Quote Originally Posted by Tracker123 View Post
I learned how to use mine by hooking it up to a 12 volt power supply in the comfort of my shop.
Did the same, here in my apt. 12V portable jumper battery !!

Lowrance still has emulators, but just not for all available products : Product Emulators - LOWRANCE | Marine Electronics

I used the emulator for the Elite 5 series of units, back when they had it ... but it contained menu & capability items that my Elite 5DSI unit did not have. Realizing that it was an "all in one" deal, I deleted the emulator & went to using the jumper battery ... just so I'd know exactly what my particular unit was (& was not) capable of doing.

I also went on Lowrance's site & printed off a copy of the E5DSI Operations Manual, as the little booklet that came with the unit was basically useless for anything besides mounting instructions.

... cp