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

CP
I can understand why they say they can better tell on the 2d screen. I have the Elite 7 DSI and I am still trying to find the right settings to give me a clear image with contrast. I can put the 2 screens side by side and the color and contast on the 2D jump out at you and if you are familar with the images you can pretty much tell what you are seeing, even though it is left to some interpretation and you may not know 100% what the image is. I am hoping the DI mode would take some of the guesswork out of it, but mostly what I get looks like a blurred film negative and you can not make out distinct features like limbs on a tree or fish suspended around brush.
I printed a copy your setting you posted earlier and I am going to try them and see if it improves the clarity on my DI screen, I have not tried the Blue Gradient but I have tried so many different settings for the clarity, noise, etc that I've lost tract of how it is currently set up.
I am going to use all your settings and see if I get better images. If I ever get a tree to be as defined as you show it in your post I will be a happy camper.
Still have an issue with the slow GPS update, but from reading other posts looks like I am going to need to swap out my Navionics card for the Hotmaps to get that fixed. Wish I had know this when I dropped the $$ for the Navionics card, but I have one in my HB and it was never a probelm.

Navionics is now free check out www.navionics.com/en/webapp
put the maps on an sd card and they can be used on any navionics compatible unit.

That's pretty cool thanks.

What kind of ram mount do you guys use with this unit

Originally Posted by ragencage

What kind of ram mount do you guys use with this unit

I don't, mine is floor mounted. But, maybe some of the other owners will chime in.

... cp

I have the Elite 7 but the mount is probably similar. I ordered mine from Brian at BBG Marine and told him to ship the mount he recommended. I have the Ram-111U and it works well on the console of my Tracker. It raises the unit probably around 6 or 7 inches and makes it easy to swivel so the front or back seat can see it.

I been playing with my new Lowrance in the Garage and I love it and not even been on the water yet lol. It's a little hard to get used to even after watching all the youtube vids but I am learning. I will learn alot when I get it on the lake I can't wait. I just have to save some cash to get the hot spots map now. ? Are the hot spots maps really that god and do I need to get the Premium instead of the Platnum one?

You can't use the premium maps on this unit (per Lowrance). Don't waste your money. Download the Navionics app for $10 to your phone if you want the same map features for a 1ft contour interval and updated mapping. It's just on your phone vs your chartplotter. Stinks.....but this is what I was told by Lowrance (not working on Elite 5dsi).