Does the Elite 5 hdi show boat speed?
332233
The Elite 5 needs the additional speed wheel and temperature sensor to show boat speed. The optional unit is well worth the price. The Elite 5 will show water temperature and boat speed after the accessory unit is hooked up. The Elite 5 comes with a y harness to plug the speed wheel unit into. A simple plug and play.
332234
No, only surface temp. For speed you need to add a paddle wheel sensor from Lowrance.
785447
No...but you can hook up a simple device to give you speed and distance. It isn't exactly easy, but I got it set up and it was accurate.
482779
The transducer that came with my Humminbird was transom mouted. My boat speed is 25 MPH. No problem for the transducer. I use my Humminbird for deep trolling for Kokanee. The side scanning if phenominal.
1847798
yes. im happy with what i got for the price. it is about 2 mph off of actual speed. the only reason i know this is radar check and factory scan tool reading. but not bad for the price
257903
sometimes mine will still display bottom around 25mph, if the water is super calm and not very deep. but in normal open water, anything over around 12mph is going to disappear.
1312852
I haven't used it alot since the season is over. It will show speed with the GPS as I recall but it is awkward to go through the screens to find it. I couldn't find a way to have a speed box visible on the normal screen. Might figure it out better next summer.
443219
Yes. I would steer you towards a lowerance elite 5 dsi though. Kicking myself for going with this one, no color and the GPS / plotting is very poor compared with the elite 5 I used to have
747514
No it does not show speed. Only water temp. You need to get the speed sensor for it and it plugs right into the back of the unit.
370260
No. It doesn't show miles. It does show fault codes but not like when the shop hooks up the obdi machine. Also it doesn't let you reprogram the ecm which is what I'm guessing you mean about changing road speed.
1315104
No, as it doesn't read the speed limit data as a navigational GPS does. You can just get an alarm for a set speed you choose.
1616588
The Elite-5 DSI does not show the traditional arches most people are familiar with. The down scan imaging (DSI) does show fish and baitfish however. Go to the pages button (top-left-hand button) and push it. Use the arrow buttons to select which screen you want to see. If you want to see fish, select one of the bottom image screens (not the whole screen map). Play with the screens, you will understand when you see. The DSI does a good job showing fish and thermoclines, you do have to learn how to interpret what you are seeing however to be effective. You Tube has some good videos to get you started. Lowrance also has some good videos. The unit works just like the videos. The Elite-5 DSI does not show the traditional arches most people are familiar with. The down scan imaging (DSI) does show fish and baitfish however. Go to the pages button (top-left-hand button) and push it. Use the arrow buttons to select which screen you want to see. If you want to see fish, select one of the bottom image screens (not the whole screen map). Play with the screens, you will understand when you see. The DSI does a good job showing fish and thermoclines, you do have to learn how to interpret what you are seeing however to be effective. You Tube has some good videos to get you... » Read More The Elite-5 DSI does not show the traditional arches most people are familiar with. The down scan imaging (DSI) does show fish and baitfish however. Go to the pages button (top-left-hand button) and push it. Use the arrow buttons to select which screen you want to see. If you want to see fish, select one of the bottom image screens (not the whole screen map). Play with the screens, you will understand when you see. The DSI does a good job showing fish and thermoclines, you do have to learn how to interpret what you are seeing however to be effective. You Tube has some good videos to get you started. Lowrance also has some good videos. The unit works just like the videos. « Show Less
1312854
Yes it does tell you your speed by gps. Its not a very good map on the gps like it doesnt show a very accurate lake map but it does show you bottom depth, water temp, and speed.
357215
You can have it show speed (mph) instead of pace (min/lap distance). There's an option in the setup menu.
546152
hi! I'm fairly certain the elite has extra gadget options (you can hook up a heart rate monitor to the elite) and tracks more via the gps. Like altitude, etc. Check there to find the differences.
1752774
If you have the GPS module plugged in, it records speed. can be incriminating, so i opt'd to not get the GPS module as i have in-dash gps with all that stuff
752112
I do not have the lowrence Elite 5m, since I returned it because it would not display AIS information. I bought the Lowrence HDS 5M as a replacement. My helm is about 10' aft of my Nav table, so I used a 6 conducter twisted pair cable from the chart plotter at the helm to the Nav table. One pair was to power, one pair to Nmea out and one pair to nmea in.
2215116
Yes it always updates speed readings quickly even at WOT but I haven't checked it against another gps for accuracy.