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Lowrance HDS-5 Quick Start Manual
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HDS-5 & HDS-7
Quick Start Guide
Function keys
Activates cursor on Chart page. Press up, down, left or right to move the cursor.
Arrow
Keypad
Press to select the page (screen) to display or to access utilities such as the
PAGES
waypoints list and files. Press and hold to switch control between the panels on
combo (split screen) pages.
Press to save a waypoint at your current GPS position. Press and hold to search
WPT
for waypoints and other points of interest (POI's) or quickly access waypoints,
FIND
routes and trails.
Press to turn the unit on, adjust the backlight or place the unit in low power
LIGHT
(standby) mode. Press and hold to turn the unit off.
POWER
Creating a Man Overboard (MOB) position:
Press the ZOUT and ZIN keys at the same time to create a MOB waypoint with a line to
your boat position.
Zooms out the Radar, Sonar and Chart pages.
ZOUT
Zooms in the Radar, Sonar and Chart pages.
ZIN
Press to return to a previous screen, clear data and close
EXIT
menus. Pressing Exit on the Chart page will quickly switch
between displaying the boat symbol and the last cursor
position.
Press to save data, change values and accept menu
ENTER
commands; also acts as a short cut key for important
functions such as saving a waypoint at the cursor position
on the Chart page.
Accesses the features available on each page.
MENU
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Summary of Contents for Lowrance HDS-5

  • Page 1 HDS-5 & HDS-7 Quick Start Guide Function keys Activates cursor on Chart page. Press up, down, left or right to move the cursor. Arrow Keypad Zooms out the Radar, Sonar and Chart pages. ZOUT Zooms in the Radar, Sonar and Chart pages.
  • Page 2: Pages Screen

    Pages screen To view a page: 1. From any screen press PAGES to access the Pages screen. 2. Select the desired page display. To adjust Panel sizes on a Combo page: 1. From the Pages screen, select the desired Combo page and press the MENU key.
  • Page 3 Go To Cursor / Cancel Navigation To Navigate to the cursor: 1. From the Chart page, center the cursor over a point of interest and press MENU. 2. Select Go to Cursor and press ENTER. To cancel navigation: 1. From the Chart menu select Navigation and press ENTER.
  • Page 4: Transducer Type

    Transducer Type Selecting the proper transducer type from the sonar installation menu helps optimize HDS performance by enabling settings (temperature and frequency) and menu options specific to your transducer. To select a Transducer Type: 1. Press MENU twice. 2. Select Sonar and press ENTER. 3.
  • Page 5 SonicHub When the HDS is connected to a SonicHub server you can use your HDS unit to control audio playback from iPod, iPhone, USB mass storage device (mp3) and AM/FM radio. Enabling audio You must enable Audio on your display unit’s settings menu to control audio playback with your unit.
  • Page 6: Keypad Controls

    Operating SonicHub audio When the media bar is the active panel, press the MENU key to access the SonicHub menu. Adjustments to SonicHub audio playback settings can be made from the SonicHub menu, function keys and the keypad. Volume control, song and station selection, favorites and audio source can be adjusted/accessed using your units function keys and keypad.

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