Elite 5X, Mark 5X, Mark 5X Pro & Elite 4X
Operation manual
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Table of Contents
Trackback.............................................. 11
Sensitivity ..............................................12
Colorline/Grayscale ...............................12
Depth Range .........................................13
Frequency .............................................14
Ping Speed (Advanced Mode only).......14
Sonar Options........................................14
Settings .......................................... 17
System...................................................17
Sonar ....................................................19
Surface Clutter.......................................19
Installation .............................................20
Alarms ..................................................21
Index............................................... 22
Specifications ................................ 23
Introduction...................................... 2
Basic Operation............................... 3
Setup wizard............................................3
Working with menus ................................4
Fishing Mode...........................................5
Cursor......................................................6
Advanced Mode ......................................6
Standby mode .........................................7
Restore defaults ......................................7
Pages................................................ 8
Sonar Page..............................................8
Split Frequency........................................8
Split Zoom ...............................................9
Overlay Data............................................9
Using your Sonar............................11
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Introduction
Introduction
Unit Controls
Getting Started
To turn on/off the unit,
LIGhT/POwer: controls backlight
press and hold the LIGhT/
POwer key for three
seconds.
level and turns unit on/off
Turn unit on/off
KeYPAD: controls cursor & selects
items on menus
This unit has 10 backlight
levels. Press the LIGhT/
POwer key to switch
backlight levels.
PAGeS: allows you to select a page to
view
Adjusting
the backlight
MenU: opens settings, context and
page menus
Select Mute Audio from
the System menu and
press enTer.
Muting Audio
enTer: finalizes menu selections;
save waypoint at cursor position
ZOOM Keys: used to zoom in/zoom
out
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Basic Operation
Setup wizard
Accessing Sonar menu
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.
Sonar menu
Sonar Page
To restart the Setup wizard, restore defaults.
Pages
Accessing the Settings menu
This unit has three pages: Sonar, Split Frequency
and Split Zoom.
Settings menu
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Basic Operation
On/Off features
Accessing menu items
Select an on/off menu item
and press enTer to turn it
on/off.
The keypad and enTer key are used to select
menu items and open submenus. Use the keypad
to highlight the desired item and press enTer.
Dropdown menus
After accessing the dropdown
menu, press the keypad up/
down to select the desired
item and press enTer.
working with menus
There are several menu types used to make
adjustments to options and settings, including
scrollbars, on/off features and dropdown menus.
nOTe: Press the MenU key to Exit
menus.
Scrollbars
Select the scrollbar and press the key-
pad left (decrease) or right (increase).
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Basic Operation
To input text:
Dialogs
1. Use the keypad to select the desired
Dialogs are used for user input or for presenting in-
formation to the user.
character and press enTer.
2. Repeat Step 1 for each character.
Depending on the type of infor-
mation or entry, different meth-
ods are used to confirm, cancel or
3. When entry is completed, highlight OK
and press enTer.
close the dialog.
Fishing Mode
entering text
Fishing modes enhance
Some functions, like naming a waypoint, route or the performance of your
trail, will require you to input text.
unit by providing preset
packages of sonar set-
tings geared to specific
fishing conditions.
Switches letters
to uppercase/
lowercase
NOTE: Use Fresh Water mode when
fishing in less than 100 feet of water;
otherwise your unit may not track bottom
properly.
Switches
keyboard between
Alpha and
QWERTY layout
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Basic Operation
Advanced Mode
Fishing Mode Options
General
Use
Bottom brown/white background; 50% ping
speed
Enables advanced features
and settings.
Shallow
water
Bottom brown/white background
The following features are enabled when Advanced
mode is turned on:
Fresh
Bottom brown/white background; 50% ping
water
speed
•
•
•
•
Colorline (manual control)
Surface Clarity (manual control)
Ping Rate (manual control)
Deep
water
Deep Blue; 50% ping speed; 50kHz is primary
transducer frequency
Slow
Trolling
Bottom brown/white background; 50% ping
speed
Units (Enables distance, speed, depth
and temperature options)
Fast
Trolling
Bottom brown/white background; slightly lower
chart speed
Clear
water
Bottom brown/white background; 50% ping
speed
Brackish
Bottom brown/blue background; higher ASP;
water
slightly lower chart speed
Cursor
The keypad moves the cursor on the display and
allows you to review Sonar history. Press MenU
and select Exit cursor mode to clear the cursor.
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Basic Operation
Standby mode
Lowers power consumption by turning off sonar
and the display.
Press the Pwr/LIGhT key to ac-
cess the Backlight menu. Select
Standby and press enTer.
Press any key to resume normal op-
eration.
NOTE: Leaving your unit in Standby mode
when your boat is not is use will run down
your battery.
restore defaults
Resets unit options and settings to defaults.
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Pages
Surface Clutter
Colorline
Fish arches
Overlay Data
Cursor
Depth
Split Frequency page
Range Scale
Location and depth
Frequency
Split Frequency
Amplitude Scope
Sonar Page
Displays both transducer frequencies at the same
time. 83 kHz has a wider cone angle for greater wa-
ter coverage, while 200 kHz has the highest sensi-
tivity and best target discrimination in shallow wa-
ter. (Does not apply to the Mark 5X.)
Displays the water column moving from right to
left on your unit’s screen. On the right side of the
screen, the Amplitude Scope bar previews echoes
about to appear on the display.
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Pages
Overlay Data
Displays selected overlay data on the sonar page.
Overlay data
Show
Enables/disables the display of overlay data, allow-
ing you to remove overlay data from the screen
without deleting the selected overlay data con-
figuration.
Split Zoom
Split Zoom
Allows you to zoom in for a closer look without los-
ing your view of the water column.
Configure
Used to select overlay data to be displayed on the
screen.
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Pages
To select overlay data:
1. From the sonar page, press MenU.
2. Select Overlay data and press enTer.
3. Select Configure and press enTer.
Customizing Overlay Data
Access the Overlay Data configuration menu to
make adjustments to the size and/or location of
overlay data on the display.
4. Press Menu and select Add. Press
enTer.
5. Select the desired data from the Con-
figure Items to show screen. Press en-
Ter.
Press Menu from the Configure Item Locations and
Sizes screen to access the menu.
6. Press MenU and select Return to
overlays.
7. Press MenU, select Done Configuring
and press enTer.
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Sonar
Blue sonar history bar
Cursor depth
Using your Sonar
Move the blue sonar history bar all the way to the
right to resume normal sonar scrolling.
Press MenU and select Exit cursor mode to re-
move the cursor from the screen.
Sonar Menu
The sonar menu has options
and settings that affect the
appearance of the display.
Trackback
You can review your recent sonar history by mov-
ing the cursor to the left until the screen starts to
move in reverse.
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Sonar
Press MenU from any sonar page to access the So-
nar menu.
Sensitivity set
to 85 percent.
Sensitivity set
to 65 percent.
Sensitivity
Controls the level of detail shown on the display.
Too much detail will clutter the screen. If Sensitivity
is set too low, desired echoes may not be displayed.
Sonar Menu
(Advanced Mode)
Colorline/Grayscale
Separates strong sonar echoes from weak sonar
echoes. That makes it easier for you to distinguish
fish or structure from the bottom. A hard return
will be shown as a wide, bright yellow area,
whereas a soft return will be a narrow reddish-
blue area.
Adjust (Advanced Mode only)
Used to make adjustments to
Sensitivity, Colorline and Grayline.
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Sonar
Mark series units have a monochrome display,
so wide bands of gray indicate a hard sonar
return, while softer returns are shown as dark,
narrow areas.
range. If you select too shallow a depth range the
unit will not be able to lock onto the bottom.
Custom Range — Upper and Lower Limits
(Advanced Mode only)
Auto Sensitivity
Used to select the upper limit and lower limit of
a section of the water column. 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.
Keeps sensitivity at a level that works well under
most conditions, reducing the needs for adjust-
ments. Auto Sensitivity is turned on by default.
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.
Custom range menu
Depth Range
Selects the deepest range shown on
the display. Range settings display the
section of the water column from the
water surface to the selected depth
NOTE: When using a custom range,
you may not receive any digital depth
readings, or you may receive incorrect
depth information.
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Sonar
When using fishing modes, ping speed settings are
optimized for the selected fishing conditions, so in
most cases, adjustments are not necessary.
Frequency
Controls the transducer frequency used by the
unit. This unit supports two frequencies: 200kHz
and 83kHz.
200 kHz has the highest sensitivity and best tar-
get discrimination in shallow water. 83 kHz offers
a wider cone angle for more water coverage. The
Mark 5X only supports the 200kHz transducer fre-
quency.
Sonar Options
Accesses sonar display set-
tings and configuration
options.
Split Zoom and Split Flasher
Ping Speed (Advanced Mode only)
Switches the sonar display from full screen sonar to
a split screen view.
Controls the rate the transducer uses to send sonar
waves into the water. Ping speed adjustments can
help reduce interference from other transducers.
Frequency menu
Split Zoom
Split Flasher
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Sonar
Color
Fish ID
Allow you to change the look of the display using Displays fish echoes as fish sym-
palettes with varying degrees of color/brightness.
bols instead of fish arches. Fish ID
is not the most accurate method
of fish detection since structure
and suspended debris may be
shown as a fish symbol on the
display.
Iceview
Nightview
Monochrome units support Grayscale, Reverse
Grayscale and Bottom Black.
Ice Mode
Turns on a package of sonar settings optimized for
ice fishing and also overlays battery meter data on
the screen.
Amplitude Scope
Amplitude
Displays the amplitude of real-
scope
time echoes before they appear
on the display.
Stop Sonar
Pauses the sonar chart, allowing you to get a closer
look at suspended targets.
Stop Sonar also can be used to prevent/stop inter-
ference between two units running on the same
boat at the same time.
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Sonar
Overlay Data
Allows you to select data (wa-
ter temperature, depth, etc)
to be displayed on top of the
Sonar screen.
Overlay data setup is covered
in the Pages section.
Overlay data
Settings
Accesses the Sonar settings menu.
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Settings
Settings Menu
System
Accesses to installation and configuration settings Adjusts unit settings like language, mute audio
for your unit. and advanced mode.
Enables
advanced
features and
settings
Settings
menu
System menu
Displays
software
information
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Settings
Set Language
About
Selects the language used on menus and text Displays software information about this unit. Be-
boxes.
fore attempting a software update, you can check
the version of software your unit is using by access-
ing the About screen.
Mute Audio
Lowrance periodically updates unit software to
Turns on/off unit audio, like key beeps, alarm add features and improve functionality. To see the
sounds, etc.
rance.com.
Advanced Mode
Enables features and settings only available with
unit in Advanced Mode.
Restore Defaults
Switches the unit back to default
settings.
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Settings
Noise Rejection
Sonar
Used to make adjustments to Sonar options and Uses advanced signal processing to monitor the ef-
display settings like Noise Rejection, Surface and fects noise (boat pumps, water conditions, engine
Fishing Mode.
ignition systems, etc.) has on your display, and then
filters out the undesired signals.
Surface Clarity
(Advanced Mode only)
Surface Clarity reduces
surface clutter by decreasing
the sensitivity of the receiver
near the surface.
Surface Clutter
Sonar Settings Menu
Manual Mode
Restricts digital depth capability, so the unit will
only send sonar signals to the selected depth
range. That allows the display scroll smoothly if the
bottom depth is out of transducer range.
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Settings
Installation
wArnInG: Manual mode should only
be used by advanced sonar users.
Provides access to Keel Offset andTemp Calibration
settings.
When the unit is in manual mode, you may not re-
ceive any depth readings, or you may recieve incor-
rect depth information.
Installation menu
Keel Offset
Fishing Mode
Enhances the performance of your unit by
providing preset packages of
sonar settings geared to specific
fishing conditions. For more
information about fishing modes,
refer to the Basic Operation
section.
All transducers measure water depth from the
transducer to the bottom. As a result, water depth
readings do not account for the distance from the
transducer to the keel or from the transducer to the
water surface.
Reset Fishing Mode
Transducer
Keel
Resets selected fishing mode to default settings.
That is useful when you want to clear settings ad-
justments made while using a fishing mode.
Keel Offset (-3.5 feet)
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Settings
Before setting keel offset, measure the distance
from the transducer to the lowest part of the keel.
If, for example, the keel is 3.5 feet below the trans-
ducer, it will be input as –3.5 feet.
Alarms
sounds alarm when vessel enters water
shallower than the selected shallow threshold
Shallow
sounds alarm when a fish symbol (Fish ID)
appears on the sonar screen
Fish
Temperature calibration
Units
Calibrates data from the transducer temperature
sensor with data from a known temperature source
to ensure the accuracy of temperature information.
Allows you to select the unit of measure used by
the unit. Unit options vary depending on whether
the unit is in basic or advanced mode.
Reset water distance
Reset Water Distance to zero.
Basic Mode
Advanced Mode
Alarms
Simulator
Enables alarms and selects alarm thresholds. Arriv-
al, Off Course and Anchor alarms are only available Simulates on-the-water sonar activity.
in Advanced mode.
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Index
Fishing Mode 5
Frequency 13
Overlay Data , 9
Configure 9
Customizing 10
Show 9
Adjust 12
A
Sonar Installation 20
Sonar Menu 11
Sonar Options 14
Sonar Page 8
Sonar settings 19
Split Flasher 14
Split Frequency 8
Split Zoom 9, 14
Standby mode 7
Stop Sonar 15
About 18
Advanced Mode 6
Alarms 21
Fish 21
Shallow 21
Amplitude Scope 15
Auto Sensitivity 13
I
Ice Mode 15
Installation menu 20
P
Ping Speed 14
K
R
Keel Offset 20
C
Range 13
L
Reset Fishing Mode 20
Reset water distance 21
Restore defaults 7
Surface Clarity 19
System settings 17
Color 15
Colorline 12
Cursor 6
Language 18
T
M
Custom Range 13
S
Temperature calibration
21
Text entry 5
Trackback 11
Manual Mode 19
Mute Audio 18
D
Scrollbars 4
Sensitivity 12
Settings Menu 17
Setup wizard 3
Shallow alarm 21
Simulator 21
Software update 18
Sonar
Depth Range 13
Dialogs 5
Dropdown menus 4
N
Noise Rejection 19
U
F
O
Units 21
Upper and Lower Limits
13
Fish alarm 21
Fish ID 15
On/Off features 4
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Specifications
elite 5x, Mark 5x & Mark 5x Pro
Sonar
General
Mark 5x: 800ft (244m)
Max depth
Mark 5x Pro/elite 5x: 1000ft (305m)
5.4” H (134mm) x 6.8” W (174mm); 6” H
Case size
Display
(152mm) with bracket
Mark 5x: 200kHz
Transducer
frequency
Mark 5x Pro/elite 5x: 83/200kHz
Mark: (5” diagonal) High-contrast film
Supertwist LCD; 16-level grayscale definition;
480x480 monochrome
Max speed
Transducer
70mph
Skimmer with built in temp sensor
elite: (5” diagonal) Enhanced Solar MAX™
480x480 color
Transducer
cable
20 feet (6m)
Mark: White LED
Backlight
elite: Cold cathode fluorewscent lamp (10
levels)
Power
Mark 5x: 1600W PTP 200W RMS
Mark 5x Pro: 2400W PTP; 300 RMS
elite 5x: 4000 PTP; 500W RMS
Transmit
power
Power
requirement
12V
Voltage input
Current drain
Fuse type
10 to 17V
Typical: .25A
3 amp automotive (not supplied)
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Specifications
elite 4x
Sonar
1000ft (305m)
General
Max depth
5.6”H (144mm) x 3.7”W (94.3mm); 6.4”H (164mm)
with bracket
Transducer
frequency
Case size
83/200kHz
(3.5”diagonal) 320x240 (256 color) TFT LCD
Display
Max speed
Transducer
70mph
White LED (10 levels)
Backlight
Skimmer with built in temp sensor
Power
Transducer
cable
20 feet (6m)
Transmit
2100W PTP; 262W RMS
power
Power
requirement
12V
Voltage input
Current drain
Fuse type
10 to 17V
at 13.5V (200mA)
3 amp automotive (not supplied)
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paragraph number 1 below.
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