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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Basic Operation
Cursor
The keypad moves the cursor around the display,
allowing you to scroll the map, select map items
and review sonar history.
Press MENU and select Return to vessel or Exit cur-
sor mode to clear the cursor.
Goto cursor
Allows you to navigate to the cursor.
1. Move the cursor to a desired location
and press MENU.
2. Select Goto cursor and press ENTER.
Fishing Mode Options
General Use Bottom brown/white background; 50% ping
speed
Shallow
Water
Bottom brown/white background; best 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
NOTE: Use Fresh Water mode when
shing in less than 100 feet of water;
otherwise your unit may not track bottom
properly.
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Basic Operation
Press the PWR/LIGHT key to access the Backlight
dialog. Select Standby and press ENTER.
Press any key to resume normal operation.
Restore defaults
Resets unit options and
settings to defaults.
Adjusting the display
You can make adjustments to the display using
Sensitivity, Colorline and Palettes. Those features
are covered in the Sonar section.
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)
• Alarms (Enables arrival, off course and
anchor alarm options)
• NMEA 0183 Output
• Units (Enables distance, speed, depth,
temperature, and bearings options)
Standby mode
Lowers power consumption by
turning o sonar and the display.
NOTE: Leaving your unit in Standby
mode when your boat is not is use will run
down your battery.
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Pages
Steer Page
The Steer page has a compass that shows your
current track, the direction to your destination, and
a digital data navigation panel.
Your location
Current Track
CompassDirection to
waypoint
Navigation
information
Sonar Page
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.
Fish arches
Surface Clutter
Overlay Data
Cursor
Depth
Location and depth
Frequency
Range Scale
Amplitude Scope
Colorline
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Pages
Chart/Sonar page
Consists of a chart/sonar splitscreen. Press the
PAGES key twice to switch active panels. The ac-
tive panel will have an orange border.
Chart/Sonar Page
Chart Page
Consists of map that moves in real-time as you
move. By default, the map is shown from a birds-
eye view with North at the top of the screen.
Current location
Waypoint
Current location;
distance to cursor
Depth contours
Zoom
Range
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Pages
Overlay Data
Displays selected overlay data on the sonar page.
Show
Enables/disables the display of overlay data, allow-
ing you to remove overlay data from the screen
without deleting the selected overlay data con-
guration.
Congure
Used to select overlay data to be displayed on the
screen.
Chart/Sonar split
Allows you to change the
way the panels are dis-
played when viewing the
Chart/Sonar page.
Press the PAGES key twice to switch active panels.
Overlay data
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Pages
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.
To select overlay data:
1. From a sonar or chart 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 a category from the Congure
Items to show screen. Press ENTER.
6. Press MENU and select Return to
overlay.
7. Press MENU, select Done Conguring
and press ENTER.
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Sonar
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 re-
move the cursor from the screen.
Sonar Menu
The sonar menu has options
and settings that aect the
appearance of the display.
Using your Sonar
Trackback
You can review your recent sonar history by mov-
ing the cursor to the left until the screen starts to
move in reverse.
Blue sonar history bar
Cursor depth
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Sonar
Press Menu from any sonar page to access the So-
nar menu.
New Waypoint
Places a waypoint at your current position or at the
cursor position. From the new waypoint menu, you
can input a waypoint name, select an icon and
input a desired latitude/longitude.
Adjust (Advanced Mode only)
Used to make adjustments to
Sensitivity and Colorline/Grayscale.
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.
New waypoint menu
Sonar Menu
(Advanced Mode)
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Sonar
Auto Sensitivity
Keeps sensitivity at a level that works well under
most conditions, reducing the needs for adjust-
ments. Auto Sensitivity is turned on by default.
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.
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.
Sensitivity set
to 65 percent.
Sensitivity set
to 85 percent.
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 reddish-
blue area.
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 lines.
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Sonar
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.
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.
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.
When using shing modes, ping speed settings are
optimized for the selected shing conditions, so in
most cases, adjustments are not necessary.
Custom range menu
Frequency menu
NOTE: When using a custom range, you
may not receive any digital depth read-
ings, or you may recieve incorrect depth
information.
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