Lowrance Elite 5 User manual

Installation & Operation
manual
Elite 5, Elite 4 & Mark 4
Operation manual
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Table of Contents
Introduction...................................... 3
Unit Controls............................................3
Inserting microSD cards ..........................4
Setup wizard............................................5
Basic Operation............................... 5
Selecting Pages.......................................5
Page menus ............................................6
Working with menus ................................7
Dialogs.....................................................8
Entering text ............................................8
Fishing Modes .........................................8
Cursor......................................................9
Goto cursor..............................................9
Advanced Mode ....................................10
Standby mode .......................................10
Restore defaults ....................................10
Adjusting the display..............................10
Pages...............................................11
Steer Page............................................. 11
Sonar Page............................................ 11
Chart/Sonar page .................................12
Chart Page ............................................12
Overlay Data..........................................13
Chart/Sonar split....................................13
Using your Sonar........................... 15
Trackback .............................................. 15
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Table of Contents
Sonar Menu...........................................15
Sensitivity ..............................................16
Colorline/Grayscale ...............................17
Depth Range .........................................17
Frequency .............................................18
Ping Speed (Advanced Mode only).......18
Fish ID ...................................................20
Using your Chart ........................... 21
Chart Menu............................................21
Waypoints, Routes, Trails......................22
Routes Screen.......................................23
Trails Screen .........................................27
Orientation.............................................29
Settings .......................................... 30
System...................................................30
Saving Screenshots...............................32
Navigation..............................................33
Chart......................................................34
Sonar ....................................................36
Installation .............................................37
Alarms ..................................................38
Index ............................................... 40
Specications ................................ 42
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Introduction
Getting Started
Turn unit
on/off
To turn on/off the unit, press and
hold the LIGHT/POWER key for
three seconds.
Man
Overboard
waypoint
Press the ZOOM IN and ZOOM
OUT keys at the same time to set
a Man Overboard waypoint. Your
system will automatically create
an active route back to the MOB
waypoint. You must cancel navi-
gation to terminate the function.
Adjusting
the
backlight
This unit has 10 backlight levels.
Press the LIGHT/POWER key to
switch backlight levels.
Muting
Audio
Select Mute Audio from the
System menu and press ENTER.
Selecting a
GPS
Source
Select GPS Source from the
System menu and press ENTER.
Select internal or external and
press ENTER. (Elite-5 only)
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
MOB: press and hold both Zoom keys
to create a Man Overboard waypoint
ZOOM Keys: used to zoom in/zoom
out
microSD slot: insert a blank microSD card to
save screen captures; or insert a microSD map-
ping card to use mapping data (See illustration
on page 2)
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Introduction
Inserting microSD cards
Carefully slide the microSD card into the slot until it clicks into place.
To remove, carefully push in the card until it clicks out of place.
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Basic Operation
Pages
This unit has four pages: Sonar, Chart, Sonar/Chart
and Steer.
Selecting Pages
To select a page, press the keypad in the direction
of the desired page.
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.
NOTICE
This manual covers several units. Some screen-
shots may dier from what you see on your
screen. Your unit, however, will function in a
similar manner.
Pages menu
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Basic Operation
Page menus
The Steer, Sonar, Chart/Sonar and Chart pages
have menus that can only be accessed when those
pages are displayed.
Steer page
Steer menu
Sonar page
Sonar menu
Chart/Sonar page
Chart or sonar
menu will appear
depending on
which panel is
active. Press the
PAGES key twice
to switch
active panels.
Chart page
Chart menu
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Basic Operation
Scrollbars
Select the scrollbar and press the
keypad left (decrease) or right (in-
crease).
On/Off features
Select an on/o menu
item and press ENTER to
turn it on/o.
Dropdown menus
After accessing the drop-
down menu, press the key-
pad up/down to select the
desired item and press ENTER.
Accessing the Settings menu
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 adjust-
ments to options and settings, including scrollbars,
on/o features and dropdown menus.
NOTE: Press the MENU key to Exit
menus.
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Basic Operation
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 Modes
Fishing modes enhance
the performance of your
unit by providing preset
packages of sonar set-
tings geared to specic
shing conditions.
Switches keyboard
between Alpha and
QWERTY layout
Switches letters
to uppercase/
lowercase
Dialogs
Dialogs are used for user input or
for presenting information to the
user.
Depending on the type of infor-
mation or entry, dierent meth-
ods 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.
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