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- Page 1 Elite 5X, Mark 5X, Mark 5X Pro & Elite 4X Installation & Operation Operation manual manual SONAR ONLY COVER_.indd 1 9/13/2011 10:02:05 PM...
- Page 2 Copyright © 2011 Navico All rights reserved. Lowrance® and Navico® are registered trademarks of Navico. Navico may find it necessary to change or end our policies, regulations and special offers at any time. We reserve the right to do so without notice. All features and specifications subject to change without notice.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Introduction ........2 Trackback ..........11 Sensitivity ..........12 Basic Operation ....... 3 Colorline/Grayscale ....... 12 Setup wizard ..........3 Depth Range ......... 13 Working with menus ........ 4 Frequency ..........14 Fishing Mode ........... 5 Ping Speed (Advanced Mode only) ..14 Cursor ............ -
Page 4: Introduction
Introduction Introduction Unit Controls Getting Started To turn on/off the unit, LIGhT/POwer: controls backlight press and hold the LIGhT/ level and turns unit on/off Turn unit on/off POwer three KeYPAD: controls cursor & selects seconds. items on menus This unit has 10 backlight PAGeS: allows you to select a page to Adjusting levels. -
Page 5: Basic Operation
Basic Operation Setup wizard Accessing Sonar menu The Setup wizard will appear when the unit is turned on for the first time. To choose your own settings, do not run the setup wizard. Sonar menu Sonar Page To restart the Setup wizard, restore defaults. Pages Accessing the Settings menu This unit has three pages: Sonar, Split Frequency... -
Page 6: Working With Menus
Basic Operation Accessing menu items On/Off features Select an on/off menu item The keypad and enTer key are used to select and press enTer to turn it menu items and open submenus. Use the keypad on/off. to highlight the desired item and press enTer. Dropdown menus After accessing the dropdown menu, press the keypad up/... -
Page 7: Fishing Mode
Basic Operation Dialogs To input text: 1. Use the keypad to select the desired Dialogs are used for user input or for presenting in- character and press enTer. formation to the user. 2. Repeat Step 1 for each character. Depending on the type of infor- mation or entry, different meth- 3. -
Page 8: Cursor
Basic Operation Advanced Mode Fishing Mode Options Enables advanced features General Bottom brown/white background; 50% ping speed and settings. Shallow Bottom brown/white background The following features are enabled when Advanced water mode is turned on: Fresh Bottom brown/white background; 50% ping water speed •... -
Page 9: Standby Mode
Basic Operation Standby mode Lowers power consumption by turning off sonar and the display. Press the Pwr/LIGhT key to ac- cess the Backlight menu. Select Standby and press enTer. Press any key to resume normal op- eration. NOTE: Leaving your unit in Standby mode when your boat is not is use will run down your battery. -
Page 10: Sonar Page
Pages Surface Clutter Colorline Overlay Data Fish arches Cursor Split Frequency page Range Scale Location and depth Depth Split Frequency Frequency Amplitude Scope Sonar Page Displays both transducer frequencies at the same Displays the water column moving from right to time. -
Page 11: Split Zoom
Pages Overlay Data Displays selected overlay data on the sonar page. Overlay data Show Enables/disables the display of overlay data, allow- ing you to remove overlay data from the screen without deleting the selected overlay data con- figuration. Split Zoom Split Zoom Allows you to zoom in for a closer look without los- Configure... - Page 12 Pages To select overlay data: 1. From the sonar page, press MenU. 2. Select Overlay data and press enTer. Customizing Overlay Data 3. Select Configure and press enTer. Access the Overlay Data configuration menu to 4. Press Menu and select Add. Press make adjustments to the size and/or location of enTer.
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Page 13: Using Your Sonar
Sonar Using your Sonar Blue sonar history bar Cursor depth Move the blue sonar history bar all the way to the right to resume normal sonar scrolling. Press MenU and select Exit cursor mode to re- move the cursor from the screen. Sonar Menu The sonar menu has options Trackback... -
Page 14: Sensitivity
Sonar Press MenU from any sonar page to access the So- nar menu. Sensitivity set Sensitivity set to 85 percent. to 65 percent. Sensitivity Controls the level of detail shown on the display. Too much detail will clutter the screen. If Sensitivity is set too low, desired echoes may not be displayed. -
Page 15: Depth Range
Sonar Mark series units have a monochrome display, range. If you select too shallow a depth range the so wide bands of gray indicate a hard sonar unit will not be able to lock onto the bottom. return, while softer returns are shown as dark, narrow areas. -
Page 16: Frequency
Sonar When using fishing modes, ping speed settings are Frequency optimized for the selected fishing conditions, so in Controls the transducer frequency used by the most cases, adjustments are not necessary. unit. This unit supports two frequencies: 200kHz and 83kHz. 200 kHz has the highest sensitivity and best tar- Sonar Options get discrimination in shallow water. - Page 17 Sonar Color Fish ID Allow you to change the look of the display using Displays fish echoes as fish sym- palettes with varying degrees of color/brightness. bols instead of fish arches. Fish ID is not the most accurate method of fish detection since structure and suspended debris may be shown as a fish symbol on the display.
- Page 18 Sonar Overlay Data Allows you to select data (wa- ter temperature, depth, etc) to be displayed on top of the Sonar screen. Overlay data setup is covered Overlay data in the Pages section. Settings Accesses the Sonar settings menu. SONAR only.indb 16 9/14/2011 7:32:09 PM...
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Page 19: Settings
Settings Settings Menu System Accesses to installation and configuration settings Adjusts unit settings like language, mute audio for your unit. and advanced mode. Enables advanced features and settings Settings System menu menu Displays software information SONAR only.indb 17 9/14/2011 7:32:09 PM... - Page 20 About screen. Mute Audio Lowrance periodically updates unit software to Turns on/off unit audio, like key beeps, alarm add features and improve functionality. To see the sounds, etc.
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Page 21: Sonar
Settings Sonar Noise Rejection Used to make adjustments to Sonar options and Uses advanced signal processing to monitor the ef- display settings like Noise Rejection, Surface and fects noise (boat pumps, water conditions, engine Fishing Mode. ignition systems, etc.) has on your display, and then filters out the undesired signals. -
Page 22: Installation
Settings Installation wArnInG: Manual mode should only be used by advanced sonar users. Provides access to Keel Offset and Temp Calibration settings. When the unit is in manual mode, you may not re- ceive any depth readings, or you may recieve incor- rect depth information. -
Page 23: Alarms
Settings Before setting keel offset, measure the distance Alarms from the transducer to the lowest part of the keel. sounds alarm when vessel enters water Shallow If, for example, the keel is 3.5 feet below the trans- shallower than the selected shallow threshold ducer, it will be input as –3.5 feet. -
Page 24: Index
Index Fishing Mode 5 Overlay Data , 9 Adjust 12 Frequency 13 Configure 9 Sonar Installation 20 About 18 Customizing 10 Sonar Menu 11 Advanced Mode 6 Show 9 Sonar Options 14 Alarms 21 Sonar Page 8 Ice Mode 15 Fish 21 Sonar settings 19 Installation menu 20... -
Page 25: Specifications
Specifications elite 5x, Mark 5x & Mark 5x Pro Sonar General Mark 5x: 800ft (244m) Max depth Mark 5x Pro/elite 5x: 1000ft (305m) 5.4” H (134mm) x 6.8” W (174mm); 6” H Case size (152mm) with bracket Mark 5x: 200kHz... - Page 26 Specifications elite 4x Sonar General Max depth 1000ft (305m) 5.6” H (144mm) x 3.7” W (94.3mm); 6.4” H (164mm) Transducer Case size 83/200kHz with bracket frequency Display (3.5” diagonal) 320x240 (256 color) TFT LCD Max speed 70mph White LED (10 levels) Backlight Transducer Skimmer with built in temp sensor...
- Page 27 LEI Extras is the accessory source for sonar and GPS products manufactured by Lowrance Electronics. To order Lowrance accessories, please contact: 1) Your local marine dealer or consumer electronics store. To locate a Lowrance dealer, visit the web site, www.low- rance.com, and look for the Dealer Locator; or, consult your telephone directory for listings.
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