Lowrance HDS-5 Gen2 Quick Start Guide
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- Lowrance HDS-5 Gen2 | Quick Start Guide - Page 1
HDS-5/5m & HDS-7/7m Quick Start Guide Function keys Arrow Keypad Activates cursor on Chart page. Press up, down, left or right to move the cursor. ZOUT Zooms out the Radar, Sonar and Chart pages. ZIN Zooms in the Radar, Sonar and Chart pages. EXIT Press to return to a previous screen, clear - Lowrance HDS-5 Gen2 | Quick Start Guide - Page 2
desired page display. To adjust Panel sizes on a Combo page: 1. From the Pages screen, select the desired Combo page and press the MENU key. Selecting Sonar + Chart will display a Sonar-Chart combo page. 2. Select Adjust panel sizes. Use the on-screen button to adjust the panel size. NOTE: Hold - Lowrance HDS-5 Gen2 | Quick Start Guide - Page 3
. When the cursor is onscreen the sonar does not show real time sonar returns. Press Exit to return to normal operation. Transducer Type Selecting the proper transducer type from the sonar installation menu helps optimize HDS performance by enabling settings (temperature and frequency) and menu - Lowrance HDS-5 Gen2 | Quick Start Guide - Page 4
≤ 400 ft ≤ 400 ft Lower chart speed Bottom brown/white background 50% Ping speed Bottom brown/white background Settings optimized to reduce interference from other sonar units *Ping speed settings in the table are shown as a percentage of the maximum value. Ping speed values will look different on - Lowrance HDS-5 Gen2 | Quick Start Guide - Page 5
Enter. 3. Select Palette and press Enter. 4. Select the desired palette and press Enter. Sonar page Split screen options To select a Split screen display: 1. From the Sonar page press MENU. 2. Select Sonar options and press Enter. 3. Select Split to open the Split menu. 4. Select the desired - Lowrance HDS-5 Gen2 | Quick Start Guide - Page 6
Chart page: 1. Place the cursor on the Chart page where you want to set the waypoint and press the ENTER. 2. Select Save from the New Waypoint menu MMC/SD card slot The MMC/SD card slot allows you to view mapping charts and save/view route, trail and sonar log data. Make sure the MMC card slot
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Function keys
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
close menus. Pressing
Exit
on the Chart page will
quickly switch between displaying the boat symbol
and the last cursor position.
EXIT
Press to save data, change values and accept menu
commands; also acts as a short cut key for important
functions such as saving a waypoint at the cursor
position on the Chart page.
ENTER
Accesses the features available on each page.
MENU
Press to select the page (screen) to display or to access utilities such as
the waypoints list and celestial table. Press and hold to switch control
between the panels and combo (split screen) pages.
PAGES
Press to turn the unit on, adjust the backlight or place the unit in low
power (standby) mode. Press and hold to turn the unit off.
LIGHT
POWER
Activates cursor on Chart page. Press up, down, left or right to move
the cursor.
Arrow
Keypad
Press to save a waypoint at your current GPS position. Press and hold
to search for waypoints and other points of interest (POI's) or quickly
access waypoints, routes and trails..
WPT
FIND
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.
Quick Start Guide
HDS-5/5m & HDS-7/7m