Lowrance Elite-7 Broadband, Operation Manual

Page 1: ...Installation Operation manual Elite 7 Combo Operation manual...

Page 2: ...nd special offers at any time We reserve the right to do so without notice All features and specifications subject to change without notice Compliance Statements Lowrance Elite 7 meets the technical s...

Page 3: ...digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses...

Page 4: ...ng Pages 5 Page menus 5 Working with menus 7 Dialogs 7 Entering text 8 Fishing Modes 8 Cursor 9 Goto cursor 9 Advanced Mode 10 Standby mode 10 Restore defaults 10 Pages 11 Steer Page 11 Sonar Page 11...

Page 5: ...Installation 24 DSI Operation 25 Trackback 25 DSI menu 25 Ping Speed 27 Downscan options 27 Chart Operation 30 Chart Menu 30 Waypoints Routes Trails 31 Routes Screen 32 Trails Screen 36 Orientation 3...

Page 6: ...elect Mute Audio from the System menu and press Enter Selecting a GPS Source Select GPS from the System settings menu Highlight GPS source and press Enter Select the desired source Unit Controls LIGHT...

Page 7: ...lly push in the card until it clicks out of place Conventional sonar and Downscan This unit supports two types of sonar Conventional and Downscan RefertotheSonarOperationsectionforinformation about co...

Page 8: ...accessed when those pag es are displayed Setup wizard The Setup wizard will appear when the unit is turned on for the first time To choose your own settings do not run the setup wizard To restart the...

Page 9: ...Pages key twice to switch active panels The page menu for active page will be displayed when the Menu key is pressed Accessing the Settings menu Chart page Chart menu Downscan page Downscan menu Sonar...

Page 10: ...e type of entry different methods are used to confirm cancel or close the dialog Accessing menu items The keypad and enter key are used to select menu items and open submenus Use the keypad to highlig...

Page 11: ...ic fishing conditions Switches keyboard between Alpha and QWERTY layout Switches letters to uppercase lowercase Entering text Some functions like naming a waypoint route or trail will require you to i...

Page 12: ...Goto cursor and press Enter Fishing Mode Options General Use 1000ft or less Coastal Shallow Water 60ft or less Shallow weedy bottoms Fresh Water 400ft or less Inland Near coastal Deep Water 1000ft or...

Page 13: ...ttings The following features are enabled when Advanced mode is turned on Navigation Enables arrival radius off course distance and Bearings setting Alarms Enables arrival off course and anchor alarm...

Page 14: ...he direction to your destination and a digital data navigation panel Your location Direction to cursor Compass Current Track Navigation information Sonar Page Displays the water column moving from rig...

Page 15: ...sonar page by selecting Downscan Overlay on the Sonar settings menu 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...

Page 16: ...rt Sonar Chart Downscan Sonar Downscan Chart Sonar Downscan NOTE Press the Pages key twice to switch active panels Customizing combo pages You can adjust the panel size of combo pages and control how...

Page 17: ...ct the desired data and press Enter 7 Press Menu and select Return to Overlays Press Enter 8 Press Menu select Done Configuring and press Enter Overlay Data Used to select data shown on the Sonar Stru...

Page 18: ...data from the Configure Item Locations and Sizes dialog and press Menu The configuration menu will appear Data sources Used to select the network device that will supply source data for a selected dat...

Page 19: ...the right to resume normal sonar scrolling or press Menu and select Exit cursor mode Sonar Menu Press Menu from any sonar page to access the Sonar menu This unit supports two types of sonar Conventio...

Page 20: ...r position From the new waypoint menu you can input a waypoint name select an icon and input a desired latitude longitude Adjust Used to make adjustments to Sensitivity and Colorline New waypoint menu...

Page 21: ...m apart NOTE You can make minor 4 changes to sensitivity with Auto Sensitivity turned on You will have to turn it off to make significant adjustments Sensitivity Controls the level of detail shown on...

Page 22: ...offers a wider cone angle for more water coverage Ping Speed Controls the rate the transducer uses to send sonar waves into the water Ping speed adjustments can help reduce interference from other tra...

Page 23: ...from full screen sonar to a split screen view Color Allows you to change the look of the display using palettes with varying degrees of color brightness Sonar Options Split Zoom Split Flasher Noise R...

Page 24: ...make adjustments to Downscan overlay settings from the sonar page Downscan options are covered in more detail in the DSI section Stop Sonar Pauses the unit s sonar allowing you to get a closer look at...

Page 25: ...de to conventional sonar settings will be visible on the sonar page View previously saved sonar logs Controls the quality of sonar logs Higher quality logs will use more memory Logging Sonar You can r...

Page 26: ...on section Reset Fishing Mode Resets selected fishing mode to default settings That is useful when you want to clear settings adjustments made while using a fishing mode WARNING Manual mode should onl...

Page 27: ...r to the lowest part of the keel If for example the keel is 3 5 feet below the transducer it will be input as 3 5 feet Water speed calibration Calibrates a paddlewheel speed sensor with speed data fro...

Page 28: ...back You can review your sonar history by pressing the keypad to the left until the screen starts to move in reverse and the sonar history bar appears at the bottom of the screen DSI menu Press Menu f...

Page 29: ...ting for DSI units Adjust Accesses the Contrast adjustment scrollbar allowing you to adjust contrast settings New Waypoint Places a waypoint at your current position or at the cursor position From the...

Page 30: ...lumn 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 NOTE When using a custom range you may not re...

Page 31: ...se Rejection Uses advanced signal processing to monitor the ef fects noise boat pumps water conditions engine ignition systems etc has on your display and then filters out undesired signals Color Allo...

Page 32: ...data Logging Sonar You can record sonar data and save the file on a microSD card inserted into the unit s card reader View previously saved sonar logs Controls the quality of sonar logs Higher qualit...

Page 33: ...he cursor position When 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 C...

Page 34: ...e edit navigate 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...

Page 35: ...a selected 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 key...

Page 36: ...er 5 Highlight Waypoint from list and press Enter 6 Select 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 pre...

Page 37: ...ng a route from waypoint list 2 Select Points from chart and press Enter The chart page will appear 3 Move the cursor to the desired location Press Enter to set a waypoint 4 Repeat Step 3 to add more...

Page 38: ...luttered by too many routes Delete and Delete All Delete is used to delete individual routes Delete All removes all routes Edit and New Route menus Used to edit create routes route names and to turn o...

Page 39: ...to highlight the Trails tab to access the Trails 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 Ent...

Page 40: ...e a trail 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 Highl...

Page 41: ...individual trails 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 et...

Page 42: ...t display Lowrance or Navionics regional map Go to Navionics com to see a full selection of available charts Chart Settings menu COG Extension A line extending from the front of the current position i...

Page 43: ...ou 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 a...

Page 44: ...e alarm is enabled Bearings Controls whether 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...

Page 45: ...and configuration settings for your unit System Adjusts unit settings like language mute audio and advanced mode Settings menu Advanced mode only Advanced mode only Enables advanced features and sett...

Page 46: ...it GPS Monitors the location of satellites in view and the quality of the unit s satellite lock on Trip Calculator Tracks trip time speed and distance when you are moving faster than the selected thre...

Page 47: ...te you can check the version of software your unit is using by accessing the About screen Lowrance periodically updates unit software to add features and improve functionality To see the latest availa...

Page 48: ...ng waypoints Only waypoints created while the unit is connect Alarms Arrival sounds alarm when you are within a selected distance of your destination Advanced Mode only Off Course sounds alarm when co...

Page 49: ...twork Data sources Allows you to select the source this unit will use for GPS data Device list Used to view data for devices connected to your NMEA 2000 network Simulator Simulates GPS and or sonar ac...

Page 50: ...ge Input 10 to 17V Current drain Typical 1 1A Fuse type 3 amp Automotive Sonar Max depth 300ft 91 m 455 800Khz 1000ft 305 m 83 200kHz 2500ft 762 m 50 200kHz Transducer Frequency 455 800kHZ and 83 200k...

Page 51: ...ng a route 32 Creating trails 36 Cursor 9 Custom Range 18 27 D Data Port 43 Depth Range 26 Dialogs 7 Dropdown menus 7 DSI menu 25 E Editing waypoints 31 F Fish alarm 45 Fish ID 21 Fishing Mode 8 Fishi...

Page 52: ...Route display 40 Routes Screen 32 S Saving Screenshots 44 Scrollbars 7 Sensitivity 18 Setup wizard 5 Shallow alarm 45 Software Updates 44 Sonar Installation 24 Sonar Menu 16 Sonar Options 20 Sonar Pag...

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