Lowrance electronic ELITE 4X, ELITE 5X, MARK 5X, MARK 5X PRO User Manual

Elite 5X, Mark 5X, Mark 5X Pro & Elite 4X

Installation & Operation

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Operation manual

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Table of Contents

Introduction ...................................... 2

Basic Operation ............................... 3

Setup wizard ............................................ 3

Working with menus ................................4

Fishing Mode ........................................... 5

Cursor ...................................................... 6

Advanced Mode ......................................6

Standby mode .........................................7

Restore defaults ......................................7

Pages ................................................ 8

Sonar Page..............................................8

Split Frequency........................................8

Split Zoom ...............................................9

Overlay Data............................................9

Using your Sonar ............................11

Trackback .............................................. 11

Sensitivity ..............................................12

Colorline/Grayscale ............................... 12

Depth Range .........................................13

Frequency .............................................14

Ping Speed (Advanced Mode only) ....... 14

Sonar Options........................................14

Settings .......................................... 17

System...................................................17

Sonar .................................................... 19

Surface Clutter.......................................19

Installation .............................................20

Alarms ..................................................21

Index ............................................... 22

Specications ................................ 23

1

Introduction

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

ZOOM Keys: used to zoom in/zoom
out

Getting Started

Turn unit on/off

Adjusting

the backlight

Muting Audio

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

This unit has
levels. Press the LIGHT/
POWER key to switch
backlight levels.

Select Mute Audio from
the System menu and
press ENTER.

10 backlight

2

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.

Pages

This unit has three pages: Sonar, Split Frequency
and Split Zoom.

Accessing Sonar menu

Sonar Page

Sonar menu

Accessing the Settings menu

Settings menu

3

Basic Operation

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.

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).

On/Off features

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

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.

4

Basic Operation

Dialogs

Dialogs are used for user input or for presenting in­formation to the user.

Depending on the type of infor­mation or entry, dierent meth­ods are used to conrm, 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.

Fishing Mode

Fishing modes enhance
the performance of your
unit by providing preset
packages of sonar set­tings geared to specic
shing conditions.

NOTE: Use Fresh Water mode when

shing in less than 100 feet of water;
otherwise your unit may not track bottom

properly.

5

Basic Operation

Fishing Mode Options

General
Use

Shallow
Water

Fresh
Water

Deep
Water

Slow
Trolling

Fast
Trolling

Clear
Water

Brackish
Water

Bottom brown/white background; 50% ping

speed

Bottom brown/white background

Bottom brown/white background; 50% ping

speed

Deep Blue; 50% ping speed; 50kHz is primary

transducer frequency

Bottom brown/white background; 50% ping

speed

Bottom brown/white background; slightly lower

chart speed

Bottom brown/white background; 50% ping

speed

Bottom brown/blue background; higher ASP;

slightly lower chart speed

Cursor

The keypad moves the cursor on the display and
allows you to review Sonar history. Press MENU

and select Exit cursor mode to clear the cursor.

Advanced Mode

Enables advanced features
and settings.

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

• Colorline (manual control)

• Surface Clarity (manual control)

• Ping Rate (manual control)

• Units (Enables distance, speed, depth

and temperature options)

6

Standby mode

Lowers power consumption by turning o sonar
and the display.

Press the PWR/LIGHT key to ac­cess the Backlight menu. 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.

Basic Operation

7

Pages

Overlay Data

Location and depth

Surface Clutter

Sonar Page

Fish arches

Frequency

Colorline

Range Scale

Amplitude Scope

Cursor
Depth

Displays the water column moving from right to
left on your unit’s screen. On the right side of the
screen, the Amplitude Scope bar previews echoes
about to appear on the display.

Split Frequency page

Split Frequency

Displays both transducer frequencies at the same
time. 83 kHz has a wider cone angle for greater wa­ter coverage, while 200 kHz has the highest sensi­tivity and best target discrimination in shallow wa­ter. (Does not apply to the Mark 5X.)

8

Split Zoom

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 con­guration.

Split Zoom

Allows you to zoom in for a closer look without los­ing your view of the water column.

Congure

Used to select overlay data to be displayed on the
screen.

9

Pages

To select overlay data:

1. From the sonar 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 the desired data from the Con-

gure Items to show screen. Press EN­TER.

6. Press MENU and select Return to
overlays.

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

Customizing Overlay Data

Access the Overlay Data conguration menu to
make adjustments to the size and/or location of
overlay data on the display.

Press Menu from the Congure Item Locations and
Sizes screen to access the menu.

10

Sonar

Using your Sonar

Trackback

You can review your recent sonar history by mov­ing the cursor to the left until the screen starts to
move in reverse.

Cursor depth

Move the blue sonar history bar all the way to the
right to resume normal sonar scrolling.

Press MENU and select Exit cursor mode to re­move the cursor from the screen.

Sonar Menu

The sonar menu has options
and settings that aect the
appearance of the display.

Blue sonar history bar

11

Sonar

Press MENU from any sonar page to access the So­nar menu.

Sonar Menu

(Advanced Mode)

Adjust (Advanced Mode only)

Used to make adjustments to
Sensitivity, Colorline and Grayline.

Sensitivity set
to 65 percent.

Sensitivity set
to 85 percent.

Sensitivity

Controls the level of detail shown on the display.
Too much detail will clutter the screen. If Sensitivity
is set too low, desired echoes may not be displayed.

Colorline/Grayscale

Separates strong sonar echoes from weak sonar
echoes. That makes it easier for you to distinguish
sh or structure from the bottom. A hard return
will be shown as a wide, bright yellow area,
whereas a soft return will be a narrow reddish­blue area.

12

Sonar

Mark series units have a monochrome display,
so wide bands of gray indicate a hard sonar
return, while softer returns are shown as dark,
narrow areas.

Auto Sensitivity

Keeps sensitivity at a level that works well under
most conditions, reducing the needs for adjust­ments. Auto Sensitivity is turned on by default.

NOTE: You can make minor (+/-4%)
changes to sensitivity with Auto Sensitivity
turned on. You will have to turn it o to

make signicant adjustments.

Depth Range

Selects the deepest range shown on
the display. Range settings display the
section of the water column from the
water surface to the selected depth

range. If you select too shallow a depth range the
unit will not be able to lock onto the bottom.

Custom Range — Upper and Lower Limits
(Advanced Mode only)

Used to select the upper limit and lower limit of
a section of the water column. That allows you to
view a section of the water column that does not
include the water surface. Upper and lower limits
must be at least 6.5 ft (2m) apart.

Custom range menu

NOTE: When using a custom range,
you may not receive any digital depth
readings, or you may receive incorrect

depth information.

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Sonar

Frequency

Controls the transducer frequency used by the
unit. This unit supports two frequencies: 200kHz
and 83kHz.

200 kHz has the highest sensitivity and best tar­get discrimination in shallow water. 83 kHz oers
a wider cone angle for more water coverage. The
Mark 5X only supports the 200kHz transducer fre­quency.

Ping Speed (Advanced Mode only)

Controls the rate the transducer uses to send sonar
waves into the water. Ping speed adjustments can
help reduce interference from other transducers.

Frequency menu

When using shing modes, ping speed settings are
optimized for the selected shing conditions, so in
most cases, adjustments are not necessary.

Sonar Options

Accesses sonar display set­tings and conguration
options.

Split Zoom and Split Flasher

Switches the sonar display from full screen sonar to
a split screen view.

Split FlasherSplit Zoom

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Sonar

Color

Allow you to change the look of the display using
palettes with varying degrees of color/brightness.

Nightview

Iceview

Monochrome units support Grayscale, Reverse
Grayscale and Bottom Black.

Amplitude Scope

Displays the amplitude of real­time echoes before they appear

Amplitude
scope

on the display.

Fish ID

Displays sh echoes as sh sym­bols instead of sh arches. Fish ID
is not the most accurate method
of sh detection since structure
and suspended debris may be
shown as a sh symbol on the
display.

Ice Mode

Turns on a package of sonar settings optimized for
ice shing and also overlays battery meter data on
the screen.

Stop Sonar

Pauses the sonar chart, allowing you to get a closer
look at suspended targets.

Stop Sonar also can be used to prevent/stop inter­ference between two units running on the same
boat at the same time.

15

Sonar

Overlay Data

Allows you to select data (wa­ter temperature, depth, etc)
to be displayed on top of the
Sonar screen.

Overlay data setup is covered
in the Pages section.

Settings

Accesses the Sonar settings menu.

Overlay data

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Settings

Settings Menu

Accesses to installation and conguration settings
for your unit.

Settings

menu

System

Adjusts unit settings like language, mute audio
and advanced mode.

Enables
advanced
features and
settings

System menu

Displays
software
information

17

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.

Advanced Mode

Enables features and settings only available with
unit in Advanced Mode.

Restore Defaults

Switches the unit back to default
settings.

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.

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Settings

Sonar

Used to make adjustments to Sonar options and
display settings like Noise Rejection, Surface and
Fishing Mode.

Sonar Settings Menu

Noise Rejection

Uses advanced signal processing to monitor the ef­fects noise (boat pumps, water conditions, engine
ignition systems, etc.) has on your display, and then
lters out the undesired signals.

Surface Clarity
(Advanced Mode only)

Surface Clarity reduces
surface clutter by decreasing
the sensitivity of the receiver
near the surface.

Manual Mode

Restricts digital depth capability, so the unit will
only send sonar signals to the selected depth
range. That allows the display scroll smoothly if the
bottom depth is out of transducer range.

Surface Clutter

19

Settings

WARNING: Manual mode should only

be used by advanced sonar users.

When the unit is in manual mode, you may not re­ceive any depth readings, or you may recieve incor­rect depth information.

Fishing Mode

Enhances the performance of your unit by
providing preset packages of
sonar settings geared to specic
shing conditions. For more
information about shing modes,
refer to the Basic Operation
section.

Reset Fishing Mode

Resets selected shing mode to default settings.
That is useful when you want to clear settings ad­justments made while using a shing mode.

Installation

Provides access to Keel Oset and Temp Calibration
settings.

Installation menu

Keel Offset

All transducers measure water depth from the
transducer to the bottom. As a result, water depth
readings do not account for the distance from the
transducer to the keel or from the transducer to the
water surface.

Transducer

Keel Offset (-3.5 feet)

Keel

20

Settings

Before setting keel oset, measure the distance
from the transducer to the lowest part of the keel.
If, for example, the keel is 3.5 feet below the trans­ducer, it will be input as –3.5 feet.

Temperature calibration

Calibrates data from the transducer temperature
sensor with data from a known temperature source
to ensure the accuracy of temperature information.

Reset water distance

Reset Water Distance to zero.

Alarms

Enables alarms and selects alarm thresholds. Arriv­al, O Course and Anchor alarms are only available
in Advanced mode.

Alarms

Shallow

Fish

sounds alarm when vessel enters water
shallower than the selected shallow threshold

sounds alarm when a sh symbol (Fish ID)

appears on the sonar screen

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

Simulator

Simulates on-the-water sonar activity.

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Index

A

About 18
Advanced Mode 6
Alarms 21

Fish 21

Shallow 21
Amplitude Scope 15
Auto Sensitivity 13

C

Color 15
Colorline 12
Cursor 6
Custom Range 13

D

Depth Range 13
Dialogs 5
Dropdown menus 4

F

Fish alarm 21
Fish ID 15

Fishing Mode 5
Frequency 13

I

Ice Mode 15
Installation menu 20

K

Keel Oset 20

L

Language 18

M

Manual Mode 19
Mute Audio 18

N

Noise Rejection 19

O

On/O features 4

Overlay Data , 9

Congure 9
Customizing 10
Show 9

P

Ping Speed 14

R

Range 13
Reset Fishing Mode 20
Reset water distance 21
Restore defaults 7

S

Scrollbars 4
Sensitivity 12
Settings Menu 17
Setup wizard 3
Shallow alarm 21
Simulator 21
Software update 18
Sonar

22

Adjust 12
Sonar Installation 20
Sonar Menu 11
Sonar Options 14
Sonar Page 8
Sonar settings 19
Split Flasher 14
Split Frequency 8
Split Zoom 9, 14
Standby mode 7
Stop Sonar 15
Surface Clarity 19
System settings 17

T

Temperature calibration

21
Text entry 5
Trackback 11

U

Units 21
Upper and Lower Limits

13

Specications

Elite 5x, Mark 5x & Mark 5x Pro

General

Case size

Display

Backlight

Transmit
power

Power
requirement

Voltage input 10 to 17V

Current drain Typical: .25A

Fuse type 3 amp automotive (not supplied)

5.4” H (134mm) x 6.8” W (174mm); 6” H

(152mm) with bracket

Mark: (5” diagonal) High-contrast lm
Supertwist LCD; 16-level grayscale denition;

480x480 monochrome
Elite: (5” diagonal) Enhanced Solar MAX™

480x480 color

Mark: White LED
Elite: Cold cathode uorewscent lamp (10

levels)

Power

Mark 5x: 1600W PTP 200W RMS
Mark 5x Pro: 2400W PTP; 300 RMS
Elite 5x: 4000 PTP; 500W RMS

12V

Sonar

Max depth

Transducer
frequency

Max speed 70mph

Transducer Skimmer with built in temp sensor

Transducer
cable

Mark 5x: 800ft (244m)
Mark 5x Pro/Elite 5x: 1000ft (305m)

Mark 5x: 200kHz
Mark 5x Pro/Elite 5x: 83/200kHz

20 feet (6m)

Specications

Elite 4x

General

Case size

Display

Backlight

Transmit
power

Power
requirement

Voltage input 10 to 17V

Current drain at 13.5V (200mA)

Fuse type 3 amp automotive (not supplied)

5.6” H (144mm) x 3.7” W (94.3mm); 6.4” H (164mm)
with bracket

(3.5” diagonal) 320x240 (256 color) TFT LCD

White LED (10 levels)

Power

2100W PTP; 262W RMS

12V

Sonar

Max depth 1000ft (305m)

Transducer
frequency

Max speed 70mph

Transducer Skimmer with built in temp sensor

Transducer
cable

83/200kHz

20 feet (6m)

How to Obtain Service… …in the USA:

Contact the Factory Customer Service Department. Call toll-free:

800-324-1356

8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central Standard Time, M-F

Navico may nd it necessary to change or end shipping policies, regulations and special oers at any time. They reserve the right to
do so without notice.

…in Canada:

Contact the Factory Customer Service Department. Call toll-free:

800-661-3983

905-629-1614 (not toll-free)

8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, M-F

…outside Canada and the USA:

Contact the dealer in the country where you purchased your unit. To locate a dealer near you, see the instructions in
paragraph number 1 below.

Accessory Ordering Information

LEI Extras is the accessory source for sonar and GPS products manufactured by Lowrance Electronics. To order
Lowrance accessories, please contact:

1) Your local marine dealer or consumer electronics store. To locate a Lowrance dealer, visit the web site, www.low­rance.com, and look for the Dealer Locator; or, consult your telephone directory for listings.

2) U.S. customers visit our web site www.lei-extras.com.

3) Canadian customers: Lowrance Canada, 919 Matheson Blvd. E. Mississauga, Ontario L4W2R7 or fax [phone].

Call toll free in Canada, 800-661-3983, or dial 905 629-1614 (not toll free), 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, M-F.

www.lowrance.com

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