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X-55
AND OPERATION
INSTALLATION
INSTRUCTIONS
INC.
LOWRANCE
ELECTRONICS,
988-0136-07
74128
LITHO IN U.S.A. L!® 12000 E. SKELLY OK
DR., TULSA,
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TABLE OF CONTENTS N 1I i INTRODUCTION 1 MOUNTING FEET I I rr POWER CONNECTIONS Cr 2 TRANSDUCER 3 45.2 KEYBOARD BASICS 3 - DISPLAY 4 l. MENUS 5 - r HELP °F I I s WINDOWS 5 VIEWING WINDOWS OPTIONS 7 65+4 100 100 100 MODIFYINGGROUPS 7 RESETTING ALL GROUPS S GROUP 11111 GROUP "H" SIDE SCAN OPERATION 8 SONAR OPERATION g AUTOMATIC 9 SENSITIVITY 10 ft RANGE 0 11 :1: and Lower Limits Upper II - ZOOM Automatic 12 Operation 12 —_— n- - ZOOM Manual
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INTRODUCTION SUMMARY WINDOWS that is with wide screen sonar is a performance The X-55 high quality, used All of thewindow groups bytheX- and menu features none in its class. "soft-key" operation, second to Using are shown on the 55 following pages. Lowrance has ever sonars that is also one of the easiest-to-use the X-55 the To view these simply press groups, showsthe underwaterworldwith "Clearvision"screen high built. Thewide then WINDOWS repeated press key, also
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POWER CONNECTIONS NOISE The X-55 works from a twelve-volt For the best battery system. A cause of sonar results, major is electrical noise. problems This usually appears attach the cable to the power You can attach directly battery. the on the sonar's as random power of dots display orlines. In severe patterns cases, cable to an or however accessory have power buss, it can you may problems cover the screen with black or completely cause the unit dots, with electric
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TRANSDUCER CONNECTIONS to find the bottom. If be than the sonar's 3. The water may deeper ability with the unit for the transducer owner's manual included automatic the See complete can't find the bottom while it's in the the sonar mode, signal transducer installation instructions. far It the to limits will flash greater continuously. may change range digital the unit in the manual water are in. If this than the happens, place you SCAN 0-1 00 SIDE the to a realistic then
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- ALARM Press this to activate of the sonar alarms. key any IMPORTANT - SERVICE INFORMATION! STOP When this is the chart key This doesn't pressed, stops scrolling. If affect the unit is not or if need technical use the however. your digital display, working, you help, please section before the customer following troubleshooting contacting factory - service ARROW KEYS These It save the trouble of unit. are used to make menu selections and to department. may you returning yo
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the MENUS and concentrate on the can eliminate With X-55, anyone guesswork The X-55 uses menus exten- if it's the first time on the lake! areas where fish are to be. Even likely to sively guide you through the functions and features of with a of water is to to become The most efficient body way acquainted the unit. The menu ac- of the if and with X-55. Start with a lake, key it possible, map survey your of these fea- on shore. cesses in relation to landmarks many indicat
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To use the windows feature, first the WINDOWS press key. A screen similar to the one shown at left The appears. menu at the bottom of the screen switch between letsyou the of These "pages" displays. 830 are lettered "A" "0". through "A" shows first. Press Group the down arrow to move key forward the screens. through SURFACE LAYER Press the arrow to up key ABSORBS HEAT FROM THE SUN move backward. For example, — UI' !.U fl — I -n the down arrow pressing key
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VIEWING WINDOWS The smaller the water. For from 45 to 60 feet. of the segment, example, OPTIONS easiest to do this on the screen resolution will be. The the better the way win- To see all of the available the Zoom feature. This feature echoes, X-55 is with the expands making FEET I I the WIN- turn the as dow see detail. For the best options, press it easier to results, sensitivity up high then the the screen. In medium to DOWS too much noise on key, press as without getti
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The window in _______________________________ depth appears the corner of the upper right II— __________ screen. Press the key adjacent I _________ to the "NEXT WINDOW" label NEX I1INDObJI to move the windows. ______ through - — If reach the or USE 46.4 lastwindow, you bJINDfl!Ll if wish to backwards _____ you go _________ HELP the windows, through pressthe next to the "PREV WIN- ______ key ________ DOW" label. When the desired ________ window is on the ________
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the down arrow Now CONE ANGLES press TRANSDUCER until the screen shown at out into the water in a cone waves from the transducer The sound key I) ________ spread beam from The beam. This looks much like the right appears. aflashlight. angle shaped the cone the outside of the cone is between angle. edges ftS are the side scan win- These windows show the an 8 or2O cone dows. Both offers a choice of transducers with either t Lowrance degree from the withthe X-55 has display
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is in the manual mode. To turn Automatic the AUTO on, press key again, there are times when However, want to turn the ASP feature off. you may then the arrow press right key. This allows to view all echoes before are you incoming they processed by the ASP feature. SENSITIVITY The on the X-55 controls the of the unit to sensitivity key ability pick up To the ASP the MENU five times. Then the change level, press key press echoes. A low level excludes much of the bottom s
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- MENU PAGE 5 menus the to the CLEAR at the To turn the ____________________________ off, adjacent key press key or wait a few seconds and the menus will bottom left side of the unit ADJUST CHART SURFACE disappear. CLARITY - RANGE Automatic The down- bottom When turned extending onforthefirsttime, theX-S5automatically placesthe markings from the zero line on the is called Auto and is ward in the lower half of the screen. This Ranging signal chart are called "surface clut- of
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the RANGE Next, The menu shown on the chor. Since the unit is not mov- press 1 key. previous page UTU Now the next to the "CHANGE UPPER fish are drawn appears. press LIMIT" label key ing, signals long, FT 50.9 to LOWER out lines on a normal LIMIT" labelto chart changethe upperlimitor"CHANGE changethe lower limit. FASTRAK converts We'rechangingthe display. ________ Ri limit in this Af- the to a vertical bar upper example. 0 graph graph . /29 hHs.3 ter the next to the with
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to the "REMOVE ZOOM then the menu page appears, press key adjacent label. BAR" to the Pressing key adjacent the "2X/4X" label ech- the zoom feature on. Note: the zoom bar on also turns enlarges Turning to four oes from two times times their normal size. ZONE BAR DISPLAY show on the the zone alarm is the zone bar doesn't When normally on, between the the MENU To switch the zone bar on first split screen. To turn press key continuously, zoom and full screen "DISPLAY scr
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SONAR ALARMS MENU-PAGE 3 The X-55 has three different of sonar alarms. The first is the Fish types Alarm. It sounds when the Fish l.D. feature determines an echo or CHART CURSOR group of echoes is a fish. Another alarm is the Zone Alarm which consists of a The X-55 has a chart cursor bar. echo that inside this bar the alarm. The last Any appears that allows to a triggers you pinpoint alarm is called the Alarm. the bottom will this Depth Only signal trigger The cursor is targ
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ZONE ALARM DIGITAL BOX OFF TURN consists of a The zone alarm thefull sonarscreen. The box is in the upperleftcornerof digital displayed on the this box bar that indicators. To turn right has the and automatic/manual appears It digital depth echo side of the screen. the to the "TURN Any the MENU then twice, key adjacent off, key press press on the screen that to turn the box on. BOX OFF" label. the above appears DIGITAL steps Repeat bottom of between the and top the
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DEPTH ALARMS __________________________ MENU. PAGE 2 ____________ ______ The alarms sound atone depth - ADJUST BACK - when the bottom I GV ii LEVEL signal goes cfl ADJUST BACK LIGHT _____ __________ _____ shallower than the shallow LEVEL DEEP UN 100 nI Tfl! alarm's or than setting deeper _____ The X-55 has internal for _____________ lights the alarm's For — deep setting. the and To ____________________________ display keyboard. SPEAKER VOLUME L nh if setthe shallo
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for the Fish l.D. from a of limbs is the hardest outwards group object l.D. on the to from fish. You see Fish feature symbols distinguish may with the unit in both the there are no fish. Practice screen when entered the de- actually, After you've with the Fish l.D. and without to become more familiar Fish l.D. mode the sired alarm press depth, feature. la- next to the 'ACCEPT" key bel. This entersthe alarm depth the feature the menu then To turn the Fish l.D. on, press
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- MENU PAGE 1 _______ ________ - - ____ _ CHART SPEED The rate echoes scroll across the screen is called the chart It's first speed. adjustable by the menu then pressing key, the to pressing key adjacent the "ADJUST CHART SPEED" •1 label. The chart menu speed GRAYLINE® ON GRAYLINP OFF at the bottom of the appears screen. Increase the chart different GRAYLINE also. The level chosen the ar- level, X-55 at on speed by pressing right bythe power is for most conditions
