Elite 5 DSI

Operation manual

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Introduction

PAGES: used to
select pages

NOTICE

ZOOM Keys: used to zoom

in/zoom out (On GPScapable units, press keys
simultaneously to create
Man Overboard waypoint)

This manual covers several units. Some

features and screenshots may differ from
your units capabilities or from what you
see on your screen. Your unit, however,
will function in a similar manner.

KEYPAD: controls
cursor & selects
items on menus
MENU: Opens
settings, context
and page menus

Getting Started

ENTER: confirms
menu selections

LIGHT/POWER: controls
backlight level and turns
unit on/off

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.

General Operation
Accessing Pages

Accessing Settings menu

Settings menu

Selecting Menu items

Fishfinder, GPS and combination units

Sonar settings

Fishfinder or GPS only units

Exiting menus

Accessing page menus

Page

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.

Page menu

General Operation
Overlay Data

Standby mode

Allows you to display data on the screen. Overlay

data can be accessed on the Chart, Sonar and DSI
menus.

Lowers power consumption

by putting the unit into a sleep
mode. Press any key to resume
normal operation.
WARNING: Leaving the unit in
Standby with the boat turned
off will drain the battery.

Advanced Mode

Restoring Defaults

Enables advanced features/settings. On some

units, advanced mode is
enabled by answering
Yes to the advanced user
question in the Setup Wizard. To repeat the Setup
Wizard, restore defaults.

Resets unit options and

settings to defaults.

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.
Sonar history bar

DSI only
Colorline (Advanced mode - traditional)
Separates strong sonar echoes from weak sonar
echoes, making it easier to distinguish fish or
structure from the bottom.

Move the sonar history bar all the way to the

right to resume normal sonar scrolling, or press
Menu and select Exit cursor mode.

On monochrome units, wide bands of gray

indicate a hard sonar return, while softer returns
are shown as dark, narrow lines.

Adjusting the display

Sensitivity (Traditional Sonar)

Contrast (DSI 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.

Adjusts the brightness ratio between light and

dark areas on the screen, making it easier to distinguish objects from the background.
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Sonar Operation
Features

Noise Rejection: counteracts sonar signal

interference by reducing onscreen clutter.

Range: selects the

section of the water
column shown on the
display

Frequency:
selects transducer
frequency

Surface Clarity: reduces clutter near the

waters surface (Advanced mode only).
Color
Changes the look of the display using palettes
with varying degrees of color and brightness.

Stop sonar: pauses the sonar

screen
Fishing Mode (Traditional)

Monochrome DSI

Color sonar

Fishing modes are preset

packages of sonar settings geared to specific
fishing conditions.

Color DSI
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Sonar Operation
Fishing Mode

Depth

Settings

Sonar Settings

General Use

1,000

50% Ping speed

Alarms

Shallow Water

60

75% Ping speed

Fresh Water

400

50% Ping speed

The Shallow alarm sounds a tone when your

vessel enters water shallower than the selected
alarm threshold.

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

Alarms menu
The Fish Alarm sounds a tone
when a fish symbol appears
on the display (Non-DSI).

Sonar Options (Traditional)

Depth threshold
NOTE: Press Enter to silence alarms.

Chart Operation
Setting up your GPS

Cursor
coordinates

Selecting a GPS Source

Used to select the GPS
antenna used by the
unit. You can use the
units internal antenna
or an external antenna.

Object selected
with cursor
items. Press the keypad to make the cursor visible
on the map. Press Menu and select Return to
vessel to clear the cursor.

Selecting Chart Data

Selects map data that
will be used on the
Chart display (Lowrance
or Navionics).

Goto cursor
Allows you to move the cursor to a desired location and then navigate to the cursor.

GPS features
Cursor
The keypad moves the cursor around the display,
allowing you to scroll the map and select map
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Chart Operation
Cancel Navigation

Accessing waypoints, routes and trails

Waypoints

Orientation

Creating a waypoint

Allows you to select North Up or Course Over

Ground (COG) as the map orientation.

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.

North up keeps north at the top of the display.

Course over ground, rotates the map so your direction of travel is at the top of the screen.
North
indicator
North

With the cursor on the screen, you can create

a waypoint at the cursor position in the same
manner.
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Chart Operation
Editing a waypoint
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 waypoint allows you to use navigation features like
arrival and off course alarms.

Edit waypoint menu

Waypoint name, icon and latitude/longitude can
be changed on the Edit waypoint menu.

Chart Operation
Routes

2. Accessing the Leg name field

You must select the Leg name field to access the
menu used to add points to a route .

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:

Leg name field

1. New or edit route setup

2. Accessing the Leg name field
3. Adding routes points

3. Adding route points

You can add points to a route from the waypoints
list or from the map.

4. Finalizing routes.
1. New or Edit route setup

New

Edit route

New route

Edit
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Chart Operation
4. Finalizing routes
The process for saving a new route and changes
made to an existing route differ slightly. Both
methods are shown in the following illustrations.

When adding points from the map, use the cursor

to select a point and press Enter. Repeat that
step to add more points.

Saving a new route

When adding waypoints from the waypoints list,

press Menu and select insert each time you
want to add another waypoint to the route.

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Chart Operation
Navigating a route

Saving an edited route

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Chart Operation
Trails

Editing trails/Accessing Edit trail menu

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.

Edit trail menu

Trail name and color can be changed on the Edit
trail menu. You can also add/remove the trail display from the chart (Displayed) and turn on/off
trail recording for the selected trail.

Trail points are added to the end of the previous

trail unless a new trail is created.
1. Selecting New on trail menu

2. Saving a new trail

To use this units navigation

features to navigate a trail,
you must save it as a route

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Chart Operation
Chart Settings

Navigating a trail
You can navigate a trail manually, by steering
your onscreen position (arrow) along an existing trail on the chart display, or navigate it like a
route. Navigating a trail like a route allows you to
use features like off course and arrival alarms.

Alarms

You must save a trail as a route before you can

navigate it as a route, as shown below.
NOTE: Press Enter to silence alarms.

Saving/Loading files
Press Menu from the
Waypoints, Routes or Trails
screens to transfer data to/
from a microSD card.

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Settings

Simulator
Simulates unit
activity

Language

Time (GPS only)

Selects the language

used on menus and
text boxes

Sets the clock, time

and date formats

Units
Selects unit
of measure
About
Displays
software
information

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Tmp/Spd port
Browse
Browse files on
a microSD card
(only on units
with microSD card
slot)

Allows you to use

the Tmp/Spd port
on the back of the
unit as an NMEA
0183 output

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