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Part 15.103 of the FCC rules • complies with CE under RTTE directive 1999/5/EC • complies with the requirements of level 2 devices of the Radiocommunications (Electromagnetic Compatibility) standard 2008 For more information please refer to our website: www.lowrance.com.
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Warning The user is cautioned that any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
Selecting a menu. Press menu , select screen captures, sonar logs, waypoints, routes and source and choose the desired GPS source trails; or insert a microSD mapping card to use mapping data source. Introduction | Elite-5 HDI...
To remove, carefully push in the card until it clicks out of place. Conventional DownScan Refer to the “Sonar Operation” section for information about conventional sonar features and settings. DownScan features and settings are covered in the “DownScan Operation” section. Introduction | Elite-5 HDI...
The Steer, DownScan, Sonar and Chart pages have Pages menus that can only be accessed when those pages are displayed. This unit has eight pages: Steer, DownScan, Sonar, Chart, Chart/Sonar, Chart/DownScan, Sonar/ DownScan and Chart/Sonar/DownScan. Steer menu Steer page Pages dialog Basic Operation | Elite-5 HDI...
Press the PagES key twice to switch active panels. The page menu for the active page will be displayed when the MEnu key is pressed. accessing the Settings menu Sonar page Sonar menu Chart menu Chart page Basic Operation | Elite-5 HDI...
Select the scrollbar and press the user. Depending on the type of keypad left (decrease) or right entry, different methods are used (increase). to confirm, cancel or close the dialog. Basic Operation | Elite-5 HDI...
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. Switches letters to uppercase/ lowercase Switches keyboard between ALPHA and QWERTY layout Basic Operation | Elite-5 HDI...
1. Move the cursor to a desired location Clear Water 400ft or less Inland/Coastal and press MEnu. Brackish 400ft or less Fresh-Saltwater mix 2. Select Goto cursor and press EntEr. Water 400ft or less Ice fishing Basic Operation | Elite-5 HDI...
Units (Enables distance, speed, depth, temperature and bearings configuration nOtE: Leaving your unit in Standby options) mode when your boat is not in use will run down your battery. restore defaults Sets unit options and settings to default values. Basic Operation | Elite-5 HDI...
Sonar Page The Steer page has a compass that shows your Displays the water column moving from right to current track, the direction to your destination, and left on your unit’s screen. a digital data navigation panel. Pages | Elite-5 HDI...
Consists of map that moves in real-time as you by selecting DownScan Overlay on the Sonar move. By default, the map is shown from a birds- settings menu. eye view with North at the top of the screen. Pages | Elite-5 HDI...
You can adjust the panel size of combo pages and control how the pages will be arranged on Chart/Sonar Chart/DownScan the screen: vertically (side) or horizontally (over). Sonar/DownScan Chart/Sonar/DownScan NOTE: Press the PagES key twice to switch active panels. Pages | Elite-5 HDI...
7. Repeat Steps 5 and 6 to add more data. 8. Press MENu and select Return to Configure Overlays. Press ENTEr. Allows you to select/customize overlay data. 9. Press MENu, select Done Configuring and press ENTEr. Pages | Elite-5 HDI...
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You can add/remove data and adjust the size and position of overlay data on the screen. Select the desired overlay data from the “Configure Item Locations and Sizes dialog” and press MENu. The configuration menu will appear. Pages | Elite-5 HDI...
You can review your sonar history by pressing the keypad to the left until the screen starts to move in reverse and the sonar history bar appears at the bottom of the screen. DownScan history bar Stops sonar transmission; pauses sonar scroll DownScan Operation | Elite-5 HDI...
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Contrast functions as the sensitivity setting for DownScan units. Adjust Access the Adjust menu to make Auto Contrast adjustments to the contrast level. Automatically adjusts contrast settings to a level that works best with current water conditions. DownScan Operation | Elite-5 HDI...
That allows you to best resolution, while 455 kHz has greater depth coverage. Ping Speed Controls the rate the transducer uses to send sonar waves into the water. Ping speed adjustments can help reduce interference from other transducers. DownScan Operation | Elite-5 HDI...
Surface Clarity reduces surface clutter by suspended targets. Purple is useful for viewing decreasing the sensitivity of the receiver near the structure detail and determining bottom hardness. surface. Sepia is best for looking at bottom detail. DownScan Operation | Elite-5 HDI...
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Accesses the Settings menu. Refer to ”Sonar Settings” on page 27. You can record sonar data and save the file on a microSD card inserted into the unit’s card reader. View previously saved sonar logs DownScan Operation | Elite-5 HDI...
Exit cursor mode. The features described in this section are for conventional sonar. Sonar Menu Refer to the “DownScan operation” section for Press Menu from any sonar information on DownScan features. page to access the Sonar menu. Sonar Operation | Elite-5 HDI...
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New waypoint menu (Advanced Mode) Adjust You can make adjustments to Sensitivity and Colorline from the Adjust menu. Contrast and Overlay options will only be active on the Adjust menu with DownScan Overlay enabled. Sonar Operation | Elite-5 HDI...
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 5 ft (2m) apart. Sonar Operation | Elite-5 HDI...
50kHz, 83kHz and 200kHz. 200 kHz has the highest sensitivity and best target discrimination in shallow water. 83 kHz offers a wider cone angle for more water coverage. 50 kHz provides the best depth penetration. Sonar Operation | Elite-5 HDI...
(boat pumps, water conditions, engine ignition systems, etc.) has on your display, and then Color filters out undesired signals. Allows you to change the look of the display using palettes with varying degrees of color/brightness. Sonar Operation | Elite-5 HDI...
DownScan options sonar units running on the boat at the same time. are covered in more detail in the “DownScan Operation” section. nOTe: Sonar history will not be recorded when sonar is stopped. Sonar Operation | Elite-5 HDI...
Allows you to select data to Only adjustments made to conventional sonar be displayed on top of the settings will be visible on the sonar page. Sonar page. Overlay data setup is covered in the “Pages” section. Overlay data Sonar Operation | Elite-5 HDI...
That is useful when you want to clear settings scrolling if the bottom depth is out of transducer adjustments made while using a fishing mode. range. WARnInG: Manual mode should only be used by advanced sonar users. Sonar Operation | Elite-5 HDI...
Resets the Water Distance value to zero. Transducer Type Selects the transducer model attached to your unit. You must select the correct transducer type to get Transducer the best sonar performance from your unit. Keel Keel Offset (-3.5 feet) Sonar Operation | Elite-5 HDI...
Creates a waypoint at your current location or at the dialog. cursor position. When the cursor is on the screen, waypoints will be saved at the cursor position. If the cursor is not active, waypoints will be saved at your current position. Chart Operation | Elite-5 HDI...
To measure distance: 1. Select Measure and press enter. 2. Move the cursor to the desired location. The distance will be shown in the Waypoints menu Waypoints Screen measuring dialog. Chart Operation | Elite-5 HDI...
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Allows you to navigate to a waypoint. Edit Delete and Delete All Allows you to edit the name, icon and latitude/longitude Delete is used to delete a of a selected waypoint. selected waypoint. Delete All deletes all waypoints. Chart Operation | Elite-5 HDI...
Routes can be created by inserting waypoints from Routes menu Routes screen the waypoints list or by using the cursor to position points on the chart. You also can add waypoints to a route by selecting them from the chart screen. Chart Operation | Elite-5 HDI...
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4. Repeat Step 3 to add more points. press enter. 5. Press Menu and select Stop adding. 5. Select Waypoint from list and press Press enter. enter. 6. Select Save and press enter. 6. Select the desired waypoint and press enter. Chart Operation | Elite-5 HDI...
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To cancel navigation: 2. Select Start and press enter. 1. Press Menu from the chart screen. 2. Select Navigation and press enter. 3. Highlight Cancel and press enter. 4. Select Yes and press enter. Routes menu Chart Operation | Elite-5 HDI...
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To access the “Edit” or “New Route” dialog, select Edit or New on the Routes menu and press enter. To finalize changes on the “Edit” or “New Route” dialogs, highlight the Done button and press enter. Chart Operation | Elite-5 HDI...
Creating trails 1. Select New and press enter. The When creating a trail you can customize the trail New Trail dialog will appear. name and color from the New Trail. 2. Select Save and press enter. Chart Operation | Elite-5 HDI...
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4. For navigation instructions refer to the off trail recording display “Navigating a route” segment. on map Edit Trails dialog Displayed and Record Displayed allows you to show/hide trails on the map display, preventing the screen from being cluttered with trails. Chart Operation | Elite-5 HDI...
All removes all trails. Overlay data Orientation Overlay data setup is covered in the “Pages” section. Allows you to select North Up or Course Over Ground (COG) as the map orientation. Settings Accesses the “Chart settings” menu. Chart Operation | Elite-5 HDI...
Chart Settings menu longitude scale. Chart Data Selects map data that will be used on the Chart display (Lowrance or Navionics regional map). Go to Navionics.com to see a full selection of available charts. Chart Operation | Elite-5 HDI...
Bearings Controls whether bearing will be calculated using True North or Magnetic North. Magnetic North should be used when navigating with a compass course or heading; otherwise use the default set- ting, True North. Chart Operation | Elite-5 HDI...
Adjusts unit settings like language, mute audio Settings menu and advanced mode. Accesses installation and configuration settings for your unit. Enables advanced features and settings Settings System menu menu (Advanced mode Displays software only) information (Advanced mode only) Settings | Elite-5 HDI...
Enables features and settings only available with unit in Advanced Mode. Selects the antenna your unit will use for GPS. You will use the built-in GPS antenna unless you have a LGC-16W external antenna (p/n: 000-00146-001). Settings | Elite-5 HDI...
Restore Defaults Lowrance periodically updates unit software to add features and improve functionality. To see Switches the unit back to default settings. the latest available software version go to www. lowrance.com. Browse Files Allows you to view a list of the files saved to the Alarms microSD card.
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Allows you to select the unit of measure used by Simulates GPS and/or sonar activity. Simulations the unit. Unit options vary depending on whether can be customized on the Simulator options menu. the unit is in basic or advanced mode. Basic Mode Advanced Mode Settings | Elite-5 HDI...
Elite-5 HDI Sonar General 300ft (91 m) 455/800Khz Max depth 1000ft (305 m) 83/200kHz 5.4” H (136 mm) x 6.9” W (174 mm); Case Size 2500ft (762 m) 50/200kHz 5.9” H (151 mm) with bracket Transducer 455/800kHZ and 83/200kHz or (5”...
Grid Lines 41 Dialogs 8 Mute Audio 45 DownScan menu 17 Dropdown menus 8 Cancel navigation 36 Installation menu 30 Navigating a route 35 Chart 41 Navigating a trail 39 Chart Data 41 Editing waypoints 33 Navigation 42 Index | Elite-5 HDI...
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Turn unit on/off 4 Sonar Menu 22 Page menus 6 Sonar Options menu Page selection 6 Ping Speed 25 Unit Controls 4 Sonar Page 12 Sonar settings 28 Sort waypoints 34 Range 19 Split Flasher 26 Index | Elite-5 HDI...
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Databases Limited Warranty Navico Databases License Agreement “We”, “our”, or “us” refers to Navico, the manufacturer of this product. “You” or “your” THIS IS A LEGAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE END-USER WHO FIRST PURCHASES refers to the first person who purchases the product as a consumer item for personal, family, or THIS PRODUCT AS A CONSUMER ITEM FOR PERSONAL, FAMILY, OR HOUSEHOLD household use.
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Contact information Customer Service: 1-800-628-4487 (8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central Standard Time, M-F) (Canada) 1-855-361-1564 canada@navico.com (8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, M-F) Ordering Accessories http://store.navico.com/ Visit our website www.lowrance.com...