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

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

 

 

 

Entering Letters in Text Boxes

This unit has some features and functions that may require you to enter data in a text box.

To enter data in a text box:

1.Highlight the text box and press ENTER. A keyboard will appear on the screen.

2.Use the keypad to highlight the first character and press ENTER. Repeat this step until all characters have been entered.

3.Highlight OK and press enter.

Keypad button controls uppercase & lowercase

Keyboard window

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Lowrance electronic HDS-5X Selecting a Fishing Mode, Entering Letters in Text Boxes, To select a fishing mode