988-0176-01B HDS-5 & HDS-7 Fish Finding Sonar and GPS Operations Guide Software updates for your unit. Occassionally check the Lowrance website for free software upgrades for your unit. Go to www.lowrance.com for the software upgrades. Select the Downloads option from the grey menu bar near the top of the Lowrance website homepage. The Downloads screen will appear. Select Products Software Updates from the list on the left side of the screen. The Products Software Updates screen will appear. Scroll through the Product list and select your unit to download the software update. Contents Table of contents Introduction ....................................................................................... 5 Getting Started ................................................................................. 7 Turning on the Unit..................................................................................... 7 Keypad ....................................................................................................... 7 Backlight .................................................................................................... 7 Cursor ........................................................................................................ 7 Language ................................................................................................... 7 Menus ........................................................................................................ 8 Selecting Chart Data ................................................................................ 8 Selecting a Fishing Mode .......................................................................... 9 Entering Letters in Text Boxes ................................................................... 9 Restore Defaults ...................................................................................... 10 Pages ............................................................................................... 11 Pages Screen .......................................................................................... 11 Data Overlay ............................................................................................ 12 Configuration menu ................................................................................. 16 Sonar Page .............................................................................................. 17 Chart Page ............................................................................................... 17 Radar Page .............................................................................................. 18 Info Page .................................................................................................. 18 Utilities ..................................................................................................... 23 Displaying Combo Pages ........................................................................ 25 Sonar Operation ............................................................................. 29 Viewing Sonar History ............................................................................. 29 Sonar Menu ............................................................................................. 30 Sonar Options .......................................................................................... 33 Palette ...................................................................................................... 34 Log Sonar Data ........................................................................................ 36 1 Contents Chart Operation............................................................................... 39 Chart menu .............................................................................................. 40 Waypoints ................................................................................................ 42 Routes ...................................................................................................... 47 Trails......................................................................................................... 51 Measuring Distances on Chart page ....................................................... 54 Search by Coordinates ............................................................................ 54 Find Chart item ........................................................................................ 54 Map Orientation ....................................................................................... 55 Look Ahead .............................................................................................. 55 Chart categories ...................................................................................... 56 Navionics ................................................................................................. 58 Radar Operation ............................................................................. 61 Radar menu ............................................................................................. 61 Cursor position window............................................................................ 67 Radar Overlay .......................................................................................... 67 Settings Menu ................................................................................. 69 Chart Settings Menu ................................................................................ 76 Sonar Settings Menu ............................................................................... 79 Manual Mode ........................................................................................... 80 Fishing Modes ......................................................................................... 81 Installation Menu...................................................................................... 82 Keel Offset ............................................................................................... 82 Radar Settings Menu ............................................................................... 86 Fuel .......................................................................................................... 93 Alarms ...................................................................................................... 97 Trails......................................................................................................... 99 Units ....................................................................................................... 100 Network .................................................................................................. 101 Vessels................................................................................................... 108 Simulator ................................................................................................ 110 2 Contents Specifications.................................................................................113 Unit Care .........................................................................................114 Troubleshooting .............................................................................115 Index ............................................................................................... 123 3 Contents Blank page 4 Introduction Introduction Thank you for purchasing from Lowrance, the industry leader in marine technology. This manual is packaged with a Quick Start Guide, Installation Guide, License and Warranty booklet and NMEA 2000 Networks Installation Instructions. If any of these documents are missing, you may acquire them via a free download at www. lowrance.com or by contacting customer service. Lowrance Customer Service 12000 E Skelly Dr Tulsa, OK 74128 (800) 324-1356 Canada (800) 661-3983 or (905) 629-1614 About this manual This manual documents how to adjust features and options in your display unit. The information in each section follows the same sequence as your display unit's menus. If you would like information on how to get the most out of your unit, visit our web site, www.lowrance.com; click on the Support tab and select Tips and Tutorials. Manual Conventions When you are instructed to press a button in this manual, the button will be shown in all caps and bold text like -- MenU, exIT, enTeR, etc. If you are instructed to select an item from a menu, the item to be selected will be listed in bold like -- Brightness, Key beeps, etc. For example: Press MenU, select Language and press enTeR. 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, boating or flying 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. 5 Introduction Lowrance HDS-5 and HDS-7 ZOUT: Zoom out to see more of the map with less detail ZIn: Zoom in to see less of the map with more detail MOB: Pressing ZOUT and ZIN at the same time will set a man overboard waypoint KeYPAD: move the cursor, scroll through menus, adjust features, view sonar/GPS history exIT: cancels entries, closes menus & windows; toggles between cursor position and chart location on Chart page enTeR: finalize menu selections; shortcut key for functions like saving a waypoint at cursor position PAGeS: opens Pages menu; selects active panel for combo display MenU: opens context & settings menus LIGHT/POWeR: controls backlight level & turns the unit on/off WPT/FInD: saves a waypoint at current position; accesses searching tools MMC/SD Card slot: insert MMC/SD and high-detail mapping cards here 6 Getting Started Getting Started Turning on the Unit Press the POWeR/LIGHT key to turn on the unit. If the unit is not connected to a transducer, the unit will start up in simulator mode. To turn off the unit, press the POWeR/LIGHT key for three seconds. Keypad Keypad This unit's keypad can be used in two ways. Pressing the arrow symbols on the keypad will move the cursor in the corresponding direction on the screen and allow you to scroll through menus. Backlight Tap the LIGHT/POWeR key to make adjustments to the backlight level and open the Backlight Menu. To turn on Night Mode from the menu, highlight Night Mode and press enTeR. Night mode optimizes the display for low light conditions. Cursor Use the unit's keypad to move the cursor around the display, select onscreen objects, highlight data items and view sonar history. Press exIT to remove the cursor from the screen. Language Selects language used for menus, text boxes and messages. To select a language: 1. Press MenU twice. 2. Select System and press enTeR 3. Highlight Language and press enTeR. 4. Use the keypad to select a language and press enTeR. 7 Getting Started Menus This unit has a Settings menu, a Pages screen and several context menus. The Settings menu provides access to the settings menus for the three main operation modes: Sonar, Chart and Radar. The Settings menu is accessed by pressing MenU twice. The Pages screen allows you to select a page to be shown on the display. Utilities are also accessed from the Pages screen. Press the PAGeS key to select a page. Each page has its own context menu which allows you to access functions for that page. Context menus are accessible only when its corresponding page is displayed. The Sonar Menu, for example, will only be available when the Sonar Page is on the display. To access a context menu, select the desired page and press the MenU key. Settings menu Pages screen Sonar menu Chart menu Radar menu Closing Menus Press the exIT key to close a menu. Repeatedly pressing exIT will close all menus, taking you back to the main screen. Selecting Chart Data This unit supports three types of map data: Navico, Navionics and Navico 3D (US only). To use Navionics or Navico 3D data, you must select it from the Chart Data menu. To select Chart data: 1. Press MenU twice. 2. Highlight Chart and press enTeR. 3. Select Chart Data and press enTeR. 4. Select the desired map data option and press enTeR. 8 Getting Started Selecting a Fishing Mode Fishing modes enhance the performance of your unit by providing preset packages of sonar settings geared to specific fishing conditions. To select a fishing mode: 1. Press MenU twice. 2. Select Sonar and press enTeR. 3. Highlight Fishing Mode and press enTeR. 4. Select the desired fishing mode and press enTeR. Fishing Mode Options General Use Shallow Water Fresh Water Deep Water Slow Trolling Fast Trolling Clear Water Brackish Water Bottom brown/blue background; 50% ping speed Bottom brown/white background; best suited for dept ...