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Lowrance electronic ELITE 5X manual

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    Installation & Operation manual Elite 5X, Mark 5X, Mark 5X Pr o & Elite 4X Operation manual[...]

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    Cop yright © 2011 Navico All rights reserved. Lowranc e ® and Navic o ® ar e registered trademarks of Navico . Navico ma y nd it necessary to change or end our policies, regulations and special oers at an y time. W e reserve the right to do so without notice . All features and specications subject to change without notice . V isit our w[...]

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    1 T able of Contents Introduction ...................................... 2 Basic Operation ............................... 3 Setup wizard ............................................ 3 Working with menus ................................ 4 Fishing Mode ........................................... 5 Cursor .............................................[...]

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    2 Introduction Getting Started T urn unit on/off T o turn on/of f the unit, press and hold the LIGHT/ POWER key for three seconds. Adjusting the backlight This unit has 10 backlight levels. Press the LIGHT/ POWER key to switch backlight levels. Muting Audio Select Mute Audio from the System menu and press ENTER . Unit Controls LIGHT/POWER: controls[...]

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    3 Basic Operation Setup wizard The Setup wizard will appear when the unit is turned on for the rst time. T o choose your own settings, do not run the setup wizard . T o restart the Setup wizard, restor e defaults. Accessing Sonar menu Accessing the Settings menu Sonar Page Sonar menu Pages This unit has three pages: Sonar , Split Fr equenc y and[...]

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    4 Basic Operation On/Off features Select an on/o menu item and press ENTER to turn it on/o . Dropdown menus After accessing the dropdo wn menu, press the keypad up/ down to select the desired item and press ENTER . Accessing menu items The keypad and ENTER key are used to select menu items and open submenus. Use the keypad to highlight the de[...]

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    5 Basic Operation T o input text: 1. Use the keypad to select the desired character and press ENTER . 2. Repeat Step 1 for each character . 3. When entry is completed, highlight OK and press ENTER . Fishing Mode F ishing modes enhance the per f ormance of your unit by providing pr eset packages of sonar set- tings geared to specic shing condi[...]

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    6 Basic Operation Advanced Mode Enables advanced fea tures and settings. The follo wing features are enabled when A dvanced mode is turned on: • Colorline (manual control) • Surface Clarity (manual control) • Ping Rate (manual control) • Units (Enables distance, speed, depth and temperature options) Fishing Mode Options General Use Bottom b[...]

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    7 Basic Operation Standby mode Low ers power consumption by turning o sonar and the display . Pr ess the PWR/LIGHT key to ac- cess the Backlight menu. Select Standby and press ENTER . Pr ess any key to resume normal op- eration. Restore defaults Resets unit options and settings to defaults. NO TE : L eaving your unit in Standby mode when your bo[...]

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    8 Pages Sonar Page Displays the wat er column moving from right to left on your unit’ s screen. On the right side of the screen, the Amplitude Scope bar preview s echoes about to appear on the display . Fish arches Surface Clutter Overlay Data Cursor Depth Location and depth Frequency Range Scale Amplitude Scope Colorline Split Frequency page Spl[...]

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    9 Pages Overlay Data Displays selected overla y data on the sonar page. Show Enables/disables the display of overla y data, allow- ing you to r emove overlay data fr om the screen without deleting the selected overlay data con- guration. Congure Used to select overlay data t o be displayed on the screen. Split Zoom Split Zoom Allows y ou to z[...]

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    10 Pages T o select overlay data: 1. From the sonar page, press MENU . 2. Select Overlay data and press ENTER . 3. Select Congure and press ENTER . 4. Press Menu and select Add . Press ENTER . 5. Select the desired data from the Con- gure Items to show screen. Press EN- TER . 6. Press MENU and select Return to overlays . 7. Press MENU , selec[...]

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    11 Sonar Move the blue sonar history bar all the way to the right to resume normal sonar scrolling . Pr ess MENU and select Exit cursor mode to re - move the cursor fr om the screen. Sonar Menu The sonar menu has options and settings that aect the appearance of the display . Using your Sonar T rackback Y ou can review your recent sonar hist or y[...]

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    12 Sonar Pr ess MENU from any sonar page to access the So- nar menu. Adjust (Advanced Mode only) Used to make adjustments to Sensitivity, C olorline and Grayline. Sonar Menu (Advanced Mode) Sensitivity Controls the level of detail shown on the display . T oo much detail will clutter the screen. If Sensitivity is set too low , desired echoes may not[...]

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    13 Sonar Mark series units have a monochrome display , so wide bands of gray indicat e a hard sonar return, while softer returns are shown as dark, narrow areas . Auto Sensitivity Keeps sensitivity at a level that works w ell under most conditions, r educing the needs for adjust- ments. A uto Sensitivit y is turned on by default. Depth Range Select[...]

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    14 Sonar Split Flasher Split Zoom Frequency Contr ols the transducer frequency used by the unit. This unit supports t w o frequencies: 200kHz and 83kHz. 200 kHz has the highest sensitivity and best tar- get discrimination in shallow water . 83 kH z o ers a wider cone angle for mor e water cover age. The Mark 5X only suppor ts the 200kHz transduc[...]

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    15 Sonar Fish ID Displays sh echoes as sh sym- bols instead of sh arches . Fish ID is not the most accurate method of sh detection since structure and suspended debris may be shown as a sh symbol on the display . Ice Mode T urns on a package of sonar settings optimized for ice shing and also overla ys batter y meter da ta on the s[...]

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    16 Sonar Overlay Data Allows y ou to selec t data (w a- ter temperatur e, depth, etc) to be displayed on t op of the Sonar screen. Overlay data setup is cov ered in the P ages sec tion. Settings Accesses the Sonar settings menu . Overlay data[...]

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    17 Settings Settings Menu Accesses t o installation and conguration settings for your unit . System Adjusts unit settings like language, mut e audio and advanced mode. Settings menu Enables advanced features and settings Displays software information System menu[...]

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    18 Settings Set Language Selects the language used on menus and text box es. Mute Audio T urns on/o unit audio, like key beeps , alarm sounds, etc . Advanced Mode Enables featur es and settings only available with unit in Advanced Mode . Restore Defaults Switches the unit back to default settings. About Displays software information about this u[...]

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    19 Settings Sonar Used to make adjustments t o Sonar options and display settings like Noise Rejection, Sur face and F ishing Mode. Noise Rejection Uses advanced signal processing to monitor the ef- fects noise (boat pumps, wat er conditions, engine ignition systems , etc.) has on your display , and then lters out the undesired signals . Surface[...]

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    20 Settings Installation Pr ovides access to Keel Oset and T emp Calibration settings. Keel Offset All transducers measure w ater depth from the transducer to the bottom. A s a result, water depth readings do not accoun t for the distance from the transducer to the keel or fr om the transducer to the water surface. Keel T ransducer Keel Offset ([...]

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    21 Settings Before setting keel o set, measure the distance from the transducer t o the lowest part of the keel. If, f or example, the keel is 3.5 feet belo w the trans- ducer , it will be input as –3.5 feet. T emperature calibration Calibrates da ta from the transducer temperatur e sensor with data from a known temperatur e source to ensure t[...]

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    22 Index A About 18 Advanced Mode 6 Alarms 21 F ish 21 Shallow 21 Amplitude Scope 15 Auto Sensitivity 13 C Color 15 Colorline 12 Cursor 6 Custom Range 13 D Depth Range 13 Dialogs 5 Dropdown menus 4 F F ish alarm 21 F ish ID 15 F ishing Mode 5 F requenc y 13 I Ice Mode 15 Installation menu 20 K Keel Oset 20 L Language 18 M Manual Mode 19 Mute Aud[...]

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    Specications Elite 5x, Mark 5x & Mark 5x Pro General Case size 5.4” H (134mm) x 6.8” W (174mm); 6” H (152mm) with bracket Display Mark : (5” diagonal) High-contrast lm Supertwist LCD; 16-level grayscale denition; 480x480 monochrome Elite : (5” diagonal) Enhanced Solar MAX™ 480x480 color Backlight Mark: White LED Elite : Col[...]

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    Specications Elite 4x General Case size 5.6” H (144mm) x 3.7” W (94.3mm); 6.4” H (164mm) with bracket Display (3.5” diagonal) 320x240 (256 color) TFT L CD Backlight White LED (10 levels) Power T ransmit power 2100W PTP; 262W RMS Power requirement 12V V oltage input 10 to 17V Current drain at 13.5V (200mA) Fuse type 3 amp automotive (not [...]

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    How to Obtain Service… …in the USA: Contact the F actor y Cust omer Ser vice Department. Call toll-free: 800-324-1356 8 a.m. to 5 p .m. Central Standard Time, M-F Navico may nd it necessary to change or end shipping policies, regulations and special oers at any time . They reser ve the right t o do so without notice. …in Canada: Contact[...]

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    © Copyright 2011 All Rights Reser ved Navico Holding AS *988-10157-001* Visit our w ebsite: w w w .lo wranc e.c om[...]