Lowrance HDS-8 Gen2 Quick Start Guide
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- Lowrance HDS-8 Gen2 | Quick Start Guide - Page 1
HDS-8/8m & HDS-10/10m Quick Start Guide Function keys Arrow Activates cursor. Press up, down, left or right to Keypad move the cursor. ZOUT Zooms out the Radar, Sonar and Chart pages. ZIN Zooms in the Radar, Sonar and combo (split screen) pages. WPT Press to save a waypoint at your current GPS - Lowrance HDS-8 Gen2 | Quick Start Guide - Page 2
screen. 2. Select the the 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 and Chart combo page. 2. Select Adjust panel sizes. and press Enter. 3. Use the keypad - Lowrance HDS-8 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-8 Gen2 | Quick Start Guide - Page 4
chart speed Bottom brown/white background Clear Water Ice Fishing ≤ 400 ft ≤ 400 ft 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 - Lowrance HDS-8 Gen2 | Quick Start Guide - Page 5
Enter. 3. Select Palette and press Enter. 4. Select the desired palette and press Enter. To mark an underwater object with a waypoint: 1. From the Sonar page, press the keypad to activate the cursor. 2. Use the keypad to center the cursor over the underwater object and press ENTER. A waypoint will - Lowrance HDS-8 Gen2 | Quick Start Guide - Page 6
on Chart page: 1. Place the cursor on the Chart page where you want to set the waypoint, press the New Waypoint softkey. The New Waypoint menu will appear. 2. slot allows you to view mapping charts and save/view route, trail and sonar log data. Make sure the MMC card slot door is always closed to
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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. 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-8/8m & HDS-10/10m