14
Build Your Own System Options Page
LWX-1 SIRIUS
NMEA 2000
HD Digital Radar 18
Transducers, up to 1 kW 34
Ethernetworks 31
VHF Marine DSC radios 24
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Weather/Radio 30
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& Fuel Management 28
• SIRIUS® Satellite Weather and Stereo-
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• Ethernetworks and NMEA 2000®
Performance Networking Options
• Expanded New 2-Year Warranty
Fishnders/GPS Chartplotters
NEW HDS-5 Fishnder/GPS Chartplotter
Presenting big-color denition and multifunction performance in a popular spacesaving design. Viewing performance is exceptionally enhanced with its exclusive,
high-resolution 5”/12.7 cm 256-color SolarMAX™ PLUS daylight display with
adjustable screen and keypad backlighting. Of course, Broadband high-denition
sonar and ultra-precision 16-channel GPS+WAAS antenna are inside. Along with
fantastic built-in lake mapping of the Enhanced U.S. Basemap, you also get a
choice of incredible, built-in high-denition Lowrance Insight cartography with your
model selection: Lake Insight™ for U.S. inland and Great Lakes; and Nautic Insight™
coverage for detailed U.S. coastal waters coverage. The HDS-5 also uses all
Navionics
high-speed SD card slot. Like all HDS models, it’s ready to build your complete
stand-alone or networked onboard system.
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chartcards, including Platinum+, Platinum, Platinum HotMaps, with one
Model Part
HDS-5
U.S. Basemap, no transducer 140 -3 2
U.S. Basemap, with 83/200 kHz transducer 140 -21
Lake Insight™, no transducer 140 -3 0
Lake Insight™, with 83/200 kHz transducer 14 0-19
Nautic Insight™, no transducer 140 -31
Nautic Insight™, with 50/200 kHz transducer 140 -2 0
Build Your Own System Options Page
LWX-1 SIRIUS
NMEA 2000
HD Digital Radar 18
Transducers, up to 1 kW 34
Ethernetworks 31
VHF Marine DSC radios 24
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Weather/Radio 30
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High
Definition
System
The Most Revolutionary Finders Since The Little Green Box
Multifunction Fishnder
HDS Fishnder Features
• Built-in Broadband Sounder
• Brilliant, New SolarMAX™ PLUS Display
• Ethernetworks and NMEA 2000®
Performance Networking Options
• Expanded New 2-Year Warranty
NEW HDS-5x
The legendary Lowrance X-series lives on in this next-generation
advancement in shnding for the serious and professional angler. Its
exceptionally enhanced features and performance are precisely
revealed on high-denition 5”/12.7 cm 256-color SolarMAX™ PLUS
display with adjustable screen and keypad backlighting. Best of all,
Lowrance Broadband Sounder is now built in. So you can nd more sh
with greater sensitivity, higher denition, more display clarity, much less
clutter and the best separation of sh from cover ever achieved by
Lowrance.
Plus, you can quickly and easily save waypoints using the HDS-5x when
networked with any HDS chartplotter or multifunction unit.
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Model Part
HDS-5x
With 83/200 kHz transducer 140 -27
With 50/200 kHz transducer 140 -28
No transducer 140-29
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Transducers, up to 1 kW 34
NMEA 2000
Ethernetworks 31
VHF Marine DSC radios 24
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& Fuel Management 28
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Definition
System
The Most Revolutionary Finders Since The Little Green Box
GPS Chartplotters
HDS Chartplotter Features
• Internal 16-channel GPS+WAAS
Antenna
• New, Brighter SolarMAX™ PLUS Display
• Built-in High-Denition Insight Mapping
• Largest Selection of Chartcard Options
Including Navionics® Platinum+ with
TurboView™
NEW HDS-10m Multifunction GPS Chartplotter
Lowrance presents a new dimension in multifunction chartplotters with
large-scale, high-denition 10.4”/26.4 cm Super VGA color viewing. The
new SolarMAX™ PLUS display renders brilliant detail in sunlight with the
best wide-angle viewing available, with advanced pure-white LED screen/
keypad backlighting. A unique new FlyWheel™ dial and command soft keys
give you control with the greatest of ease and speed, and to precisely
guide your way, a new super-sensitive 16-channel GPS+WAAS antenna is
built right in. Also inside is the amazing, life-like and exclusive Insight
USA™ cartography to enhance your on-water navigation for both Inland
lakes and Coastal waters. Plus, this HDS is now fully compatible with all
Navionics
with two high-speed SD card slots.
• SIRIUS
• High-Denition HD Digital Radar with chart overlay
• Ethernetworks high-speed network sharing of sonar, weather and radar
• NMEA 2000
• Fishnder graphs with full functions control when networked with any
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chartcards, including Platinum+, Platinum, Platinum HotMaps,
Advanced Networking & Expandability on All HDS Chartplotters
For building an onboard system, HDS provides truly advanced denition in
multi-tasking compatibilities.
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real-time weather, plus unique Inland and Offshore SIRIUS®
subscription choices
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connectivity for single- or multi-station boat and engine
systems monitoring
HDS sounder
Model Part
HDS-10m with Insight USA™ 14 0-15
Build Your Own System Options Page
LWX-1 SIRIUS
NMEA 2000
HD Digital Radar 18
Ethernetworks 31
VHF Marine DSC radios 24
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Weather/Radio 30
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& Fuel Management 28
• SIRIUS® Satellite Weather and Stereo-
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• Ethernetworks and NMEA 2000
Performance Networking Options,
including Broadband Sounder
• Expanded New 2-Year Warranty
GPS Chartplotters
NEW HDS-8m Multifunction
GPS Chartplotter
All the same features of the HDS-10 in an
award-winning, right-sized package, featuring
high-denition, Super VGA color brilliance and
clarity in a 8.4”/21.3 cm SolarMAX™ PLUS display.
NEW HDS-7m Multifunction
GPS Chartplotter
Enjoy big performance and color detail in this largebut-compact system with a 6.4”/16.3 cm full VGA color
display, with the sunlight and wide-angle viewability of
the new SolarMAX™ PLUS screen technologies. With
rocker arrow keys and single keypad and SD card slot.
Model Part
HDS-8m with Insight USA™ 14 0-17
HDS-7m with Insight USA™ 140 -16
Build Your Own System Options Page
LWX-1 SIRIUS
NMEA 2000
HD Digital Radar 18
Ethernetworks 31
VHF Marine DSC radios 24
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Weather/Radio 30
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& Fuel Management 28
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