Lowrance HDS-5 Gen2 Quick Start Guide - Page 1

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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 data and close menus. Pressing Exit on the Chart page will quickly switch between displaying the boat symbol and the last cursor position. ENTER 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. MENU Accesses the features available on each page. PAGES 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. WPT Press to save a waypoint at your current GPS position. Press and hold FIND to search for waypoints and other points of interest (POI's) or quickly access waypoints, routes and trails.. LIGHT Press to turn the unit on, adjust the backlight or place the unit in low POWER power (standby) mode. Press and hold to turn the unit off. 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.

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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