Lowrance Mark-4 Operation Manual

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  • Lowrance Mark-4 | Operation Manual - Page 1
    Installation &EOlpiteerat5io,nElite 4 & Mark 4 manual Operation manual
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    Copyright © 2011 Navico All rights reserved. Lowrance® and Navico® are registered trademarks of Navico. Fishing Hot Spots® is a registered trademark of Fishing Hot Spots Inc. Navionics® is a registered trademark of Navionics, Inc. Navico may find it necessary to change or end our policies,
  • Lowrance Mark-4 | Operation Manual - Page 3
    3 Unit Controls 3 Inserting microSD cards 4 Setup wizard 5 Basic Operation 5 Selecting Pages 5 Page menus 6 Working with menus 7 Dialogs 8 Entering text 8 Fishing Modes 8 Cursor 9 Goto cursor 9 Advanced Mode 10 Standby mode 10 Restore defaults 10 Adjusting the display 10 Pages 11
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    18 Ping Speed (Advanced Mode only)........ 18 Fish ID 20 Using your Chart 21 Chart Menu 21 Waypoints, Routes, Trails 22 Routes Screen 23 Trails Screen 27 Orientation 29 Settings 30 System 30 Saving Screenshots 32 Navigation 33 Chart 34 Sonar 36 Installation 37 Alarms 38 Index 40
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    levels. the Press the Light/Power key to backlight switch backlight levels. Muting Audio Select Mute Audio from the System menu and press Enter. Selecting a GPS Source Select GPS Source from the System menu and press Enter. Select internal or external and press Enter
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    Introduction Inserting microSD cards Carefully slide the microSD card into the slot until it clicks into place. To remove, carefully push in the card until it clicks out of place. 4
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    . To choose your own settings, do not run the setup wizard. Pages This unit has four pages: Sonar, Chart, Sonar/Chart and Steer. To restart the Setup wizard, restore defaults. NOTICE This manual covers several units. Some screenshots may differ from what you see on your screen. Your unit, however
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    page Page menus The Steer, Sonar, Chart/Sonar and Chart pages have menus that can only be accessed when those pages are displayed. Chart/Sonar page Steer page Steer menu Chart page 6 Sonar menu Chart or sonar menu will appear depending on which panel is active. Press the Pages key twice to switch
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    Accessing the Settings menu Basic Operation Scrollbars Select the scrollbar and press the keypad left (decrease) or right (increase). Accessing menu items The keypad and enter key are used to select menu items and open submenus. Use the keypad to highlight the desired item and press Enter. On/Off
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    , route or trail, will require you to input text. Switches letters to uppercase/ lowercase Fishing Modes Fishing modes enhance the performance of your unit by providing preset packages of sonar settings geared to specific fishing conditions. Switches keyboard between Alpha and QWERTY layout 8
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    Fishing Mode Options General Use Bottom brown/white background; 50% ping speed Shallow Water Bottom brown/white background; best for depths less than 100 feet Fresh Water Bottom brown/white background; 50% ping speed Deep Water Deep Blue; 50% ping speed; 50kHz is primary transducer
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    • Surface Clarity (manual control) • Ping Rate (manual control) • Alarms (Enables arrival, off course and anchor alarm options) • NMEA 0183 Output • Units (Enables distance, speed, depth, temperature, and bearings options) Standby mode Lowers power consumption by turning off sonar and the display
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    Direction to Compass waypoint Current Track Overlay Data Surface Clutter Colorline Fish arches Pages Your location Steer Page Cursor Navigation Location and depth Range Scale Depth information Frequency Amplitude Scope Sonar Page Displays the water column moving from right to The
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    Pages Depth contours Current location Chart/Sonar Page Chart/Sonar page Consists of a chart/sonar splitscreen. Press the Pages key twice to switch active panels. The active panel will have an orange border. Current location; distance to cursor Waypoint Zoom
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    split Allows you to change the way the panels are displayed when viewing the Chart/Sonar page. Pages Overlay Data Displays selected overlay data on the sonar page. Show Overlay data Press the Pages key twice to switch active panels. Enables/disables the display of overlay data, allowing you
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    Pages To select overlay data: 1. From a sonar or chart page, press Menu. 2. Select Overlay data and press Enter. 3. Select Configure and press enter. 4. Press Menu and select Add. Press Enter. 5. Select a category
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    Menu and select Exit cursor mode to remove the cursor from the screen. Trackback You can review your recent sonar history by moving the cursor to the left until the screen starts to move in reverse. Sonar Menu The sonar menu has options and settings that affect the appearance of the display. 15
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    Press Menu from any sonar page to access the Sonar menu. New waypoint menu Sonar Menu (Advanced Mode) Adjust (Advanced Mode only) Used to make adjustments to Sensitivity and Colorline/Grayscale. Sensitivity New Waypoint Controls the level of detail shown
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    on by default. Sensitivity set to 65 percent. Sensitivity set to 85 percent. Colorline/Grayscale Separates strong sonar echoes from weak sonar echoes. That makes it easier for you to distinguish fish or structure from the bottom. A hard return will be shown as a wide, bright yellow area, whereas
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    Controls the transducer frequency used by the unit. This unit supports two frequencies: transducer uses to send sonar waves into the water. Ping speed adjustments can help reduce interference from other transducers. When using fishing modes, ping speed settings are optimized for the selected fishing
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    degrees of color/brightness. Split Zoom and Split Flasher Switches the sonar display from full screen sonar to a split screen view. Nightview Iceview Monochrome units support Grayscale, Reverse Grayscale and Bottom Black. Split Zoom Split Flasher Amplitude Scope Displays the amplitude of
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    is covered in the Pages section. Overlay data Ice Mode Turns on a package of sonar settings optimized for ice fishing and also overlays battery meter data on the screen. Settings Accesses the Sonar settings menu. Stop Sonar Pauses the unit's sonar, allowing you to get a closer look at suspended
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    Chart Using your Chart This section covers chart operation, which includes saving, loading and navigating, waypoints, routes and trails and using chart menus, context menus and submenus. Chart Menu Press Menu from any Chart pages to open the Chart menu. Chart menu New Waypoint Creates a waypoint
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    Chart Waypoints, Routes, Trails Used to create, edit, navigate and delete waypoints, routes and trails. Press the keypad left/right to toggle between waypoint, routes and trails tabs. Waypoints Screen Waypoints menu Waypoints menu Edit Allows you to edit the name, icon and latitude/longitude. of a
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    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 menu. Show Displays the selected waypoint on the map. Goto Allows you to navigate to a waypoint. Delete and Delete All Delete is used to delete a selected
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    Chart Shows selected route waypoint on the chart Inserts waypoint between existing route waypoints Leg name field Remove waypoint Adds waypoint to end of the route Route waypoint menu Controls how waypoints are listed Starts navigation to the selected route waypoint To create a route from
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    Creating a route using points from chart: 1. Repeat Steps 1-4 from the instructions for Creating a route from waypoint list. 2. Select Points from chart and press Enter. The chart screen will appear. 3. Move the cursor to the desired location.
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    Chart To cancel navigation: 1. Press Menu from the chart screen. 2. Select Navigation and press Enter. 3. Highlight Cancel and press Enter. 4. Select Yes and press Enter. Edit and New Route menus Used to edit/create routes, route names and to turn on/off the route display. That allows you to
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    Trails Screen Used to create, edit, navigate and delete trails. Use the keypad to highlight the Trails tab to access the Trails screen. Chart Trails screen Trails menu Creating trails When creating a trail you can customize the trail name and color from the New Trail. Trails menu To create a
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    will appear. 2. Highlight Create Route and press Enter. The Edit Route menu will appear. 3. Highlight Done and press Enter. 4. For navigation instructions refer to the Navigating a route segment. Displayed and Record Displayed allows you to show/hide trails on the map display, preventing the
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    Chart The Record command allows you to record or resume recording a desired trail. Delete and Delete All Delete is used to remove individual trails. Delete All removes all trails. Overlay Data Allows you to select data (course over ground, etc) to be displayed on top of the Chart screen.
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    Settings Settings Menu Accesses to 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)
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    your unit. GPS Source (Elite-5 only) Selects the antenna your unit will use for GPS. You will use the built-in GPS antenna unless GPS Status Monitors the location of satellites in view and the quality of the unit's satellite lock-on. Chart/Sonar Split Allows you to display the Chart/ Sonar combo
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    periodically updates unit software to add features and improve functionality. To see the latest available software version go to www.lowrance.com. Saving Screenshots You can save screenshots to a microSD card by inserting a microSD card into the card slot and pressing Power and then Zoom (+). NOTE
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    Settings menu WAAS/MSAS/EGNOS Turns on/off the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS), Multi-Functional Satellite Augmentation System (MSAS) and European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS). All three systems help increase GPS accuracy for different parts of the world. 33
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    whether magnetic variation will be calculated using Automatic or Manual settings. Magnetic variation is the angle between magnetic north reconciles the variation for you. WARNING: You should only use the Manual magnetic variation setting if you have variation information from a verified source.
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    COG Extension A line extending from the front of the current position icon that estimates the time and distance to areas in front of you. Grid Lines Displays base values for latitude and longitude, making it easier to get a general idea of your location on the latitude/ longitude scale. Settings
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    to make adjustments to Sonar options and display settings like Noise Rejection, Surface and Fishing Mode. Noise Rejection Uses advanced signal near the surface. Surface Clutter Manual Mode Restricts digital depth capability, so the unit will only send sonar signals to the selected depth range
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    mode should only be used by advanced sonar users. Installation Provides access to Keel Offset and Temp Calibration settings. When the unit is in manual mode, you may not receive any depth readings, or you may recieve incorrect depth information. Fishing Mode Enhances the performance of your unit
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    will be input as -3.5 feet. Temperature calibration Calibrates data from the transducer temperature sensor with data from a known temperature source to ensure the accuracy of temperature information. Alarms menu Sounds alarm when Fish ID symbol appears on display Reset water distance Reset Water
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    water shallower than the selected shallow threshold sounds alarm when a fish symbol (Fish ID) appears on the sonar screen Units Allows you to select the unit of measure used 0183 device. Simulator Simulates GPS and/or sonar activity. Simulations can be customized on the Simulator options menu. 39
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    39 Fish ID 20 Fishing Mode 8 Fishing Modes Reset 37 Frequency 18 G Goto cursor 9 Goto waypoint 23 GPS Source 31 GPS Status 31 Grid Lines 35 I Ice Mode 20 Installation menu 37 K Keel Offset 37 L Language 31 40 M Magnetic Variation 34 Man Overboard waypoint 3 Man Overboard way- point 3 Manual Mode
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    Speed 18 R Reset Fishing Mode 37 Reset water distance 38 Route display 35 Routes Screen 23 S Saving Screenshots 32 Scrollbars 7 Sensitivity 16 Settings Menu 30 Setup wizard 5 Shallow alarm 39 Simulator 39 Software Updates 32 Sonar Installation 37 Sonar Menu 15 Sonar Options menu 19 Sonar Page 11
  • Lowrance Mark-4 | Operation Manual - Page 44
    10 to 17V Typical: .75A 3-amp Automotive (not supplied) Max depth Transducer Frequency Max speed Sonar (Elite 5 only) 1000ft (305m) 83/200kHz 70mph Transducer Skimmer with built in temp sensor Transducer cable 20ft (6m) GPS Mapping card slot microSD (microSDHC high capacity cards are not
  • Lowrance Mark-4 | Operation Manual - Page 45
    Transducer cable 20ft (6m) GPS Mapping card slot microSD (microSDHC high capacity cards are not compatible) GPS Antenna 16 parallel channel (internal); optional external GPS antenna sold separately Mapping compatibility Fishing Hot Spots, NauticPath & Navionics (Hotmpas, Premium and Gold
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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 | Operation Manual - Page 47
    notice. ...in Canada: Contact the Factory Customer Service Department. Call toll-free: 800-661-3983 905 instructions in paragraph number 1 below. Accessory Ordering Information LEI Extras is the accessory source for sonar and GPS products manufactured by Lowrance Electronics. To order Lowrance
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    Visit our website: www.lowrance.com *988-10161-001* © Copyright 2011 All Rights Reserved Navico Holding AS
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