20 Most Recent Lowrance ELITE 5X 5 83/200 A powerful 500W RMS fishfinder that - Page 5 Questions & Answers

I notice in your photo a small dot in the top lh corner if there are 3 matching dots in the other corners, I am thinking that they are plastic covers for the screws underneath if that is the case gently pry the covers off as they will clip over a retainer or the head of the screw

Trolling speed TOO slow for units transducer to sense.

This type of button/switch has been known to stick. Place your fingernail on the button corners/edges one at a time,press and slide to 'pop' the button up. If this has an effect on the ops it may only be temporarily. Good luck on the fishing.

The speed of your boats travel only directly affects your sonars ability to read the water depth. your backtrack feature is GPS based. These is not affected by your boat being on plane. Your screen being black sounds like your sonar is losing bottom contact due to air bubbles passing under the transducer. This is a common occurrence with most boats. Add some details regarding what your seeing and we can help you get a better handle on your difficulty.

Hi Bobby This condition is nearly always caused by a power supply issue. Carefully check, clean and lube power cable connections, paying particular attention to crimp connectors, fuse holders and so on. Hope this helps you out. -Steve

Hi Carl What exactly do you need to know? -Steve

Since the unit powers up, we can pretty much eliminate a power supply problem. I would start by carefully inspecting your transducer lead for kinks, crushing etc. Assuming the cable is OK, clean and lubricate (silicone spray, safe for plastics) the cable end and where the cable connects to the unit. Hope this is helpful to you. -Steve

Hi Darren Carefully inspect the socket on your unit for damage and with a multimeter check the power plug to make sure that power is actually getting to it. If they both check out OK, look at the power connections to your battery. It doesn't take much corrosion there to render your device inoperable. If you get no joy there, you'll have to contact Lowrance support. Link is below. Hope this helps. -Steve Contact Us

Lowrance has started using the same power cord on their Elite units and their HDS units. The yellow wire on the power cable is an accessory wake up wire designed to be used in conjunction with the structure scan modules for the HDS. You can simply tape this wire off during your installation ND ignore it.