Installing the Lowrance HDS 5

Got you covered.
Here is the link to your owners manual.
Hope this helps.
-Steve
http://www.lowrance.com/Root/Lowrance-Documents/CA/HDS-5-7-5M-7M_OM_EN_988-10041-001_w.pdf

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.

With your card in your unit follow these steps it should accomplish letting you view your map data.
push MENU twice
Highlight CHART push ENTER
Highlight CHART DATA push ENTER
Highlight LOWRANCE push ENTER.
You will note there is an option for Lowrance and Navionics, if you select Navionics you will see a distinct difference in the way the base map displays on your unit.
Hope this helps.

Water depth should show automatically on your sonar page.
if it does not then either you have selected "stop sonar" under your sonar options or you have opted to turn off the depth displayou so the numbers don't show up.
if you areally viewing your GPS or split screen sonar/GPS page, sometimes the depth display is not visible on these pages unless you specifically instruct the unit to display it.
Lowrance HDS 5 Gen2 Fishfinder GPS Chartplotter
Here is a link to Lowrance where you can download a pic version of the operators manual.
Go to page 11 "overlay data" this will give you a step by step of how to add data or readouts to different screens.

most the time its a bad key pad when unit wont power on and what it cost to repair you can buy another one check the pins in the power cord see if there not broke or bent yes they break take a 12 volt test light see if you have power going to power in the plug that connects to back of unit if you have power . . .bad key pad

My HDS gen 2 touch did this and I decided to open it up since Lowrance wouldn't help (out of warranty 2yr). The ribbon cable from the motherboard to the display came loose. Connected it back up and now I'm in business

look under support

http://www.lowrance.com/Products/Marine/HDS-High-Definition-System/HDS-5-FishfinderGPS-Chartplotter/

You can download the user manual for this unit from this links.

http://www.lowrance.com/Downloads/Manuals/

http://safemanuals.com/user-guide-instructions-owner-manual/LOWRANCE/HDS-5-_E

http://www.retrevo.com/support/Lowrance-HDS-5-GPS-manual/id/23603ag817/t/2/

You may just need to update the softwear on the GPS, you can download it directly from Lowrance.com along with instructions on how to install it.

You need to wait for a fix from Lowrance on the HDS units. Supposedly, a new software update is planned for May 15th 2009 to address this.