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HDS Gen2 Touch Chartplotter Operator manual ENGLISH lowrance.com...
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Please contact your Lowrance dealer if you require any further assistance. It is the owner’s sole responsibility to install and use the instrument and transducers in a manner that will not cause accidents, personal injury or property damage.
About this manual This manual is a reference guide for operating the Lowrance HDS Gen 2 Touch system. It assumes that all equipment is installed and configured, and that the system is ready to use. The manual does not cover basic background information about how equipment such as radars and AIS work.
Using the cursor on the chart page Panning the chart Zooming Chart menu Chart options Chart overlay Chart Settings Navionics chart options Navionics settings Waypoints, routes & trails The waypoints, route and trails screens Routes Trails Contents | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
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The video page Setting up the video page The Alarm system The alarms dialog Acknowledging an alarm Utilities Vessels Sun/moon Trip Calculator Find Alarms Waypoints/routes/trails Tides Satellites Files Settings System Settings Changing system settings Units Contents | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
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Viewing information about AIS targets Vessel alarms The vessel settings panel Networking Auto configuration Data sources Device list Diagnostics SIRIUS status (US only) NMEA 2000 NMEA 0183 Fuel Vessel setup Fuel used Find fuel Contents | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
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Enabling audio The audio media bar Operating the audio source Audio controls Using the FM/AM radio Using SIRIUS radio Maintenance Preventive maintenance Simple maintenance procedures Software upgrades Troubleshooting Backing up your system data Index Contents | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
Man Overboard (MOB) waypoint at the vessel’s position. Power key A long press turns the unit ON/OFF. A short press brings up the backlight and power dialog. Repeated short presses toggles between preset brightness levels. Introduction | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
Tap a page icon to view the page full screen. Press and hold a page icon to view quick split combo page options. More Tap to see the full menu. Back button Tap to exit the home screen and return to the previous page. Local time Water depth Introduction | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
Maybe later. Tap Close to manually configure settings. Using the touchscreen Basic touchscreen operation on the different pages is shown in the table. The Pages section later in this manual has more information about page-specific touchscreen operation. Basic Operation | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
Page menus can be hidden to allow pages to be displayed full screen. Drag the menu to the right to hide the menu. ¼ Note: When the cursor is active, some features on page menus will be replaced with cursor mode features. 10 | Basic Operation | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
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Hidden system menu The page menu for each operation mode has a hidden system menu. To access the hidden system menu, place your finger on the top menu item and drag down. | 11 Basic Operation | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
A dialog is closed by tapping the Close button. Numeric and alphanumeric keyboards will automatically be displayed when required for entering user information in dialogs. A virtual keyboard is operated by tapping the virtual keys. 12 | Basic Operation | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
MOB waypoint is positioned at the vessel’s position • the display switches to a zoomed chart page, centered on the vessel position • the unit displays navigation information back to the MOB waypoint | 13 Basic Operation | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
By default, screen captures are saved to internal memory. Refer to the Utilities section of this manual for information on viewing screen captures and saving files to a SD card. 14 | Basic Operation | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
Ethernet connection. Selecting pages, quick splits Tap a page icon to view the page full screen. Press and hold a page icon to view quick split combo page options. | 15 Pages | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
Select a panel configuration Save the page layout by tapping Save. ¼ Note: Tap Clear to cancel changes and select a new panel configuration. Tap Discard to cancel changes and return to the homescreen. 16 | Pages | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
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¼ Note: You can cycle through favorite pages by pressing the key. editing favorites Tap Customize on the Favorites panel Tap an existing favorite Drag a page icon from the preview Tap Save | 17 Pages | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
Tap Save Customizing overlay data You can toggle the overlay data type between an analog and digital display, select data size, and change previously configured data from the Edit overlay configuration menu. 18 | Pages | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
Without a heading sensor installed, the icon will position itself using COG (Course over Ground). If no GPS is available the vessel symbol will include a question mark. | 19 Chart | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
You Zoom in to see less of the map with more detail; zoom out to see more of the map with less detail. You can also use the dedicated +/- keys to zoom. 20 | Chart | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
Save the route by tapping Save on the menu measuring distance The cursor can be used to measure the distance between your vessel and a selected position, or between two points on the chart. | 21 Chart | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
The chart orientation symbol in the upper right corner of the page indicates the north direction. North up Displays the chart with the north direction upward. Corresponds to the usual orientation of nautical charts. North up Heading up Course up 22 | Chart | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
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The camera angle is by default as seen from your eye position, look- ing toward the vessel. The vessel’s rotation on the chart is defined by the chart orientation settings. Chart tilted in rotate mode | 23 Chart | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
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When you remove your finger from the chart the view will remain in the selected position. imagery Lowrance mapping can be displayed in two different imagery styles, either as 2D basic mapping style, or with shaded relief presenting chart including terrain imaging.
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Tap the onscreen basic information display or tap the info button to view all available information for the item. ¼ Note: Popup information has to be enabled to see basic item information. | 25 Chart | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
Selecting chart data This unit can use built-in Lowrance map data as well as Navionics, Fishing Hotspots, legacy LakeMaster and other third-party mapping cards. Tap Change to Navionics or Change to Lowrance to switch chart data the unit is using.
SD card cartography when a card is inserted.. orientation Several options are available for how the chart is rotated on the page. The chart orientation symbol in the upper right corner of the page indicates the north direction. | 27 Chart | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
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The availability of such photos is limited to certain regions and only available on certain Navionics mapping cards. You can view photo overlays in either 2D or 3D modes. 28 | Chart | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
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Navionics Fish’n Chip This unit supports Navionics Fish’n Chip (US only) chart feature. For more information, see www.navionics.com. Change to Lowrance Switches map display from Navionics SD card data to Lowrance mapping data. | 29 Chart | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
The safety depth sets the limit for which depths that shall be drawn without blue shading. Contours depth Determines which contours you see on the chart down to the selected safety depth value. 30 | Chart | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
A waypoint is used to mark a position you later may want to return to. Two or more waypoints can also be combined to create a route. | 31 Waypoints, Routes & Trails | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
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Using the edit waypoint dialog This dialog is activated by tapping the waypoint and then tapping the waypoint name display on the screen. The dialog can also be activated from the Waypoint list. 32 | Waypoints, Routes & Trails | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
Tap the chart screen to activate the cursor Tap new on the page menu Tap new route Tap the screen to position routepoints Tap Save on the menu | 33 Waypoints, Routes & Trails | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
If you tap on a leg a new point will be added between existing routepoints To move existing routepoints, drag them to the desired location Tap Save on the menu 34 | Waypoints, Routes & Trails | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
When navigating a route, the active route leg will be colored red. The red arrow on the route leg shows the selected navigation method (forward or reverse) you are using to navigate the route. Upcoming route legs are colored orange. 36 | Navigating | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
You can start navigating the route from the first or last routepoint (forward or reverse), or from a selected routepoint. Cancel navigation You cancel navigation from the Navigation menu. Navigation settings panel | 37 Navigating | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
Defines Loran chains (GRI) and preferred station for waypoint entry and cursor position. The graphic example shows cursor position window with Loran position information. For more information refer to your Loran system documentation. 38 | Navigating | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
If the XTE exceeds the defined off course limit this will be indicated with a red arrow including the distance from the track line. If the off course alarm is enabled, the alarm will activate if the XTE exceeds the defined off course limit. | 39 Navigating | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
StructureMap can be used in Live mode or Saved mode. Live mode allows you to view real-time StructureMap data on the screen. Saved mode is used to display StructureMap data previously saved to a SD card. 40 | StructureMap | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
It can be used when revisiting an area that has already been scanned in order to assist the user in positioning the vessel or locating specific points of interest. | 41 StructureMap | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
Transparency Increases/decreases the visibility of Structure overlay so underlying chart detail may be revealed/obscured. This is helpful when using marine mapping cards. Minimum transparency Maximum transparency 42 | StructureMap | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
To record structure data, steer your boat over an area and select Log Sonar from the Structure options menu. ¼ NOTE: For best results, we recommend turning off Auto Range when recording a structure sonar log (.sl2). | 43 StructureMap | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
Using StructureMaps with mapping cards StructureMap allows you to maintain full chart capability and can be used with embedded cartography as well as Navionics, Insight and other third-party charting cards compatible with HDS units. 44 | StructureMap | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
Steer the boat so the structure will be on the left or right side of your boat. • Set your structure range to a significantly greater level (two-to-three times) than the water depth to ensure a complete scan and to maxi- mize conversion accuracy. | 45 StructureMap | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
You can also set limits of analog gauges. All edit options are available from the Instrument panel menu. Available editing options will depend on the data sources that are connected to your system. 46 | Instruments | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
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Tap Edit on the Instrument page menu Tap the gauge you want to change. The selected gauge will be shaded in blue Tap Select info Tap a data category Tap a data type Tap Save on the menu | 47 Instruments | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
Video input can be set to display a mirrored image. This setting can be helpful for rear-facing cameras used to back-down the vessel. The video standard This unit supports NTSC and PAL video. Check the local video standard or the standard of your cameras. 48 | Video | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
Sets thresholds for alarms that when exceeded will trigger the alarm. Thresholds are not used on all alarms. If an alarm supports thresholds, the Set Limit button will be active when the alarm is selected. | 49 Alarms | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
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3 alarms. The alarms are listed in the order they occur with the alarm activated first at the top. The remaining alarms are available in the Alarms dialog. 50 | Alarms | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
Alarms dialog. There is no time-out on the alarm message or siren. These remain until you acknowledge it or until the reason for the alarm is removed. | 51 Alarms | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
Vessels Status listing List of all AIS, MARPA, and DSC vessels with available information. Message listing List of all messages received from other AIS vessels with time stamp. 52 | Utilities | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
List of all available alarm options in the system, with current settings. Waypoints/routes/trails List of waypoints, routes and tracks with details. Tap on the waypoint, route or track you wish to edit or delete. | 53 Utilities | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
Viewing screenshots When viewing a screenshot full screen, you can drag your finger across the screen to view other screenshots. Press Zoom In to return to the file list. 54 | Utilities | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
You can copy screenshots and logs to a SD card. You can also export system settings and waypoints, routes and trails to a SD card. Ex- porting files is covered in the Maintenance section. Copying all files Settings Opens the system settings menu. | 55 Utilities | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
Most paper charts are made in the WGS84 format, which also is used by your unit. If your paper charts are in a different format, you can change the datum settings accordingly to match your paper charts. 56 | System Settings | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
Advanced Shows a dialog with more advanced settings. About Displays unit software information. Units Controls unit of measure used for various data types. Units are accessed from the Settings panel. | 57 System Settings | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
You can select which data files to be used by the simulator. A set of source files is included in your system, and you can import files by using an SD card inserted into the unit’s card reader. 58 | Simulator | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
Used to enter values when GPS source is set to Simulated course or Simulated route. Otherwise, GPS data including speed and course comes from the selected echosounder or radar files. Set start position Moves the simulated vessel position to the cursor position. | 59 Simulator | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
The power to the radar scanner is on, but the radar is not transmitting. Transmit The scanner is on and transmitting. Detected targets will be drawn on the radar PPI (Plan Position Indicator). 60 | Radar | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
Press the dedicated waypoint key to save a waypoint at the vessel position. ¼ Note: A heading sensor must be connected to the system to save a waypoint on the radar PPI. | 61 Radar | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
Sea clutter has a manual mode and two automatic modes (harbor, offshore). Select manual mode to make adjustments to Sea clutter. Automatic modes use a combination of Gain/Sea Clutter settings best suited for the selected mode (Harbor, Offshore). 62 | Radar | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
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Moves the radar PPI center to the bottom of the panel to give maxi- mum view ahead. Offset Allows you to move the PPI center to any location on the radar page. | 63 Radar | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
You can position EBL/VRM by using the cursor, and edit the marker position as described below. When positioned, you can quickly turn the EBL/VRM on/off by tapping the desired EBL/VRM on the menu. 64 | Radar | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
A guard zone is an area (either circular or a sector) that you can define on the radar image. When activated, an alarm will alert you when a radar target enters or exits the zone. | 65 Radar | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
You can select if the alarm will be activated when the target enters or exits the zone. Radar Settings menu Target expansion Increases signal processing to provide larger target returns for better visibility on the screen. 66 | Radar | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
This option works only when the unit is navigating an active route. If you are not navigating an active route the heading up orientation will be used until the navigation function is started. | 67 Radar | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
MARPA tracking is an important tool for collision avoidance. ¼ Note: You must have a heading sensor connected to your system to use MARPA. 68 | Radar | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
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When targets are being tracked, the radar menu will expand to include options for cancelling individual targets or to stop the track- ing function. Cancel tracking individual targets by tapping the target and then tapping Cancel target on the menu. | 69 Radar | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
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Defining dangerous vessels You can define dangerous vessels based upon CPA (Closest Point of Approach) or TCPA (Time to Closest Point of Approach). When 70 | Radar | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
When the radar overlay is selected, basic radar operational functions are available from the Chart page menu. ¼ Note: You must have a heading sensor connected to your system to use Radar overlay. | 71 Radar | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
Sidelobe suppression (Broadband radar only) ¼ Note: This control should only be adjusted by experienced radar users. Target loss in harbour environments may occur if this control is not adjusted correctly. 72 | Radar | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
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Traverse the area again and readjust if sidelobes returns still occur. Exit the installation menu. Restore radar to Factory Default This can be used to revert all user adjustments to factory settings. | 73 Radar | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
Sleeping AIS target (not moving or at anchor). Moving and safe AIS target with course extension line. Dangerous AIS target, A target is defined as dangerous based on illustrated with bold line. the CPA and TCPA settings. 74 | AIS | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
Viewing information about all AIS targets Chart pages You can view informa- tion about all AIS targets within range of your ves- sel from the menu. | 75 AIS | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
Controls whether an alarm shall be activated when a message is received from an AIS target The vessel settings panel Vessel settings are accessed from the Utilities tab on the home- screen. 76 | AIS | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
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You can define an invisible guard zone around your vessel. When a target comes within this distance from your vessel, the symbol will change to the “dangerous” target symbol and an alarm will be triggered. | 77 AIS | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
Allows you to select the network device that will supply source data for a selected data type. Tap Data sources to edit source names, change source scope and add/remove data source network instances. 78 | Networking | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
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Global scope to use the same data sources. Setting one display unit on the network to Local scope allows you to select data sources independent of other global scope units on the network. | 79 Networking | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
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Renaming a data source You can rename a data source to make it easier to distinguish between multiple data sources of the same type. Tap Rename and the touchscreen keyboard will appear. 80 | Networking | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
SIRIUS status (US only) You can view your ESN number, SIRIUS subscription status and signal strength. You must have a SIRIUS weather and/or audio subscription to view SIRIUS information. | 81 Networking | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
Used to select the NMEA 0183 output sentences your unit will use when communicating with other NMEA 0183 devices. The default setting will work well with most configurations. Ethernet Displays the unit’s IP address on the Ethernet network. 82 | Networking | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
The fuel utility allows your unit to calculate and monitor the overall fuel performance of your vessel. The Fuel utility requires a fuel used sensor, like a Lowrance Fuel Flow sensor, an engine interface with fuel used output capability, or a Lowrance Storage Device.
Allows you to search for fueling stations near your location. Find fuel search results can be sorted by distance, cost and fuel type. ¼ Note: You must have a LWX module and a SIRIUS data subscription to use the Find Fuel feature. 84 | Utilities | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
The SIRIUS™ weather can be displayed as an overlay on your chart panel. When weather overlay is selected, the chart menu will increase to show the available weather options. ¼ Note: Weather options will not be shown when the cursor is active. | 85 Weather | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
Shades of color are used to show precipitation type and intensity. Darkest color indicates highest intensity. Precipitation type Color codes Rain From light green (light rain) - yellow - orange - to dark red (heavy rain) Snow Blue Mixed Pink 86 | Weather | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
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Waves lower than the minimum value will not be color coded. Weather icons Several weather icons are available to show current or predicted weather conditions. You can tap an icon to display detailed weather information. | 87 Weather | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
You can setup the lightning or storm alarms to be within a certain range of your vessel. You can also get an alarm if a severe weather forecast alarm is issued for your chosen marine zone. 88 | Weather | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
You can read tropical statements including information about tropi- cal weather conditions. These statements are available for the entire Atlantic and the Eastern Pacific. You can access tropical statements from the Weather options menu. | 89 Weather | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
(the predictions) When activated the time for the current graphic animation will be displayed in the lower left corner of the chart panel. 90 | Weather | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
The menus differ from one audio source to another as shown in the following sections. Media bar Repeat Volume Audio Source Artist Track level Shuffle Media bar Station RDS Display Audio Signal Volume Source strength level | 91 Audio | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
Using the FM/AM radio Selecting AM/FM tuner region Before playing FM or AM radio, you must select the appropriate AM and FM tuner regions for your location. | 93 Audio | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
You can create of list of your favorite SIRIUS channels from within the channels list. You will not be able to add unsubscribed channels. When a favorite list is available, you scroll through the list by dragging the screen vertically. 94 | Audio | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
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The same code must be entered before a locked channel can be released. Mixer You can make adjustments to audio settings by tapping Mixer on the audio options menu. | 95 Audio | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
Touch crosshair shown on screen to perform nine points calibration After successful calibration the unit will return to normal application screen 96 | Maintenance | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
Can be used when transferring user data from an User data file version 2 (no depth) HDS system to a legacy Lowrance (LMS, LCX, etc ) This is the format most used on the web that shares GPX (GPS Exchange) among most GPS systems in the world.
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¼ To export waypoints, routes and trails to a non-HDS unit, select a compatible file format and export the file to a SD or microSD card that works with the non-HDS unit. 98 | Maintenance | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch...
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