20 Most Recent Lowrance Elite 5 Color SonarGPS Combo - Page 9 Questions & Answers

GPS uses satellites to determine position and altitude. Depending on where you are, above or below sea level, it may say you are flying in the air or a few hundred feet below the water. YOU have to determine what your mean altitude is by knowing what the local altitude is above or below sea level. If you were in Denver, Colorado, it would tell you that the boat was about 5,341 feet up in the air. In Death valley you would be below the water because it is below sea level, -272 feet.

Yes, but you may have to send it back to Lowrance to be fixed and that could cost a couple of hundred dollars. I have Humminbirds on my boat and the smaller 997C Si screen was scatched, but not badly. I actually tried the same remody on it that I have in the past for scratched cd's and DVD's.There is a car wax like polish that you can get for scratched CD's and DVD's that you rub on much like car wax, once it dries it hazes over and then you come back over it with a microfiber towel or paper towel to polish it out. in my case it worked well enough to where the scratch is not that apparent any longer. It is still there but the compound sort of filled in the scratch enough to where it doesnt defrag the pixels on my screen. I can live with it considering the alternative is a couple of bills out of my pocket and the CD scratch compound was like $20.I have a buddy that shattered his screen on the lowrance, he sent it in and for a like $260.00 they sent him a replacement unit and took his old unit as trade in.In short it can be fixed, I would not attempt to have anyone other than Lowrance do it if its bad though as it can void the warranty.

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You can download and print the instruction manuals in PDF format by clicking these links:

Lowrance LMS-525CDF

Lowrance Global Map 7200C

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The updates for your Lowrance LCX16 are installed through the MMC card slot. You should have two slots, one for the operational chip and one for the maps chip. The updates are copied to the maps chip and installed to the ops chip. There are updates available, but as you will no doubt see, Lowrance's website is down for some reason and you will have to wait in order to download the newest updates. Once you have downloaded the new updates, let me know and I will walk you through the update process.

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Check your battery voltage. The battery may need to be charged.