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Lowrance HDS-5 Quick Start Manual

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See also: Operating Manual , Instruction and Installation Manual
HDS-5 & HDS-7

Quick Start Guide

Function keys

HDS works very much like previous Lowrance products but there are some changes
that make it even easier to use. Read this guide to quickly familiarize yourself with
your new display. For more details on any of the features mentioned here consult
the user's manual.
Press to select the page (screen) to display or to access utilities such as
PAGES
the waypoints list and celestial table. Press and hold to switch control
between the panels and combo (split screen) pages.
Press to save a waypoint at your current GPS position. Press and hold
WPT
to search for waypoints and other points of interest (POI's) or quickly
FIND
access waypoints, routes and trails..
Press to turn the unit on, adjust the backlight or place the unit in low
LIGHT
POWER
power (standby) mode. Press and hold to turn the unit off.
Creating a Man Overboard (MOB) position:
Activates cursor on Chart page. Press up, down, left
Arrow
or right to move the cursor.
Keypad
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
EXIT
close 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
•
Press the ZOUT and ZIN keys at the same time to create a
MOB waypoint with a line to your boat position.
Pub. 988-0176-04A

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Summary of Contents for Lowrance HDS-5

  • Page 1: Quick Start Guide

    HDS-5 & HDS-7 Quick Start Guide Function keys HDS works very much like previous Lowrance products but there are some changes that make it even easier to use. Read this guide to quickly familiarize yourself with your new display. For more details on any of the features mentioned here consult the user's manual.

  • Page 2: Pages Screen

    Pages screen To view a page: 1. From any screen press PAGES to access the Pages screen. Select the page display. Chart / Sonar will display a Chart and Sonar combo page. To adjust Panel sizes on a Combo page: 1.

  • Page 3: To Create Waypoint

    Waypoints To Create Waypoint at current position: Press the WPT/Find key to create a waypoint at the your current position. To Create Waypoint at the Cursor position on Chart page: Place the cursor on the Chart page where you want to set the waypoint, press the ENTER key.
  • Page 4 Chart POI information To view POI information on the Chart page: Select a POI on the Chart page with the cursor. A pop-up box will appear identifying the POI. Press the MENU key. The Chart menu will appear. Select Info from the Chart menu, press screen will appear.
  • Page 5 Sonar Cursor depth Information at cursor's position. When the cursor is active on screen use the History bar to scroll the Sonar page back and view previous sonar returns. When the cursor is on screen the sonar does not show real time sonar returns. NOTE: The unit is set up for optimal automatic operation under most conditions.
  • Page 6 To mark an Underwater object with a Waypoint: From the Sonar page, press the Arrow keypad to activate the cursor. Use the Arrow keypad to center the cursor over the underwater object, press ENTER. A waypoint will be created at the cursor's position on the Sonar page.

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