Which Wires to Install Lowrance?

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I'm trying to install my Lowrance Elite 5. I know I tap into the two wires on the cigarette lighter. Which wires do I use coming from the GPS? There are two seperate thick sets of wires coming from the GPS. One has a black, yellow, and Red. The other wire has a few more wires
 
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What I ended up doing was just taking the pack of three wires (red,black,yellow) and running it to the cigarette lighter. I only used the black and red wires and left the yellow out. Seems to work fine, but correct me if I need to do more. I don't even know what he yellow wire is for.
 

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Red and black is all you need. The rest of it is for fish finder stuff or powered external antennas.

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following. i have the HDS 5 and have no idea how to wire it!

The HDS is a little different than the elite.
Did you buy an external antenna as well? If so it's a little different, as the antenna needs its own power supply.
 
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