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988-0176-01B
HDS-5 & HDS-7
Fish Finding Sonar and GPS
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 ....................................................................................... 5 Getting Started ................................................................................. 7 Turning on the Unit ..................................................................................... 7 Keypad ....................................................................................................... 7 Backlight ......................................
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Contents Chart Operation............................................................................... 39 Chart menu ..............................................................................................40 Waypoints ................................................................................................ 42 Routes ...................................................................................................... 47 Trails .......................................................
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Contents S p e ci fic at io n s .................................................................................113 Unit Care .........................................................................................114 Troubleshooting .............................................................................115 Index ............................................................................................... 123 3
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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-5 and HDS-7 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: ope
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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: Sonar, 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 fu
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Getting Started Selecting a Fishing Mode Fishing modes enhance the performance of your unit by providing preset packages of sonar settings geared to specific fishing conditions. To select a fishing mode: 1. Press MenU twice. 2. Select Sonar and press enTeR. 3. Highlight Fishing Mode and press enTeR. 4. Select the desired fishing mode and press enTeR. Fishing Mode Options General Use Bottom brown/blue background; 50% ping speed Bottom brown/white background; best suited for Shallow Water
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Getting Started Restore Defaults The Restore Defaults command switches the unit back to the settings it had when you purchased it (default settings), To Restore Defaults: 1. Press MenU twice. 2. Select System and press enTeR . 3. Highlight Restore Defaults and press enTeR . A confirmation message will appear. 4. Select Yes and press enTeR . 10
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Pages Pages Page icons rotate around With Sonar selected, unit will the circular display a full sonar screen Pages menu Combo display options allows you to display a split screen Sonar icon rotated to center of Page Icons page; has blue border indicating it is the selected page option 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
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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. Press the Select data softkey. 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. To change Type press the Type softkey to toggle between digi
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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 Sonar Page Displays the water column moving from right to left on your unit’s screen. On the right side of the screen, the Amplitude Scope bar previews echoes about to appear on the display. The sonar page has three splitscreen view settings and 14 color palette settings. Sonar display options are covered in more detail in the Sonar Operation section. On the Sonar Page you can: • Move the cursor to any location on the screen to get a depth reading • Show fish echoes as fish symb
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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
