Lowrance Elite 5 DSI, Operation Manual

Page 1: ...Installation Operation manual Elite 5 DSI Elite 4 DSI Mark 4 DSI Operation manual ...

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Page 3: ...s 7 Working with menus 7 Cursor 9 Goto cursor 9 Advanced Mode 9 Standby mode 9 Restore defaults 10 Adjusting the display 10 Pages 11 Steer Page 11 DSI Page 11 Chart DSI page 12 Chart Page 12 Chart Sonar split 13 Overlay Data 13 Using DSI 15 Trackback 15 DSI menu 15 DSI Interpretation 19 Using your Chart 21 Chart Menu 21 Waypoints Routes Trails 22 ...

Page 4: ...tents Routes Screen 23 Trails Screen 27 Orientation 29 Settings Menu 30 System 30 Settings 30 Browse Files 32 Saving Screenshots 32 Navigation 33 Chart 34 Sonar 35 Installation 36 Alarms 37 Index 39 Specifications 41 ...

Page 5: ...o from the System menu and press Enter Selecting a GPS Source Select GPS Source from the System menu and press Enter Select internal or external and press Enter Elite 5 DSI only Unit Controls LIGHT POWER controls backlight level and turns unit on off KEYPAD controls cursor selects items on menus PAGES allows you to select a page to view MENU opens settings context and page menus ENTER finalizes me...

Page 6: ...4 Introduction Inserting Removing microSD cards Carefully slide the microSD card into the slot until it clicks into place To remove carefully push in the card until it clicks out of place ...

Page 7: ...start the Setup wizard restore defaults NOTICE This manual covers several units Some screen shots may differ from what you see on your screen Your unit however will function in a similar manner Pages This unit has four pages Steer Chart Chart DSI and DSI Selecting Pages To select a page press the keypad in the direction of the desired page Pages menu Basic Operation ...

Page 8: ... DSI page Chart or DSI menu will appear depending on which panel is active Press the Pages key twice to switch active panels Chart page Chart menu Page menus The Steer DSI Chart and Chart DSI pages have menus that can only be accessed when those pages are displayed ...

Page 9: ...left decrease or right in crease On Off features Select an on off menu item and press Enter to turn it on off Dropdown menus After accessing the drop down menu press the key pad up down to select the desired item and press Enter Accessing the Settings menu Accessing menu items The keypad and enter key are used to select menu items and open submenus Use the keypad to highlight the desired item and ...

Page 10: ...d between Alpha and QWERTY layout Switches letters to uppercase lowercase Dialogs Dialogs are used for user input or for presenting in formation to the user Depending on the type of infor mation or entry different meth ods are used to confirm cancel or close the dialog Entering text Some functions like naming a waypoint route or trail will require you to input text NOTE Press the Menu key to Exit ...

Page 11: ...R Light key to access the Back light dialog 2 Select Standby and press Enter 3 Press any key to resume normal opera tion Cursor The keypad moves the cursor around the display allowing you to scroll the map select map items and review sonar history Press Menu and select Return to vessel or Exit cursor mode to clear the cursor Goto cursor Allows you to navigate to the cursor 1 Move the cursor to a d...

Page 12: ...ns and settings to defaults Adjusting the display You can make adjustments to the display using Contrast and Color settings Both are covered in the DSI section NOTE Leaving your unit in Standby mode when your boat is not is use will run down your battery ...

Page 13: ... your unit s screen Steer Page The Steer page has a compass that shows your current track the direction to your destination and a digital data navigation panel Your location Current Track Compass Direction to cursor Navigation information Structure Frequency Fish Tree Pages ...

Page 14: ... panels The active panel will have an orange border Chart DSI Page Chart Page Consists of map that moves in real time as you move By default the map is shown from a birds eye view with North at the top of the screen Current location Waypoint Current location distance to cursor Depth contours Zoom Range ...

Page 15: ... to remove overlay data from the screen without deleting the selected overlay data con figuration Configure Used to select overlay data to be displayed on the screen Chart Sonar split Allows you to change the way the panels are dis played when viewing the Chart Sonar page Press the Pages key twice to switch active panels Overlay data ...

Page 16: ...m Locations and Sizes screen to access the menu To select overlay data 1 From the DSI or chart page press Menu 2 Select Overlay data and press Enter 3 Select Configure and press enter 4 Press Menu and select Add Press Enter 5 Select a category from the Configure Items to show screen Press Enter 6 Press Menu and select Return to overlay 7 Press Menu select Done Configuring and press Enter ...

Page 17: ...s to move in reverse and the sonar history bar appears at the bottom of the screen Move the sonar history bar all the way to the right to resume normal sonar scrolling or press Menu and select Exit cursor mode DSI history bar DSI menu Press Menu from any DSI page to view the DSI menu Stop sonar pauses the sonar screen ...

Page 18: ...ses the Contrast adjustment scrollbar allowing you to adjust contrast settings Contrast set to 40 Contrast set to 60 Contrast set to 80 New Waypoint Places a waypoint at your current position or at the cursor position From the new waypoint menu you can input a waypoint name select an icon and input a desired latitude longitude New waypoint menu Range Selects the deepest range shown on the display ...

Page 19: ... transducer frequency used by the unit 800 kHz offers the best resolution while 455 kHz has greater depth coverage Custom Range Upper and Lower Limits Used to select the upper limit and lower limit of a section of the water column That allows you to view a section of the water column that does not include the water surface Upper and lower limits must be at least 6 5 ft 2m apart Split Zoom Changes ...

Page 20: ...Stop Sonar Pauses the sonar chart allowing you to get a better look at suspended targets and structure Overlay Data Allows you to select data water temperature depth etc to be displayed on top of the DSI screen Overlay data setup is covered in the Pages section Settings Accesses the settings menu Overlay data chrome units only support Grayscale and Reverse Grayscale color settings ...

Page 21: ...14 DSI Interpretation Baitball Bridge piling Pipes Baitfish on the move ...

Page 22: ...15 DSI Interpretation Fish Trees Fish Thermocline Structure Structure ...

Page 23: ...n the cursor is on the screen waypoints will be saved at the cursor position conversely if the cursor is not displayed onscreen waypoints will be saved at your current position Using your Chart This section covers chart operation which includes saving loading and navigating waypoints routes and trails and using chart menus context menus and submenus Chart menu ...

Page 24: ...avigate and delete way points routes and trails Press the keypad left right to toggle between waypoint routes and trails tabs Edit Allows you to edit the name icon and latitude longitude of a selected waypoint Waypoints Screen Waypoints menu Waypoints menu ...

Page 25: ...ted waypoint Delete All deletes all waypoints Sort Controls how the waypoints list will be sorted by name or by nearest Routes Screen Used to create edit navigate and delete routes Use the keypad to highlight the Routes tab to ac cess the Routes screen Creating a route Routes can be created by inserting waypoints from the waypoints list or by using the cursor to posi tion new points on the chart Y...

Page 26: ...lect the desired waypoint and press Enter 7 Press Menu and select Add to end to add another waypoint to the route 8 When the route is complete press Menu select Stop Editing and press Enter 9 Select Save and press Enter Route waypoint menu Shows selected route waypoint on the chart Inserts waypoint between existing route waypoints Adds waypoint to end of the route Remove waypoint Starts navigation...

Page 27: ... from waypoint list 2 Select Points from chart and press Enter The chart screen will appear 3 Move the cursor to the desired location Press Enter to set a waypoint 4 Repeat Step 3 to add more route waypoints 5 Press Menu and select Stop adding Press Enter 6 Highlight the Save button and press En ter Navigating a route Routes can be navigated in for ward or reverse 1 Select the desired route on the...

Page 28: ... too many routes Delete and Delete All Delete is used to delete individual routes Delete All removes all routes To cancel navigation 1 Press Menu from the chart screen 2 Select Navigation and press Enter 3 Highlight Cancel and press Enter 4 Select Yes and press Enter Edit and New Route menus Used to edit create routes route names and to turn on off the route display That allows you to display only...

Page 29: ... screen Creating trails When creating a trail you can customize the trail name and color from the New Trail To create a trail 1 Select New and press Enter The New Trail will appear 2 Use the keypad to highlight Record and press Enter to make the trail active inactive 3 Select Save and press Enter Trails screen Trails menu Trails menu ...

Page 30: ...l as a route 1 Highlight the desired trail on the Trails screen and press Enter The Edit Trail menu will appear 2 Highlight Create Route and press Enter The Edit Route menu will appear 3 Highlight Done and press Enter 4 For navigation instructions refer to the Navigating a route segment Displayed and Record Displayed allows you to show hide trails on the map display preventing the screen from bein...

Page 31: ...ils Delete All removes all trails Orientation Allows you to select North Up or Course Over Ground COG as the map orientation Overlay Data Allows you to select data course over ground etc to be displayed on top of the Chart screen Overlay data setup is covered in the Pages section Settings Accesses the Chart settings menu North Up COG Overlay data ...

Page 32: ...e to access the Settings menu System Adjusts unit settings like language mute audio and advanced mode Settings menu Enables advanced features and settings Displays software information System menu Advanced mode only Advanced mode only Settings ...

Page 33: ...183 port or a secondary speed temp sensor Chart Sonar Split Allows you to display the Chart Sonar combo page with with pag es split vertically or horizontally Chart Sonar split is covered in the pages section Set Language Selects the language used on menus and text boxes Mute Audio Turns on off unit audio like key beeps alarm sounds etc Time Used to set local time and select the time and date form...

Page 34: ...croSD card into the card slot and press ing Power and then Zoom You must view files on a computer or other mi croSD compatible device About Displays software information about this unit Be fore attempting a software update you can check the version of software your unit is using by access ing the About screen Lowrance periodically updates unit software to add features and improve functionality To ...

Page 35: ... Off Course alarm When the selected off course dis tance is exceeded the Off Course alarm will sound when the alarm is enabled WAAS MSAS EGNOS Turns on off the Wide Area Augmentation System WAAS Multi Functional Satellite Augmentation System MSAS and European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service EGNOS All three systems help increase GPS accuracy for different parts of the world Navigation Cont...

Page 36: ...r bearing will be calculated using True North or Magnetic North Magnetic North should be used when navigating with a compass course or heading otherwise use the default set ting True North Magnetic Variation Controls whether magnetic variation will be calculated using Automatic or Manual settings Magnetic variation is the angle between magnetic north and true north The automatic setting reconciles...

Page 37: ...and Trail displays From the Chart Settings menu you can turn on off waypoint route and trail display properties Turn ing off display properties allows you to get a better view of the map if the screen becomes cluttered with waypoints routes and or trails Waypoints Routes Trails Accesses the Waypoints Routes Trails screen Waypoints Routes and Trails are covered in the Chart section Sonar Used to ma...

Page 38: ... Uses advanced signal processing to monitor the effects noise boat pumps water conditions engine ignition systems etc has on your display and then filters out the undesired signals Manual Mode Restricts digital depth capability so the unit will only send sonar signals to the selected depth range That allows the display to continue smooth scrolling if the bottom depth is out of transducer range Whe...

Page 39: ...ion Reset water distance Reset Water Distance to zero Alarms Enables alarms and selects alarm thresholds Arriv al Off Course and Anchor alarms are only available in Advanced mode Alarms Arrival sounds alarm when you are within a selected distance of your destination Advanced Mode only Off Course sounds alarm when your course exceeds a selected off course threshold Advanced Mode only Anchor sounds ...

Page 40: ...whether the unit is in basic or advanced mode NMEA 0183 Output Allows users to select NMEA 0183 sentences the unit will use when connected to a VHF radio or other NMEA 0183 device Simulator Simulates GPS and sonar activ ity Simulations can be custom ized on the Simulator options menu Advanced Mode Basic Mode ...

Page 41: ...I menu 15 DSI Page 11 E Editing waypoints 22 Entering text numbers 8 F Frequency 17 G Goto waypoint 23 GPS Source 31 GPS Status 31 Grid Lines 35 I Installation menu 36 K Keel Offset 36 M Magnetic Variation 34 Man Overboard waypoint 3 Man Overboard way point 3 Manual Mode 36 microSD cards 4 N Navigating a route 25 Navigating a trail 28 Navigation Settings 33 New Waypoint 21 NMEA 0183 38 Noise Rejec...

Page 42: ...izard 5 Simulator 38 Software Updates 32 Sonar Settings 35 Sort waypoints 23 Standby mode 9 Steer Page 11 Stop Sonar 18 Surface Clarity 18 System menu 30 T Temperature calibra tion 37 Time 31 Trackback 15 Trails Screen 27 Turn unit on off 3 U Unit Controls 3 Units 38 Upper and Lower Lim its 17 W WAAS MSAS EGNOS 33 Waypoints Routes Trails 22 ...

Page 43: ... Current drain 13 5V 630mA Fuse type 3 amp Automotive not supplied DSI Sonar Max depth 250 ft 76m Transducer Frequency 455 800kHz Max speed 50 mph 80 kph 2 8 mph 3 12 kph optimal for imaging Transducer DSI Downscan transducer Transducer cable 20ft 6m GPS Mapping card slot microSD up to 2GB microSDHC high capacity cards are not compatible GPS Antenna 16 parallel channel internal optional external G...

Page 44: ... 10 to 17V Current drain at 13 5V 250mA Fuse type 3 amp Automotive not supplied DSI Sonar Max depth 200 ft 76m Transducer Frequency 455 800kHz Max speed 50 mph 80 kph 2 8 mph 3 12 kph optimal for imaging Transducer DSI Downscan transducer Transducer cable 20ft 6m GPS Mapping card slot microSD up to 2GB microSDHC high capacity cards are not compatible GPS Antenna 16 parallel channel internal option...

Page 45: ...he first person who purchases the product as a consumer item for personal family or household use The Databases Limited Warranty applies to the one or more databases that your product may contain We refer to each of these as a Database or together as the Databases Your product may thus include the WBS Database which contains worldwide background surface mapping data the SmartMap Database which con...

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