Lowrance Elite 5m GPS User manual

Installation & Operation
manual
Elite 5m & Elite 4m
Operation manual

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1
Table of Contents
Introduction...................................... 2
Unit Controls............................................2
Inserting microSD cards ..........................3
Basic Operation............................... 4
Setup wizard............................................4
Page menus ............................................4
Working with menus ................................5
Cursor......................................................7
Goto cursor..............................................7
Advanced Mode ......................................7
Standby mode .........................................7
Restore defaults ......................................8
Pages................................................ 9
Steer Page...............................................9
Chart Page ..............................................9
Using your Chart ........................... 12
Chart Menu............................................12
Waypoints, Routes, Trails......................13
Routes Screen.......................................14
Trails Screen .........................................18
Orientation.............................................20
Settings .......................................... 21
Settings Menu........................................21
System...................................................21
Navigation..............................................23
Chart......................................................25
Alarms ..................................................26
Index ............................................... 28
Specications ................................ 30

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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 way-
point. You must cancel navigation
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-5m 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.

4
Basic Operation
Pages
This unit has two pages: Chart and Steer.
Page menus
The Steer and Chart pages have menus that can
only be accessed when those pages are displayed.
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.
Chart page
Chart menu

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Basic Operation
Working with menus
There are several menu types used to make
adjustments to options and settings, including
scrollbars, on/o features and dropdown menus.
Scrollbars
Select the scrollbar and press the key-
pad left (decrease) or right (increase).
On/Off features
Select an on/o menu item
and press ENTER to turn it
on/o.
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.
Settings menu
Steer page
Steer menu

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Basic Operation
Entering text
Some functions, like naming a waypoint, route or
trail, will require you to input text.
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.
Dropdown menus
After accessing the drop-
down menu, press the keypad
up/down to select the desired
item and press Enter.
Dialogs
Dialogs are used for user input or for presenting in-
formation 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.
Switches
keyboard between
Alpha and
QWERTY layout
Switches letters
to uppercase/
lowercase
NOTE: Press the Menu key to Exit
menus.

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Basic Operation
Cursor
The keypad moves the cursor around the display,
allowing you to scroll the map and select map
items. Press MENU and select Return to vessel 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.
Advanced Mode
Enables advanced features and
settings.
The following features are enabled when Advanced
mode is turned on:
• Navigation menu
• 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 the display.

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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.
NOTE: Leaving your unit in Standby
mode when your boat is not is use will run
down your battery.

9
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
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
To select overlay data:
1. From the 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.
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.
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.

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Chart
Chart Menu
Press Menu from any Chart pages to open the
Chart menu.
New Waypoint
Creates a waypoint at your current location or at
the cursor position.
When the cursor is on the screen, waypoints will
be saved at the cursor position; conversely, if the
Using your Chart
This section covers chart operation, which includes
saving, loading and navigating, waypoints, routes
and trails and using chart menus, context menus
and submenus.
Chart menu

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Chart
cursor is not displayed onscreen, waypoints will be
saved at your current position.
Waypoints, Routes, Trails
Used to create, edit, navigate and delete way-
points, routes and trails.
Press the keypad left/right to toggle between
waypoint, routes and trails tabs.
Edit
Allows you to edit the name,
icon and latitude/longitude.
of a selected waypoint.
Waypoints menu
Waypoints Screen Waypoints
menu

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Chart
New
Creates a new waypoint
at the cursor or vessel
position. You can also select
waypoint name, icon and
latitude/longitude from the
new waypoint menu.
Show
Displays the selected waypoint on
the map.
Goto
Allows you to navigate to a waypoint.
Delete and Delete All
Delete is used to delete a
selected waypoint. Delete
All deletes all waypoints.
Sort
Controls how the waypoints list will be
sorted — by name or by nearest.
Routes Screen
Used to create, edit, navigate and delete routes.
Use the keypad to highlight the Routes tab to ac-
cess the Routes screen.
Creating a route
Routes can be created by inserting waypoints from
the waypoints list or by using the cursor to posi-
tion new points on the chart. You also can add way-
points to a route by selecting them from the chart
screen.
Routes screen Routes menu

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Chart
To create a route from waypoint list:
1. Press MENU from the Routes screen.
2. Select New... and press ENTER.
3. Press the keypad down to select the
Leg name eld and press ENTER.
4. Press Menu, select Add to End and press
ENTER.
5. Highlight Waypoint from list and press
ENTER.
6. Select the desired waypoint and press
ENTER.
7. Press Menu and select Add to end to add
another waypoint to the route.
8. When the route is complete, press MENU,
select Stop Editing and press ENTER.
9. Select Save and press ENTER.
Add waypoints from list or Points from chart.
Route waypoint
menu
Shows selected route
waypoint on the chart
Inserts waypoint between
existing route waypoints
Adds waypoint to
end of the route
Remove waypoint
Starts navigation
to the selected
route waypoint
Controls how waypoints
are listed

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Chart
2. Select Start and press ENTER.
3. Select Forward or Reverse and press
ENTER.
4. Press MENU and select Return to Chart.
Press ENTER.
Creating a route using points from chart:
1. Repeat Steps 1-4 from the instructions
for Creating a route from waypoint list.
2. Select Points from chart and press
ENTER. The chart screen will appear.
3. Move the cursor to the desired location.
Press ENTER to set a waypoint.
4. Repeat Step 3 to add more route
waypoints.
5. Press MENU and select Stop adding.
Press ENTER.
6. Highlight the Save button and press EN-
TER.
Navigating a route
Routes can be navigated in for-
ward or reverse.
1. Select the desired route
on the Route screen and
press MENU.
Routes menu

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Chart
To access the Edit or New Route menu, select Edit
or New on the Routes menu and press ENTER.
To nalize changes on the Edit or New Route
menus, highlight the Accept button and press EN-
TER.
Displayed
Used to show/hide a route on the display, which
prevents the screen from being cluttered by too
many routes
Delete and Delete All
Delete is used to delete
individual routes. Delete
All, removes all routes.
To cancel navigation:
1. Press Menu from the chart screen.
2. Select Navigation and press ENTER.
3. Highlight Cancel and press ENTER.
4. Select Yes and press ENTER.
Edit and New Route menus
Used to edit/create routes, route names and to turn
on/o the route display. That allows you to display
only desired routes on the map.
Turns on/
off route
display
on map
Use keypad to select
Route leg window

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Chart
Trails Screen
Used to create, edit, navigate and delete trails. Use
the keypad to highlight the Trails tab to access the
Trails screen.
Creating trails
When creating a trail you can customize the trail
name and color from the New Trail.
To create a trail:
1. Select New and press ENTER. The
New Trail will appear.
2. Use the keypad to highlight Record and
press ENTER to make the trail active/
inactive.
3. Select Save and press ENTER.
Trails screen Trails menu Trails menu