Lowrance Elite 5 DSI Operating instructions

Brand: Lowrance

Model: Elite 5 DSI

Category: Navigators

Type: Operating instructions

This manual is also suitable for

Elite-5 DSI

Lowrance Elite 5 DSI is a versatile fishfinder and chartplotter that offers a range of features to enhance your fishing experience. With its high-resolution display, you can easily view sonar images and chart data, providing you with a clear understanding of the underwater environment and your surroundings. Whether you're a seasoned angler or just starting out, the Elite 5 DSI has the tools you need to locate fish, navigate to your favorite spots, and enjoy a successful day on the water.

Here are some of the key features of the Lowrance Elite 5 DSI:

High-resolution display: The Elite 5 DSI features a 5-inch, high-resolution display that provides clear and detailed views of sonar images and chart data. This makes it easy to identify fish, structure, and other underwater objects, and to navigate your way around the water.

Here are some of the key features of the Lowrance Elite 5 DSI:

High-resolution display: The Elite 5 DSI features a 5-inch, high-resolution display that provides clear and detailed views of sonar images and chart data. This makes it easy to identify fish, structure, and other underwater objects, and to navigate your way around the water.

Elite 5 DSI

Operation manual

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Introduction

NOTICE

This manual covers several units. Some

features and screenshots may dier from

your unit’s capabilities or from what you

see on your screen. Your unit, however,

will function in a similar manner.

Getting Started

Turn unit on/

off

Press and hold the LIGHT/

POWER key for three seconds.

Adjusting

the backlight

Press the LIGHT/POWER key,

select Brightness and press

the keypad left/right.

Muting Audio

Select Mute Audio from the

System menu and press

ENTER.

ZOOM Keys: used to zoom

in/zoom out (On GPS-

capable units, press keys

simultaneously to create

Man Overboard waypoint)

PAGES: used to

select pages

KEYPAD: controls

cursor & selects

items on menus

MENU: Opens

settings, context

and page menus

ENTER: conrms

menu selections

LIGHT/POWER: controls

backlight level and turns

unit on/off

General Operation

Exiting menus

Press Menu to see if the screen or menu has an

exit option). If it does (Close, Return to screen, Exit

dialog, etc), highlight the exit option and press

ENTER to exit.

If there is no exit option press the MENU key

repeatedly to close all menus.

Sonar settings

Selecting Menu items

Settings menu

Accessing Settings menu

Fishnder, GPS and combination units

Accessing Pages

Page menu

Page

Accessing page menus

Fishnder or GPS only units

General Operation

Standby mode

Lowers power consumption

by putting the unit into a sleep

mode. Press any key to resume

normal operation.

Restoring Defaults

Resets unit options and

settings to defaults.

Overlay Data

Allows you to display data on the screen. Overlay

data can be accessed on the Chart, Sonar and DSI

menus.

Advanced Mode

Enables advanced fea-

tures/settings. On some

units, advanced mode is

enabled by answering

Yes to the advanced user

question in the Setup Wiz-

ard. To repeat the Setup

Wizard, restore defaults.

WARNING: Leaving the unit in

Standby with the boat turned

off will drain the battery.

Sonar Operation

Trackback

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.

Move the sonar history bar all the way to the

right to resume normal sonar scrolling, or press

MENU and select Exit cursor mode.

Adjusting the display

Sensitivity (Traditional Sonar)

Controls the level of detail on the screen. Too

much detail will clutter the screen. Conversely,

desired echoes may not be displayed if Sensitivity

is set too low.

Sonar history bar

Colorline (Advanced mode - traditional)

Separates strong sonar echoes from weak sonar

echoes, making it easier to distinguish sh or

structure from the bottom.

On monochrome units, wide bands of gray

indicate a hard sonar return, while softer returns

are shown as dark, narrow lines.

Contrast (DSI sonar)

Adjusts the brightness ratio between light and

dark areas on the screen, making it easier to dis-

tinguish objects from the background.

DSI only

Sonar Operation

Color

Changes the look of the display using palettes

with varying degrees of color and brightness.

Features

Fishing Mode (Traditional)

Fishing modes are preset

packages of sonar set-

tings geared to specic

shing conditions.

Noise Rejection: counteracts sonar signal

interference by reducing onscreen clutter.

Surface Clarity: reduces clutter near the

water’s surface (Advanced mode only).

Color sonar

Color DSI

Monochrome DSI

Range: selects the

section of the water

column shown on the

display

Frequency:

selects transducer

frequency

Stop sonar: pauses the sonar

screen

Sonar Operation

Sonar Settings

Alarms

The Shallow alarm sounds a tone when your

vessel enters water shallower than the selected

alarm threshold.

The Fish Alarm sounds a tone

when a sh symbol appears

on the display (Non-DSI).

Fishing Mode Depth Settings

General Use ≤ 1,000’ 50% Ping speed

Shallow Water ≤ 60’ 75% Ping speed

Fresh Water ≤ 400’ 50% Ping speed

Deep Water ≥ 1,000’ 50% Ping speed

Slow Trolling ≤ 400’ 50% Ping speed

Fast Trolling ≤ 400’ Lower chart speed

Clear Water ≤ 400’ 50% Ping speed

Ice Fishing ≤ 400’

Reduces

interference from

other sonar units

Sonar Options (Traditional)

Alarms menu

Depth threshold

NOTE: Press ENTER to silence alarms.

Chart Operation

Setting up your GPS

Selecting a GPS Source

Used to select the GPS

antenna used by the

unit. You can use the

unit’s internal antenna

or an external antenna.

Selecting Chart Data

Selects map data that

will be used on the

Chart display (Lowrance

or Navionics).

GPS features

Cursor

The keypad moves the cursor around the display,

allowing you to scroll the map and select map

items. Press the keypad to make the cursor visible

on the map. Press

MENU and select Return to

vessel to clear the cursor.

Cursor

coordinates

Object selected

with cursor

Goto cursor

Allows you to move the cursor to a desired loca-

tion and then navigate to the cursor.

Chart Operation

Cancel Navigation

Orientation

Allows you to select North Up or Course Over

Ground (COG) as the map orientation.

North up keeps north at the top of the display.

Course over ground, rotates the map so your di-

rection of travel is at the top of the screen.

Accessing waypoints, routes and trails

Waypoints

Creating a waypoint

Waypoints can be created from the waypoints

menu or from the map. The example below

shows how to create a waypoint at your current

position.

With the cursor on the screen, you can create

a waypoint at the cursor position in the same

manner.

North

indicator

Chart Operation

Editing a waypoint

Edit waypoint menu

Waypoint name, icon and latitude/longitude can

be changed on the Edit waypoint menu.

The Edit waypoint menu can be accessed by

selecting a waypoint and pressing

ENTER.

Navigating to a waypoint

You can navigate to a waypoint from the

waypoints menu (shown below) or from the

chart screen. To navigate to a waypoint from

the chart, center the cursor on the waypoint,

press

ENTER, and then use the Goto cursor

command.

Using the waypoints menu to navigate to a way-

point allows you to use navigation features like

arrival and o course alarms.

Chart Operation

3. Adding route points

You must select the Leg name eld to access the

menu used to add points to a route .

Leg name eld

2. Accessing the Leg name eld

You can add points to a route from the waypoints

list or from the map.

1. New or Edit route setup

Edit route New route

Routes

Creating/editing a route

Waypoints can be added to a route from the

waypoints menu or by selecting them with the

cursor on the chart. When editing a route, points

can be added at the beginning, end, or between

existing route points. Route creation/editing is

covered in four parts:

1. New or edit route setup

2. Accessing the Leg name eld

3. Adding routes points

4. Finalizing routes.

New

Edit

Chart Operation

4. Finalizing routes

The process for saving a new route and changes

made to an existing route dier slightly. Both

methods are shown in the following illustrations.

Saving a new route

When adding points from the map, use the cursor

to select a point and press ENTER. Repeat that

step to add more points.

When adding waypoints from the waypoints list,

press MENU and select

insert each time you

want to add another waypoint to the route.

Chart Operation

Navigating a route

Saving an edited route

Chart Operation

Trails

Creating a trail

When the unit is turned on, it will start recording

trail points after a set amount of time, or after a

set distance is traveled; depending on the trail

update setting.

Trail points are added to the end of the previous

trail unless a new trail is created.

2. Saving a new trail

1. Selecting New on trail menu

Editing trails/Accessing Edit trail menu

Edit trail menu

To use this unit’s navigation

features to navigate a trail,

you must save it as a route

Trail name and color can be changed on the Edit

trail menu. You can also add/remove the trail dis-

play from the chart (Displayed) and turn on/o

trail recording for the selected trail.

Chart Operation

Saving/Loading les

Press MENU from the

Waypoints, Routes or Trails

screens to transfer data to/

from a microSD card.

Chart Settings

NOTE: Press ENTER to silence alarms.

Navigating a trail

Alarms

You can navigate a trail manually, by steering

your onscreen position (arrow) along an exist-

ing trail on the chart display, or navigate it like a

route. Navigating a trail like a route allows you to

use features like o course and arrival alarms.

You must save a trail as a route before you can

navigate it as a route, as shown below.

Settings

Units

Selects unit

of measure

Simulator

Simulates unit

activity

Language

Selects the language

used on menus and

text boxes

About

Displays

software

information

Time (GPS only)

Sets the clock, time

and date formats

Browse

Browse les on

a microSD card

(only on units

with microSD card

slot)

Tmp/Spd port

Allows you to use

the Tmp/Spd port

on the back of the

unit as an NMEA

0183 output

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Lowrance Elite 5 DSI Operating instructions

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Model: Elite 5 DSI

Category: Navigators

Type: Operating instructions

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