Lowrance HOOK-4 User manual

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HOOK Series

Operation manual

HOOK-4 HOOK-5 HOOK-7 HOOK-9

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Navico may nd it necessary to change or end our policies, regulations and special oers at any time. We reserve

the right to do so without notice. All features and specications subject to change without notice.

Compliance Statements

Lowrance HOOK-4, HOOK-5, HOOK-7 and HOOK-9

• meets the technical standards in accordance with 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.

WARNING: When a GPS unit is used in a vehicle, the vehicle operator is solely responsible for operating

the vehicle in a safe manner. Vehicle operators must maintain full surveillance of all pertinent driving or

boating conditions at all times. An accident or collision resulting in damage to property, personal injury or

death could occur if the operator of a GPS-equipped vehicle fails to pay full attention to travel conditions

and vehicle operation while the vehicle is in motion.

Warning

The user is cautioned that any changes or modications 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. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio

frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to

radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that the interference will not occur in a particular installation. If

this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the

equipment o and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna

• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver

• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that of the receiver

• Consult the dealer or an experienced technician for help

NOTE: This manual covers HOOK-4, HOOK-5, HOOK-7 and HOOK-9 units. As a result, screenshots of

menus and dialogs may not match the look of your unit.

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Introduction...................................... 6

Unit controls.............................................6

Inserting microSD cards ..........................7

Basic operation................................ 8

Setup wizard............................................8

Pages ......................................................8

Selecting pages....................................... 8

Page menus ............................................8

Working with menus ..............................10

Dialogs...................................................10

Entering text .......................................... 11

Fishing modes ....................................... 11

Cursor....................................................12

Goto cursor............................................12

Advanced mode ....................................13

Standby mode .......................................13

Restore defaults ....................................13

Pages.............................................. 14

Steer page............................................. 14

Sonar page............................................ 14

Downscan page ....................................15

Chart page.............................................15

Combo pages ........................................16

Overlay data ..........................................17

Sonar operation............................. 18

CHIRP ...................................................18

Trackback ..............................................19

Sonar menu........................................... 19

Sonar options ........................................23

Downscan options .................................24

Sonar settings........................................25

Installation .............................................27

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DownScan operation..................... 28

Trackback .............................................28

DownScan menu ...................................28

Ping speed.............................................30

Downscan options .................................30

Chart operation.............................. 33

Chart menu............................................33

Waypoints, Routes, Trails......................34

Routes screen .......................................35

Trails screen ..........................................39

Orientation............................................. 41

Chart settings ........................................42

Navigation settings ................................43

AIS................................................... 45

AIS setup............................................... 45

Target symbols ......................................46

Viewing AIS target information ..............47

Settings .......................................... 48

Settings menu........................................48

System...................................................48

Alarms ..................................................50

Saving screenshots ...............................50

Specications ................................ 52

Index ............................................... 56

Introduction | HOOK series Introduction | HOOK series

Getting started

Turn unit

on/off

To turn on/off the unit, press and

hold the LIGHT/POWER key for

three seconds.

Man

Overboard

waypoint

Press the ZOOM IN and ZOOM OUT

keys at the same time to set a Man

Overboard waypoint. Your system will

automatically create an active route

back to the MOB waypoint. You must

cancel navigation to terminate the

function.

Adjusting

the

backlight

This unit has 10 backlight levels.

Press the LIGHT/POWER key to

switch backlight levels.

Muting

Audio

Select Audio from the System

menu and press ENTER. Enable/

disable Mute.

Unit controls

LIGHT/POWER: controls backlight level

and turns unit on/off

KEYPAD: controls cursor & selects

items on menus

PAGES: allows you to select a page to

view

MENU: opens settings, context and

page menus

ENTER: nalizes menu selections; save

waypoint at cursor position

MOB: press and hold both Zoom keys to

create a Man Overboard waypoint

ZOOM Keys: used to zoom in/zoom out

microSD slot: insert a blank microSD card to save

screen captures; or insert a microSD mapping card to

use mapping data

Introduction

Introduction | HOOK series Introduction | HOOK series

Inserting microSD cards

HOOK-5, HOOK-7 and HOOK-9 HOOK-4

Carefully slide the microSD card into the slot until it clicks into place. To remove, carefully push in the

card until it clicks out of place.

Basic Operation | HOOK series Basic Operation | HOOK series

Selecting pages

To select a page, press the keypad in the direction

of the desired page and press ENTER.

Page menus

The Steer, Downscan, Sonar and Chart pages have

menus that can only be accessed when those

pages are displayed.

Steer page

Steer menu

Setup wizard

The Setup wizard will appear when the unit is

turned on for the rst time. To choose your own

settings, do not run the setup wizard. To restart

the Setup wizard, restore defaults.

Pages dialog

Pages

Basic operation

NOTE: Available pages vary depending

on the unit and the connected transducer.

Basic Operation | HOOK series Basic Operation | HOOK series

Chart page Chart menu

Downscan page

Downscan menu

Sonar page

Sonar menu

Combo pages

Press the PAGES key twice to switch active

panels. The page menu for active page will be

displayed when the MENU key is pressed. The

active panel is denoted by an orange border.

Accessing the Settings menu

Two-panel page Three-panel page

10 11

Basic Operation | HOOK series Basic Operation | HOOK series

On/Off features

Select an on/o menu item and

press ENTER to turn it on/o.

Dropdown menus

Access the dropdown

menu and press the

keypad up/down to select

the desired item and press

ENTER.

Dialogs

Dialogs are used for user input

or for presenting information to

the user. Depending on the type

of entry, dierent methods are

used to conrm, cancel or close

the dialog.

Accessing menu items

The keypad and ENTER key are used to select

menu items and open submenus. Use the keypad

to highlight the desired item and press ENTER.

Working with menus

There are several menu types used to make

adjustments to options and settings, including

scrollbars, on/o features and dropdown menus.

Scrollbars

Select the scrollbar and press the

keypad left (decrease) or right

(increase).

NOTE: Press the MENU key to Exit

menus.

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