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Copyright © 2013 Navico All Rights Reserved Lowrance® and Navico® are registered trademarks of Navico. Fishing Hot Spots® is a registered trademark of Fishing Hot Spots Inc. Copyright© 2013 Fishing Hot Spots. Navionics® is a registered trade...

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| 1 Preface As Navico is continuously improving this product, we retain the right to make changes to the product at any time which may not be reflected in this version of the manual. Please contact your Lowrance dealer if you require any further ...

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2 | About this manual This manual is a reference guide for operating the Lowrance HDS Gen 2 Touch system. It assumes that all equipment is installed and configured, and that the system is ready to use. The manual does not cover basic background i...

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PB | | 3 Contents | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Contents | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Contents 7 Introduction 7 HDS Gen2 Touchscreen and keys 8 The HDS Gen2 Touch home screen 9 Basic operation 9 The power key 9 First time startup 9 Using the touch...

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4 | | 5 Contents | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Contents | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch 37 Navigating 37 Goto cursor 37 Navigating on the chart 38 Navigation settings panel 40 Steer page 41 Sonar 42 Zooming 43 Viewing sonar history 45 Log sonar data...

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4 | | 5 Contents | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Contents | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch 69 The Alarm system 69 The alarms dialog 71 Acknowledging an alarm 72 Utilities 72 Vessels 73 Sun/moon 73 Trip Calculator 73 Find 73 Alarms 73 Waypoints/routes/trai...

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6 | | PB Contents | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Contents | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch 99 Networking 99 Auto configuration 99 Data sources 101 Damping 102 Device list 102 Diagnostics 103 NMEA 2000 103 NMEA 0183 104 GoFree wireless 104 Setting H...

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| 7 Introduction | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Introduction HDS Gen2 Touchscreen and keys 1 Touchscreen 2 SD Card reader Used for optional InsightHD, Navionics, other compatible third-party cartography, software updates, transfer of user data and sy...

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8 | Introduction | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch The HDS Gen2 Touch home screen ¼ Note: video is only available on HDS Gen2 Touch 9” and 12” units. The radar option will only be shown when the unit is connected to a radar. 1 Utilities panel Tap...

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| 9 Basic Operation | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Basic operation The power key • Press and hold: Turn unit on/off • Single press: Display dialog for brightness adjustment, night mode, standby mode and power off • Repeated presses: Togg...

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10 | Basic Operation | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Operation Menu/Dialogs Pages Chart Sonar Radar Tap Select/toggle item Activate cursor Press and hold n/a Activate cursor assist mode Drag Adjust slider value Scroll dialog Hide page menu (Drag rig...

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| 11 Basic Operation | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Back button You can return to the previous screen or menu by pressing the Back button. Hidden system menu The page menu for each operation mode has a hidden system menu. To access the hidden system ...

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12 | Basic Operation | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Settings dialog You can access the settings dialog for each operation mode from the hidden system menu or from the Utilities panel on the home screen. Dialog boxes You select entry fields and keys ...

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| 13 Basic Operation | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Using the cursor The cursor is by default not shown on any page. Tap the screen to activate the cursor on the chart, sonar, structure and radar pages. The cursor information window will show position...

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14 | Basic Operation | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Cancel navigation The unit will continue navigating toward the MOB waypoint until the waypoint is reached or until you cancel navigation. Delete a MOB waypoint 1. Cancel navigation. 2. Tap Waypoint...

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| 15 Pages | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Pages Page overview This unit supports up to 7 page types. Each has a corresponding group of preconfigured quick split combo pages. ¼ Note: Video is available only on 9” and 12” units. The radar option ...

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16 | Pages | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Selecting Active panel You can change active panels by tapping the desired panel. The active panel will have an orange border. Adjusting splits The size of panels can be adjusted by tapping Adjust splits on t...

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| 17 Pages | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch You can select from seven different panel configurations as illus- trated below. ¼ Note: You can cycle through favorite pages by pressing the PAGES key. Editing favorites 1. Tap Customize on the Favorit...

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18 | Pages | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Deleting favorites 1. Tap Customize on the Favorites panel 2. Tap the page icon for the page you want to remove 3. Tap Clear and tap Save Data Overlay Allows you to overlay information on the active page...

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| 19 Chart | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Chart The chart page displays your position relative to land and other chart objects. On the page you can plan and navigate routes, place waypoints, overlay a radar image, a StructureMap image and weather inf...

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20 | Chart | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Chart scale You zoom in and out on the chart by using the ZOOM keys. Chart range scale and range rings interval (when turned on) will be shown in the lower right corner of the chart panel. Using the cursor on...

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| 21 Chart | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Chart menu When the cursor is active, some features on the chart menu will be replaced with cursor mode features. Tap Clear cursor to return to the normal chart menu. Saving waypoints When the cursor is not ac...

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22 | Chart | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch ¼ Note: To measure distance from your vessel, tap the desired location on the map and the distance to that location will be shown in the info box in the lower left corner of the screen. 1. Tap the screen ...

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| 23 Chart | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Heading up Displays the chart with the vessel’s heading directly up on the chart image. Heading information is received from a compass. If heading is not available, then the COG from the GPS will be used. Co...

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24 | Chart | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch You can change the camera tilt angle and rotate the camera around the vessel by dragging your finger on the screen. ¼ Note: When in rotate mode, use horizontal motions to rotate the vessel. Use vertical...

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| 25 Chart | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Medium This is the minimum information sufficient for navigation Full This is all available information for the chart in use Categories Insight charts includes several categories and sub-categories that you can...

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26 | Chart | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Selecting chart data This unit can use built-in Lowrance map data as well as Navionics, Fishing Hotspots, Jeppesen and other third-party mapping cards. Tap Change to Navionics or Change to Lowrance to switc...

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| 27 Chart | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Chart Settings 3D boat selection You can select different boat icons that will be used as the current position symbol when the chart is in 3D mode. Range Rings You can turn on/off range rings from the chart ...

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28 | Chart | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Pop-up information Selects whether basic information for chart items shall be displayed when you tap the item. Grid lines Turns on/off viewing of longitude and latitude grid lines on the chart. Waypoints, r...

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| 29 Chart | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Community layer Turns on/off viewing of user generated data downloaded from the Navionics website. View Shading Shading adds terrain information to the chart. Traditional 2D chart Chart with shading Dynamic I...

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30 | Chart | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Photo transparency The Photo transparency sets the opaqueness of the photo overlay. With minimum transparency settings the chart details will be almost hidden by the photo. Depth range (highlighting) Allows ...

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| 31 Chart | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Navionics settings Optional settings for Navionics charts Traditional 2D chart Chart with shading Colored Seabed Areas Colors different parts of the seabed to provide better definition of seabed composition. ...

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32 | Waypoints, Routes & Trails | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Waypoints, routes & trails The waypoints, route and trails screens The Waypoints, Routes and Trails dialogs give access to advanced edit functions and settings for all these items...

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| 33 Waypoints, Routes & Trails | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Positioning waypoints Placing a waypoint at vessel position With the cursor inactive, you can position a waypoint at the vessel position from any page by pressing the dedicated WAYPOINT...

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34 | Waypoints, Routes & Trails | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Moving a waypoint by tapping the screen 1. Tap the waypoint - The waypoint name will appear on the page menu 2. Tap the waypoint name 3. Tap Move on the menu - The waypoint icon w...

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| 35 Waypoints, Routes & Trails | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Creating routes using existing waypoints 1. Access the routes dialog 2. Tap New 3. Tap Create using route list 4. Tap the new route window (shown below) 5. Tap Insert 6. Tap the de...

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36 | Waypoints, Routes & Trails | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Trails A trail is a graphical presentation of the historical path of the vessel, allowing you to retrace where you have traveled. A trail can be con- verted to a route in the Trail scr...

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| 37 Navigating | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Navigating The navigation function included in your unit allows you to navigate towards the cursor position, a waypoint or along a predefined route. For information about positioning waypoints and creatin...

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38 | Navigating | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch When route navigation is started, the menu will expand showing options for skipping a waypoint, or for restarting the route from current vessel position. Selecting start point You can navigate a route, s...

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| 39 Navigating | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Arrival radius Sets an invisible circle around the destination waypoint. The vessel is considered arrived at the waypoint when it is within this radius. XTE limit (Cross track error) This parameter defin...

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40 | Navigating | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Steer page The Steer page can be used to display information when you are navigating. Data elds The Steer page displays the following information: DTD Distance to destination XTE Cross track error SO...

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PB | | 41 Sonar | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Sonar | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Sonar The sonar function provides an underwater view of the area under and around your boat, allowing you to detect fish and examine bottom structure. The sonar displays...

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42 | | 43 Sonar | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Sonar | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch To remove the cursor and cursor elements from the page, tap Clear cursor on the Sonar menu. Press and hold the screen to activate cursor assist mode. Goto cursor You ca...

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42 | | 43 Sonar | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Sonar | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Viewing sonar history You can view sonar history by activating the cursor and then dragging your finger horizontally across the screen. Whenever the cursor is activated ...

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44 | | 45 Sonar | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Sonar | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Sonar menu When the cursor is active, some features on the sonar menu will be replaced with cursor mode features. Tap Clear cursor to return to the normal sonar menu. R...

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44 | | 45 Sonar | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Sonar | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch You can view two frequencies at the same time by selecting the sonar + sonar quicksplit combo option. Advanced Noise rejection Signal interference from bilge pumps, engine...

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46 | | 47 Sonar | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Sonar | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Bytes per sounding Select how many bytes per seconds that are to be used when sav- ing the log file. More bytes yield better resolution, but will cause the recorded fil...

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46 | | 47 Sonar | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Sonar | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Sensitivity Increasing Sensitivity will show more detail on the screen; decreasing Sensitivity displays less. Too much detail will clutter the screen. Conversely, desired...

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48 | | 49 Sonar | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Sonar | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch By default the zoom level is set to 2x. You can select up to an 8x zoom by pressing the dedicated zoom keys. The range zoom bars on the right side of the display shows t...

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48 | | 49 Sonar | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Sonar | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Palettes You can select from several display palettes optimized for a variety of fishing conditions. Temp graph Shows a red line and a digital display on the sonar scre...

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50 | | 51 Sonar | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Sonar | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Stop sonar Allows you to closely examine sonar echoes, precisely position a waypoint or stop interference between transducers on your boat. When sonar is stopped, no son...

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50 | | 51 Sonar | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Sonar | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Overlay Downscan™ You can overlay a Downscan image on a normal sonar image. Tap Overlay downscan on the Sonar settings menu. When Overlay downscan is activated, the sona...

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52 | | 53 Sonar | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Sonar | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Installation settings Keel oset This is a value that can be entered on the sonar Installation page to make depth readings relate to any point from the water surface, t...

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52 | | 53 Sonar | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Sonar | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Water speed calibration Water speed calibration is used to adjust the speed value from the paddle wheel to match the actual boat speed through the water. Actual speed ca...

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54 | | 55 StructureScan | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch StructureScan | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch StructureScan HD™ StructureScan HD™ uses high frequencies to provide a high resolu- tion, picture-like image of the bottom. ¼ Note: You must have a...

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54 | | 55 StructureScan | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch StructureScan | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Access hidden context menu Frequency Data overlay Bottom Range scale Range keys DownScan Using the cursor on the StructureScan page The cursor is by defau...

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56 | | 57 StructureScan | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch StructureScan | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Goto cursor You can navigate to the cursor by tapping Goto cursor on the menu. Saving a waypoint You can save a waypoint at the cursor position by tappi...

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56 | | 57 StructureScan | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch StructureScan | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch StructureScan™ menu When the cursor is active, some features on the StructureScan menu will be replaced with cursor mode features. Tap Clear cursor to ...

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58 | | 59 StructureScan | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch StructureScan | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Flipping Left/Right image If required, the left/right Sidescanning images can be flipped to match the corresponding side of your vessel. Range lines Rang...

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58 | | 59 StructureScan | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch StructureScan | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Measuring distance The cursor can be used to measure the distance between two points on the StructureScan image. It is easier to use the measure function ...

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60 | StructureMap | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch StructureMap™ StructureMap™ is a tool that allows you to overlay SideScan sonar returns on top of the chart, giving you a birds-eye view of underwa- ter structure below and beside your boat. Struct...

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| 61 StructureMap | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Live mode Displays the last few minutes of the Side Imaging history as a trail behind the vessel icon. The length of this trail will vary depending on the Side Imaging and Down Im- aging range settings....

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62 | StructureMap | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch ¼ NOTE: If there is more than one StructureMap of the same area on the same SD card, the maps will overlap on your screen. If you want to have more than one map of the same area, you should put the ...

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| 63 StructureMap | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Palette Several display palettes with varying degrees of color and bright- ness are available. Contrast Adjusts the brightness ratio between light and dark areas of the screen, making it easier to distin...

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64 | StructureMap | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch (.smf ) files, we recommend using an SD card when recording StructureMaps. To have structure sonar log (.sl2) files automatically converted to StructureMap file format (.smf ), tap Convert to map...

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| 65 StructureMap | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Sharing les After structure sonar log (.sl2) files are converted to StructureMap (.smf ) files, they can be saved to a SD card and used on other GPS capable HDS Gen 2 units without the need for the...

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66 | | 67 Instruments | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Instruments | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch The Instruments panels The Info page instrument panel consists of multiple gauges that can be customized to display selected data. The instrument panel dis- p...

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66 | | 67 Instruments | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Instruments | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Edit an Instrument dashboard 1. Select the dashboard you want to edit. 2. Tap Edit on the Instrument page menu 3. Tap the gauge you want to change. The selec...

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68 | | PB Video | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Video | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Using Video (9” and 12” units only) The video function allows you to view videos or camera sources on your unit’s screen. For information about how to connect the c...

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| 69 Alarms | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch The Alarm system This unit will continuously check for dangerous situations and system faults while the system is running. When an alarm situation occurs, an alarm message will pop up on the screen. If you ha...

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70 | Alarms | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Type of messages The messages are classified according to how the reported situation will affect your vessel. The following color codes are used: Color Importance Red Critical Orange Important Yellow Standa...

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| 71 Alarms | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Acknowledging an alarm The following options are available in the alarm dialog for acknowledging a message: Option Result Close Sets the alarm state to acknowledged, meaning that you are aware of the alarm co...

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72 | Utilities | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Utilities The Utilities tab includes options and tools that are not specific to any page. Utilities are accessed from the homescreen. Tapping a utility will open a dialog giving you access to available ...

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| 73 Utilities | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Sun/moon Displays sunrise, sunset, moonrise and moonset for a position based on entered date and the position’s latitude/longitude. Trip Calculator Trip 1/ Trip 2 Displays voyage and engine information, ...

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74 | Utilities | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Tides Displays tide information for the tide station nearest to your vessel. Tap the arrow panel buttons to change date, or tap the date field to access the calender function. Available tide stations can ...

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| 75 Utilities | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Copying les to SD card You can copy screenshots and logs to a SD card. You can also export system settings and waypoints, routes and trails to a SD card. Ex- porting files is covered in the Maintenance...

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76 | Utilities | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch PDF reader Use the PDF viewer to read manuals and other PDF files on the HDS display. The manuals can be read from an inserted SD card or from the unit’s internal memory. Settings Opens the system set...

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| 77 System Settings | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch System Settings Changing system settings The system settings provides access to advanced settings for your system and determines the way your system displays various user interface information on the...

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78 | System Settings | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Coordinate system Defines the coordinate system used when position coordinates are entered and displayed. Magnetic variation Magnetic variation is the difference between true bearings and magneti...

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| 79 Simulator | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Using the simulator Simulator mode The simulation feature will let you see how the unit works in a stationary position and without being connected to the sonar, GPS, radar, etc. You can use the simulator ...

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80 | Simulator | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Advanced simulator settings The advanced simulator settings allow you to define how to run the simulator. When the settings are saved these will be used as default when starting the simulator mode. GPS s...

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| 81 Radar | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Using the radar (optional) The radar page can be set up as a full screen view or combined with other pages. The radar image can also be displayed as an overlay to existing 2D chart views and 3D for Navionics. ...

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82 | Radar | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Adjusting range You can use the zoom keys on the touchscreen or the dedicated zoom keys on the front of the unit to adjust the radar range. Using the cursor on the radar page The cursor is by default not show...

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| 83 Radar | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Measuring range and bearing to a target Range rings The range rings are displayed at preset distances from the vessel based on the radar range. You can use the range ring to estimate the distance to a radar ech...

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84 | Radar | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Rain Clutter Rain clutter is used to reduce the effect of rain, snow or other weather conditions on the radar image. Adjust the value by vertically dragging the rain clutter slide bar. The value should not b...

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| 85 Radar | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Center Look ahead Custom oset 1. Select the offset option from the menu 2. Tap the screen where you want to position the radar center 3. Confirm the setting by tapping Save offset on the menu. Symbology ...

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86 | Radar | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Dening an EBL/VRM marker 1. Ensure that the cursor is not active on the radar page 2. Tap EBL/VRM on the radar menu 3. Select an EBL/VRM. 4. Tap adjust to select EBL/VRM position 5. Drag the EBL/VRM i...

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| 87 Radar | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Dening a guard zone 1. Tap Guard Zone on the radar menu 2. Tap one of the guard zones 3. Tap Adjust and tap and drag on the screen to position the guard zone 4. Save the position by tapping Save guard zo...

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88 | Radar | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch STC curve The STC (Sensitivity Time Control) controls the sensitivity of the radar signal close to your vessel. Your selection should be based on the current sea conditions. ¼ Note: When a 4G broadband rada...

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| 89 Radar | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Threshold The threshold sets required signal strength for the lowest radar signals. Radar returns below this limit will be filtered and not displayed. The default value is 30%. Fast scan (Broadband Radar™ o...

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90 | Radar | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch MARPA target symbols Your unit uses the target symbols shown below. Symbol Description Acquiring MARPA target. Typically it takes up to 10 full rotations of the scanner Tracking MARPA target, not moving or at a...

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| 91 Radar | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Viewing target information Tap the desired target and then tap Target details on the radar menu. MARPA target settings Several vessel settings define alarm limits and how the targets are displayed on your rad...

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92 | Radar | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch your vessel comes within this distance from a vessel, the symbol will change to the “dangerous” target symbol. An alarm will be triggered if activated in the Alarm settings panel. Vessel alarm settings Y...

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| 93 Radar | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Radar installation menu Setup and configuration of the Broadband radar has been simplified compared to traditional pulse radars. There is no zero range (time delay), no warm up time, and no burn-in required....

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94 | Radar | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Occasionally false target returns can occur adjacent to strong target returns such as large boats or container ports. This occurs because not all of the transmitted radar energy can be focused into a single ...

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| 95 AIS | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Using AIS The marine Automatic Identification System (AIS) is a location and vessel information reporting system. It allows vessels equipped with AIS to automatically and dynamically share and regularly update...

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96 | AIS | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Lost AIS target. When no signals have been received within a time limit a target will be defined as lost. The target symbol represents the last valid position of the target before the reception of data was lo...

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| 97 AIS | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Vessel alarms You can define several alarms to alert you if a target comes within predefined range limits, or if a previously identified target is lost. Ves- sel alarms can be set up from the Alarms utility. A...

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98 | AIS | Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Your vessel’s MMSI number You need to have your own MMSI (Maritime Mobile Service Identity) number entered in the system to be able to receive addressed mes- sages from AIS and DSC vessels. It is also importan...