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Fish Finding Sonar

988-0176-00B

Operations Guide

HDS-5x

Contents

Table of contents

Introduction ....................................................................................... 3

Getting Started................................................................................. 5

Turning on the Unit..................................................................................... 5

Keypad ....................................................................................................... 5

Backlight .................................................................................................... 5

Cursor ........................................................................................................ 5

Language ................................................................................................... 5

Menus ........................................................................................................ 6

Selecting a Fishing Mode .......................................................................... 6

Entering Letters in Text Boxes................................................................... 7

Restore Defaults ........................................................................................ 8

Pages................................................................................................. 9

Pages Screen ............................................................................................ 9

Data Overlay ............................................................................................ 10

Conguration menu ................................................................................. 14

Sonar Page .............................................................................................. 16

Radar Page.............................................................................................. 17

Info Page.................................................................................................. 17

Utilities ..................................................................................................... 22

Displaying Combo Pages ........................................................................ 24

Sonar Operation............................................................................. 27

Viewing Sonar History ............................................................................. 27

Sonar Menu ............................................................................................. 28

Sonar Options.......................................................................................... 31

Palette...................................................................................................... 32

Log Sonar Data........................................................................................ 34

Contents

Radar Operation............................................................................. 37

Radar menu ............................................................................................. 37

Cursor position window............................................................................ 43

Radar Overlay.......................................................................................... 43

Settings Menu ................................................................................. 45

Sonar Settings Menu ............................................................................... 52

Manual Mode ........................................................................................... 53

Fishing Modes ......................................................................................... 54

Installation Menu...................................................................................... 55

Keel Offset ............................................................................................... 55

Radar Settings Menu ............................................................................... 59

Fuel .......................................................................................................... 66

Alarms...................................................................................................... 70

Trails......................................................................................................... 72

Units......................................................................................................... 73

Network.................................................................................................... 74

Vessels..................................................................................................... 81

Simulator.................................................................................................. 83

Specications.................................................................................. 87

Unit Care .......................................................................................... 88

Troubleshooting.............................................................................. 89

Index ................................................................................................. 97

Introduction

Thank you for purchasing from Lowrance, the industry leader in marine technology.

This manual is packaged with a Quick Start Guide, Installation Guide, License and

Warranty booklet and NMEA 2000 Networks Installation Instructions. If any of

these documents are missing, you may acquire them via a free download at www.

lowrance.com or by contacting customer service.

Lowrance Customer Service

12000 E Skelly Dr

Tulsa, OK 74128

(800) 324-1356

Canada (800) 661-3983 or (905) 629-1614

About this manual

This manual documents how to adjust features and options in your display unit. The

information in each section follows the same sequence as your display unit’s menus.

If you would like information on how to get the most out of your unit, visit our web

site, www.lowrance.com; click on the Support tab and select Tips and Tutorials.

Manual Conventions

When you are instructed to press a button in this manual, the button will be shown

in all caps and bold text like — MENU, EXIT, ENTER, etc. If you are instructed

to select an item from a menu, the item to be selected will be listed in bold like —

Brightness, Key beeps, etc.

For example: Press MENU, select Language and press ENTER.

Introduction

WARNING:When a GPS unit is used in a vehicle, the

vehicle operator is solely responsible for operating the

vehicle in a safe manner. Vehicle operators must main-

tain full surveillance of all pertinent driving, boating or

ying conditions at all times. An accident or collision re-

sulting in damage to property, personal injury or death

could occur if the operator of a GPS-equipped vehicle

fails to pay full attention to travel conditions and vehicle

operation while the vehicle is in motion.

Introduction

Lowrance HDS-5x Sonar

ZOUT: Zoom out to see more of the map with less detail

ZIN: Zoom in to see less of the map with more detail

MOB: Pressing ZOUT and ZIN at the same time will set a man overboard waypoint

LIGHT/POWER:

controls backlight

level & turns the

unit on/off

MMC/SD Card slot: insert

MMC/SD and high-detail

mapping cards here

FREQ: changes transducer

frequency

EXIT: cancels

entries, closes

menus & windows;

toggles between

cursor position and

chart location on

Chart page

KEYPAD: move the

cursor, scroll through

menus, adjust features,

view sonar/GPS history

MENU: opens

context &

settings menus

PAGES: opens Pages

menu; selects active

panel for combo

display

ENTER: nalize

menu selections;

shortcut key for

functions like saving

a waypoint at cursor

position

Getting Started

Turning on the Unit

Press the POWER/LIGHT key to turn on the unit. If the unit is not connected to

a transducer, the unit will start up in simulator mode. To turn off the unit,

press the POWER/LIGHT key for three seconds.

Keypad

This unit’s keypad can be used in two ways. Pressing the arrow sym-

bols on the keypad will move the cursor in the corresponding direc-

tion on the screen and allow you to scroll through menus.

Backlight

Tap the LIGHT/POWER key to make adjustments to the

backlight level and open the Backlight Menu. To turn on Night

Mode from the menu, highlight Night Mode and press ENTER.

Night mode optimizes the display for low light conditions.

Cursor

Use the unit’s keypad to move the cursor around the display, select onscreen objects,

highlight data items and view sonar history. Press EXIT to remove the cursor from

the screen.

Language

Selects language used for menus, text boxes and messages.

To select a language:

Press1. MENU twice.

Select2. System and press ENTER

Highlight3. Language and press ENTER.

4. Use the keypad to select a language

and press ENTER.

Getting Started

Keypad

Getting Started

Menus

This unit has a Settings menu, a Pages screen and several context

menus. The Settings menu provides access to the settings menus for

the three main operation modes: Sonar and Radar. The Settings menu

is accessed by pressing MENU twice.

The Pages screen allows you to select a page to be shown on the

display. Utilities are also accessed from the Pages screen. Press the

PAGES key to select a page.

Each page has its own context menu which allows you to access

functions for that page. Context menus are accessible only when its

corresponding page is displayed. The Sonar Menu, for example, will

only be available when the Sonar Page is on the display. To access a

context menu, select the desired page and press the MENU key.

Closing Menus

Press the EXIT key to close a menu. Repeatedly pressing EXIT will close all menus,

taking you back to the main screen.

Selecting a Fishing Mode

Fishing modes enhance the performance of your unit by providing preset packages

of sonar settings geared to specic shing conditions.

To select a shing mode:

Press1. MENU twice.

Select2. Sonar and press ENTER.

Highlight3. Fishing Mode and press ENTER.

Select the desired shing mode and press 4.

ENTER.

Radar menu

Sonar menu

Pages screen

Settings

Getting Started

Fishing Mode Options

General Use Bottom brown/blue background; 50% ping speed

Shallow Water Bottom brown/white background; best suited for

depths less than 100 feet

Fresh Water Bottom brown/white background; 50% ping speed

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

transducer frequency

Slow Trolling Bottom brown/white background; 50% ping speed

Fast Trolling Bottom brown/white background; slightly lower chart

speed

Clear Water Bottom brown/white background; 50% ping speed

Brackish Water Bottom brown/blue background; higher ASP; slightly

lower chart speed

Entering Letters in Text Boxes

This unit has some features and functions that may

require you to enter data in a text box.

To enter data in a text box:

Highlight the text box and press 1. ENTER.

A keyboard will appear on the screen.

Use the keypad to highlight the rst 2.

character and press ENTER. Repeat

this step until all characters have been

entered.

Highlight3. OK and press ENTER. Keyboard window

Keypad button controls

uppercase & lowercase

Getting Started

Restore Defaults

The Restore Defaults command switches the unit back to the settings it had when

you purchased it (default settings).

To Restore Defaults:

Press1. MENU twice.

Select2. System and press ENTER.

Highlight3. Restore Defaults and press

ENTER. A conrmation message will

appear.

Select4. Yes and press ENTER.

Pages

Pages Screen

Consists of four page icons that scroll horizontally around the Pages menu. To view the pages screen,

press the PAGES key.

Selecting Pages

Pressing the keypad left or right will move the page icons around the menu. To select a page, move

the desired page icon to the center of the screen.

When selected, the page name will be highlighted in blue at the top of a list of combo display options.

Its icon, will be framed by a blue border below the list. To display the page, press ENTER.

Pages

With Sonar selected, unit will

display a full sonar screen

Combo

display

options

allows you

to display a

split screen

Sonar icon rotated to center of

page; has blue border indicating

it is the selected page option

Page Icons

Page icons

rotate around

the circular

Pages

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