Lowrance electronic HDS-5X Fish Finder User Manual


 
7
Getting Started
Selecting a Fishing Mode
Fishing modes enhance the performance of your unit by providing preset packages
of sonar settings geared to specic shing conditions.
To select a shing mode:
1. Press MENU twice.
2. Select Sonar and press ENTER.
3. Highlight Fishing Mode and press ENTER.
4. Select the desired shing mode and press
ENTER.
Fishing
Mode
Depth Settings Palette
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 rst
character and press ENTER. Repeat
this step until all characters have been
entered.
3. Highlight OK and press ENTER.
Keyboard window
Keypad button controls
uppercase & lowercase