Settings

Fishing Modes

Enhances the performance of your unit by providing preset packages of sonar settings geared to specific fishing conditions.

Settings optimized for fishing modes include: Color Palette, Sensitivity, Interference Rejection, Surface Clarity and Ping Speed, among others. Fishing modes allow you to spend more time fishing and less time adjusting settings.

Fishing

Depth

Settings

 

Palette

Mode

 

 

 

 

 

General Use

≤1,000 ft

50% Ping speed

Bottom brown/ blue background

 

 

 

 

Shallow Water

≤ 60 ft

75% Ping speed

bottom brown/white background

 

 

 

 

Fresh Water

≤ 400 ft

50% Ping speed

bottom brown/white background

Deep Water

≥ 1,000 ft

50% Ping speed

 

Deep Blue

Slow Trolling

≤ 400 ft

50% Ping speed

Bottom brown/white background

 

 

 

 

Fast Trolling

≤ 400 ft

Lower chart speed

Bottom brown/white background

Clear Water

≤ 400 ft

50% Ping speed

Bottom brown/white background

Ice Fishing

≤ 400 ft

Settings optimized to reduce interference from

 

other sonar units

 

 

 

NOTE: Use Shallow Water Fishing mode when fishing in less

than 60 feet of water.

Shallow Water Fishing Mode

Brackish Water Fishing Mode

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Lowrance electronic HDS-5X operation manual Fishing Modes