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X-45 X-45
X-45 X-45 X-45
INSTALLATION AND OPERATION
INSTRUCTIONS
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TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................. 3 SPECIFICATIONS ........................................................................................................... 3 INSTALLATION ................................................................................... 4 INSTALLATION - Bracket ................................................................................................ 4 POWER CONN
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INTRODUCTION Thank you for purchasing a Lowrance sonar. Your X-45 is a high quality sonar designed for both professional and novice fishermen. These units have an automatic feature that finds and displays the bottom, fish, structure, and more! All you have to do is press the on key. However, if you wish to fine tune the unit, simply press the menu key. The X-45 has powerful features available through easy-to-use menus. Installing an optional speed/temperature sensor lets you view the surfac
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INSTALLATION - Bracket You can install the X-45 on the top of a dash or from an overhead with the supplied bracket. It can also be installed in the dash with an optional IDA- 3 or IDA-4 mounting kit. If you use the supplied bracket, you may be interested in the optional GBSA-1 swivel bracket kit. This converts the X- 45's gimbal bracket to a swivel mount which can be used on the dash or overhead mounting positions. Installation instructions for the in-dash and swivel mounting kits are supplied w
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POWER CONNECTIONS The X-45 works from a 12 volt DC system only. For the best results, run the power cable directly to the boat’s battery. Keep the power cable away from other boat wiring, especially the engine’s wires. This will give the best isolation from electrical noise. If the supplied cable is not long enough to reach the battery, splice #18 gauge insulated wire to it. If you do extend the power cable, make certain to attach the in-line fuse holder supplied with the X-45 to the battery
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KEYBOARD BASICS The unit sounds a tone when you press any key. This tells you the unit has accepted a command. ON/CLEAR Use this key to turn the unit on. It also clears menu selections and the menus from the screen. OFF This key turns the unit off. MENU The X-45 has many features that are accessed with this key. To see the first menu, press the MENU key. To see the other menus, press the MENU key repeatedly. UP and DOWN ARROWS Use these keys to adjust virtually every feature and function on th
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In the example shown at the bottom of the previous page, the range is from 0 to 60 feet and the bottom depth is 37.3 feet. NOTE: Turning the X-45 off erases all user settings and it returns to the system defaults. For example, if you turn the lights on, then turn the unit off, the next time you turn the unit on, the lights will be off, since the default setting for the lights is off. MENUS The X-45 uses menus to guide you through the unit’s functions and features. The menu key accesses these fea
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RANGE You can’t adjust the range when the X-45 is in the automatic mode. It is adjustable when the unit is in the manual mode, however. To do so, first put the unit in the manual mode. Now press the ON/CLEAR key to clear the screen. Then press the menu key until the “RANGE SEL” menu appears as shown below. The current range shows at the bottom of the menu. In this case, the range is 60 feet. Now press the up arrow key to decrease the range, the down arrow key increases the range. After you
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21 FOOT UPPER LIMIT seconds and the menu will scroll off the screen’s left side. Pressing the ON/ CLR key also clears it. To change the lower limit, again make certain the unit is in the manual mode. Press the MENU key until the "LOWER LIMIT" menu appears. Now press the down arrow key to increase the lower limit or the up arrow key to increase it. When you have the limit set, wait a few seconds and the menu will scroll off the screen’s left side. Pressing the ON/CLR key also clears it. ZOOM Th
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This is the zoom size menu. Zoom size is the distance between the upper limit and the lower limit. The upper limit shows at the top left corner of the screen. The lower limit is in the bottom left corner. For example, if the upper limit is 40 feet and the lower limit is 70 feet, the zoom window size is 30 feet. The word “TRACK” appears in this menu when you first activate the zoom as shown below. This means the X-45 is tracking the bottom in a zoom window, always keeping it on the display.
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menu key until the “MOVE ZOOM” menu appears. This menu lets you move the zoom window up or down in one foot increments by pressing the arrow keys. Thus, you can move the zoom window up towards the surface, down to the bottom, or anywhere in between. The window stays where you put it. It doesn’t track the bottom signal. To turn the zoom feature off, press the menu key until the RANGE/ZOOM menu appears. Now press the up arrow key. This switches the unit into the range mode, which turns the zoo
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CLEAR key to clear the display. If you wait a few seconds, it will automatically clear. ® GRAYLINE Grayline lets you distinguish between strong and weak echoes. It “paints” gray on targets that are stronger than a preset level. This shows the difference between a hard or soft bottom, large fish versus smaller ones, or rocks and brush on the bottom. For example, a soft, muddy, or weedy bottom returns a weaker signal which shows a narrow or no gray line. A hard bottom returns a strong signal
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words, it displays a small fish symbol when it thinks a target is a small fish, a medium fish symbol on a larger target, etc. The microcomputer is sophisticated, but it can be fooled. It can't distin- guish between fish and other suspended objects such as turtles, sub- merged floats, air bubbles, etc. Individual tree limbs extending outwards from a group of limbs are the hardest objects for the Fish ID feature to distinguish from fish. You may see Fish ID symbols on the screen when, in fact,
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TargetTrack™ The X-45 has the unique capability to "see" targets not only straight down, but also to the right and left, thanks to the optional BroadView™ transducer (not included). This transducer has three elements: left, right, and down. The X-45 uses all three elements to display targets between the surface and the bottom. Targets are shown as Fish ID symbols. This feature also shows the depth of the target directly above the fish symbol. In the screen shown below right, there is one symbol
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CHART SPEED The rate echoes scroll across the screen is called the chart speed. It’s adjustable by pressing the menu key until the chart speed menu appears. Chart speed is set to maxi- mum when the X-45 is first turned on. To decrease it, press the down arrow key. Press the up arrow key to increase the speed again. The bar graph in the Chart Speed menu box shows a graph of the speed. Echoes scrolling onto the screen will also show the effects of the change. If you reach the maximum or mini
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CHT 2 (Chart #2) Same as Chart #1 plus digital surface water temperature display. CHT 3 (Chart #3) Same as Chart #1 plus a digital speed display. CHT 4 (Chart #4) This is the High Speed Scroll mode. It has the following features: 1. Automatic Off 2. Fish ID Feature Off 3. All Digital Displays Off 16
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DIG 1 (Digital #1) This is the first digital only screen. It shows the digital depth display at the top of the screen in very large numbers. The shallow and deep alarm settings are displayed be- neath the digital depth. No chart shows on this screen. DIG 2 (Digital #2) The digital depth display shows at the top of this screen in very large digits. The digital temperature, speed, and log shows beneath the depth. The log starts counting when the X-45 is first turned on. When the X-45 is turn
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shallower than the alarm’s setting. The deep alarm sounds a tone when the bottom goes deeper than it’s setting. Both alarms adjust the same, although through different menus. Shallow Alarm To set the shallow alarm, press the menu key repeatedly until the “SHAL ALARM” menu appears. Press the down arrow key to in- crease the shallow alarm's depth setting, the up arrow key decreases it. The number in the shallow alarm’s menu box shows the current shallow alarm setting. When the number reaches
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FEET/METER The X-45 can show the depth in feet or meters, temperature in degrees Fahrenheit or Celsius, speed in statute miles per hour or knots, and distance (log) in statute miles or nautical miles. When the unit is in the metric mode, all depth readings, ranges, zooms, and alarm settings are in meters. When a unit is in the feet mode, all of the above settings are in feet. To change from feet to meters or vice-versa, press the menu key until the FEET/METER menu appears as shown at the botto
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speeds without adjusting the sensitivity or other controls. When the X-45 is first turned on, ASP is enabled. To turn ASP off, press the menu key repeatedly until the ASP menu appears. Now press the up arrow to turn it on or the down arrow to turn it off. The menu will clear automatically after a few seconds or you can press the ON/CLEAR key to clear the screen. SIMULATOR The X-45 has a simulator built into it that can show a simulated bottom signal with fish. All features of the X-45 work n
