Lowrance Elite 5x User manual

Installation & Operation
manual
Elite 5X, Mark 5X, Mark 5X Pro & Elite 4X
Operation manual
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Table of Contents
Introduction...................................... 2
Basic Operation............................... 3
Setup wizard............................................3
Working with menus ................................4
Fishing Mode...........................................5
Cursor......................................................6
Advanced Mode ......................................6
Standby mode .........................................7
Restore defaults ......................................7
Pages................................................ 8
Sonar Page..............................................8
Split Frequency........................................8
Split Zoom ...............................................9
Overlay Data............................................9
Using your Sonar............................11
Trackback .............................................. 11
Sensitivity ..............................................12
Colorline/Grayscale ...............................12
Depth Range .........................................13
Frequency .............................................14
Ping Speed (Advanced Mode only).......14
Sonar Options........................................14
Settings .......................................... 17
System...................................................17
Sonar ....................................................19
Surface Clutter.......................................19
Installation .............................................20
Alarms ..................................................21
Index ............................................... 22
Specications ................................ 23
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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.
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.
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
ZOOM Keys: used to zoom in/zoom
out
Introduction
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Basic Operation
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.
Accessing Sonar menu
Accessing the Settings menu
Sonar Page Sonar menu
Pages
This unit has three pages: Sonar, Split Frequency
and Split Zoom.
Settings menu
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Basic Operation
On/Off features
Select an on/o menu item
and press ENTER to turn it
on/o.
Dropdown menus
After accessing the dropdown
menu, press the keypad up/
down to select the desired
item and press ENTER.
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
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).
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 Mode
Fishing modes enhance
the performance of your
unit by providing preset
packages of sonar set-
tings geared to specic
shing conditions.
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.
Entering text
Some functions, like naming a waypoint, route or
trail, will require you to input text.
Switches
keyboard between
Alpha and
QWERTY layout
Switches letters
to uppercase/
lowercase
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
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)
• Units (Enables distance, speed, depth
and temperature options)
Fishing Mode Options
General
Use
Bottom brown/white background; 50% ping
speed
Shallow
Water Bottom brown/white background
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
Cursor
The keypad moves the cursor on the display and
allows you to review Sonar history. Press MENU
and select Exit cursor mode to clear the cursor.
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Basic Operation
Standby mode
Lowers power consumption by turning o sonar
and the display.
Press the PWR/LIGHT key to ac-
cess the Backlight menu. Select
Standby and press ENTER.
Press any key to resume normal op-
eration.
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.
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Pages
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
Split Frequency page
Split Frequency
Displays both transducer frequencies at the same
time. 83 kHz has a wider cone angle for greater wa-
ter coverage, while 200 kHz has the highest sensi-
tivity and best target discrimination in shallow wa-
ter. (Does not apply to the Mark 5X.)
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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.
Split Zoom
Split Zoom
Allows you to zoom in for a closer look without los-
ing your view of the water column.
Overlay data
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Pages
To select overlay data:
1. From the sonar 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 the desired data from the Con-
gure Items to show screen. Press EN-
TER.
6. Press MENU and select Return to
overlays.
7. Press MENU, select Done Conguring
and press ENTER.
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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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.
Adjust (Advanced Mode only)
Used to make adjustments to
Sensitivity, Colorline and Grayline.
Sonar Menu
(Advanced Mode)
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.
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.
Sensitivity set
to 65 percent.
Sensitivity set
to 85 percent.
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Sonar
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 areas.
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.
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.
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.
Custom range menu
NOTE: When using a custom range,
you may not receive any digital depth
readings, or you may receive incorrect
depth information.
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Sonar
Split FlasherSplit Zoom
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 tar-
get discrimination in shallow water. 83 kHz oers
a wider cone angle for more water coverage. The
Mark 5X only supports the 200kHz transducer fre-
quency.
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.
Frequency menu
When using shing modes, ping speed settings are
optimized for the selected shing conditions, so in
most cases, adjustments are not necessary.
Sonar Options
Accesses sonar display set-
tings and conguration
options.
Split Zoom and Split Flasher
Switches the sonar display from full screen sonar to
a split screen view.
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Sonar
Fish ID
Displays sh echoes as sh sym-
bols instead of sh arches. Fish ID
is not the most accurate method
of sh detection since structure
and suspended debris may be
shown as a sh symbol on the
display.
Ice Mode
Turns on a package of sonar settings optimized for
ice shing and also overlays battery meter data on
the screen.
Stop Sonar
Pauses the sonar chart, allowing you to get a closer
look at suspended targets.
Stop Sonar also can be used to prevent/stop inter-
ference between two units running on the same
boat at the same time.
Nightview Iceview
Amplitude
scope
Color
Allow you to change the look of the display using
palettes with varying degrees of color/brightness.
Monochrome units support Grayscale, Reverse
Grayscale and Bottom Black.
Amplitude Scope
Displays the amplitude of real-
time echoes before they appear
on the display.
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Sonar
Overlay Data
Allows you to select data (wa-
ter temperature, depth, etc)
to be displayed on top of the
Sonar screen.
Overlay data setup is covered
in the Pages section.
Settings
Accesses the Sonar settings menu.
Overlay data
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Settings
Settings Menu
Accesses to installation and conguration settings
for your unit.
System
Adjusts unit settings like language, mute audio
and advanced mode.
Settings
menu
Enables
advanced
features and
settings
Displays
software
information
System menu
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Settings
Set Language
Selects the language used on menus and text
boxes.
Mute Audio
Turns on/o unit audio, like key beeps, alarm
sounds, etc.
Advanced Mode
Enables features and settings only available with
unit in Advanced Mode.
Restore Defaults
Switches the unit back to default
settings.
About
Displays software information about this unit. Be-
fore attempting a software update, you can check
the version of software your unit is using by access-
ing the About screen.
Lowrance periodically updates unit software to
add features and improve functionality. To see the
latest available software version go to www.low-
rance.com.
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