Thread: Discussion on Lowrance Elite 5 DSI/Chartplotter ....

Product Emulators - LOWRANCE | Marine Electronics

Originally Posted by OzarkAngler

I didn't realize there was an emulator to download. I like the 3-ring binder idea. Pretty good thinking. Highlight items of interest and tab those sheets by topic. Pretty sweet.

Originally Posted by rickomatic

Product Emulators - LOWRANCE | Marine Electronics

Rick/OA .... this emulator program is a VERY watered down version of the one I downloaded back when I first got my unit. Neither one, and especially this one, were specific to only the programs & capabilities of the Elite 5 DSI. You'll notice that, right away, when you turn the emulator on, as it will show fish ID symbols & depth of those symbols ... and the sonar setting says 200kHz (which is not on a E5DSI, which has 455kHz & 800kHz)

I'd like to say that it is "better than nothing" ... but, it may be more confusing than helpful. IMHO

... cp

I hear ya pappy. I've actually spent more time playing with the display units at Cabela's than the emulator. I basically use the emulator to try to learn the logic of how the Lowrance menus work.

I just thought of another question. Does the Elite 5dsi have the capability to show a split screen of 455kHz/800kHz, or just sonar/chart?

Yep. And you can adjust the contrast for either or both.

Originally Posted by rickomatic

I just thought of another question. Does the Elite 5dsi have the capability to show a split screen of 455kHz/800kHz, or just sonar/chart?

Both .... and you can split the sonar/chart in "over" by going to:
Menu
Settings
System
Chart/Sonar split
Over



I had to do the 3.6 update to get the top/bottom split function, but the newer units are already updated.

Side by side Sonar split can be done three ways :

800kHz/455kHz or 2x zoom/455kHz or 2x zoom/800kHz

(but, so far, I haven't found a way to split the 800/455 screen with one over top of the other)

... cp

Originally Posted by FishinMissouri

Hey CP, Wondering if you could do me a favor and take a snapshot of your settings sometime and post it or send it to me? Still trying to mine set to be able to see something like that pic on this post. I tried setting other fellers have posted and no luck.. I just wonder if there is something wrong my fish finder.. I see the fish I just don't get the structure like everyone else talks about .. Fishing in Truman there should be lots of structure, more trees in the water than out of the water ...Need someone close to be able to hook it up and try it to see what they get out of it.

I haven't forgotten about you, FM .... I just keep changing some of my settings to see which works best for the conditions/situation.

PM me/or post with the settings you are using, where you can see "fish" but not "cover" ... maybe then I/we can offer you some setting changes that would remedy your situation.

Note: the speed your boat is moving is key to getting a good image, as is the depth of water (& the depth range setting you have your unit set on). Speeds of 0.5mph & up will give better images, since the sonar ping isn't constantly sending back a signal from the same object. That ends up giving you a picture like this :



And, as you'll notice, my speed is 0mph ... and the sonar is showing streaks across the screen, rather than a clear image of the brush pile I was over.
And, no ... I'm not showing the brush pile image of the waypoint shown on the chart side. I drifted off that waypoint, after catching a fish, and just happened to drift over an unmarked brush pile. I had the camera handy, so I snapped a photo. This was before I had a micro sd card & knew how to take screenshots (& not too good with the camera or its zoom feature, either )

... cp

I finally got my new elite 5 dsi on the water today and this is what I think is a bridge piling. What do you guys think is in front of the pilings ? To me it looks like bait fish but I don't know.