Lowrance StructureMap HDS Gen 2 User manual

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HDS Gen2 Touch
Chartplotter Operator manual
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Warning: It is your sole responsibility to
install and use this instrument in a manner
that will not cause accidents, personal injury
or property damage. Always observe safe
boating practices.
Global Positioning System: The Global
Positioning System (GPS) is operated by the US
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operation, accuracy and maintenance. The GPS
is subject to changes which could affect the
accuracy and performance of all GPS equipment
anywhere in the world, including this instrument.
Electronic Chart: The electronic chart used by
this instrument is an aid to navigation designed
to supplement, not replace, official government
charts. Only official government charts
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the information required for safe and prudent
navigation. Always supplement the electronic
information provided by this instrument with
other plotting sources such as observations,
depth soundings, radar and hand compass
bearings. Should the information not agree, the
discrepancy must be resolved before proceeding
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Preface
As Navico is continuously improving this product, we retain the
right to make changes to the product at any time which may not
be reflected in this version of the manual. Please contact your
Lowrance dealer if you require any further assistance.
It is the owner’s sole responsibility to install and use the instrument
and transducers in a manner that will not cause accidents, personal
injury or property damage. The user of this product is solely
responsible for observing safe boating practices.
NAVICO HOLDING AS AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES, BRANCHES AND
AFFILIATES DISCLAIM ALL LIABILITY FOR ANY USE OF THIS PRODUCT
IN A WAY THAT MAY CAUSE ACCIDENTS, DAMAGE OR THAT MAY
VIOLATE THE LAW.
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user guides and other information relating to the product
(Documentation) may be translated to, or has been translated from,
another language (Translation). In the event of any conflict between
any Translation of the Documentation, the English language
version of the Documentation will be the official version of the
Documentation.
This manual represents the product as at the time of printing.
Navico Holding AS and its subsidiaries, branches and affiliates
reserve the right to make changes to specifications without notice.
Copyright
Copyright © 2012 Navico Holding AS.
Warranty
The warranty card is supplied as a separate document.
In case of any queries, refer to the brand web site of your display or
system: www.lowrance.com
Declarations and conformance
This equipment is intended for use in international waters as well as
inland waters and coastal sea areas administered by countries of the
USA, E.U. and E.E.A. For more information refer to the separate HDS
Gen 2 Touch Installation manual.

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About this manual
This manual is a reference guide for operating the Lowrance HDS
Gen 2 Touch system. It assumes that all equipment is installed and
configured, and that the system is ready to use.
The manual does not cover basic background information about
how equipment such as radars and AIS work. Such information is
available from our web site:
www.lowrance.com/en/Support/Library/.
Important text that requires special attention from the reader is
emphasized as follows:
¼Note: Used to draw the reader’s attention to a comment or some
important information.
The software
This manual is written for Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Release to
Market 1 (RTM1). Please check web site for details on release version.
Warning: Used when it is necessary to warn personnel that
they should proceed carefully to prevent risk of injury and/or
damage to equipment/personnel.

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Contents | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Contents | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch
Contents
7 HDS Gen2 Touch screen and keys
8 The HDS Gen2 Touch home screen
9 Basic operation
9 The power key
9 First time startup
9 Using the touchscreen
10 Menus
12 Dialog boxes
13 Positioning a Man Overboard waypoint
14 Screen capture
15 Pages
15 Page overview
15 Selecting pages, quick splits
16 Selecting Active panel
16 Customizing pages
18 Data Overlay
19 Chart
19 The Chart page
19 Vessel symbol
20 Chart scale
20 Using the cursor on the chart page
20 Panning the chart
20 Zooming
21 Chart menu
22 Chart options
26 Chart overlay
26 Chart Settings
27 Navionics chart options
30 Navionics settings
31 Waypoints, routes & trails
31 The waypoints, route and trails screens
33 Routes
35 Trails

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36 Navigating
36 Goto cursor
36 Navigating on the chart
37 Navigation settings panel
39 Steer page
40 StructureMap™
40 Turning on StructureMap overlay
40 Selecting Structure Source
42 Structure options
43 Logging Structure data
45 Scanning Fishing areas
46 The Instruments panels
46 The dashboards
46 Customizing the Instrument panel
48 Using Video (9”and 12” units only)
48 The video page
48 Setting up the video page
49 The Alarm system
49 The alarms dialog
51 Acknowledging an alarm
52 Utilities
52 Vessels
53 Sun/moon
53 Trip Calculator
53 Find
53 Alarms
53 Waypoints/routes/trails
54 Tides
54 Satellites
54 Files
55 Settings
56 System Settings
56 Changing system settings
57 Units

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58 Using the simulator
58 Simulator mode
58 Demo mode
58 Selecting simulator source files
59 Advanced simulator settings
60 Using the radar (optional)
60 Radar operation modes
61 Adjusting range
61 Using the cursor on the radar page
62 Measuring range and bearing to a target
62 Radar menu
64 EBL/VRM
65 Setting a guard zone around your vessel
66 Radar Settings menu
67 Radar orientation
68 MARPA
71 Radar overlay
72 Radar installation menu
74 Using AIS
74 Target symbols
75 Viewing information about AIS targets
76 Vessel alarms
76 The vessel settings panel
78 Networking
78 Auto configuration
78 Data sources
81 Device list
81 Diagnostics
81 SIRIUS status (US only)
82 NMEA 2000
82 NMEA 0183
83 Fuel
83 Vessel setup
84 Fuel used
84 Find fuel

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85 SIRIUS™ weather (North America only)
85 The weather display
86 Showing detailed weather information
86 Weather symbology
88 Weather alarms
89 Weather reports
90 Animating SIRIUS™ weather graphics
91 Audio
91 Enabling audio
91 The audio media bar
92 Operating the audio source
92 Audio controls
93 Using the FM/AM radio
94 Using SIRIUS radio
96 Maintenance
96 Preventive maintenance
96 Simple maintenance procedures
97 Software upgrades
97 Troubleshooting
97 Backing up your system data
99 Index

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Introduction | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch
HDS Gen2 Touch screen and keys
1 Touchscreen
2 SD Card reader
Used for optional InsightHD, Navionics, other compatible third-party
cartography, software updates, transfer of user data and system
backup.
3 Waypoint key
A short press opens the waypoint menu. A long press opens the
Find menu. Press the key twice to quickly save a waypoint.
4 Pages key
A short press displays the home screen. Repeated short presses
toggles through favorite pages.
5 IN / OUT / MOB key
Zoom key for chart and radar pages. A simultaneous press on both
keys will position a Man Overboard (MOB) waypoint at the vessel’s
position.
6 Power key
A long press turns the unit ON/OFF.
A short press brings up the backlight and power dialog. Repeated
short presses toggles between preset brightness levels.
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The HDS Gen2 Touch home screen
¼Note: video is only available on HDS Gen2 Touch 9” and 12” units.
The radar option will only be shown when the unit is connected to
a radar.
1 Utilities panel
Tap an icon to access utility data.
2 Favorites panel
Used to display Favorite pages, save new Favorites or clear
previously configured pages.
3 Pages
Tap a page icon to view the page full screen. Press and hold a page
icon to view quick split combo page options.
4 More
Tap to see the full menu.
5 Back button
Tap to exit the home screen and return to the previous page.
6 Local time
7 Water depth
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Basic Operation | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch
Basic operation
The power key
• Press and hold: Turn unit on/off
• Single press:
Display dialog for
brightness adjustment,
night mode, standby
mode and power off
• Repeated
presses:
Toggle preset brightness
levels (10 - 6 - 3- 1)
¼Note: If the power key is released before shut-down is completed,
the power off is cancelled.
A night mode which optimizes the color palette for low light condi-
tions, is included.
¼Note: Details on the chart may be less visible when Night mode is
selected!
When in Standby mode, the backlight for touchscreen and keys
are turned off to save power. The system will continue to run in the
background. To switch from Standby mode to normal operation,
press the power key.
First time startup
The device configuration dialog appears when you start up the
unit for the first time. It will reappear at the next restart if you select
Maybe later. Tap Close to manually configure settings.
Using the touchscreen
Basic touchscreen operation on the different pages is shown in the
table.
The Pages section later in this manual has more information about
page-specific touchscreen operation.
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Operation Menu/Dialogs Pages
Chart Radar
Tap Select/toggle item Activate cursor
Press and
hold n/a Activate cursor selection mode
Drag
Adjust slider value
Scroll dialog
Hide page menu
(Drag right)
Pan chart
(any direction) Move cursor
Menus
Menus are used to operate the system and to adjust settings.
• You select a menu item and toggle on/off menu check boxes by
tapping the selected item.
• You adjust slider bar values by dragging your finger
on the slide bar. Minor adjustments can be made by
tapping above or below the slider bar.
• Drop-down menu items are selected by tapping the
item and then the selected value.
Page menus
Page menus for each operation mode are on the right side of the
screen.
Page menus can be hidden to allow pages to be displayed full
screen. Drag the menu to the right to hide the menu.
¼Note: When the cursor is active, some features on page menus will
be replaced with cursor mode features.
Slide bar
Dropdown menu
Toggle menu

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Basic Operation | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch
Back button
You can return to the previous screen or menu by pressing the Back
button.
Hidden system menu
The page menu for each operation mode has a hidden system
menu. To access the hidden system menu, place your finger on the
top menu item and drag down.
Page menu Hiding page menu
Operation Menu/Dialogs Pages
Chart Radar
Tap Select/toggle item Activate cursor
Press and
hold n/a Activate cursor selection mode
Drag
Adjust slider value
Scroll dialog
Hide page menu
(Drag right)
Pan chart
(any direction) Move cursor
Menus
Menus are used to operate the system and to adjust settings.
• You select a menu item and toggle on/off menu check boxes by
tapping the selected item.
• You adjust slider bar values by dragging your finger
on the slide bar. Minor adjustments can be made by
tapping above or below the slider bar.
• Drop-down menu items are selected by tapping the
item and then the selected value.
Page menus
Page menus for each operation mode are on the right side of the
screen.
Page menus can be hidden to allow pages to be displayed full
screen. Drag the menu to the right to hide the menu.
¼Note: When the cursor is active, some features on page menus will
be replaced with cursor mode features.

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Settings dialog
You can access the settings dialog for each operation mode from
the hidden system menu or from the Utilities panel on the home
screen.
Dialog boxes
You select entry fields and keys in a dialog box by tapping the
screen. You can only enter information when a field is selected and
highlighted.
Some dialog listings might extend beyond the screen area. These
dialogs will include a scroll indicator, and you scroll by dragging the
list. A dialog is closed by tapping the Close button.
Numeric and alphanumeric keyboards will automatically be
displayed when required for entering user information in dialogs.
A virtual keyboard is operated by tapping the virtual keys.

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Basic Operation | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch
Using the cursor
The cursor is by default not shown on any page. Tap the screen to
activate the cursor on the chart and radar pages. The cursor
information window will show position coordinates at the cursor
position and range and bearing to the vessel.
To remove the cursor and cursor window from the page, tap the
Clear cursor button.
On the Chart page, tap Restore cursor to display the cursor in
its previous location. Restore cursor is a useful feature for toggling
between your current boat location and the cursor position.
Panning
You can pan the chart by dragging your finger in any direction.
Cursor assist mode
Press and hold your finger on the screen to switch the cursor to
selection mode. The selection tool will appear above your finger.
Drag the selection tool over the desired item.
Positioning a Man Overboard waypoint
If an emergency man overboard situation should occur, you can
position a Man Overboard waypoint at the vessel’s current position
by pressing both zoom keys simultaneously.
When you activate the MOB function the following actions are
automatically performed:
• a MOB waypoint is positioned at the vessel’s position
• the display switches to a zoomed chart page, centered on the vessel
position
• the unit displays navigation information back to the MOB waypoint

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Cancel navigation
The unit will continue navigating toward the MOB waypoint until
the waypoint is reached or until you cancel navigation.
Delete a MOB waypoint
1. Cancel navigation.
2. Tap Waypoint MOB on the page menu.
3. Tap Delete.
Screen capture
Simultaneously press and hold the PAGES and POWER keys to
take a screenshot. By default, screen captures are saved to internal
memory.
Refer to the Utilities section of this manual for information on
viewing screen captures and saving files to a SD card.
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Pages | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch
Pages
Page overview
This unit supports up to 7 page types. Each has a corresponding
group of preconfigured quick split combo pages.
Quick splits are two-panel combination pages featuring the selected
page combined with each of the other pages. Quick splits can not
be modified, but you can select/save your own page combination
using the Favorites feature. You can save up to 10 favorites. Pages,
quick splits and favorites are all accessed from the homescreen.
¼Note: Video is available only on 9” and 12” units. The radar option
will only be shown when the unit is connected to a radar.
¼Note: Sonar and/or Structure icons will only appear on the
homescreen when the unit is connected to a sonar and/or Stucture
source via an Ethernet connection.
Selecting pages, quick splits
Tap a page icon to view the page full screen. Press and hold a page
icon to view quick split combo page options.
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Selecting Active panel
You can change active panels by tapping the desired panel. The
active panel will have an orange border.
Adjusting splits
The size of panels can be adjusted by tapping Adjust splits on the
hidden system menu. Drag the adjustment button horizontally to
resize the panels. Tap Save to confirm changes.
Customizing pages
Saving Favorites
You can save and edit Favorite pages from the page editor screen.
1. Tap an empty Favorites icon on the Favorites panel or tap Customize to
modify an existing favorite
- The Page editor panel will be displayed
2. Drag and drop page icons to set up your custom screen
3. Select a panel configuration
4. Save the page layout by tapping Save.
¼Note: Tap Clear to cancel changes and select a new panel
configuration. Tap Discard to cancel changes and return to the
homescreen.

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Pages | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch
You can select from seven different panel configurations as illus-
trated below.
¼Note: You can cycle through favorite pages by pressing the PAGES
key.
Editing favorites
1. Tap Customize on the Favorites panel
2. Tap an existing favorite
3. Drag a page icon from the preview
4. Tap Save
Selecting Active panel
You can change active panels by tapping the desired panel. The
active panel will have an orange border.
Adjusting splits
The size of panels can be adjusted by tapping Adjust splits on the
hidden system menu. Drag the adjustment button horizontally to
resize the panels. Tap Save to confirm changes.
Customizing pages
Saving Favorites
You can save and edit Favorite pages from the page editor screen.
1. Tap an empty Favorites icon on the Favorites panel or tap Customize to
modify an existing favorite
- The Page editor panel will be displayed
2. Drag and drop page icons to set up your custom screen
3. Select a panel configuration
4. Save the page layout by tapping Save.
¼Note: Tap Clear to cancel changes and select a new panel
configuration. Tap Discard to cancel changes and return to the
homescreen.

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Deleting favorites
1. Tap Customize on the Favorites panel
2. Tap the page icon for the page you want to remove
3. Tap Clear and tap Save
Data Overlay
Allows you to overlay information on the active page. You can
turn on/off viewing of overlay data and edit/add overlay data by
accessing the hidden system menu from any page screen.
1. Access the hidden system menu
2. Tap Edit overlay and tap Add
3. Select a data category
4. Tap the data you want to overlay
5. Drag the overlay data into the desired position on the page
6. Tap Save
Customizing overlay data
You can toggle the overlay data type between an analog and digital
display, select data size, and change previously configured data
from the Edit overlay configuration menu.