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Elite-5 HDI Combo
Installation & Operation
Operation manual
manual
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Copyright © 2013 Navico All rights reserved. Lowrance® and Navico® are registered trademarks of Navico. Fishing Hot Spots® is a registered trademark of Fishing Hot Spots Inc. Navionics® is a registered trademark of Navionics, Inc. Navico may find it necessary to change or end our policies, regulations and special offers at any time. We reserve the right to do so without notice. All features and specifications subject to change without notice. Compliance Statements Lowrance Elite-5 HDI • mee
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Warning The user is cautioned that any changes or modifications 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 freq
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Table of contents Fishing Modes .........................................9 Introduction ...................................... 4 Cursor ....................................................10 Unit Controls ............................................4 Goto cursor ............................................10 Inserting microSD cards ..........................5 Advanced Mode .................................... 11 Basic Operation ............................... 6 Standby mode .....................
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DownScan Operation .................... 17 Waypoints, Routes, Trails ......................32 Trackback .............................................17 Routes Screen .......................................34 Ping Speed ............................................19 Trails Screen .........................................38 DownScan options.................................20 Orientation .............................................40 Overlay Data..........................................40 Sonar
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introduction Getting Started unit Controls To turn on/off the unit, press and hold Turn unit the LiGht/Power key for three LiGht/Power: controls backlight level on/off seconds. and turns unit on/off Press the zoom in and zoom out KeYPAD: controls cursor & selects items keys at the same time to set a Man on menus Man Overboard waypoint. Your system will Overboard automatically create an active route PAGeS: allows you to select a page to view back to the MOB waypoint. You must waypoint
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inserting microSD cards Conventional sonar and DownScan This unit supports two types of sonar: Conventional Carefully slide the microSD card into the slot until and DownScan. it clicks into place. To remove, carefully push in the card until it clicks out of place. 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. Introduction | Elite-
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Basic Operation Setup wizard The Setup wizard will appear when the unit is turned on for the first time. To choose your own Selecting Pages settings, do not run the setup wizard. To restart the Setup wizard, restore defaults. To select a page, press the keypad in the direction of the desired page and press EntEr. Page menus The Steer, DownScan, Sonar and Chart pages have Pages menus that can only be accessed when those pages are displayed. This unit has eight pages: Steer, DownScan, So
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Combo pages DownScan page Two-panel page Three-panel page DownScan menu 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 Sonar page Sonar menu Chart menu Chart page Basic Operation | Elite-5 HDI Basic Operation | Elite-5 HDI 6 7
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On/Off features accessing menu items Select an on/off menu item and The keypad and EntEr key are used to select press EntEr to turn it on/off. menu items and open submenus. Use the keypad to highlight the desired item and press EntEr. Dropdown menus Access the dropdown menu and press the keypad up/down to select the desired item and press EntEr. Working with menus nOtE: Press the MEnu key to exit menus. There are several menu types used to make adjustments to options and settings, inclu
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Entering text Fishing Modes Some functions, like naming a waypoint, route or (Conventional sonar only) trail, will require you to input text. Fishing modes enhance the performance of your unit by providing preset packages of sonar settings To input text: geared to specific fishing conditions. 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/ lowerc
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Cursor Fishing Mode Options The keypad moves the cursor around the display, General Use 1000ft or less Coastal allowing you to scroll the map, select map items Shallow Shallow weedy and review sonar history. 60ft or less Water bottoms Press MEnu and select Return to vessel or Exit Fresh Water 400ft or less Inland/Near coastal cursor mode to clear the cursor. Deep Water 1000ft or more Offshore Slow 400ft or less Inland/Coastal Trolling goto cursor Fast 400ft or less Inland/Coastal Used t
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advanced Mode Standby mode Enables advanced features and settings. Lowers power consumption by turning off sonar and the display. The following features are enabled when Advanced mode is turned on: 1. Press the PWr/Light key to access the Back- • Navigation (Enables arrival radius, off- light dialog. course distance and Bearings setting) 2. Select Standby and • Alarms (Enables arrival, off course and press EntEr. anchor alarm options) 3. Press any key to resume normal • NMEA 01
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Pages Surface Clutter Course over ground Fish arches Compass Direction to destination Current vessel location Colorline Navigation Range information Scale Steer Page Sonar Page The Steer page has a compass that shows your Displays the water column moving from right to current track, the direction to your destination, and left on your unit’s screen. a digital data navigation panel. Pages | Elite-5 HDI Pages | Elite-5 HDI 12 13
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Waypoint Surface clutter Baitfish Current vessel location Cursor Structure Current location and distance/ Zoom Range scale DownScan page bearing from vessel to cursor Range The DownScan page shows the water column moving from right to left. You can overlay Chart Page DownScan sonar on the conventional sonar page Consists of map that moves in real-time as you by selecting DownScan Overlay on the Sonar move. By default, the map is shown from a birds- settings menu. eye view with North at th
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Combo pages This unit has four pre-configured combo pages. Customizing combo pages You can adjust the panel size of combo pages and control how the pages will be arranged on Chart/Sonar Chart/DownScan the screen: vertically (side) or horizontally (over). Sonar/DownScan Chart/Sonar/DownScan NOTE: Press the PagES key twice to switch active panels. Pages | Elite-5 HDI Pages | Elite-5 HDI 14 15
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Overlay Data Used to select data shown on the Sonar, DownScan and Chart pages. To add overlay data: 1. From the Sonar, Chart or DownScan page, press MEN. u 2. Select Overlay data and press ENTEr. 3. Select Configure and press ENTEr. Overlay data Show 4. Press Menu and select Add. Press ENTEr. Enables/disables the display of overlay data, allowing you to remove overlay data from the 5. Select a data category and press screen without deleting the current overlay data ENTEr. config
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Customizing Overlay Data You can add/remove data and adjust the size and position of overlay data on the screen. Select the desired overlay data from the “Configure Item Locations and Sizes dialog” and press MENu. The configuration menu will appear. Pages | Elite-5 HDI Pages | Elite-5 HDI 16 PB
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Move the sonar history bar all the way to the right DownScan Operation to resume normal sonar scrolling, or press Menu and select Exit cursor mode. This unit supports two types of sonar: Conventional DownScan menu and DownScan. Press Menu from the DownScan page to view the The features described in this section are for DownScan menu. DownScan sonar. Refer to the “Sonar operation” section for information on conventional sonar features. Trackback You can review your sonar history by pre
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New Waypoint Contrast Places a waypoint at your current position or at the Adjusts the brightness ratio between light and dark cursor position. From the new waypoint menu, you areas on the screen, making it easier to distinguish can input a waypoint name, select an icon and suspended objects from the background. input a desired latitude/longitude. Contrast set Contrast set Contrast set to 40% to 60% to 80% DownScan units do not have a Sensitivity setting New waypoint menu like traditio
