Lowrance electronic HDS-5X Range offset, To Adjust Bearing Alignment, To Adjust Range Offset

Models: HDS-5X

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Settings

To Adjust Bearing Alignment:

1.Line up the bow of your vessel with a stationary target (lighthouse, pier, etc) at least 1 nm away

2.Select Adjust Bearing Alignment from the Radar Installation menu and press ENTER. The Installation Adjustment menu will appear.

3.Press the keypad left/right to rotate the radar image so the reference target is at 0° or 12 o’clock from the radar center.

Range offset

Eliminates the time lag between real radar returns and the time it takes data to be processed by the radar software. Range Offset is also referred to as zero range and trigger delay.

Range Offset Sequence. The circle shrinks as range is increased.

To Adjust Range Offset:

1.Use the ZOOM IN/ ZOOM OUT keys to set range to 1/8 nm.

2.Highlight Adjust range offset from the Radar Installation menu and press ENTER. The installation adjustment menu will appear.

3.Press the keypad to the left set range offset to 0. Press enter.

4.If there is a blank, black circle around the center or a solid circle of color at the center, increase the range offset until the circle disappears or almost disappears.

5.If you increase the range offset too far, decrease it until the circle appears again.

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Lowrance electronic HDS-5X operation manual Range offset, To Adjust Bearing Alignment, To Adjust Range Offset