20 Most Recent Lowrance HDS 5 Fishfinder GPS Chart Plotter HDS 5 Base US 83 200kHz - Page 9 Questions & Answers

you download the updates off line then down load them to your unit off the sd card

its history buddy screens out time for a new one

go to menu click on system click on reset to factory settings see if that helps you

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To connect a LRA 2400 to a Lowrance HDS-5 sounder/chartplotter, you can run an ethernet RJ45 cable from your Radar Processing box to the HDS-5 unit. You will need an adaptor cable for the RJ 45 cable to hook into the HDS-5 head unit. This is part no 000-0127-56.

As for the different transducer pinouts, I am not sure what transducer you have now so I cannot say if there is any kind of converter plug available, however, the HDS-5 units do seem to run best using the transducers that are made for them. Your best option may be to buy the transducer that is made for them, and this will directly connect to the display unit.

Hope that helps!

IF YOU WANT TO RESTORE YOUR DEFAULT SETTINGS, GO TO THE CONTROL PANEL ON YOUR COMPUTER,SELECT SYSTEM SETTINGS AND PRESS THE BUTTON THAT SAYS "DEFAULT SETTING". YOU MIGHT HAVE TO DO THIS MANUALLY FOR EACH ITEM YOU WANT TO SET TO DEFAULT. YOU ALSO CAN GO TO SYSTEM RESTORE, THIS LET YOU RESTORE YOUR COMPUTER BACK TO IT'S ORIGINAL SETTINGS. I HOPE THIS HELPS.

GPS uses satellites to determine position and altitude. Depending on where you are, above or below sea level, it may say you are flying in the air or a few hundred feet below the water. YOU have to determine what your mean altitude is by knowing what the local altitude is above or below sea level. If you were in Denver, Colorado, it would tell you that the boat was about 5,341 feet up in the air. In Death valley you would be below the water because it is below sea level, -272 feet.