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  • Lowrance Mark-4 HDI | Operation Manual EN - Page 1
    InstallatMiona&rOkp-e4ratiHonDI & Elite-4 HDI manual Operation manual
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    subject to change without notice. Compliance Statements Lowrance Mark-4 & Elite-4 HDI • complies with CE under RTTE directive 1999 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
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    10 Standby mode 10 Restore defaults 10 Pages 11 Steer Page 11 Sonar Page 11 DownScan page 12 Chart Page 12 Combo pages 13 Overlay Data 14 DownScan Operation 16 Trackback 16 Ping Speed 18 DownScan options 19 Sonar Operation 21 Trackback 21 1 Table of Contents | Mark-4 & Elite-4 HDI
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    24 Ping Speed 24 Fish ID 26 DownScan options 26 Sonar Settings 27 Chart Operation 30 Waypoints, Routes, Trails 31 Routes Screen 33 Trails Screen 37 Orientation 39 Overlay Data 39 Settings 39 Chart Settings 40 Navigation Settings 41 AIS 43 AIS Setup 43 Target symbols 44 Viewing
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    card to use mapping data Turn unit on/off Getting Started 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
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    supports two types of sonar: Conventional and DownScan. Introduction | Mark-4 & Elite-4 HDI Conventional DownScan Refer to the "Sonar Operation" section for information about conventional sonar features and settings. DownScan features and settings are covered in the "DownScan Operation" section
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    DownScan, Sonar, Chart, Chart/Sonar, Chart/DownScan, Sonar/ DownScan and Chart/Sonar/DownScan. Page menus The Steer, DownScan, Sonar and Chart pages have menus that can only be accessed when those pages are displayed. Pages dialog Steer page Steer menu 5 Basic Operation | Mark-4 & Elite-4 HDI
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    DownScan page Sonar page DownScan menu Two-panel page Three-panel page Press the Pages key twice to switch active panels. The page menu for the active page will be displayed when the Menu key is pressed. Sonar menu Accessing the Settings menu Chart page Basic Operation | Mark-4 & Elite-4 HDI
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    used to make adjustments to options and settings, including scrollbars, on/off features and dropdown user input or for presenting information to the user. Depending on the type of entry, different methods are used to confirm, cancel or close the dialog. 7 Basic Operation | Mark-4 & Elite-4 HDI
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    (Conventional sonar only) Fishing modes enhance the performance of your unit by providing preset packages of sonar settings geared to specific fishing conditions. Switches letters to uppercase/ lowercase Switches keyboard between ALPHA and QWERTY layout Basic Operation | Mark-4 & Elite-4 HDI 8
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    map items and review sonar history. Press Menu and select Return to vessel or Exit cursor mode to clear the cursor. Goto cursor Used to navigate to the cursor. 1. Move the cursor to a desired location and press Menu. 2. Select Goto cursor and press Enter. 9 Basic Operation | Mark-4 & Elite-4 HDI
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    dialog. 2. Select Standby and press Enter. 3. Press any key to resume normal operation. NOTE: Leaving your unit in Standby mode when your boat is not in use will run down your battery. Restore defaults Sets unit options and settings to default values. Basic Operation | Mark-4 & Elite-4 HDI 10
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    Bottom countour Steer Page The Steer page has a compass that shows your current track, the direction to your destination, and a digital data navigation panel. Sonar Page Range Scale Displays the water column moving from right to left on your unit's screen. 11 Pages | Mark-4 & Elite-4 HDI
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    selecting DownScan Overlay on the Sonar settings menu. Current location and Zoom distance/bearing to cursor Range Chart Page Consists of a map that moves in real-time as you move. By default, the map is shown from a birdseye view with North at the top of the screen. Pages | Mark-4 & Elite-4 HDI
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    Customizing combo pages You can control how the pages will be arranged on the screen: vertically (side) or horizontally (over). Sonar/DownScan Chart/Sonar/DownScan NOTE: Press the Pages key twice to switch active panels. The active panel will have an orange border. 13 Pages | Mark-4 & Elite-4 HDI
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    select Add. Press Enter. 5. Select a category and press Enter. 6. Select the desired data and press Enter. 7. Repeat Steps 5 and 6 to add more data. 8. Press Menu and select Return to Overlays. Press Enter. 9. Press Menu, select Done Configuring and press Enter. Pages | Mark-4 & Elite-4 HDI 14
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    and adjust the size and position of overlay data on the screen. 1. Press Menu and select Overlay data. 2. Select Configure and press Enter. 3. Highlight the desired overlay data and press Menu. 4. Select the desired configuration category to make adjustments. 15 Pages | Mark-4 & Elite-4 HDI
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    Trackback You can review your sonar history by pressing the keypad to the left until the screen starts to move in reverse and the sonar history bar appears at the bottom of the screen. DownScan history bar Stops sonar transmission; pauses sonar scroll DownScan Operation | Mark-4 & Elite-4 HDI 16
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    units do not have a Sensitivity setting like traditional sonar units. Contrast functions as the sensitivity setting for DownScan units. Auto Contrast Automatically adjusts contrast settings to a level that works best with current water conditions. 17 DownScan Operation | Mark-4 & Elite-4 HDI
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    and lower limits must be at least 5 ft (2m) apart. Range Range settings display the section of the water column from the water surface to the selected depth has greater depth coverage. DownScan Operation | Mark-4 & Elite-4 HDI Ping Speed Controls the rate the transducer uses to send sonar waves
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    to select a color palette best suited to your fishing conditions. The white background palette works well for suspended targets. Purple is useful for viewing structure detail and determining bottom hardness. Sepia is best for looking at bottom detail. 19 DownScan Operation | Mark-4 & Elite-4 HDI
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    Pages" section. Overlay data Logging Sonar You can record sonar data and save the file on a microSD card inserted into the unit's card reader. View previously saved sonar logs Settings Accesses the Settings menu. Refer to "Sonar Settings" on page 27. DownScan Operation | Mark-4 & Elite-4 HDI 20
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    press Menu and select Exit cursor mode. The features described in this section are for conventional sonar. Refer to the "DownScan operation" section for information on DownScan features. Sonar Menu Press Menu from any sonar page to access the Sonar menu. 21 Sonar Operation | Mark-4 & Elite-4 HDI
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    icon and input a desired latitude/longitude. Used to record sonar logs Sonar Menu (Advanced Mode) (active only with DownScan overlay enabled) New waypoint menu Sonar Operation | Mark-4 & Elite-4 HDI Adjust You can make adjustments to Sensitivity and Colorline from the Adjust menu. Contrast and
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    weak sonar echoes. That makes it easier for you to distinguish fish or structure from the bottom. A hard return will be shown . Range Selects the deepest range shown on the display. Range settings display the section of the water column from the water surface Sonar Operation | Mark-4 & Elite-4 HDI
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    unit supports three conventional sonar frequencies: 50kHz, 83kHz and 200kHz. 200 kHz has the highest sensitivity and best target separation in shallow water. 83 kHz offers a wider cone angle for more water coverage. 50 kHz provides the best depth penetration. Sonar Operation | Mark-4 & Elite-4 HDI
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    signals. Split Zoom Split Flasher Color Allows you to change the look of the display using palettes with varying degrees of color/brightness. 25 Sonar Operation | Mark-4 & Elite-4 HDI
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    fish symbol on the display. DownScan options You can make adjustments to DownScan overlay settings from the sonar page. DownScan options are covered in more detail in the "DownScan Operation" section. DownScan options menu NOTE: The DownScan is stopped. Sonar Operation | Mark-4 & Elite-4 HDI 26
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    . Overlay data Conventional settings/DownScan Settings You can adjust settings for both Conventional sonar and DownScan sonar modes from the Sonar Settings menu. Only adjustments made to conventional sonar settings will be visible on the sonar page. 27 Sonar Operation | Mark-4 & Elite-4 HDI
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    is out of transducer range. Reset Fishing Mode Resets selected fishing mode to default settings. That is useful when you want to clear settings adjustments made while using a fishing mode. WARNING: Manual mode should only be used by advanced sonar users. Sonar Operation | Mark-4 & Elite-4 HDI 28
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    distance Resets the Water Distance value to zero. Transducer Type Selects the transducer model attached to your unit. You must select the correct transducer type to get the best sonar performance from your unit. Transducer Keel Keel Offset (-3.5 feet) 29 Sonar Operation | Mark-4 & Elite-4 HDI
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    Chart Operation Chart menu Chart Menu Press Menu from the Chart page to open the Chart menu. Press Enter to launch the New waypoint will be saved at the cursor position. If the cursor is not active, waypoints will be saved at your current position. Chart Operation | Mark-4 & Elite-4 HDI 30
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    and press Enter. 2. Move the cursor to the desired location. The distance will be shown in the measuring dialog. Waypoints Screen Waypoints menu 31 Chart Operation | Mark-4 & Elite-4 HDI
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    selected waypoint. Chart Operation | Mark-4 & Elite-4 HDI New Creates a new waypoint at the cursor or vessel position. You can also select waypoint name, icon and latitude/longitude from the new waypoint dialog. Show Displays the selected waypoint on the map
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    using the cursor to position points on the chart. You also can add waypoints to a route by selecting them from the chart screen. 33 Chart Operation | Mark-4 & Elite-4 HDI
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    using points from chart: 1. Repeat Steps 1-4 from the instructions for Creating a route from waypoint list. 2. Select Points set a point. 4. Repeat Step 3 to add more points. 5. Press Menu and select Stop adding. Press Enter. 6. Select Save and press Enter. Chart Operation | Mark-4 & Elite-4 HDI
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    can be navigated in forward or reverse. 1. Highlight the desired route on the Route screen and press Menu. 2. Select Start and press Enter. 35 Chart Operation | Mark-4 & Elite-4 HDI
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    /hides route on the map To edit/create a route map display. Delete and Delete All Delete is used to delete individual routes. Delete All, removes all routes. To access the "Edit" or "New Route" dialog, select Edit or New on the Routes menu and press Enter. Chart Operation | Mark-4 & Elite-4 HDI
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    from the New Trail. To create a trail: 1. Select New and press Enter. The New Trail dialog will appear. 2. Select Save and press Enter. 37 Chart Operation | Mark-4 & Elite-4 HDI
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    recording 3. Highlight Done and press Enter. 4. For navigation instructions refer to the "Navigating a route" segment. Displayed and Record You can use the Displayed feature to declutter the screen when multiple trails are visible on the map display. Chart Operation | Mark-4 & Elite-4 HDI 38
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    data to be displayed on top of the Chart page. Orientation Allows you to select North Up or Course Over Ground (COG) as the map orientation. Overlay data Overlay data setup is covered in the"Pages"section. Settings Accesses the "Chart settings" menu. 39 Chart Operation | Mark-4 & Elite-4 HDI
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    it easier to get a general idea of your location on the latitude/longitude scale. Chart Data Selects map data that will be used on the Chart display (Lowrance or Navionics regional map). Go to Navionics.com to see a full selection of available charts. Chart Operation | Mark-4 & Elite-4 HDI 40
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    and/or trails. Navigation Settings (Advanced mode only) Controls Arrival Radius and Off Course distance settings and is used to turn on/off WAAS/MSAS/ EGNOS. Waypoints, Routes, Trails Accesses the Waypoints, Routes & Trails screen. Navigation Settings 41 Chart Operation | Mark-4 & Elite-4 HDI
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    when the alarm is enabled. WARNING: You should only use the Manual magnetic variation setting if you have variation information from a verified source. Bearings Controls whether compass course or heading; otherwise use the default setting, True North. Chart Operation | Mark-4 & Elite-4 HDI 42
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    detected by the device can be displayed. To select a Baud rate: 1. Access the settings menu. 2. Select NMEA 0183. 3. Access the Baud rate dropdown menu on the NMEA 0183 settings dialog. 4. Select the same Baud rate used by your AIS device. 5. Select Save. 43 AIS | Mark-4 & Elite-4 HDI
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    extension line always represents the target's course over ground and is set to 10 minutes by default. Lost AIS target When no signals of the target before the reception of data was lost. NOTE: If you receive heading data from an AIS vessel, the orientation of the Mark-4 & Elite-4 HDI 44
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    view detailed information about a target by selecting the target and pressing Enter. The AIS Vessel detail dialog will appear. AIS Vessel detail dialog 45 AIS | Mark-4 & Elite-4 HDI
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    Settings Settings menu Accesses installation and configuration settings for your unit. System Adjusts unit settings like language, mute audio and advanced mode. Settings menu (Advanced mode only) (Advanced mode only) Settings | Mark-4 & Elite-4 HDI 46 System menu Displays software information
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    Turns on/off WAAS, MSAS and EGNOS. All three systems help increase GPS accuracy for different parts of the world. Advanced Mode Enables features and settings only available with unit in Advanced Mode. Restore Defaults Switches the unit back to default settings. 47 Settings | Mark-4 & Elite-4 HDI
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    is using by accessing the About screen. Lowrance periodically updates unit software to add features and improve functionality. To see the latest available software version go to www. lowrance.com. Settings | Mark-4 & Elite-4 HDI 48 Alarms menu Sounds alarm when Fish ID symbol appears on display
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    VHF radio or other NMEA 0183 device. You can also adjust the Baud rate, but the default setting works best under most conditions. Simulator Simulates GPS and/or sonar activity. Simulations can be customized on the Simulator options menu. Basic Mode Advanced Mode 49 Settings | Mark-4 & Elite-4 HDI
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    or 50/200kHz Max speed 70mph Transducer HDI 50/200kHz HDI 83/200kHz 83/200kHz Transducer cable 20ft (6m) GPS Mapping card slot microSD and microSDHC GPS Antenna High accuracy GPS antenna (internal only) Mapping compatibility Fishing Hot Spots & Navionics (Hotmaps, Premium and Gold
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    Reset 28 Frequency 18, 24 G Goto cursor 9 Goto waypoint 32 GPS Source 47 GPS Status 47 Grid Lines 40 I Ice Mode 26 Installation menu 29 K Keel Offset 29 L Language 47 M Magnetic Variation 42 Man Overboard waypoint 3 Manual Mode 28 microSD cards 4 Mute Audio 47 51 Index | Mark-4 & Elite-4 HDI
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    trail 38 Navigation 41 Navigation menu 41 NMEA 0183 49 Noise Rejection 19, 25 Range 18 Reset Fishing Mode 28 Reset water distance 29 Route display 41 Routes Screen 33 O S Off Course alarm 49 Off Course Distance 42 On/Off features 7 Orientation 39 Overlay Data 14, 20, 39 Configure 14 Customizing
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    in the following circumstances: (1) when the product has been serviced or repaired by anyone other than us; (2) when the product has been connected, installed, combined, altered, adjusted, or handled in a manner other than according to the instructions furnished with the product; (3) when any serial
  • Lowrance Mark-4 HDI | Operation Manual EN - Page 56
    Contact information Customer Service: 1-800-628-4487 (8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central Standard Time, M-F) (Canada) 1-855-361-1564 [email protected] (8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, M-F) Ordering Accessories http://store.navico.com/ Visit our website www.lowrance.com
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    Visit our website: www.lowrance.com *988-10576-001*
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