FF525 User Manual - Standard Horizon
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1. 1 8 When setto 1 the Surface Noise is attenuated from surface down to adepth of 5 Ft increasing the Surface Noise increases the depth in which the Surface Noise is attenuated as well as the attenuation level increases when the preset is set to 8 the attenuation is maximum and is applied from surface level down to a depth of 255 Ft as shown in the Surface Noise Filter Table reported below SURFACE NOISE FILTER DEPTH Preset Depth Ft Figure 4 6 2 Surface Noise Filter Depth table 4 7 DISPLAY SETUP Allows the Fish Finder s display page appearance to be changed I HI PRESETS Cruise FREQUENCY 50 KHz GAIN MODE Manual RANGE MENU INTERF REJECT OF SENSITIVITY MENU ALAR Helms Kiaat LOAD SCROLLING SPEED SAVE WHITE LINE REST FISH SYMBOLS FISH F 4 SCOPE WATER TEMPERATURE Primary Figure 4 7 Display Setup menu 4 7 0 Color Settings Page 24 STANDARD HORIZON Allows you to change the color of the Fish Finder display from Blue default White Black Gray scale Figure 4 7 0 White and Blue background examples 4 7 1 Scrolling Speed Controls the rate the Fish Finder scrolls and updates the Fish Finder display 4 7 2 White Line Controls how the bottom type hard or soft is shown on the display When the White Line is Off the bottom return will display as red When the White Line is On it can be used to determine bottom hardness NOTE The White Line option is not available in the 50 amp 200 kHz2. FF525 Fish Finder Green NMEA Common Blue Port Input Brown Port1 Output Gra Port2 Input White Port2 Output Yellow Port3 Output Note Gray and White wires should not be connected to other devices when the FF525 is connected 2 2 CPV350 Switch Ed BATTERY U WW Accessory cable FF525 Fish Finder Red Black Green NMEA Common Blue Port1 Input Brown Port1 Output Gray Port2 Input White Port Output ae EE D ET iad ray an ite wires should not be connecte Yellow Pot Output to other devices when the FF525 is connected CP and FF525 Operation Manual Page 9 2 3 CP500 CP590 Switch ek Fuse E E CGPS ANT CWR amp ACC TX ACC2 CVIDEOOUD VIDEOIN1 VIDEOINZ2 6 d KS Note SW The Tee cable is supplied with the FF525 If the FF525 is not connected plug the Accessory cable directly into the PWR ACC 1 O connector FF525 Fish Finder Red PWR ACC 1 Cable Green NMEA Common Blue Port Input Brown Port1 Output Gra Port2 Input White Port2 Output Note Gray and White wires should not be connected Yellow Port3 Output to other devices when the FF525 is connected 2 4 CPV550 Switch EA EI BATTERY VIDEO 1 e Accessory cable VIDEO 2 FF525 Fish Finder Red no connection Black no connection Green NMEA Common Blue Port1 Input Brown Port1 Output Gray Port2 Input White Port Output Note mad Gray and
3. FREQUENCY GAIN MODE RANGE MENU INTERF REJECT SENSITIVITY MENU DISPLAY SETUP TRANSDUCER SETUP ALARMS LOAD SETTINGS FROM USER C CARD SAVE SETTINGS TO USER C CARD RESTORE CURRENT PRESET DEFAULTS FISH FINDER COLOR MENU for Main Menu Figure 4 0 Fish Finder Color menu 4 1 PRESETS To simplfy menu selections the FF525 has two presets that can be easily selected for Fishing or Cruising CP and FF525 Operation Manual Page 19 CRUISE Gain FREQUENCY Range mode GAIN MODE RANGE MENU INTERF REJECT SENSITIVITY MENU DISPLAY SETUP Ss TRANSDUCER SETUP Noise level ALARMS Scrolling Speed LOAD SETTINGS FROM USER C CARD SAVE SETTINGS TO USER C CARD Fish Symbols RESTORE CURRENT PRESET DEFAULTS A Scope EE DAE Surface Declutter Figure 4 1 Presets menu left and table right NOTE For Gain and Gain Offset settings refer to Sensitivity menu see Par 4 3 For Range and Shift settings refer to Range menu see Par 4 4 4 2 FREQUENCY Allows you to choose the frequency among Auto 50 kHz 200 kHz or 50 amp 200 kHz PRESETS FREQUENCY GAIN MODE RANGE MENU INTERF REJECT SENSITIVITY MENU DISPLAY SETUP TRANSDUCER SETUP ALARMS LOAD SETTINGS FROM USER C CARD SAVE SETTINGS TO USER C CARD RESTORE CURRENT PRESET DEFAULTS FISH FINDER COLOR 16colors MENU for Main Menu Figure 4 2 Frequency menu 4 3 GAIN MODE PRESETS FREQUENCY SAK MODE Manual RANGE
4. AoE AE ARE ee EEN EE 25 4 7 5 Water Temperature ss ENE Ee Ee Ges DE GE EER GR IG OE KERE 25 4 8 TRANSDUCER SET TUP tee 26 480 Ee AA KO ER OE N N EE EE EE 26 4 8 1 Calibrate Water Speed AAA 26 4 82 Calibrate Water Temp ss ese see ee ee EE ER RA ee ee de ee 26 4 8 3 Calibrate Aux Temp se sae En se ea ee dv Ge ei DE 26 4 8 4 Set Defaults EN RE EE EE EE EE VER 26 ad E N EE OE EL OE EE IN 26 490 ere eegen ar 491 Deep Watel MO EE EE ER EE EN 27 GC N AE EE EE EE EE EN N N eA 27 4 9 3 Temperature Upper ies ode ORR RE Re ie n si dn RE Re enne 27 4 9 4 Temperature Lower ss is EER eie Re SR SG ES N Re Ne ei ee Ee 27 4 9 5 Temperature Rate RE EE EE OE OE EE 27 4 10 SAVE SETTINGS TO USER C CARD essens Ene sen sd nee dee ee n Ge ee ee ar 4 11 LOAD SETTINGS FROM USER C CARD ressdeocsnstetecbenctetntcedeceesnenctedeecsaiantses 28 4 12 RESTORE CURRENT PRESET DEFAULTS sesse esse nde n ese de Bees 28 5 OPERATION TIPS ege 29 Iden E 32 Page 6 STANDARD HORIZON 1 INTRODUCTION This manual provides basic information in becoming familiar with the advanced functions of the FF525 before you start using it combined with the STANDARD HORIZON GPS Chart Plotters 1 0 CONVENTIONS USED Please refer to the legend below MENU If you see brackets around a bold and capital letter word this refers to a key press CHART If you see brackets around a bold and small capital letter word this refers to a Soft Key press GENERAL SETUP When a
5. and press ENT Press CoNrinv on the CP300 CP300i CP390i CPV350 CP500 CP590 and CPV550 or on the CP180 CP180i and CP190i press ENT Note that this operation set all default settings not only the working defaults 5 3 Can I always leave the Fish Finder in Full Auto Auto Gain and Auto Range mode Yes but note that the full auto mode suits the 90 of the cases however in extreme situations the auto modes mail fail and thus it is necessary to switch to the Manual mode 5 4 What are extreme situations in which auto modes may fail When the bottom is very deep at high boat speed when the bottom is very shallow lt 5Ft when the water is full of materials in suspension with bad sea conditions 5 5 What should I do if the auto modes fail Failure of auto modes can happen for various reasons Hereafter you can find a range of possibilities 5 6 Auto Range fails in very shallow waters displaying a digital depth readout deeper than the actual value What should do This usually happens if the STC is set to LONG or MID and the bottom is shallow or SHORT if the bottom is very shallow causing the Auto Range to hook to the second or third echo from the bottom since in shallow waters the sound bounces more times back and forth the surface to the bottom Try decreasing the STC value to SHORT in shallow waters or to switch it to VERY SHORT or OFF CP and FF525 Operation Manual Page 29 5 7 Auto Range fails and the digital depth
6. readout displays a very shallow reading What should do This usually happens if the STC is off or is set to a low value causing disturbance from Surface Clutter to be stronger than bottom echoes Try increasing the STC value As general rule STC has to be set as in shallow waters and LONG in depth waters 5 8 Auto Range fails in very deep waters displaying a digital very shallow depth readout What should do The Fish Finder capability to detect the bottom decreases as the bottom depth increase If the bottom composition is soft as mud if the sea conditions are bad if there are thermoclines or the water is full of materials in suspension it can further decrease thus causing the digital depth readout to fail When this happens the Auto Range algorithm also fails To recover from this situation it is necessary to switch to Manual Range mode and to set the Manual Depth mode When Manual Depth mode is selected the algorithm that calculates the digital depth readout searches for the bottom within the range manually selected by the user At this point it is necessary to increase manually the Range until the bottom becomes graphically visible If the echoes from the bottom are strong enough the Fish Finder shall look to the bottom giving acorrect depth reading and shall be possible to return in Auto Range mode Please note that if one or more of the conditions that reduce the echoes from the bottom listed above is true the bottom may be not visible a
7. temperature above the set temperature 4 9 4 Temperature Lower Triggers an alarm when the transducer reports a temperature below the set temperature 4 9 5 Temperature Rate Triggers an alarm when the transducer reports a temperature variation rate above the set temperature 4 10 SAVE SETTINGS TO USER C CARD This option saves the complete set of Fish Finder settings to an optional User C CARD This is useful to avoid the user having to retune up Fish Finder after a RAM Clear operation or a software update CP and FF525 Operation Manual Page 27 PRESETS FREQUENCY GAIN MODE RANGE MENU INTERF REJECT SENSITIVITY MENU DISPLAY SETUP TRANSDUCER SETUP ALARMS LOAD SETTINGS FROM USER C CARD SAVE SETTINGS TO USER C CARD RESTORE CURRENT PRESET DEFAULTS FISH FINDER COLOR 16colors MENU for Main Menu Figure 4 10 C Card Save settings 4 11 LOAD SETTINGS FROM USER C CARD This option loads the complete set of Fish Finder settings from the User C CARD Memory Card that may be used to backup the User Points and Tracks too PRESETS FREQUENCY GAIN MODE RANGE MENU INTERF REJECT SENSITIVITY MENU DISPLAY SETUP TRANSDUCER SETUP ALARMS LOAD SETTINGS FROM USER C CARD SAVE SETTINGS TO USER C CARD RESTORE CURRENT PRESET DEFAULTS FISH FINDER COLOR 16colors MENU for Mam Menu Figure 4 11 C Card Load settings 4 12 RESTORE CURRENT PRESET DEFAULTS This option restores the default values only for the curre
8. the STC needs to be changed is when the display intermittently changes the depth from the correct depth to a very shallow depth Surface clutter ZEE Figure4 6 1 STC Surface Clutter The STC can be changed from Short Mid Long and Custom STC Length This is the depth range which the STC operates In custom mode it can be varied from OFt to 1000Ft 60Ft or 255Ft on previous software versions In preset mode its value is reported in the following table STC Strength Itis the starting attenuation value of the STC It acts by attenuating the Gain of the given percentage value In custom mode it can be varied from 0 to 100 The STC effect is maximum near the surface to mitigate the Surface Clutter and it progressively diminishes to 0 at the selected STC depth Preset values table MID He le STC Depth Ft 60 209 STC Length 30 57 Figure 4 6 1a STC Preset values table When in shallow water and the Fish Finder display is showing a bottom or digital readout deeper than the actual depth this situation may occur if STC is set to LONG or MID when the bottom is shallow This issue may be resolved by adjusting the STC value to SHORT or even to OFF in very shallow waters CP and FF525 Operation Manual Page 23 When in DEEP WATER the Fish Finder display is showing a very shallow bottom or digital readout this may happen because in conditions of strong Surface Clutter the Fish Finder may erroneously look on to the Sur
9. the user to zoom into the 200kHz or 50kHz Fish Finder display to show detail of the area selected by the VDM Variable Depth Marker Referring to Figure 4 2 2 the left display shows the zoomed display and the right display shown the unzoomed display To select the area to be zoomed in move the ShuttlePoint knob Up or Down which moves the VDM line To zoom In or Out press ZOOM IN or ZOOM OUT or on the CPV350 and CPV550 press ZOOM and rotate the channel knob The zoom ranges are 2x and 4x the normal Fish Finder display Figure 3 2 2 Zoom Full Page 3 2 3 200 kHz and 50 kHz Fish Chart Pages Selects the display to show the Chart page on the left half of the screen and the Fish Finder on the right half of the screen 200kHz or 50 kHz Fish Finder can be selected on the right half of the display Farge Waar Figure 3 2 3 Fish Chart Page With the focus on the Chart page the cursor may be moved and all chart menus can be selected When focus is on the Fish Finder window the Variable Range Marker can be moved to see the depths of targets and Fish Finder menus can be accessed 3 2 3 0 Focus on FISH CHART Page When the Fish Chart Page has been selected use FIND to place the focus on the Chart page or on the Fish Finder window For CP300 CP300i CP390i CPV350 CP500 CP590 CPV550 1 Select the 50kHz or 200kKHz Fish Chart page 2 Press one of the Soft Keys under the display Page 16 STANDARD HORIZON 3 Press Focus to s
10. Aux Tempo RE SEE EERS See 26 Calibrate Water Speed AAA 26 Calibrate Water Temp ANA 26 CAUTION ME EE EE ER 4 Chart page EA EE N 16 17 Chart Plotter models SEER RSSE RER 7 Chart Fish page EE ER 16 17 ONO Bar RE EE EE A 13 Color Settings aa Ee RE cee 25 ESCH LE 7 GPS se EE 4 8 16 17 18 29 OP N 4 17 18 29 GP WOO EE 4 8 17 18 29 Be MO RE 4 9 29 GPS sets ENE ERG PG GE ds 4 29 CP ee EE EE e 4 9 17 18 29 OP SOO se sed ee iN N ee ie 4 10 29 El eege EE 4 10 15 29 GEVESO eed GE ERG EE eg 4 9 29 DEn EE e 4 10 29 CSS ME EE N N Ee 19 29 Customizing the Soft Keys ENEE 18 D Deep Alarm Bale EEN EE 13 DEEP WATER uses asses pde se ee ske es Ee 12 Deep Water ER GE Ee ED Ee 27 default settings ss RES RE EE 29 default values es ee ee ee ee ee ee 28 29 Depth RAM EE 21 29 Digital Debt EE DEE EE Ee 13 Display Setup MOM iss EE EE Ee ER GE eege 24 BEE RR MA N ON 13 DST52 ME ER 13 DST523 EE OR EE 13 Bek ER HR OE N 13 Besk ME EE EE 13 DN AE EE OE EE EN 13 BET us ME EA e 13 Page 32 E e RE N EE AE N N 25 F factory settings E 26 FOG E E 4 FIND EE EE EE 16 ER N EE 14 27 29 Fish Finder display 2 12 14 Fish Finder page ss ee Se SEE Re ER 12 Fish Finder WINDOW eis ese EE GE EE 12 Ede MEE DO EE N 25 Fish Symbol KA EE 25 e Lal e Ad RE 16 FISNINO N EO N EE EE 19 FOCUS ei Ee ee ee ee ee Ge be EG 16 17 ee DEE 16 17 Full Display ss ER ER eN BE GE ER RE NE 15 Full Display pages attest ee GERED DE EE EE 15
11. E EE N e 15 3 2 1 200 kHz Full 50 kHz Full and 50 amp 200kHz Display Pages 15 32 2 200 KHZ and 50 KAZ ZOOM FAQES st EE EE Ee RE Ene Ee ee 16 32 3 200 kl and 50 kHz Fi Eh Eharn Pages ss Ee NESER ese ds EDE RE 16 32 0 0 FOCUS on FISEUGHART PAJE ss ssises asse EE SES GE ees Res eed 16 3 2 4 Radar Pages except CP180 CP180i CP190 eseese 17 3 2 4 0 FISH RADAR CHART Page ss sa see Es ens REEKS Sas 17 3 2 4 1 RADAR COMBO Page iseer sesse kens kes ob ee Se DE eek Es EE t7 32A 2 FOCUS SON EE Ke d 3 SOFT KEY OPERATION except CP180 CP180I CP190 e ese sees esse ee 18 3 3 1 Customizing the Soft Keys ii Re ER NG EE Re EN Ede 18 4 FISH FINDER SETUP MENU ie esssaR see soes egenen Eeer 19 40 FISH FINDER COLOR E 19 4 1 PRES EI E 19 A2 PREQUENGY EE 20 43 GAIN E NE EE OR EE ER OE AL 20 430 Avto OOS RR EE EE OE NE EE AE NN 21 4 3 1 Manual Mode si EDE EES EE Re n on EE EE N ee ER Ee 21 44 RANGE E EE 21 4 4 0 Range Mode issie ei bee We ee Re ek Di EG GR dd ee ee od 21 AA DoD RE EE EA EE ER EN 21 AE ER AE EE AE N EE DI EE ELS 21 AS INTERFERENCE EE e RTR WEE 22 46 SENSITVITY MENU esse ees stu RE SEE bee De ee Re ede ee ee E 22 BE ROER ER OE AE EE EL RE EE N OE EN 22 4 6 1 STC Sensitivity Time Control kk 23 4 6 2 Surface Noise E 24 e GE EE EN E TEE 24 CP and FF525 Operation Manual Page 5 47 6 CONOR ES ie ee sees eN DER Ge de E 25 Geen Scrolling DEE RE 25 4 7 2 White Line EEN EE ET NE ED N EE 25 A FS ee EE 25 AA
12. G GA EE OO S 22 29 Gain Mode men ses ese ERGE ge EE 20 GPS Chart Plotter aceite ie KERE REK 4 H HIGH WATER El 12 l ICON AE N EN EK 25 Interference Rejection ee 22 K Keel Offset AAN N IE 26 L legend REDE EL RE OE OE 7 LOW WATER TEMP esse sesde ees eg 12 M E We A de EE N ER iE 15 Manual Mode ie ei ge Ie ee 21 Memory tal es EE OER ED EG 28 N NO DATA EE EE N ER 12 O optimal operating parameters iss 29 P Page ele Ges BEES EE EG EG 15 Power supply ESEG RS WER ee Gee EE 7 Preset modes ss ae eo OE EE GE 29 STANDARD HORIZON Preset values table 23 PrOSEtS oe ER EE N 19 R El AR N N OE N N 29 Eie de RE N OE EE EE 13 Range OP RE N EE N 21 Kee e 21 S Scrolling Speed EER RE SEER GRADE 25 SD Card Load settings ERGE SEA 28 SD Card Restore settings E 28 SD Card Save settings NEEN 27 selection by Soft Keys ENEE 18 ere da OE N 22 Sensitivity Time Control 23 Set East 26 Shallow Alarm E 13 SHALLOW WATER ie ses das ES eds sede 12 Shallow Water ase GESOG EE es Ge se 27 SA aa EE N Oe 21 od AR eedeeges 7 16 17 18 SS ER RT OR 23 29 SE 14 Surface Cutter 14 30 Surface Noise Filter ees ERGE GEK ERG Ee 24 CP and FF525 Operation Manual T UE ua 27 Temperature Lower ee ee 27 Temperature Rate a ir 27 temperature SENSOM sesss ESE RAN Ee Ee 25 Temperature Upper ee 27 Thermocline AA N RE EE EN 14 transducer EE EE N RE ea 26 Transducer Setup menu 26 Transmit Frequency ie
13. MENU INTERF REJECT SENSITIVITY MENU DISPLAY SETUP TRANSDUCER SETUP ALARMS LOAD SETTINGS FROM USER C CARD SAVE SETTINGS TO USER CARD RESTORE CURRENT PRESET DEFAULTS FISH FINDER COLOR 18colors MENU for Main Menu Figure 4 3 Gain Mode menu Page 20 STANDARD HORIZON 4 3 0 Auto Mode Allows the Fish Finder to automatically adjust receiver Gain depending on water depth 4 3 1 Manual Mode Allows the user to change the Gain manually to fine tune the FF525 s receiver 4 4 RANGE MENU PRESETS FREQUENCY Auto Range Bottom Lock LOAD SETTINGS FROM USER C CARD SAVE SETTINGS TO USER C CARD RESTORE CURRENT PRESET DEFAULTS FISH FINDER COLOR 16eolars MENU for Maan Menu Figure 4 4 Range menu 4 4 0 Range Mode Selects among Manual Auto Range and Bottom Lock Manual Mode Used to set the depth Range from the surface the Fish Finder display will show Auto Range The Fish Finder automatically determines the Range to keep the bottom visible in the lower bottom of the screen In this mode Shift is always set to 0 Bottom Lock The Bottom Lock function keeps the screen display locked onto acertain Range around the bottom Let s say the bottom is 400Ft and the Bottom Lock Range is set to display 30Ft around the bottom the screen instead of displaying from OFt to e g 450Ft will display only a Range of 30Ft around the bottom e g from 380Ft to 41 OF 4 4 1 Depth Moves the display from showing t
14. SE GER ES 13 V Variable Depth Marker neccen 13 VDM ER EE N 13 W WARNING esse ee GE NG ee go Eg 4 Warning Message n e eener 12 Water Speed EE ee ES RED ee tenant 26 Wale Tempe Eat REEDE REG RA GAN 26 WATER TEMP RATE sestien ss Si Bee ek bk ee 12 Water Temperature sesse esse EE 13 25 White Line asse ss ed dee Ee ek GE eg ie 14 25 Z ZOOM Es EES BE SR Ee ee Ge EE geed 16 Zoom Full page ER EE EN IE 16 Page 33 PLEASE NOTE United States To receive warranty service the purchaser must deliver the Product transportation and Insurance prepaid to STANDARD HORIZON Marine Division of YAESU MUSEN Attention Factory Service 6125 Phyllis Drive Cypress CA 90630 include proof of purchase indicating model serial number and date of purchase This warranty only extends to Products sold within the 50 States of the United Stated of America and the District of Columbia Europe Contact details for warranty in Europe are available from the dealer in your country or from www standardhorizon co uk where details of warranty terms and contact details for Europe can be obtained For Limited Warranty details outside United States and Europe contact the dealer in your country STANDARD HORIZON LIMITED WARRANTY STANDARD HORIZON the Marine Division of YAESU MUSEN warrants to the original purchaser only each new Marine Product Product manufactured and or supplied by STANDARD HORIZON against defects in materials and workmanship under
15. STANDARD HORIZON FF525 50 200kHz BLACK BOX FISH FINDER STANDARD HORIZON FFI2ZS Dual Frequency Fish Finder Operation Manual for This guide relates to the following GPS CHART PLOTTERS CP180 CP180i CP190i CP300 CP300i CPV350 CP390i CP500 CP590 and CPV550 For older GPS Chart Plotters the manual is available for download at www standardhorizon com or by contacting Marine Product Support at 800 767 2450 ext 6800 HC FCC Compliance Statement This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC limits for Class A digital devices This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed or used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference with radio communications There is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular instance If this equipment does cause harmful interference to other equipment try to correct the problem by relocating the equipment Consult an authorized STANDARD HORIZON dealer or other qualified service technician if the problem cannot be corrected Operation is subject to the following conditions 1 This device cannot cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation CAUTION The FF525 contains dangerous high voltage circuits which only experienced technicians can handle STANDARD HORIZON will not be liable for errors contained
16. When the Gain Mode option is set to Auto the receivers Gain cannot be changed When the Gain Mode option is set to Manual the Gain can be manually adjusted When switching from Automatic to Manual Mode the Gain Offset value is copied into the Manual Gain setting of the receiver Page 22 STANDARD HORIZON 4 6 1 STC Sensitivity Time Control The STC function attenuates echos from surface down to the specified STC depth by changing the sensitivity of the receiver decreasing it near the surface and gradually increasing it as the depth increases STC impacts bottom finding so it can be particularly useful to track a rocky sea bottom distinguishing it from mud in suspension over it For example when close to rivers outlet to the sea consider to use at same time also Dual Frequency mode and White Line for an easier identification of real sea bottom as well as to solve issues in false bottom detection when in presense of significant surface clutter reading shallow example 3Ft lts default value is SHORT for the 200 kHz frequency and MID for the 50 KHz frequency Such values are good in most conditions However when navigating in very shallow waters itmay be necessary to switch it to OFF while in very deep waters with a lot of Surface Clutter it may be better to increase it to MID or LONG NOTE In some situations it may be necessary to adjust the STC so the sounder can read through the surface noise and show the bottom One indication that
17. White wires should not be connected Yellow Pot Output to other devices when the FF525 is connected Page 10 STANDARD HORIZON 2 5 SOFTWARE SETUP NOTE On software version 16 00 00R or later port 2 of the GPS Chart Plotter has been set to FF525 by default If the software in the GPS Chart Plotter is earlier than 16 00 00R follow the steps below 1 From the Chart page press MENU move the ShuttlePoint knob to highlight SETUP MENU and press ENT 2 Move the ShuttlePoint knob to highlight ADVANCED SETUP and press ENT or move the ShuttlePoint knob to the right 3 Move the ShuttlePoint knob to highlight IN OUT CONNECTIONS and press ENT or move the ShuttlePoint knob to the right 4 Move the ShuttlePoint knob to highlight PORT 2 INPUT and press ENT or move the ShuttlePoint knob to the right 5 Move the ShuttlePoint knob up down to select FISH FINDER and press ENT or move the ShuttlePoint knob to the right 6 Press CLR or move the ShuttlePoint knob to the left until the Chart Page is shown CP and FF525 Operation Manual Page 11 3 OPERATION 3 0 UNDERSTANDING THE FISH FINDER PAGE The display on STANDARD HORIZON GPS Chart Plotters shows a history of time of the echoes received by the transducer The STANDARD HORIZON GPS Chart Plotters have a menu that allows adjustments to receiver sensitivity depth range and scrolling speed of the Fish Finder display Warning message Fish Finder window Digital Depth Water tem
18. anty lasts so the above limitation or exclusions may not apply This warranty provides specific rights there may be other rights available which may vary between countries in Europe or from state to state within the USA
19. d by many things including air bubbles bait fish plankton and algae Structures Generally the term structure is used to identify objects like wrecks and weeds rising from the bottom Bottom Echo Profile Bottom profile recorded by the FF525 When the echo sounder is set in Auto Range mode the bottom is kept in the lower half in the display DISPLAYING THE FISH FINDER PAGE This section explains how to show and customize the selection of the Fish Finder display pages P Press MENU if on the Fish Finder page press MENU two times Page 14 STANDARD HORIZON Figure 3 2 Example of Main Menu on CP590 2 Movethe ShuttlePoint knob to highlight FISH FINDER or RADAR FISH depending on the GPS Chart Plotter and press ENT Figure 3 2a Example of Fish Finder Page Selection menu on CP590 3 Move the ShuttlePoint knob to select the desired display and press ENT The Page options are shown in the following paragraphs 3 2 0 Auto Full Page When this page is selected the FF525 automatically changes the transmit frequency to show depths Automatic switching occurs when depth of water is less than 400Ft 200kHz and greater than 400Ft 50kHZz 3 2 1 200 kHz Full 50 kHz Full and 50 amp 200kHz Display Pages Allows the user to setup the Chart Plotters display to show 200KHz 50kKHz or 200 50 kHz split screen Fish Finder CP and FF525 Operation Manual Page 15 3 2 2 200 kHz and 50 kHz Zoom Pages Allows
20. e display too many Small targets what shall I do to reduce the screen clutter Try increasing the NOISE LEVEL or decreasing the GAIN OFFSET Page 30 STANDARD HORIZON 5 13 In very shallow waters when the Auto Gain mode is selected there are fluctuations in the bottom profile width and its color representation What should do In very shallow waters the environment situation bottom water condition change very quickly thus causing the auto gain algorithm to create oscillations while trying to set optimal GAIN value for each situation To avoid this it is advisable to switch to MANUAL GAIN mode and fine tune the GAIN to a fixed setting 5 14 In very deep waters even setting the GAIN to its maximum value cannot see the bottom what shall do Try decreasing the NOISE LEVEL If still the bottom is not visible there is nothing you can do the bottom echo is simply too weak to be detected 5 15 GPS Chart Plotter shows no data when viewing the Fish Finder page This may be due to the FF525 having an issue To confirm listen to the depth transducer for the transmit pulse If the pulse is not heard the FF525 is defective CP and FF525 Operation Manual Page 31 INDEX A le ea RE EE 13 25 Alarms Menu NET 26 Anchor Alarm sos REED EE Go Di dee 27 PRIUS RE EE E OM EE sean 15 Auto GaN EE 29 Auto ModE AR EE RE N 21 Auto Range iis Ge n 21 29 Aux RE N OE N 26 B Bottom Echo Profile ss ES RE 14 Bottom LOCK SA EE EE N N 21 C Calibrate
21. face Clutter To solve this situation try to increase the STC to LONG or to CUSTOM increasing the STC length and strength When in DEEP WATER the Fish Finder doesn t see the bottom this may happen because the bottom is out of range or is very near to the maximum depth that can be tracked by the Fish Finder In the latter case this may happen if the bottom composition is soft as mud if the sea conditions are bad there are thermoclines or the water is full of suspended materials silt plankton All these factors may affect considerably the performance of the Fish Finder to be able to see the bottom In these cases change the RANGE MODE from AUTO to MANUAL Range and manually adjust the depth range until the bottom echo becomes visible on the Fish Finder display 4 6 2 Surface Noise Filter An automatic filter that attempts to remove Surface Clutter that causes the screen to be filled up with strong return echoes just below the surface It may seem that the same functionality could be achieved using on the STC control however there is main difference between such control in fact the STC control impacts the capability to detect and track the bottom and is not designed to cancel completely the surface noise on the other side the Surface Noise Filter attempts to cancel completely the surface noise but it doesn t affect the capability to detect and track the bottom Filter gradually attenuates surface noises The Surface Noise Filter has 9 settings OFF
22. he bottom to the depth value entered 4 4 2 Shift Shifts the display from the bottom of the transducer to the depth value entered Example Your vessel is in about 57FT of water however there is fish suspended in 35FT of water You want to display to 10FT area around the fish Shift would be set to 30FT and Depth would be set to 40FT shown in the following example CP and FF525 Operation Manual Page 21 Top of display shift 30Ft Bottom of display Depth 40Ft Figure 4 4 2 Example of Depth and Shift 4 5 INTERFERENCE REJ ECTION Turns On or Off a filter to remove noise from other Fish Finder or Depth Sounders PRESETS FREQUENCY GAIN MODE RANGE MENU INTERF REJECT SENSITIVITY MENU DISPLAY SETUP TRANSDUCER SETUP ALARMS LOAD SETTINGS FROM USER C CARD SAVE SETTINGS TO USER C CARD RESTORE CURRENT PRESET DEFAULTS FISH FINDER COLOR 16colors MENU for Main Menu Figure 4 5 Interference Rejection menu 4 6 SENSITIVITY MENU All settings in the Sensitivity menu are related to the selected Fish Finder transmit frequency 50 or 200kHZz STC Off SURF NOISE FILT Of Figure 4 6 Sensitivity menu 4 6 0 Gain Allows youtocontrolthe Sensitivity ofthe unit s receiver from Oto 100 Tosee moredetail increase the receiver Sensitivity by selecting a higher Gain percentage If there is too much detail or if the screen is cluttered lowering the Sensitivity may increase the clarity of the display NOTE
23. herein or for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the performance or use of this material Because we frequently update our software and applications the pictures shown through this Owner s Manual may be slightly different from what you see WARNING When plugging in or unplugging a transducer to the FF525 make sure power is turned off WARNING This Owner Manual is for GPS Chart Plotters with software version 16 50 and later Copyright 2012 YAESU MUSEN CO LTD All rights reserved Printed in Italy No portion of this manual may be reproduced without the permission of YAESU MUSEN CO LTD CODE Operation Manual Issue C 100212e TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION ER N N EE EE 7 t0 GONMVEMNTIONE USED ss ees soes ooi oes ee ee Ie ener ees ER 7 1 1 CHARI Ee RE 7 1 2 GENERAL INEORMATION iese besetene ses oe ie es ie one boe Rose ede es ee re 7 Product Eelere dee es ies GES EG EG n oe ee Re Ge n 7 2 CONNECTING THE FF525 EE 8 CA Oe ka IA e E 8 2 1 EE eege 9 AN EE OE OK N ER EE N OE IE 9 23 EPOSSE RE Es EER RR en n ee NE De 10 24 EPMEEE esels ER ee De EG oe ER ae eN ee eee De 10 26 OOFDMAE EP us es se ne Ee ee ee EG GE ES 11 3 OPERATION ER RE EE 12 30 UNDERSTANDING THE FISH FINDER PAGE issues sesse Rek Si ede ee Wee KAR Ee ee 12 3 1 UNDERSTANDING THE FISH FINDER DISPLAY iss Se kes Seks We EE se NE 14 3 2 DISPLAYING THE FISH FINDER PAGE ees Es see ed Ee ee Bees Eg eb 14 320 AWO FU PAJE EE O
24. hoes strength The color on the top of the bar FF525 represents the maximum echo strength while the color on the bottom of the bar represents the minimum echo strength NOTE Color Bar is displayed only if the Fish Finder is in 16 Color not 256 Color mode Refer to Par 4 0 FISH FINDER COLOR to change the color CP and FF525 Operation Manual Page 13 LA OOPS 3 2 UNDERSTANDING THE FISH FINDER DISPLAY Fish Thermocline White Line Surface Clutter Structures Bottom Echo Profile Figure 3 1 The Fish Finder display Fish Fish are usually represented by small dots on the display when using 200KHz and by arches when using 50kHz Thermocline Are the zones where two layers of different water temperatures meet The greater the temperature differential the denser the thermocline shows on the screen Thermo clines are represented as horizontal stripes of noise They are very important for fishing since often many species of game fish like to Suspend in just above or just below the thermoclines White Line The White Line shows the difference between hard soft bottoms and even distinguish es between fishes and structures located near the bottom In this way it is easier to tell the difference between a hard and soft bottom and even to distinguish fishes and structures located nearby the bottom Surface Clutter Appears like noise at the top of the screen extending many feet below the surface It s cause
25. how the Focus popup window 4 Select Chart or Fish Finder using the ShuttlePoint knob and press ENT Figure 3 2 3 0 Example of Chart Fish page with Focus shown on CP390i 3 2 4 Radar Pages excerpt CP180 CP180i CP190i 3 2 4 0 FISH RADAR CHART Page Selects the Chart Plotters display to show the Chart the Fish Finder and the Radar Page on the screen Figure 3 2 4 0 Fish Radar Chart Page on CP390i 3 2 4 1 RADAR COMBO Page Selects the Chart Plotters display to show the Chart the Fish Finder the Radar and the Higway Page on the screen Ed E Figure 3 2 4 1 Radar Combo Page on CP390i 3 2 4 2 Focus Soft Key When the Fish Radar Chart Page or the Combo Page has been selected the active window is highlighted a red boarder around the window The keyboard commands are related to that focused view To move the focus to a different window follow the procedure 1 Press any Soft Key The Soft Key labels appear on the bottom of the screen 2 Press Focus A popup window appears where the active focus window label is highlighted CP and FF525 Operation Manual Page 17 Gam EE EE HIGH As FISH FINDER Le ME Figure 3 2 4 2 Example of Combo Page with Focus shown on CP390i 3 Move the ShuttlePoint knob to highlight the desired window and press ENT The red boarder is moved to the focused window 3 3 SOFT KEY OPERATION except CP180 CP180i CP190i 1 Press any of the Soft Keys to show the key descript
26. ions then press the 200kHz Soft Key if it has been customized for detail see the next paragraph Figure 3 3 Example of Fish Finder page selection Ge Soft EE on CP390i 3 3 1 Customizing the Soft Keys To customize a Soft Key from Chart Page 1 Press any of the Soft Keys 2 Press and hold the Soft Key you want to customize The following menu appears Did 12 49 Al NMEA DISPLAY NMEA DATA 35 00 DEFTH TREND da WEND SPEED TREND m TEMP TREND _ BAG TREND C MARESAVAYPOINTS Se i oe USER C CARD Da ALS LIST FISH FINDER 51 kHz FISH FINDER 210KHz FISH FINDER OD z Yk FISH FINDER SUKHeICHART M FISH FINDER 200kR2fCH ART RADAR FULL RADARICHAR T Figure 3 3 1 Customizing Soft Keys on CP390i 3 Move the ShuttlePoint knob to the desired Fish Finder page and press ENT Page 18 STANDARD HORIZON 4 FISH FINDER SETUP MENU This section explains how to show the Fish Finder Setup menu and describe the Fish Finder Setup menu sub options 1 From the Full Fish Finder page press MENU The following menu appears FREQUENCY 20 KHz GAIN MODE Manual RANGE MENU INTERF REJECT SENSITIVITY MENU DISPLAY SETUP TRANSDUCER SETUP ALARMS LOAD SETTINGS FROM USER C CARD SAVE SETTINGS TO USER C CARD RESTORE CURRENT PRESET DEFAULTS FISH FINDER COLOR 256colors MENU for Main Menu Figure 4 Fish Finder Setup menu 4 0 FISH FINDER COLOR Allows you to choose the Fish Finder color between 16 and 256 colors PRESETS
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29. nt presets See Par 5 0 Preset and does not affect the other presets PRESETS FREQUENCY GAIN MODE RANGE MENU INTERF REJECT SENSITIVITY MENU DISPLAY SETUP TRANSDUCER SETUP ALARMS LOAD SETTINGS FROM USER C CARD SAVE SETTINGS TO USER C CARD RESTORE CURRENT PRESET DEFAULTS FISH FINDER COLOR 16colors for Main Menu Figure 4 12 C Card Restore settings Page 28 STANDARD HORIZON D OPERATION TIPS 5 0 How can I set optimal operating parameters Optimal operating parameters can be set accordingly with the intended use of the Fish Finder to quickly get optimal operational parameters for fishing it is may be best to select the FISH preset from the Fish Finder Setup menu while for cruising itis may be best to select the CRUISE preset 5 1 What are preset modes Preset modes are pre defined settings of the Fish Finder operating parameters Youcan use them to quickly set the Fish Finder in the most commonly used operating modes These are CRUISE sets Fish Finder in full auto mode with the sensitivity settings GAIN OFFSET NOISE level and STC optimized for displaying the bottom while underway FISH setsthe Fish Finder in full auto mode with the sensitivity setting optimized for fish finding 5 2 How can restore the Fish Finder to factory default settings While the Fish Finder page is shown press MENU and move the ShuttlePoint knob to Transducer Setup and press ENT Move the ShuttlePoint knob to Set Defaults
30. page 4 7 3 Fish Symbols Controls the graphical representation of underwater suspended targets Echo shown as arches echoes Icon Echo shown as arches with the Fish icon Icon Echo Depth shown as arches with the Fish icon and relative depth values Echo Depth shown depth values Icon shown as Fish icons without the arches Icon Depth shown as Fish icons and their relative depth values shown accord ingly to currently selected depth unit 4 7 4 A Scope Shows the real time display of the echo from the bottom 4 7 5 Water Temperature Allows selection between a the temperature sensor in the depth transducer or b an external temp sensor connected to the Optional Connection wires 4 8 TRANSDUCER SETUP CP and FF525 Operation Manual Page 25 This menu allows you to calibrate the speed through the water water temperature and the keel prop offset of the transducer FREQUENCY GAIN MODE RANGE MENU INTERF REJECT SENSITIVITY MENU DISPLAY SETUP LOAD RAJN 0 0 Ft SAVE CALIBRATE WATER SPEED REST CALIBRATE WATER TEMP 0 00 F FISH F CALIBRATE AUX TEMP 0 00 E lolors SET DEFAULTS Figure 4 8 Transducer Setup menu 4 8 0 Keel Offset The keel offset can be set to cause the Fish Finder to display an offset depth below the keel or the actual water depth from the surface To setup to show the depth below the keel enter a negative depth value or a positive depth to show offset from the transduce
31. perature Shallow Alarm Bar Range Bar Variable Depth Marker VDM A Scope Deep Alarm Bar Transmit Frequency Color Bar DOO OWOOQOOWO Figure 3 0 The Fish Finder page The following is a brief description of terms listed in the previous Figure 1 Warning Message Flashing label that is turned On when the echo sounder is in Simulation mode The following is the list of the warning messages SHALLOW WATER ALARM DEEP WATER ALARM HIGH WATER TEMP ALARM LOW WATER TEMP ALARM WATER TEMP RATE ALARM FISH SPOT NO DATA problem with connection between CP and Fish Finder Tee Cable 2 Fish Finder window Graphic presentation of sonar soundings recorded as a continuous bottom scrolling across the screen from right to left Such recordings represent the image of the water beneath your boat items appear as they pass under your transducer the items on the right side of the screen are closer to you than those on the left The correct interpretation of the Fish Finder page allows retrieving useful information about what is under the boat Page 12 STANDARD HORIZON 3 Digital Depth Readout of the current bottom depth 4 Water Temperature Readout of the current water temperature returned by the temperature sensor included in DST520 DST521 DST523 DST525 DST526 DST527 DST528A 5 Shallow Alarm Bar Located on the right side of the Range Bar the Shallow Alarm Bar shows the range outside of which the dep
32. rs face to the water surface 4 8 1 Calibrate Water Speed Used to calibrate the Water Speed readings from the transducer Adjustment can be made from 10 to 10 4 8 2 Calibrate Water Temp Used to calibration on the Water Temperature sensor in the transducer 4 8 3 Calibrate Aux Temp Allows the calibration of the Aux Temperature sensor connected to the Optional Connection wires 4 8 4 Set Defaults Restores the factory settings 4 9 ALARMS The Alarms menu allows you to define alarm settings for Shallow Alarm Depth Alarm and Temperature Upper Lower Rate Page 26 STANDARD HORIZON INTERF REJECT SENSITIVITY MENU DISPLAY SETUP TRANSDUCER SETUP SAVE REST DEEP WATER FISH F FISH OT TEMPERATURE UPPER Off TEMPERATURE LOWER Off TEMPERATURE RATE Figure 4 9 Alarms menu To setan Anchor Alarm enter ina shallow water and deep water value above and below your actual anchoring depth The alarm will sound when the depth becomes shallower or deeper than the settings 4 9 0 Shallow Water Triggers an alarm when depth becomes shallower than the set depth 4 9 1 Deep Water Triggers an alarm when depth becomes deeper than the set depth 4 9 2 Fish The Fish Alarm can be set to detect and alert you depending on the size of fish The options are Off Small Medium Big and Huge The alarm sounds if the set size or bigger is detected 4 9 3 Temperature Upper Triggers an alarm when the transducer reports a
33. t all in this situation a strong thermocline or Surface Clutter may be interpreted by the Fish Finder as the bottom 5 9 At a very shallow range upper half of the screen appears almost completely filled by the Surface Clutter How can I eliminate it This is normalin shallow waters To clean up the Surface Clutter without degrading the digital depth readout algorithm functionality there are two modes 1 If Surface Declutter OFF it is possible to set the STC value to custom setting the STC length to the same size of the Surface Clutter and increasing the STC strength until the image on the screen cleans up Please note that in very shallow waters it is usually better to switch to Manual Gain mode to reduce Gain fluctuation due to rapidly changing bottom conditions 2 Using Surface Declutter increase the Surface Declutter value until the Surface Declutter disappears completely 5 10 Why do I never see fishes in the range between 0 to 2Ft The minimum range of the Fish Finder is 2Ft In this interval the Fish Finder can detect neither the bottom nor any target 5 11 How can I reduce the Surface Clutter You can act by properly setting the STC as described at 7 10 and also by increasing the NOISE LEVEL and reducing the GAIN or the GAIN OFFSET if you are in Auto Gain mode However please note that a strong attenuation of Surface Clutter may also reduce the capability to detect targets 5 12 The Fish Finder is in Auto Gain mode but the pictur
34. th measurement will trigger a Shallow Alarm 6 Range Bar Vertical graduated bar located along the right side of the screen It is a scale which reflects the depth of the area being displayed 7 Variable Depth Marker VDM Horizontal line on to the Fish Finder page window with a depth label Move the ShuttlePoint knob Up or Down to change the position of the VDM The label displays the depth of the cursor position The VDM can be moved to any location pinpointing the depth of a target A Scope Real time representation of fish and bottom features passing through the beam of the transducer drawn as column of horizontal lines whose length and hue is proportional to the echo strength returned The color of the echo strength depends on the selected display color When the default palette is selected the strongest sonar returns will be shown as red and weaker returns will be shown blue 9 Deep Alarm Bar Bar located on the left side of the Range Bar showing the portion of the Echogram currently represented in the zoomed window on the left part of the screen It is turned On selecting the Echosounder Split page Transmit Frequency Shows the selected depth transmit frequency As a reference 200kHz selection is normally used to see targets in depth up to 400FT and 50kHz is used in water over 400FT 41 Color Bar Colored scale located on the left side of the screen that shows the colors used in the Fish Finder page to represent the ec
35. word s is in bold capital letters and underlined this refers to a menu selection item 1 1 CHART PLOTTERS Any menu operation and functions activation in this Operation Manual is related to the following Chart Plotter models with software capable to operate with FF525 Whenever itis necessary a note has been inserted for those models with operational differences CP180 CP180i CP190i CP300 CP300i GP390i CPV350 CP500 CP590 CPV550 i GENERAL INFORMATION PRODUCT SUPPORT INQUIRIES If in have any guestions or comments USA customers should contact STANDARD HORIZON on 714 827 7600 or by email marinetech yaesu com UK customers should contact STANDARD HORIZON on 01962 866667 or email marinesales standardhorizon co uk European customers should contact their local dealer or distributor for support CP and FF525 Operation Manual Page 7 2 CONNECTING THE FF525 The FF525 must be properly installed according the following instructions to get the best possible performance For more information on installation please see the FF525 Installation Manual 2 0 CP180 CP1801 CP190i Accessory cable Green NMEA Common Blue Port1 Input Brown Port1 Output Gray Port2 Input White Port2 Output Note N Yellow Port3 Output to cher devices when the FES26 is connected Page 8 STANDARD HORIZON 2 1 CP 300 CP 3001 CP 390i Switch A e e ek Fuse o Ed BATTERY gem Accessory cable
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