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Lowrance HDS-10 Gen2 & HDS-8 Quick Start Manual

Lowrance HDS-10 Gen2 & HDS-8 Quick Start Manual

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HDS-8/8m & HDS-10/10m
Quick Start Guide
Function keys
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 (standby) mode. Press and hold to turn the unit off.
POWER
Creating a Man Overboard (MOB) position
Press the ZOUT and ZIN keys at the same time to create a MOB waypoint with a
line to your boat position.
Activates cursor. Press up, down, left or right to
Arrow
Keypad
move the cursor.
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

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Summary of Contents for Lowrance HDS-10 Gen2 & HDS-8

  • Page 1 HDS-8/8m & HDS-10/10m Quick Start Guide Function keys Activates cursor. Press up, down, left or right to Arrow Keypad move the cursor. Zooms out the Radar, Sonar and Chart pages. ZOUT Zooms in the Radar, Sonar and Chart pages. Press to return to a previous screen, clear data and ExIT close menus.
  • Page 2: Pages Screen

    Softkeys To access softkey features, press the button below the softkey. When you have finished making adjustments press the softkey button again to close the menu. Chart page softkeys Pages screen To view a page: 1. From any screen press PAGES to access the Pages screen. Select the the desired page display.
  • Page 3: Transducer Type

    Sonar (Sonar units only) Brush pile Cursor Fish arches Cursor depth Amplitude Information at scope Range scale cursor's position History bar Press the keypad to the left to scroll the Sonar page back to view previous sonar returns. When the cursor is onscreen the sonar does not show real time sonar returns.
  • Page 4 Fishing Modes Fishing Modes Enhances the performance of your unit by providing preset packages of sonar Enhances the performance of your unit by providing preset packages of sonar settings geared to specific fishing conditions. settings geared to specific fishing conditions. Fishing Depth Settings...
  • Page 5 To select a Sonar color palette: From the Sonar page press the MENU key. Select Sonar Options and press ENTER. Palette and press ENTER. Select ENTER. Select the desired palette and press To mark an underwater object with a waypoint: From the Sonar page, press the keypad to activate the cursor.
  • Page 6 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 New Waypoint softkey.

This manual is also suitable for:

Hds-8Hds-8mHds-10Hds-10m