Lowrance electronic HDS-5, HDS-7

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To adjust panel sizes:

With the combo page or multi-panel display on the screen, press 1.

the PAGeS key.

Press 2. MenU. Highlight Adjust Panel Sizes from the Data Overlay

menu and press enTeR.

Press the keypad left/right to adjust the panels to a desired size and 3.

press enTeR.

Adjusting panels on combo page Adjusting panels on multi-panel

display

Moving panel cursor left/right will change the size

of each panel

Contents

Main Page Contents Table of contents Sonar Operation .............................................................................29 Contents Chart Operation............................................................................... 39 Radar Operation .............................................................................61 Settings Menu .................................................................................69 Page Page 5 Introduction About this manual Manual Conventions Introduction Introduction Lowrance HDS-5 and HDS-7 Getting Started 8 Menus Closing Menus Selecting Chart Data Selecting a Fishing Mode Entering Letters in Text Boxes Restore Defaults 11 Pages Screen Selecting Pages Pages Data Overlay Page Page Page Conguration menu Sonar Page Chart Page Radar Page Info Page Page Page Page Page 23 Utilities Utilities Page 25 Displaying Combo Pages Selecting an Active Page 26 Displaying Multiple Panels Adjust Panel Sizes Page Page Viewing Sonar History Sonar Operation 30 Sonar Menu Auto Sensitivity Page 32 Adjust 33 Custom Upper and Lower Limits Ping Speed Sonar Options Palette Page Log Sonar Data Page Page Chart Operation Displaying the Chart page Access the Chart page from the Pages menu. Chart page (2D Chart mode) 40 Chart menu 41 Selecting POIs on Chart page with Cursor 42 Waypoints Create/Delete Waypoint from Chart page 43 Waypoints screen 44 Waypoints screen menu Waypoints screen, Search for Waypoint by name Page 46 edit Waypoint name, description, position or depth 47 edit Waypoint icon and color Routes Create Route from Chart page Page 49 Routes screen Routes screen menu Page 51 Trails Trails screen 52 Trails screen menu new Trail menu 53 edit Trail menu Trail line Color options Measuring Distances on Chart page Search by Coordinates Find Chart item Map Orientation Look Ahead 56 Chart categories 2D and Shaded Relief (Shaded Relief only available on U.S. models) 57 Chart page Icons, Tides and Currents Radar Overlay 58 Radar Options Navionics 59 navionics Settings menu navionics Settings and Options Page Radar menu Radar Operation 62 Radar State Adjust menu 63 Clear Trails 64 Position Page 66 eBL/VRM menu Page Page 69 System Language Text Size Settings Menu 70 Key Beeps Time 71 Datum Coord System Magnetic Variation Page 73 Screen Capture 74 Restore Defaults Advanced 75 About 76 Chart Settings Menu Chart Data Range Rings Heading extension 77 Popup Information Grid Lines Waypoints Page 79 Sonar Settings Menu Sonar Source network Sonar noise Rejection 80 Manual Mode Fishing Modes 82 Reset Fishing Mode Installation Menu Keel Offset 83 Water Speed Calibration 84 Water Speed Averaging Temperature Calibration Temperature Averaging 85 Reset Water Distance Transducer Type 86 Radar Settings Menu Target expansion Target Trails Palette 87 Orientation Threshold north Indicator Page 89 Installation 90 Bearing alignment 91 Range offset Antenna Height Page Fuel Page Page Page Alarms 98 Siren enabled Trails Units Network Page Page Page Page Page Page 108 Vessels MMSI (Maritime Mobile Service Identity) Page Simulator Page Page Unit Care Specications GeneRAL BROADBAnD SOUnDeR GPS nAVIGATIOn Unit Care 115 Troubleshooting Weak bottom echo, erratic readings or no sh returns Unit wont turn on Unit freezes, locks up, or operates erratically 116 117 No sh arches when Fish I.D. is turned off 118 noise 119 GPS not Accurate 120 Cards not Read by Unit Current Position not on the Screen 121 Update the Software Reset the Unit Radar wont Start Up Page 123 Index Symbols A B C 124 H I K L 125 S T 126 U V W Z