Lowrance Elite 5 User manual

Installation & Operation

manual

Elite 5, Elite 4 & Mark 4

Operation manual

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Table of Contents

Introduction...................................... 3

Unit Controls............................................3

Inserting microSD cards ..........................4

Setup wizard............................................5

Basic Operation............................... 5

Selecting Pages.......................................5

Page menus ............................................6

Working with menus ................................7

Dialogs.....................................................8

Entering text ............................................8

Fishing Modes .........................................8

Cursor......................................................9

Goto cursor..............................................9

Advanced Mode ....................................10

Standby mode .......................................10

Restore defaults ....................................10

Adjusting the display..............................10

Pages...............................................11

Steer Page............................................. 11

Sonar Page............................................ 11

Chart/Sonar page .................................12

Chart Page ............................................12

Overlay Data..........................................13

Chart/Sonar split....................................13

Using your Sonar........................... 15

Trackback .............................................. 15

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Table of Contents

Sonar Menu...........................................15

Sensitivity ..............................................16

Colorline/Grayscale ...............................17

Depth Range .........................................17

Frequency .............................................18

Ping Speed (Advanced Mode only).......18

Fish ID ...................................................20

Using your Chart ........................... 21

Chart Menu............................................21

Waypoints, Routes, Trails......................22

Routes Screen.......................................23

Trails Screen .........................................27

Orientation.............................................29

Settings .......................................... 30

System...................................................30

Saving Screenshots...............................32

Navigation..............................................33

Chart......................................................34

Sonar ....................................................36

Installation .............................................37

Alarms ..................................................38

Index ............................................... 40

Specications ................................ 42

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Introduction

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 navi-

gation 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 Mute Audio from the

System menu and press ENTER.

Selecting a

GPS

Source

Select GPS Source from the

System menu and press ENTER.

Select internal or external and

press ENTER. (Elite-5 only)

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 map-

ping card to use mapping data (See illustration

on page 2)

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Introduction

Inserting microSD cards

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.

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Basic Operation

Pages

This unit has four pages: Sonar, Chart, Sonar/Chart

and Steer.

Selecting Pages

To select a page, press the keypad in the direction

of the desired page.

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.

NOTICE

This manual covers several units. Some screen-

shots may dier from what you see on your

screen. Your unit, however, will function in a

similar manner.

Pages menu

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Basic Operation

Page menus

The Steer, Sonar, Chart/Sonar and Chart pages

have menus that can only be accessed when those

pages are displayed.

Steer page

Steer menu

Sonar page

Sonar menu

Chart/Sonar page

Chart or sonar

menu will appear

depending on

which panel is

active. Press the

PAGES key twice

to switch

active panels.

Chart page

Chart menu

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Basic Operation

Scrollbars

Select the scrollbar and press the

keypad left (decrease) or right (in-

crease).

On/Off features

Select an on/o menu

item and press ENTER to

turn it on/o.

Dropdown menus

After accessing the drop-

down menu, press the key-

pad up/down to select the

desired item and press ENTER.

Accessing the Settings menu

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 adjust-

ments to options and settings, including scrollbars,

on/o features and dropdown menus.

NOTE: Press the MENU key to Exit

menus.

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Basic Operation

To input text:

1. Use the keypad to select the desired

character and press ENTER.

2. Repeat Step 1 for each character.

3. When entry is completed, highlight OK

and press ENTER.

Fishing Modes

Fishing modes enhance

the performance of your

unit by providing preset

packages of sonar set-

tings geared to specic

shing conditions.

Switches keyboard

between Alpha and

QWERTY layout

Switches letters

to uppercase/

lowercase

Dialogs

Dialogs are used for user input or

for presenting information to the

user.

Depending on the type of infor-

mation or entry, dierent meth-

ods are used to conrm, cancel or close the dialog.

Entering text

Some functions, like naming a waypoint, route or

trail, will require you to input text.

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