Lowrance HDS-5X - Manual

Lowrance HDS-5X

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Table of Contents:

  • Page 2 – All Rights Reserved; Lowrance ® and Navico ® are registered trademarks of Navico.; and special offers at any time. We reserve the right to do so without
  • Page 3 – Contents; Table of contents
  • Page 4 – Index
  • Page 5 – About this manual; click on the; Manual Conventions; in all caps and bold text like —; MenU; MenU; Language; enTeR; Introduction
  • Page 6 – Lowrance HDS-5x Sonar
  • Page 7 – Getting Started; Turning on the Unit; Power Off; Setup wizard; Night Mode; Cursor; exIT
  • Page 8 – To select a language:; Menus; Closing Menus
  • Page 9 – Selecting a Fishing Mode; of sonar settings geared to specific fishing conditions.; Depth; General Use; Slow Trolling; Clear Water; Entering Letters in Text Boxes; This unit has some features and functions that may
  • Page 10 – To Restore Defaults:; System; Restore Defaults; Select each item you want to restore or; OK
  • Page 11 – Pages; Pages Screen; pages screen, press the; PAGeS; display the page, press; Hold down the; PAGeS; key to switch active panels
  • Page 12 – Data Overlay; Data Overlay menu; Edit Overlay menu; . The Edit overlay menu will
  • Page 13 – Move or Placing a Gauge; key when the gauge is in edit; to place the gauge.; Configure; Type
  • Page 14 – Size; ZOOM OUT; Limits
  • Page 15 – Allows you to Add/Remove sources and adjust Bezel, Caption; Configuration Settings; Add Source
  • Page 16 – Sonar Page; On the Sonar Page you can:; Sonar; on the Pages menu and
  • Page 17 – On the Radar Page you can:; Info Page; On the Info Page you can:; You will only be able to see the Radar page if your unit
  • Page 18 – Info menu; while on the; . The active gauge will be; You can toggle through the dashboard templates on the
  • Page 19 – To edit gauge display:
  • Page 21 – Change Layout; Use the keypad to choose a gauge layout; Add Dashboard; Select the desired gauge layout and press
  • Page 22 – To remove dashboards:; Utilities
  • Page 23 – Displaying Combo Pages; To display a combo page:; . The selected combo page will be; Selecting an Active Panel
  • Page 24 – Displaying; To display multiple panels:; key and use; combo page will be displayed; Adjust Panel Sizes
  • Page 25 – To adjust panel sizes:; press
  • Page 26 – Sonar Operation; To access the Sonar Page:; Use the keypad to select; Viewing Sonar History; You can review your recent sonar history
  • Page 27 – Sonar Menu; Sensitivity; Auto Sensitivity; By default, Sensitivity is set to auto mode. You may
  • Page 28 – Colorline
  • Page 29 – — displays full sonar screen; Adjust; To Adjust Sensitivity and Colorline:
  • Page 30 – Custom — Upper and Lower Limits; To set Upper and Lower Limits:; Custom; The Upper and Lower Limit window; numerical keypad will appear.; Repeat Steps 3 and 4 to input the desired limit in the other dialog; Ping Speed; Ping; Sonar Options
  • Page 31 – To select a Split option:; The Split menu will appear.; Palette; Sonar display color templates with varying degrees of color
  • Page 32 – Temperature Graph; Depth Line; Amplitude Scope; Zoom Bars; When the screen is zoomed, you can use the Zoom
  • Page 33 – Fish ID; Both; Measure Distance; Measure distance; Move the cursor to the second location. The Measure distance line; and move the cursor to
  • Page 35 – Radar; To access the Radar Page:; Use the keypad to select the
  • Page 36 – To select Radar State:; Radar State; Select the desired state and press; Adjust menu; To access the Adjust menu:; Highlight the desired setting and press the Arrow
  • Page 37 – Auto Gain; Selecting; Auto gain
  • Page 38 – Sea Clutter; ter will switch to Manual mode.; Sea Clutter Options; Switches Sea Clutter from Auto to Manual mode; Harbor; Auto setting optimized for harbor-like environment; Offshore; Auto setting designed for offshore conditions; Acquire Targets; display. There are three Position options:; Select the desired position and press
  • Page 39 – Position; the screen; Look Ahead; Symbology; Menu allows you to place up to two EBL/VRMs on the PPI display.
  • Page 40 – Use the keypad to move the EBL and
  • Page 41 – Data Box; Guard Zones; We recommend a 70-75% Guard Zone sensitivity
  • Page 42 – To turn on a Guard Zone:
  • Page 43 – Settings; settings for your unit. To access the Settings menu, press; Used to change system settings like units, language and; Settings Menu
  • Page 44 – Text Size
  • Page 45 – Screen Capture; key to capture the current screen. Repeat
  • Page 46 – To access Advanced Settings:; Highlight a desired setting and use the right/left; Use the arrow keys to select the desired value and press; About; Used to make adjustments to overlay data, combo page
  • Page 47 – Sonar Settings; To access the Sonar Settings:; network Sonar; Network sonar; noise Rejection; To adjust Noise Rejection:; Use the keypad to select the desired option and press; Surface Clarity
  • Page 48 – To adjust Surface Clarity:; Use the keypad to choose the desired option.; Scroll Speed; Manual Mode
  • Page 49 – Fishing Modes; Fishing; Use Shallow Water Fishing mode when fishing in less
  • Page 50 – To select a Fishing Mode:; Use the keypad to select the desired mode and press; Reset Fishing Mode; Installation Menu; Installation; Keel Offset; Keel
  • Page 51 – Use the keypad to enter the desired keel offset. Select; Water Speed Calibration; When there are differences in speed data, Water Speed; . The Water Speed Calibration keypad will
  • Page 52 – Water Speed Averaging; To select a Water Averaging interval :; Temperature Calibration; To calibrate Temperature:; Temperature Averaging; If the temperature sensor is reading a lower
  • Page 53 – To select a Temperature Averaging interval:; Transducer Type; transducer is not selected from the Transducer Type menu.; The Select Transducer menu will
  • Page 54 – Controls Radar options and display settings like Target; Target Expansion; Target Trails; Creates an onscreen history of the movement; To change the Palette:
  • Page 55 – Orientation; Course Up; To change Map Orientation:; Use the keypad to select the desired; Threshold; north Indicator; North Indicator
  • Page 56 – Range Rings; Range Markers; Range; Compass; Bearings
  • Page 57 – MARPA; Safe; — not on an approaching path to your vessel; • Dangerous; — on an approaching path to your vessel when a target; Lost; — selected target moves out of MARPA range; To use Radar overlay or MARPA, an RC42 heading sensor
  • Page 58 – To adjust CPA and TCPA settings:
  • Page 59 – To cancel individual targets:
  • Page 60 – Target Alarms; To access Radar Installation menu:
  • Page 61 – Installation Adjustment Menu; Bearing alignment; radar orientation to Heading Up.
  • Page 62 – To Adjust Bearing Alignment:; target is at 0; ZOOM In; Adjust range offset; Press the keypad to the left set range offset to 0.
  • Page 63 – Antenna Height; To Adjust Antenna Height:; Tune; for use by only trained technicians.
  • Page 64 – Sidelobes are false returns caused by the reflection of your; Sidelobe suppression; Reset Radar to Factory Defaults; Resets radar to factory default settings.
  • Page 65 – Fuel; Used to input fuel data like engine/tank configuration,; Refuel; Use keypad to select the Amount Added window and press enter.
  • Page 66 – Set to full checkbox; Tank set to full
  • Page 67 – Fuel Used; Reset; Vessel Setup
  • Page 68 – Engine/Tank Configuration
  • Page 69 – Active; Alarms; Some alarms will not work unless a corresponding
  • Page 70 – to silence the alarm and close the alarm window.; Siren enabled; Siren Enabled; Units
  • Page 71 – Network; Auto Configure; Yes; Data Sources; To select a data source:
  • Page 72 – Rename
  • Page 73 – on the selected device’s data source menu and; Reset Global and Reset Local; From the Device List you can:
  • Page 74 – Configuring Devices; Information screen will appear.; Configuration screen will appear.; Use keypad to input the desired information. Select
  • Page 75 – To; For more information on device calibration, refer to
  • Page 76 – Diagnostics; NMEA 2000 receive/send waypoint; Serial Ports; To send waypoints, your must have access to GPS through an
  • Page 77 – To configure serial ports:; only available if connected to AIS receiver; Vessels; There is no graphical display of dangerous vessels on
  • Page 78 – from the Vessels menu and press; Simulator; from the Simulator menu and press
  • Page 79 – Specifications; General
  • Page 80 – Unit Care; Cleaning the screen; the button to free it back to the normal position.; Debris in the keyboard contacts; Contact & Service Information; or visit our website:
  • Page 81 – securely plugged into the unit.; Troubleshooting; Unit won’t turn on
  • Page 82 – ducer lower in the water or to another location. The trans; Bottom echo disappears at high speeds, erratic
  • Page 83 – to the Full Sonar Chart screen. Press Menu and select So; No fish arches when Fish I.D. is turned off
  • Page 84 – and show as horizontal lines on screen. This is especially; noise
  • Page 85 – When no noise appears on the sonar unit after all of the; Reset the Unit
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Page 2 - All Rights Reserved; Lowrance ® and Navico ® are registered trademarks of Navico.; and special offers at any time. We reserve the right to do so without

Copyright © 2011 Navico All Rights Reserved Lowrance ® and Navico ® are registered trademarks of Navico. Navionics ® is a registered trademark of Navionics, Inc. NMEA 2000 ® is a registered trademark of the National Marine Electronics Association. Navico may find it necessary to change or end our po...

Page 3 - Contents; Table of contents

1 Contents Table of contents Introduction ....................................................................................... 3 Getting Started ................................................................................. 5 Turning on the Unit ...................................................

Page 4 - Index

2 Contents Radar Operation (optional) ........................................................... 33 Radar menu ............................................................................................. 34 Adjust menu ..................................................................................

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