Lowrance HDS-7M - Manual

Lowrance HDS-7M

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Table of Contents:

  • Page 2 – Software updates for your unit.; loads
  • Page 3 – Contents; Table of contents
  • Page 4 – Specifications
  • Page 5 – or by contacting customer service.; Lowrance Customer Service; About this manual; click on the; Manual Conventions; in all caps and bold text like —; MenU; MenU; Language; enTeR; Introduction; WARNING
  • Page 7 – Turning on the Unit; Night Mode; Cursor; To select a language:; Getting Started
  • Page 8 – Menus; Closing Menus; Selecting Chart Data; To select Chart data:
  • Page 9 – Entering Letters in Text Boxes; This unit has some features and functions that may; Restore Defaults; The Restore Defaults command switches the unit back
  • Page 10 – Blank page
  • Page 11 – Pages Screen; press the; PAGeS; Selecting Pages; Pages; Combo
  • Page 12 – Data Overlay; Data overlay is information you can display on top; Press; . The Edit Overlay menu will appear
  • Page 13 – Edit Mode; key when the gauge is in Edit; to place the gauge.
  • Page 14 – To select data overlay:; Type; to choose between; ZOOM OUT; key to increase; ZOOM In; key to decrease overlay size.
  • Page 15 – Limits; OK; Save
  • Page 16 – and Invert Text Settings. Other configuration menu options are; Configuration Settings; Caption
  • Page 17 – Chart Page; On the Chart Page you can:; Chart; on the Pages menu and; ENTER; to access the Chart Page.
  • Page 18 – Radar Page; 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 19 – Dash 1, Dash 2 and Dash 3; Edit; You can toggle through the dashboard templates on the; Gauge Layout Templates
  • Page 20 – To edit gauge display:
  • Page 21 – Select Data
  • Page 22 – Finish Edit
  • Page 23 – To remove dashboards:; Allows you to set alarms, view sonar logs and access other; Utilities
  • Page 24 – Files
  • Page 25 – Displaying Combo Pages; To display a combo page:; . The selected combo page will be; Selecting an Active Page
  • Page 26 – To adjust panel sizes:; Adjust Panel Sizes; press
  • Page 27 – Displaying the Chart page; Access the Chart page from the Pages menu.; Chart Operation
  • Page 28 – exit; Chart orientation indicator:; Find Current Position
  • Page 29 – Toggles radar overlay overlay on or off.; Selecting POIs on Chart page with Cursor; To select a Chart page POI:
  • Page 30 – Waypoints; Create/Delete Waypoint from Chart page; To create a Waypoint at the Cursor's position on Chart page:; key. From the Chart menu select
  • Page 31 – To Navigate to a Waypoint from the Waypoints screen:; When the Waypoints screen appears select the waypoint you want to; screen menu will appear. From the Waypoints screen menu select; Waypoints screen; Waypoints screen you can view and edit stored waypoints.
  • Page 32 – Waypoints screen menu; To open the Waypoints screen menu, press; key from the Waypoints screen.; Waypoints screen, Search for Waypoint by name; can search for a specific waypoint by name.; Waypoints screen menu will
  • Page 33 – Waypoints screen, Sort Waypoints; To view waypoint information:; editing a Waypoint on the Chart page; To Edit a Waypoint from the Chart page:; Edit Waypoint menu will appear.; edit Waypoint menu; Edit the name of a waypoint.
  • Page 34 – edit Waypoint name, description, position or depth; To Edit Waypoint name or description:
  • Page 35 – edit Waypoint icon and color; Routes; to manually select the next waypoint in the series.; Create Route from Chart page; To create a new route open the Chart menu and select; New Route; the first waypoint. Move the cursor to the next location and press
  • Page 36 – Repeat Step 2 until you have set all the desired waypoints along; key to open the Edit route menu. Select; . The route will be saved to the Routes screen.; Start; Start Route message box will appear, select
  • Page 37 – Routes screen; screen you can view and edit stored routes.; Routes screen menu
  • Page 38 – To
  • Page 39 – To Search for Route by Name:; . The Routes screen menu; Trails; Chart page every time you change course.; Trails screen; screen you can view and edit stored trails.
  • Page 40 – To open the Trails screen menu, press the; key from the Trails screen. The; new Trail menu; To Create a New Trail:; From the Waypoints and Routes; Trail menu will appear, select
  • Page 41 – edit Trail menu; change the trail name, trail color and description of a trail.; Use the keypad to enter; Trail line Color options; ing the Trail line color palette option.; If you record several overlapping trails, changing
  • Page 42 – Measuring Distances on Chart page; Search by Coordinates; To search for Chart page POI using coordinates:; Find Chart item; To search for specific Chart page item:
  • Page 43 – Map Orientation; To change Chart page orientation:; Map Orientation options are:; Look Ahead; To select / deselect the Look Ahead feature:
  • Page 44 – Chart categories; D and Shaded Relief; To select between 2D and Shaded Relief:; Chart options
  • Page 45 – Chart page Icons, Tides and Currents; including Tides and Currents.; Radar Overlay; surroundings by allowing you to see radar; Select
  • Page 46 – Radar Options; Navionics; To view Navionics data:
  • Page 47 – navionics Settings menu; To change Navionics Settings:; Settings; navionics Settings and Options; Safety Depth; When Night mode is selected, depth areas are dis-
  • Page 48 – Texture Type
  • Page 49 – Radar; To access the Radar Page:; Use the keypad to select the; Use the Radar menu to make adjustments to radar display; key when the; Radar Operation
  • Page 50 – To select Radar State:; Radar State; Adjust menu; To access the Adjust menu:; Gain; key. The Radar menu will appear
  • Page 51 – Sea Clutter; Clear Trails; Press the
  • Page 52 – display. There are three Position options:; Position; Default setting, will position the PPI in the center of; display. If you shift the PPI to the right, you will see
  • Page 53 – Symbology; Menu allows you to place up to two EBL/VRMs on the PPI display.
  • Page 54 – Use the keypad to move the EBL and increase/
  • Page 55 – bottom left corner of the Radar page.; Radar Overlay places radar returns on top of
  • Page 57 – settings for your unit. To access the Settings menu, press; System; Used to change system settings like units, language; Text Size; This unit will display text in two sizes: Small and; Settings Menu
  • Page 58 – Key Beeps; any key is pushed on the unit. You can change; Time; time and date will be displayed.
  • Page 59 – Datum; Coord System; To change Coordinate System:; Magnetic Variation; To change magnetic variation settings:
  • Page 60 – Satellites; on. The Satellite page has two display options.
  • Page 61 – Screen Capture; To take a screen capture:; from the Utilities list on the Pages; The screenshot menu will appear.; Your MMC/SD card will be listed on the screen. Select your MMC/; . You will be taken back to the list of
  • Page 62 – To switch the unit back to the settings it had when you purchased; confirmation message will appear.; Advanced; enables sticker backlight and slider hold off.
  • Page 63 – Highlight the setting information and; Use the arrow keys to select the desired value and press; About
  • Page 64 – To access the Chart Settings Menu:; Chart Data; To select chart data:; Select the desired map data and; Range Rings; Heading extension
  • Page 65 – To use Heading Extension; Select the desired time interval and press; Popup Information; Grid Lines; Grid; Range Rings and Heading Extension may not be
  • Page 66 – Hide Chart
  • Page 67 – Radar Settings Menu; Controls Radar options and display settings like Target; Target expansion; Target Expansion; Target Trails; Creates an onscreen history of the movement; Palette; To change the Palette:
  • Page 68 – Orientation; Course Up; To change Map Orientation:; Use the keypad to select the desired; Threshold; north Indicator
  • Page 69 – Range Markers; Range; Compass; Bearings
  • Page 70 – Installation; To access Radar Installation menu:
  • Page 71 – Bearing alignment; radar orientation to Heading Up.
  • Page 72 – Range offset; To Adjust Range Offset:; Antenna Height; To Adjust Antenna Height:
  • Page 73 – Open Array Park Angle; To Adjust Open Array Park Angle:; Installation Adjustment menu will appear.; Tune; for use by only trained technicians.; Reset Radar to Factory Defaults; Resets radar to factory default settings.
  • Page 74 – Fuel; Used to input fuel data like engine/tank configuration,; Refuel; Use keypad to select the Amount Added window and press enter.
  • Page 75 – Set to full checkbox; Tank set to full
  • Page 76 – Fuel Used; Reset; Vessel Setup
  • Page 77 – Engine/Tank Configuration
  • Page 78 – Alarms; Highlight; Some alarms will not work unless a corresponding
  • Page 79 – to silence the alarm and close the alarm window.; Siren enabled; When the Siren is enabled, a tone will sound when an
  • Page 80 – Logging Type
  • Page 81 – Time Period; Units; To change a unit of measure:; Select the a unit of measure and press
  • Page 82 – Network; Controls network configuration, data sources, serial port; Auto Configure; Yes; Data Sources; To select a data source:; Network menu
  • Page 83 – Rename
  • Page 84 – Scope; Global; Reset Global and Reset Local; Device Menu
  • Page 85 – Configuring Devices; Information screen will appear.; Configuration screen will appear.; Use keypad to input the desired information. Select
  • Page 86 – To configure device location:
  • Page 87 – Diagnostics; NMEA 2000 receive/send waypoint
  • Page 88 – Serial Ports
  • Page 89 – Vessels
  • Page 91 – Simulator; Simulate; Demo Mode
  • Page 92 – Source Files
  • Page 93 – Route
  • Page 95 – Unit Care; GeneRAL; GPS nAVIGATIOn
  • Page 96 – Warm water and soap will work fine. You
  • Page 97 – securely plugged into the unit.; Troubleshooting; Unit won’t turn on
  • Page 98 – the water you are in. If this happens, place the unit in the; Bottom echo disappears at high speeds, erratic
  • Page 99 – No fish arches when Fish I.D. is turned off
  • Page 100 – off including the engine. Turn on your sonar unit.; noise
  • Page 101 – When no noise appears on the sonar unit after all of the; GPS not Accurate
  • Page 102 – Categories. Make sure all the categories you want to see; Current Position not on the Screen
  • Page 103 – Radar won’t Start Up
  • Page 105 – Index; Symbols; D and Shaded Relief 42
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Summary

Page 2 - Software updates for your unit.; loads

Software updates for your unit. Occassionally check the Lowrance website for free software upgrades for your unit. Go to www.lowrance.com for the software upgrades. Select the Down- loads option from the grey menu bar near the top of the Lowrance website homepage. The Downloads screen will appear. S...

Page 3 - Contents; Table of contents

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

Page 4 - Specifications

2 Contents Map Orientation ....................................................................................... 41Look Ahead .............................................................................................. 41Chart categories .............................................................

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