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988-0176-02B
HDS-5m & HDS-7m
GPS Mapping Receiver
Operations Guide
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Software updates for your unit. Occassionally check the Lowrance website for free software upgrades for your unit. Go to www.lowrance.com for the software upgrades. Select the Down- loads option from the grey menu bar near the top of the Lowrance website homepage. The Downloads screen will appear. Select Products Software Updates from the list on the left side of the screen. The Products Software Updates screen will appear. Scroll through the Product list and select your unit to download th
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Contents Table of contents Introduction ....................................................................................... 3 Getting Started ................................................................................. 5 Turning on the Unit ..................................................................................... 5 Keypad ....................................................................................................... 5 Backlight ......................................
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Contents Map Orientation ....................................................................................... 41 Look Ahead .............................................................................................. 41 Chart categories ...................................................................................... 42 2D and Shaded Relief ............................................................................. 42 Navionics .......................................................
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Introduction Introduction Thank you for purchasing from Lowrance, the industry leader in marine technology. This manual is packaged with a Quick Start Guide, Installation Guide, License and Warranty booklet and NMEA 2000 Networks Installation Instructions. If any of these documents are missing, you may acquire them via a free download at www. lowrance.com or by contacting customer service. Lowrance Customer Service 12000 E Skelly Dr Tulsa, OK 74128 (800) 324-1356 Canada (800) 661-3983 or (905
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Introduction Lowrance HDS-5m & 7m ZOUT: Zoom out to see more of the map with less detail ZIn: Zoom in to see less of the map with more detail MOB: Pressing ZOUT and ZIN at the same time will set a man overboard waypoint KeYPAD: move the cursor, scroll through menus, adjust features, enTeR: finalize view sonar/GPS history menu selections; shortcut key for functions like saving a waypoint at cursor exIT: cancels position entries, closes menus & windows; toggles between PAGeS: opens P
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Getting Started Getting Started Turning on the Unit Press the POWeR/LIGHT key to turn on the unit. If the unit is not connected to a transducer, the unit will start up in simulator mode. To turn off the unit, press the POWeR/LIGHT key for three seconds. Keypad Keypad This unit’s keypad can be used in two ways. Pressing the arrow sym- bols on the keypad will move the cursor in the corresponding direc- tion on the screen and allow you to scroll through menus. Backlight Tap the LIGHT/POWeR key t
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Getting Started Menus This unit has a Settings menu, a Pages screen and several context menus. The Settings menu provides access to the settings menus for the three main operation modes: Chart and Radar. The Settings menu is accessed by pressing MenU twice. The Pages screen allows you to select a page to be shown on the display. Utilities are also accessed from the Pages screen. Press the PAGeS key to select a page. Each page has its own context menu which allows you to access functions
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Getting Started Entering Letters in Text Boxes This unit has some features and functions that may Keypad button controls require you to enter data in a text box. uppercase & lowercase To enter data in a text box: 1. Highlight the text box and press enTeR. A keyboard will appear on the screen. 2. Use the keypad to highlight the first character and press enTeR. Repeat this step until all characters have been entered. Keyboard window 3. Highlight OK and press enTeR. Restore Defaults The
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Pages Pages Page icons rotate around the circular Pages menu Combo display options allows you to display a split screen Page Icons Pages Screen Consists of four page icons that scroll horizontally around the Pages menu. To view the pages screen, press the PAGeS key. Selecting Pages Pressing the keypad left or right will move the page icons around the menu. To select a page, move the desired page icon to the center of the screen. When selected, the page name will be highlighted in blu
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Pages Data Overlay Data overlay is information you can display on top of the page screen, allowing you to customize each page with desired data. Data Overlay menu Every page option has its own Data Overlay menu. The menu allows you to edit, add or remove overlay data from the display. To access Data Overlay menu, select a page option and press MenU. NOTE: Adjusting Panel Sizes is covered later in this section in the Displaying Combo Pages segment. Edit Overlay menu Accesses data overlay o
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Pages Edit Mode When a gauge is added to the display it will be shown in edit mode. Analog and bar gauges are shaded in blue when they are in Edit Mode. Digital Gauges will be shown with a blue border. Digital gauge in edit mode Analog gauge in edit mode Move or Placing a Gauge The Move gauge command allows you to move data overlay to any position on the screen. When you use the Place gauge command, the gauge will be locked in its current position. To move or place a gauge: 1. Press the
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Pages Select data menu Time subcategory To select data overlay: 1. Highlight Select data on the Configure menu. The Select Data menu will appear. 2. Use the keypad to select the desired category and press enTeR. A list of subcategories will appear. 3. Select the desired subcategory and press enTeR. Type Switches data overlay display between analog, digital and bar gauge formats, provided the format is appropriate for the selected data type. Highlight Type on the configuration menu and p
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Pages Small digital gauge Large analog gauge Limits Controls the number scale used on data overlay gauges and selects warning thresholds. Changing the limits on an analog or bar gauge removes unnecessary numbers from the gauge, making them easier to read. Warnings help you stay within selected warning thresholds. Limits are configured by inputting analog or bar gauge limits in the Limits text boxes — minimum and maximum. Warnings thresholds are entered in the Low and High text boxes. Confi
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Pages Configuration menu Allows you to Add/Remove sources and adjust Bezel, Caption and Invert Text Settings. Other configuration menu options are covered previously in the section. To access the Configuration menu, highlight Configuration on the Edit Overlay menu and press enTeR. Configuration Settings Adds a bezel to the data overlay gauge, making it easier to Bezel see against certain backgrounds Caption Allows you to add/remove data label from gauge Invert Text Changes appearance of da
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Pages Chart Page Consists of a Map that moves in real time as you move. By default, the map is shown from a birds-eye view with North at the top of the screen. This page has three map orientation options (North Up, Track Up & Course Up) and two ways to view the map: 2D and Shaded Relief (only available on select models). The cursor is used to scroll the map, select objects and find the distance between objects. The Chart page is covered in more detail in the Chart Operation section. On the
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Pages Radar Page Displays the PPI (Position Plan Indicator) screen, Range Rings and the cursor. The PPI can be shifted to show more of a desired portion of the screen (Look Ahead, Center & Offset) and the color palette can be changed to show returns in white, yellow, black or green. The radar page is covered in more detail in the Radar Operation section. On the Radar Page you can: • Overlay compass data, range rings and EBL/VRMs on display • Choose screen orientation from Head Up, Cour
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Pages Data menu Controls Info page data, page layout and data display format selection. To access the Data menu, press MenU while on the Info page. Dash 1, Dash 2 and Dash 3 Data menu Info Page dashboard templates that vary in page layout and in the number of gauges supported. The templates save you time by allowing you to use the Info page without having to manually set up a gauge layout. Gauge Layout Templates General Engine Digital Layout Bar Layout Layout You can change the gauge lay
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Pages To edit gauge display: 1. Use the keypad to select the gauge you want to edit and press enTeR. The Select Data menu will appear. 2. Use the keypad to select a data category and press enTeR. A list of subcategories will appear. GPS category 3. Select the desired subcategory and press enTeR. 4. Press MenU. The Edit Data menu will appear. 5. Highlight Finish Edit and press enTeR. The Finish Edit Data menu will appear. Ground Speed subcategory 6. Highlight the Save button and pr
