I have recently bought and HDS 7. I am wanting to play with my new toy, adjust settings and screens etc. Is there a way I can do this between trips to the lake while in my garage?

Just sit down in your boat, turn your unit on then start playing. You don't need a GPS signal or a transducer signal.

A much "cooler' way is to get a 120/12 volt converter with a power connector and do your playing in the house.

Don't forget there is a simulator mode that is very handy for this sort of thing.

Hi everyone,

I have an HDS 5. Does anyone know how I can track my movements on the GPS screen? For example, if I drive into a cove, I want a line trailing the arrow on the GPS screen to show exactly where I just drove. When I first got the unit, I'm pretty sure it had this function on, but somehow I turned it off, and I can't get it back.

Jake start a new trail and while on that screen you will see the option to record trail, click on that bubble. At least I think thats how I got mine to show track.

Thanks, Grout-Scout! I haven't been able to try it, yet, but I was reading one of the previous posts, and it mentioned to make sure the "display" button was selected when I started a trail, also. Hopefully, it will work next time.

Ok guys, the info on this thread has helped me a ton. I have just a couple other questions however.

1) How do you get the screen to follow the boat when running down the lake? Mine just stays at one spot all the time and if that last spot happens to be across the state well so be it. Is it a GPS problem or a setting?

2) How do you take a screen shot picture? I can figure out how to record my graph and SI or DI. I just don't see a place to take a screen shot.

3) Is there a special SD card needed to record that stuff?

4) When you have SI, DI and Sonar all up can you rearrange the panels? I have an HDS 7 and sonar is at top left, DI is at top right and SI is on the bottom. I want to arrange them so that SI is left, DI is top right and Sonar is bottom right.

If I am wrong please feel free to correct me!

1. Push the exit button, don't know why but when it quits following push it and it'll change to follow screen. You have to have the gps screen as the selected screen for the exit to work, meaning if you have split screens up, you'll have to "hold pages" option to get to the gps screen. Confused yet? It's hard to explain in writing!

2. There is a option on one of the menu pages that says "screen capture", mark that bubble on. Then when you want to take a pic push the power button one time (do not hold it down), just push it once. It'll take a sec and then say screen captured. To find the pic go through the pages menu to the info page and at the bottom you will see files, go there to see saved info.

3. I just use a 2gb sd card and it'll record like 24 hours so I have no need for a larger card.

4. I don't think so because I have tried like the dickens to change mine, but you can edit the size of every panel.

Thanks scout,

I appreciate the help!

Good answers grout

On the #4 question: Go to 'pages' then start with the page you want on the left side (sonar, structure or chart) then scroll down the menu to make your choice of what you want on the right.

Here's another Toledo Bend bridge that's "MAN, I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS A BRIDGE THERE", very few people know it exists, even longtime locals like myself. So many fish.



I'm guessing the fish are crappie, but not sure.



Look at the shadows of the fish.

Google "Lowrance HDS ScreenShots," and you can pull up an illustrated guide to taking screen shots, including pics of the various menus, on the "Doc. Samson" site.

Holy son of a crappie that is a herd of fishies there Bobby!

Do you know if anybody has hit that bad boy with their motor during low water periods? When Falcon gets real low there is a bridge that's sunk a few boats.

Bobby,
Just for safety reasons I think you should put some GPS coordinates on these pics.

Just kiddin man! Thanks for the help.

For some reason when you do that on an HDS 7 it put things on top and bottom instead of the left and right. I guess it is just an HDS 7 thing. I am sure it has something to do with the size of the screen.

I have an add on question to this. I have my mapping card in my HDS, can I still take a screen shot and have it saved, or do I have to remove my map card and put in a blank card to take screen shots?