Lowrance HOOK2 Series - Marine Equipment Manual

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Table of Contents

Contents

1 Front controls
2 System Controls dialog
3 Display illumination
4 Sonar/Flasher/DownScan pages
5 GPS Plotter page
6 Creating waypoints
7 Overlay data
8 Stopping the sonar
9 Creating a Man Over Board (MOB) waypoint
10 Settings dialogs
11 Documents / Resources
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Lowrance HOOK2 Series - Marine Equipment Manual

Front controls

1	Pages	Press to toggle between available pages.
2	Zoom in/ out	Press to zoom the image. Press both keys simultaneous to create a MOB (Man Over Board) waypoint at the vessel's position.
3	Arrows	On the GPS Plotter page: press to position the cursor on the image. Press to pan the image in any direction. In menus and dialogs: press to highlight an option.
4	Exit (X)	In menus and dialogs: press to return to previous menu level and to exit a dialog.
5	Menu/ Enter	With no menu or dialog active: press to display the menu. In menus and dialogs: press to confirm a selection.
6	Cursor/ Waypoint	On the GPS Plotter page: Press to activate/ deactivate the cursor. On any page: press and hold to save a waypoint.
7	Power	Press to display the System Controls dialog. Press and hold to power the unit on/off.

System Controls dialog

Display illumination

Set brightness and select day/night mode from the System Controls dialog
Repeat short presses on the Power key to cycle the backlight brightness

Sonar/Flasher/DownScan pages

Sonar/Flasher/DownScan pages - Step 1
By default the unit is set to Auto mode, and all settings are automated.

Change to Custom mode to allow for customizing the settings.

GPS Plotter page

Zoom the image by using the Zoom keys
Pan the image in any direction by using the Arrow keys
Display item information by positioning the cursor on an item and then pressing Menu/Enter key

Creating a route on the GPS Plotter page
Press an Arrow key to activate cursor mode

Press the Menu/Enter key to activate the menu, then select the New route option in the menu
Press the Arrow keys to position the first route point, then press the Menu/Enter key to confirm the position
Repeat step 3 to position additional route points
Press the X key to save the route

Trails
The system automatically tracks and draws the vessel's movement on the chart panel. Trails are managed from the Trails dialog. To display the trails dialog:

Select W/R/T from the menu
Select the Trails tab in the dialog
Select the trail you want to edit

Creating waypoints

Press and hold the Cursor/Waypoint key to save a new waypoint.

With cursor inactive, the waypoint is placed at the vessel's position
With cursor active, the waypoint is placed at the cursor position

Overlay data

The data type can be changed, and the item position on the image is selectable. The data items can be turned on/off from the System Controls dialog. Each data item can be removed individually from the panel:

Select the Edit overlay option in the System Controls dialog to turn the unit into edit mode
Press the Menu/Enter key to display edit options
Press the X key to leave edit mode