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Furuno CH-300 GPS Receiver User Manual

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5. OPERATOR S MANUAL DUAL FREQUENCY SEARCHLIGHT SONAR mMopDEL CH 300 FURUNO ELECTRIC CO LTD NISHINOMIYA JAPAN FURUNO ELECTRIC CO LTD 9 52 Ashihara cho Nishinomiya 662 8580 JAPAN Telephone 0798 65 2111 Fax 0798 65 4200 All rights reserved Printed in Japan Pub No OME 13250 DAMI CH 300 Elemental Chlorine Free The paper used in thi s nanual is elenental chl ori ne free Your Local Agent Dealer FIRST EDITION APR 2005 APR 19 2005 00015190000 OME13250A10 SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS A WARNING ELECTRICAL SHOCK HAZARD Do not open the equipment Only qualified personnel should work inside the equipment Immediately turn off the power at the switchboard if water leaks into the equipment or something is dropped in the equipment Continued use of the equipment can cause fire or electrical shock Contact a FURUNO agent for service Do not disassemble or modify the equipment Fire electrical shock or serious injury can result Immediately turn off the power at the switchboard if the equipment is emitting smoke or fire Continued use of the equipment can cause fire or electrical shock Contact a FURUNO agent for service Make sure no rain or water splash leaks into the equipment Fire or electrical shock can result if water leaks in the equipment A WARNING Keep heater away from equipment A heater can melt the e
6. 3 8 Event marker deleting from echo sounder display 4 6 deleting from horizontal display 2 12 deleting from vertical scan display 3 9 inscribing from echo sounder display 4 6 inscribing from horizontal display 2 11 inscribing from vertical scan display 3 8 output on off iecore oie raus 5 11 F FAST SCAN key echo sounder mode 4 4 horizontal 2 9 vertical scan mode 3 7 Frequency selection 1 9 FULL HALF key horizontal mode 2 4 vertical scan mode 3 5 Fuse replacement 6 3 G GAINIGCOBIULOL Eri deridet ertet 1 13 Gain setting protection 5 12 H Heading indication 5 11 Horizontal range vertical scan mode 3 13 Horizontal range marker vertical scan 3 9 Horizontal history display 2 30 Horizontal video plotter display 2 31 HORZ Ines 2 22 Hull unit maintenance 6 2 I Interference rejector echo sounder mode 4 9 horizontal 2 17 vert
7. LOAD BACKUP DATA NO YES HEADING OFFSET DRAFT OFFSET 180 180 0 0 60 0 ADJ MOTION SENSOR ROLL ANGLE 10 10 0 PITCH ANGLE 10 10 0 TX FREQ ADJUST FREQ SHIFT L 60 kHz 57 63 60 or 85 kHz 85 95 85 FREQ SHIFT H 153 kHz 147 163 153 or 215 kHz 205 225 215 TEST Checks equipment for proper operation TEST PATTERN Displays series of test patterns DEMO MODE OFF ON DEFAULT NO YES SYSTEM SETTING 1 SYSTEM SETTING 2 POSITION SHIP S L L SHIP S LOP CURSOR L L GAIN SETTING PROTECT OFF ON TRACK OFF ON HORZ HISTORY OFF ON CURRENT DATA OFF FLOW FROM FLOW TO BOR EN ERI ORT HEADING INDICATION TRUE AZ HORZ VERT ZOOM OFF ON NORTH MARK OFF ON HORZ PLOTTER OFF ON CSE DATA NAV GYRO EMPHASIS MODE OFF NORMAL RED NAV BAUDRATE 4800 9600 19200 38400 bps STABILIZER OFF ON NAV DATA GPS LoranC LoranA DR DECCA OTHERS AUTO RETRACTION OFF 5 15kt ON TVG CORRECTION OFF 1 2 1 1 SPEED ALARM MESSAGE OFF ON UNIT ft fa HIRO P B SWEEP INDICATOR DOT LINE TEMP C F DEFAULT SETTING NO YES TARGET L L OFF ON CUSTOM KEY PRESET KEY SHORT CUT KEY ETA MARK OFF 10sec 30sec 1min 3min 6min AP 2 FURUNO CH 300 DUAL FREQUENCY SEARCHLIGHT SONAR CH 300 1 GENERAL 1 4 Display System 10 4 inch color TFT LCD or external monitor 1 2 Transmit Frequency Dual frequency 60 153 kHz or 85
8. bb ibd 5 11 Current tide data 5 10 Cursor data echo sounder 4 5 horizontal 2 10 vertical scan mode 3 7 Custom 5 11 CUSTOM MODE keys preset 5 5 selection of function 5 4 short cut function 5 7 D Default 5 5 21 Demonstration mode 5 20 Depth marker horizontal mode 2 12 Depth marker vertical scan mode 3 9 Diagnos tive dede n ted 6 6 Display modes uice o eu ut dec cade das 1 8 dual 1 1 7 single frequency 1 6 E 5 12 Emphasis 5 11 Error messages 6 5 ES TIU 4 10 EA OP ias 5 11 EVENT key echo sounder mode 4 5 horizontal 2 11 vertical scan mode
9. longitude position t GiER CIMA CSE 357 SPD 9 9 kt 1 Course speed Track Sonar range marker Radius changes with video plotter range Event marker Entered from horizontal mode Event marker Cursor Scale Requires appropriate Event marker data Sensor Track Horizontal Display Video Plotter Display Horizontal Video Plotter display 2 31 2 HORIZONTAL MODE This page intentionally left blank 2 32 3 VERTICAL SCAN MODE 3 1 Operational Overview The figure below shows the typical vertical scan mode operating sequence 6 Set train bearing 8 Set tilt angle 7 a Set scanning sector 5 Set range 1 Turn on the power 11 Adjust menu settings 9 Adjust gain ex TVG as required O O GANPUSH CHANGE MEG CUSTOM MODE DISPLAY MODE 2 Lower the transducer 4 Select appropriate Adjust screen i T 10 M re range and vertical scan mode brilliance 0 Measure rang bearing to target with cursor 7 b Select training sector 180 Control panel 3 1 3 VERTICAL SCAN MODE 3 2 Typical Vertical Scan Mode Display Press the key to show the vertical scan display You can switch between the single frequency vertical scan display and the dual frequency vertical scan display alternately with the key as shown below Single freq Display Dual freq Display Sw
10. aw 3 13 1 Vertical menu description TVG LEVEL Compensates for propagation loss of sound in water The default setting is 4 0 TVG DISTANCE As above Default setting is 4 0 RES COLOR Sets transfer characteristics of input signal level versus display echo level Echo strength is emphasized in order of CUBE SQUARE LINEAR LOG You can see the characteristics of each by watching the color bar as you change the setting Default setting is LOG LOG Displays weak to strong echoes in their respective levels This setting is suitable for general use LINEAR Downplays the weak echoes when compared with LOG Effective for suppressing weak echoes such as plankton SQUARE Strong echoes are emphasized more than in LINEAR CUBE Strong echoes are emphasized even more than in SQUARE CLUTTER Low intensity echoes often caused by sediments in water are painted on the screen as a large number of random dots The higher the number setting the weaker the echoes which are erased 3 12 3 VERTICAL SCAN MODE HORZ SCAN RATE Sets the scan rate 1 2 3 4 for the horizontal display in the horizontal vertical scan combination display For example if the scan for the horizontal display is 4 and the scan rate for the vertical scan display is 2 then for every four scans at the horizontal display two scans are produced at the vertical scan display Raise the figure to give importance to the horizontal display VERT SCAN RATE Sets
11. 1 Press the FULL HALF key A half circle display of 180 is presented 2 Press the FULL HALF key again and a 120 sector display is presented Note Operating the SECTOR control between steps 1 and 2 in the procedure above displays the 180 sector at the next pressing of the FULL HALF key Sector set with SECTOR control Half circle FULL HALF key 0 key 180 A 0 lt How the FULL HALF key works 3 VERTICAL SCAN MODE 3 6 Choosing Sector Center The center direction of the sounding beam in the vertical direction can be changed with the TILT control The setting range is 0 to 180 in increments of 6 Choose the setting which places the sector center in the middle of the detection range Sector center angle set with TILT control In the example display at left the sector center indicator is starboard and the width of the sector is 48 Sector center indicator M Sector of 48 set with SECTOR control Sector center Automatic shifting of own ship position Own ship position on the screen is automatically shifted either rightward or leftward according to the direction of the sector center and display sector width The figure below shows the own ship position has been shifted rightward on the screen to provide the wider view at the port side Sector center 0 to 60 Own ship position shifted to port side Sector center 66 to 114 Own ship position shifted to center Sector center 12
12. Please set language A W Select MENU Enter For Japanese Customer In Japanese Japanese Francais Language selection screen 5 21 5 MENU OPERATION This page intentionally left blank 5 22 6 MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOOTING This chapter provides information necessary for keeping the equipment in good working order WARNING ELECTRICAL SHOCK HAZARD Do not open the equipment Only qualified personnel should work inside the equipment 6 1 Preventive Maintenance Check the following points monthly e Check all cables If damaged replace e Check connectors at rear of each unit Clean if necessary e Check earth of each unit Clean if necessary e Check voltage of ship s mains to be sure it is within the equipment s power rating 6 2 Cleaning the Equipment Dust or dirt can be removed from the equipment with a soft dry cloth Do not use chemical cleaners to clean the equipment they can remove paint and markings The LCD will in time accumulate a coating of dust which tends to dim the picture Wipe LCD lightly with soft cloth to remove dust 6 MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOOTING 6 3 Hull Unit Maintenance 6 3 1 Lubrication Grease the raise lower screw shaft once a year Also grease the raise lower main shaft upper part of the grease cotton retainer twice a year These parts can be accessed by removing the raise lower drive assembly cover 6 3 2 Manually raising lowering tra
13. 34 gt 30 26 gt 30 gt 34 Note The TILT control is inoperative when automatic tilt is active 2 23 2 HORIZONTAL MODE 2 15 Interpreting the Horizontal Display This section provides information necessary for interpreting the horizontal display 2 15 1 How the horizontal mode picture is painted The wide sounding beam is emitted from the soundome at a certain tilt angle see hatched area in the figure below The information target echoes obtained by this beam is displayed in sectors of increments of 12 of the screen Thus all directions around the boat are sounded in 30 times of transmissions Note When the FAST SCAN is switched off the equipment operates in a narrow sounding beam Then the echoes appear on a 6 sector in each transmission so 60 transmissions are required to complete the full 360 picture 6 x 60 360 This means that training speed is slower However since transmission power is concentrated into the narrow sounding beam a superior detection range is obtained Furthermore since the bottom contour is painted distinctly bottom fish may be more easily detected Sounding Beam Screen Display 1 ug Wain 6 When the narrow sounding beam 6 is selected 60 transmissions are required 12 When high speed training is to complete the full circle selected How the horizontal mode picture is painted 2 24 2 HORIZONTAL MODE 2 15 2 Sample displays This section provides
14. 914 2 Ue eddie 3 14 3 14 3 Horizontal vertical scan port starboard Horizontal vertical scan upward downward display csi cents 3 16 ECHO SOUNDER MODE oa Causes auE 4 1 Operauoral OVelVIQW ctun ciet repe aided e aeo Seu n odes e cdidit coats 4 1 4 2 Typical Echo Sounder Display ereina n tinet kn ke rd ta 4 2 4 3 GMOOSING Rc RT E 4 3 EHI INI eue SEU EMT E 4 4 4 5 Ghooslngd a TANGE aia rado idera ese ope Eo 4 4 4 6 Choosing a Picture Advance 4 4 4 7 Measuring Range by 4 5 1 8 EVENCM AIKOI 4 5 4 5 1 dnseribihig event Markel 4 6 4 8 2 Deleting all event markers from echo sounder 4 6 AO ange MarKE eeu ates vua tran wider aide RA uua Maie o eui 4 7 4 10 Adjusting the PICTUNG Tie Des tao ae Su ae etu eue de unas 4 7 4 10 1 Displaying weak echoes 4 7 4 10 2 Finding echo strength A scope 4 9 4 10 3 Suppressing interference and
15. DEFAULT SETTING W SELECT 4 P CHANGE MENU END Range E S mode dialog box 2 Press A or V to choose range number desired 3 Press 4 or gt to set range The setting range depends on the transducer used 4 To restore default echo sounder mode range settings choose DEFAULT SETTING press to choose YES and press the MENU key 5 Press the MENU key to register settings and close the menu 5 16 5 4 6 Track range settings You may choose the video plotter display scale range as follows 1 Choose RANGE TRACK at the SYS menu and then press gt RANGE TRACK MODE 100 10000m 1000 2000 00 8000 DEFAULT SETTING NO YES W SELECT lt P CHANGE MENU END Range track mode dialog box 2 Press A or V to choose range number desired 3 Press 4 or P to set 4 Press the MENU key to register settings and close the menu 5 MENU OPERATION 9 17 5 MENU OPERATION 5 4 7 Color palette The color palette lets the user change the color of echoes background text and menu as desired Cursor COLOR PALETTE 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1112131415 Arrow BKGD TEXT MENU BKGD TEXT MENU BKGD TEXT MENU sco 2 1 G R o 6 1 3 E DEFAULT SETTING YES ECHO amp BKGD COLORS WILL BE CHANGED V SELECT 4 b CHANGE MENU END Color palette dialog box 1 Press 4 or gt to place the cursor and arrow on the item to change Pres
16. TRANSCEIVER UNIT 3 1 Transmission 3 2 Pulse Length 3 3 TVG 4 HULL UNIT 4 1 Transducer Travel 4 2 Raise lower Time 4 3 Ship s Bow Adjustment 4 4 Horizontal Mode Control CH 300 Horizontall Horizontal expansion1 Vertical scan1 Echo sounder1 Horizontal2 Horizontal expansion2 Vertical scan2 Echo sounder2 Combination vertical scan port starboard vertical scan upward downward Strata History Range Tilt angle Sensitivity TVG Interference rejection Frequency high low Transducer status Tracking Color L L Own ship or cursor Depth Bearing Soeed Water temperature Tide Ship s track North mark Tide vector ETA marker External IEC 61162 data required not shown on some displays Offcenter Signal level White marker Emphasis Cursor VRM Event marker 5 pts Target lock Clutter Meter Feet Fathom P B Hiro 2 W output 4 ohms Freq 1 0 kHz external speaker required English and other languages Dual frequency Tx Rx single frequency 0 24 ms to 20 0 ms according to range up to 10 ms for each frequency in dual frequency transmission Level 100 dB max Distance 1000 m 400 mm or 250 mm 30 s 400 mm travel 180 offset on menu set during installation Scanning angle 6 to 360 24 step Scanning center 6 steps 360 setting available Scanning step angle Normal 6 High speed 12 Elevation angle 5 to 90 1 step Auto tilt setting 2 to 10 4 5 Time to
17. ship s track on the display in the sub window Compared to the horizontal display the video plotter s range is much longer For example an event marker entered on the horizontal display disappears from that display when it goes out of the current range However when entered on the video plotter display it remains on the video plotter display for a much longer time when a long range scale is used This can be useful when you want to return to the location denoted with an event marker Like with the horizontal display you can inscribed five event markers on the video plotter display To display track on the horizontal display the tilt angle must be less than 75 degrees You may switch control between the horizontal display and the video plotter display with the MAIN SUB key The message MAIN WINDOW CONTROLLABLE or SUB WINDOW CONTROLLABLE appears with each pressing of the key A red rectangle circumscribes the sub window when it is chosen With the video plotter display selected you may change its range with the RANGE control Note Controls other than RANGE may only be operated from the main window When you attempt to operate them when the sub window is chosen the message SELECT MAIN WINDOW appears requency Tilt angle Cursor position Range Tilt angle indicator data Interference rej ON D Target lock indicator Transducer status Own ship dais Jm n indicator marker E W T n 12 343 N Position in latitude Train
18. 215 kHz 1 3 Output Power 1 0 kW Range default setting 1 4 2 4 20 100 6 60 20 2 20 20 2 2 8 30 soj 90 90 sof 30 30 40 sof sof 40 30 30 4 40 soj 300 120 120 60 40 40 60 40 40 60 4O 40 5 100 60 400 150 150 80 50 50 sof 50 80 sO 50 _6 120 80 500 200 200 100 60 60 100 100 co 7 160 100 100 600 250 250 120 120 120 8 200 120 120 700 300 300 t40 100 100 160 100 160 100 100 400 250 250 1200 600 600 250 160 300 160 160 300 160 160 _500 500 3000 1500 1500 500 300 300 600 300 300 600 300 300 _600 600 4000 2000 2000 700 400 400 400 400 S00 400 400 1 5 Minimum and maximum ranges ES 600 Horizontal mode Mete Feet Fathom 1600 5000 1000 1000 Vertical scan mode echo sounder mode Mete Feet Minrange 1 30 5 5f 5 0 400 5 Max range 600 2000 400 40 2 MONITOR CONTROL UNIT 2 1 Display VGA 640x480 2 2 Brilliance 350cd m TYP 2 3 Display Colors 16 or 8 colors Background 3 colors selectable user setting available SP 1 E125S01A FURUNO 2 4 Display Mode 2 5 Alphanumerical Indication 2 6 Data Indication 2 7 Other Markers 2 8 Indication Unit 2 9 Audio Monitor 2 10 Language 3
19. Lf 2 CHEN Bottom ish schoo Bottom es Fish school a Fish school b I Fish b Case 1 A Case 2 Case 3 Fish echo and tilt angle Case 1 Tilt angle 30 to 40 Fish school and b are just above the bottom echo Case 2 Tilt angle 10 to 20 Fish school b is clearly seen Fish school is behind the bottom echo therefore it is difficult to discern Case 3 Tilt angle 0 to 5 Bottom echo is weak so fish school b is easily seen Fish school a is masked by the bottom echo so it is difficult to discern However larger fish schools may appear in this condition 2 7 2 HORIZONTAL MODE 2 6 3 Suitable tilt angle The figure below illustrates the relationship among tilt angle 0 5 10 and 15 degrees depth and detection range Refer to it to find out the suitable tilt angle for a given depth detection range Tilt angle and beam coverage frequency 85 kHz vertical beamwidth 10 at 3 dB m ange m FH CZ ZLI PAT BST PAL 1 Se TIT TD DIDI DA TPT we 472 LL LL Tilt angle and beam coverage Frequency and detection range 2 8 2 HORIZONTAL MODE 2 Choosing Training Speed The training speed chooses how fast the transducer scans the sounding sector Two choices are available normal speed default setting
20. MI I SP 1 INDE HH UM EC IN 1 FOREWORD Thank you for purchasing the CH 300 Dual Frequency Searchlight Sonar We are confident you will discover why FURUNO has become synonymous with quality and reliability Dedicated in the design and manufacture of marine electronics equipment for half a century FURUNO Electric Company has gained an unrivaled reputation as a world leader in the industry This is the result of our technical excellence as well as our worldwide distribution and service network Please carefully read and follow the safety information and operating and maintenance instructions set forth in this manual before attempting to operate the equipment and conduct any maintenance Your sonar will perform to the utmost of its ability only if it is operated and maintained in accordance with the correct procedures Features The CH 300 is a dual frequency searchlight sonar Consisting of a monitor unit control unit transceiver unit and hull unit it displays underwater objects on the monitor of choice in 8 or 16 colors according to received echo strengths The main features are e Horizontal and vertical section modes for detecting searching tracking and monitoring fish school 12 display modes for virtually any fishing application Mix mode discriminates small fish Fish or bottom echo can be displayed in white to distinguish bottom fish Hull unit automatically raises the transducer when s
21. MIN PULSELENGTH LONG SHORT TX RATE EXTERNAL 1 10 10 INT REJECT OFF ON AGC OFF ON DEFAULT SETTINGS AUDIO LEVEL 0 10 SHOWN IN BOLD ITALIC COM menu DELETING TRACK NO YES MIX MODE STANDARD EMPHASIS WHITE MARKER 8 color OFF 1 7 16 color OFF 1 15 SIG LEVEL 8 color OFF 1 6 16 color OFF 1 14 COLOR 16 8 BKGD COLOR 1 2 3 HORZ menu TVG LEVEL 0 10 4 0 TVG DISTANCE 0 10 4 0 RES COLOR LOG LINEAR SQUARE CUBE CLUTTER 0 1 2 3 TARGET KEY POSITION ECHO LOCK MODE AUTO MANUAL AUTO TILT OFF 2 4 6 10 VERT menu TVG LEVEL 0 10 4 0 TVG DISTANCE 0 10 4 0 RES COLOR LOG LINEAR SQUARE CUBE CLUTTER 0 1 2 3 HORZ SCAN RATE 1 2 3 4 VERT SCAN RATE 1 2 3 4 HORZ RANGE x1 x2 Esmenu TVG LEVEL 0 10 4 0 TVG DISTANCE 0 10 4 0 RES COLOR LOG LINEAR SQUARE CUBE CLUTTER 0 1 2 3 A SCOPE OFF ON When SHORT CUT KEY is selected at SYSTEM SETTING 1 menu SHORT CUT menu KEY1 VER SEARCH VOLUME DEL TRACK AUTO TILT BKGD SIG LEVEL CLUTTER RES COLOR WHITE MARKER KEY2 Same choices as KEY1 Default setting VOLUME KEYS Same choices as KEY1 Default setting DEL TRACK PRESET menu CUSTOM MODE HORIZONTAL EXPANSION FREQ HI SECTOR 240 Default setting TRAIN 0 RANGE m 200 TILT 30 CUSTOM MODE HORIZONTAL FREQ HIGH SECTOR 360 TRAIN 0 RANGE m 200
22. O O DEFAULT SETTING A V SELECT 4 CHANGE MENU END Range sonar mode dialog box 2 Press A or V to choose range number desired 3 Press 4 or gt to set range 4 Torestore default horizontal mode range settings choose DEFAULT SETTING press gt to choose YES and press the MENU key 5 Press the MENU key to register settings and close the menu 5 14 5 5 4 4 Vertical scan mode range settings As with the horizontal mode the user may preset the vertical scan mode s ranges 1 Choose RANGE VERTICAL MODE at the SYS menu and then press RANGE VERT MODE Pi 10 600m COON OOF NO CO B iN BB O O DEFAULT SETTING V SELECT 4 P CHANGE MENU END Range vert mode dialog box 2 Press A or V to choose range number desired 3 Press 4 or gt to set range 4 Torestore default vertical scan mode range settings choose DEFAULT SETTING press to choose YES and press the MENU key 5 Press the MENU key to register settings and close the menu 5 15 5 MENU OPERATION 5 4 5 Echo sounder mode range settings As with the horizontal and vertical scan modes the user may preset the echo sounder mode s ranges 1 Choose RANGE E S MODE at the SYS menu and then press gt RANGE E S MODE 10 600m OOF W PY NO O Co
23. b RANGE SONAR MODE RANGE VERTICAL MODE RANGE E S MODE RANGE TRACK MODE COLOR PALETTE LANGUAGE SYSTEM BACKUP LOAD BACKUP DATA HEADING OFFSET DRAFT OFFSET ADJ MOTION SENSOR DEMO MODE DEFAULT A SELECT gt MENU DISPLAY MENU END System menu Press A or V to choose item desired Press lt or gt to open corresponding dialog box Press lt or gt to choose option Adjusted at installation See installation manual See Chapter 6 Press the MENU key twice to register your selection and close the menu 5 9 5 MENU OPERATION 5 4 2 System setting menus SYSTEM SETTING 1 menu Display the SYSTEM menu and press A or V to choose SYSTEM SETTING Press Press A to MENU Press lt to choose 1 pU Iw Es SYSTEM SETTING 1 2 SHIP S LOP CURSOR L L e POSITION TRACK CURRENT DATA HEADING INDICATION NORTH MARK CSE DATA NAV DATA NAV2 BAUDRATE TVG CORRECTION UNIT TEMP TARGET L L OFF ON CUSTOM KEY SHORT CUT KEY ETA MARK OFF 10sec 30sec min 3min 6min E TI TI ON FLOW FROM FLOW TO AZ ON GYRO LoranC Lorana DR DECCA OTHERS 9600 19200 38400 1 2 1 1 ft fa HIRO P B O zm 20 m Z gt lt 113 20 SEM W sELECT lt q 9 CHANGE MENU END System setting 1 menu SYSTEM SETTING 1 menu description POSITION Chooses how to displays ship s position latitude and longitude
24. check the fuse A WARNING Use the proper fuse Use of a wrong fuse can cause fire or damage the equipment 6 3 6 MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOOTING 6 6 Troubleshooting The table below provides common symptoms of equipment troubles and the means to rectify them Check Remedy Cannot turn on the Check cable between transceiver unit and monitor unit Power Check ship s mains Have a suitably qualified technician check the fuse in the transceiver unit Bottom echo Rough seas Distance to the bottom changes due to rolling and becomes irregular pitching Long range selected Transmission period is longer so ship s pitching and rolling are apt to affect detection of echo Weak echo Output power set to minimum Set to maximum on the COM1 menu Excessive TVG Readjust TVG on the appropriate menu HORZ VERT ES Note that readjustment of TVG is necessary when gain is adjusted Somewhat strange Brilliance setting too low Increase brightness with BRILL key color supplied monitor or brilliance control on commercial monitor Picture contains Equipment not grounded properly Check equipment ground noise Power cable is too close to the signal cable Relocate power cable or signal cable Debris may be on sea surface Reject unwanted noise with the interference rejector on the COM1 menu Picture does not Problem in tilt mechanism or control line Contact a FURUNO agent change when tilt or dealer for advice angle is cha
25. control increases the sector width counterclockwise rotation decreases it 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 t1 12 13 14 15 16 Sector 48 120 144 168 192 216 240 264 288 312 336 360 In the full circle mode 360 the direction of training is clockwise in the half circle mode the direction is clockwise to counterclockwise alternately One touch selection of 360 sector Each pressing of the FULL HALF key alternately chooses 360 sector full circle or 168 sector half circle If the SECTOR control is operated following the selection of the full circle display the next pressing of the FULL HALF key presents the full circle display Sector set with SECTOR control Full circle Half circle FULL HALF FULL HALF REN 168 How the FULL HALF key works 2 4 2 HORIZONTAL MODE 2 5 Choosing Train Center The TRAIN control chooses the center direction of the detection range The range of adjustment is 0 to 354 in increments of 6 The selected bearing is shown with a filled circle the train indicator on the bearing scale 0 360 6 12 gt 18 5 354 Train indicator Sector Train center 2 6 Choosing a Tilt Angle The tilt angle shown the direction to which the sound wave is emitted When the sound wave is emitted horizontally the tilt angle is said to be 0 and when emitted vertically 90 To set a tilt angle operate the TILT control Watch the ti
26. enact ee erate 2 16 2 12 5 Suppressing interference from marine life 2 17 2 12 6 Enlarging fish echoes horizontal expansion display 2 18 2 19 Grae BOCK tend bains uat nie DEM ED ERE 2 19 2 19 1 Choosinig a target lock MOOS 5 i a no die t etate tus 2 19 2719 2 POSION MOQO uoo beet i t epe tob n eu duet IUE 2 19 ECNO 2 20 2 14 Horizontal Menu Overview cccceccccccccccececcceccccccccacauauausecececececuuauavacauauauaenenesenseas 2 22 2 14 1 Horizontal menu descripto RP cote ative Gen EE GE Rm de wee 2 22 2 15 Interpreting the Horizontal 1 2 24 2 15 1 How the horizontal mode picture is 2 24 2 15 2 EIUS iate 2 25 2 15 3 Combination display 2 29 VERTICAL SCAN MODE eco eot sa ouai mu ean enn ao xt auos auo eux au queo an Fa ce eras 3 1 Sel Operational OVerVIQW iustus xen det oet obo anatomia idea ie a 3 1 3 2 Typical Vertical Scan Mode 15 3 2 33 GMOOSING AR aNG TET
27. feature raises long range sensitivity without disturbing short range sensitivity and it is particularly effective on high frequency For dual frequency use particularly when you feel that sensitivity on the high frequency is low compared to that on the low frequency adjust T VG correction for the high frequency The settings available are OFF 1 2 and 1 1 in ascending order of strength If the setting is too strong noise will result Watch the display while changing this setting If noise exists on short range or if the echo strength of like size fish from long and short ranges is different use the TVG feature For further details see 2 12 3 3 12 1 and 4 10 1 UNIT Chooses unit of depth measurement meters default setting feet fathoms passi braza Hiro TEMP Chooses unit of water temperature measurement C default setting F TARGET L L Turn on to output event marker position to external equipment Requires heading and latitude and longitude data from external equipment Default setting is OFF CUSTOM KEY Chooses function of custom mode keys preset default setting or short cut For details see paragraph 5 2 ETA MARK A vector line extends from the own ship marker in direction of ship s bow on the horizontal mode display The tip of the line shows the estimated time of arrival after the selected ETA time elapses using the current ship s speed ETA is calculated every second considering tilt and detection range This f
28. painted 3 13 3 VERTICAL SCAN MODE 3 14 2 Sample displays Port starboard picture bottom You can see fish echoes at the center right of the screen The bottom is displayed wider as the distance from the ship s position increases Therefore it may be difficult to discriminate bottom fish Own ship Fish school 4Z An Bottom Port starboard picture When ship passes over fish schools The sounding beam is directed fore aft and the display is off centered to present a wider view of the area forward of the ship You can clearly see fish schools approaching from the bow of the ship Automatically shifted Forward Own ship Fish school Picture appearance when passing over fish schools 3 14 3 VERTICAL SCAN MODE Display of net hauling This is an example of net hauling display The location of the net is indicated clearly Own ship Aft Net hauling and sonar picture False echo In shallow water depth less than 100 m detection unwanted echoes shown in the figure may appear This phenomenon is caused by the false echo from the previous transmission Reducing the Tx rate on the COM1 menu or lowering the range may lessen this effect False echo False echoes 3 15 3 VERTICAL SCAN MODE 3 14 3 Horizontal vertical scan port starboard Horizontal vertical scan upward downward display Frequency Tilt angle Vertical scan Cursor data bearing cursor Range Tilt angl
29. place the cursor outside the display area Press the EVENT key to show the following dialog box Do the next step within four seconds otherwise the dialog box will be erased 3 4 6 DELETE EVENT MARK EM ves Press to choose YES and press the MENU key 4 ECHO SOUNDER MODE 49 Range Marker The range marker functions to measure the range to a target echo fish school bottom etc 1 Operate the Omnipad to place the cursor on the location desired 2 Press the R B key to display the range marker The range marker appears along with range indication 3 To erase the range marker press the R B key again or place the cursor on the range marker and press the R B key Range marker Range ye y z e voe Un 1 gt pi 2 ous Depth Water Temp Display Range marker 4 10 Adjusting the Picture 4 10 1 Displaying weak echoes clearly Echoes from targets such as the bottom or a fish return to the transducer in order of the distance to them and when their intensities are compared at the transducer face those from nearer targets are generally stronger when their reflecting properties are nearly equal The sonar operator will be quite inconvenienced if these echoes are directly displayed on the screen since he won t be able to judge the actual size of the target from the size of echoes displayed on the screen To overcome this inconvenience use the TVG function It compensates for propag
30. range is suppressed and gradually increased as range increases so that similar targets are displayed in similar intensities irrespective of the ranges to them The TVG also functions to suppress unwanted echoes and noise which appears in a certain range area on the screen To adjust TVG 1 Press the MENU key to open the menu 2 Press A to choose MENU and then press lt or gt to choose the VERT menu COM1 COM2 HORZ 49888 ES PRESET SYS TVG LEVEL TVG DISTANCE RES COLOR CLUTTER HORZ SCAN RATE VERT SCAN RATE HORZ RANGE SELECT P CHANGE MENU END VERT menu 3 Press A or V to choose TVG DISTANCE and then press gt to show the following dialog TVG DISTANCE 4 0 3 10 3 VERTICAL SCAN MODE 4 Press lt or gt to adjust TVG distance considering sea conditions The larger the figure the greater the distance at which the TVG works D ele 05 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 10 0 Setting Metes 3 20 40 60 100 130 160 200 250 320 1000 Feet 30 70 130 210 330 410 520 660 820 1040 3280 Passibraza 2 ls 10 20 40 60 100 120 150 180 600 2 s 20 40 100 130 170 210 660_ 5 Press A or V toclose the dialog box and return to the VERT menu 6 o suppress reflections by the sea surface or plankton choose TVG LEVEL and press 7 Press 4 or gt to adjust TVG LEVEL considering sea conditions The lar
31. scan mode 3 3 Range marker echo sounder 4 7 Remote controller 1 2 Resolution color echosounder mode 4 10 horizontal Mode aestate otii oe ciao c 2 23 vertical scan mode 3 12 REVERSE Key ee 2 9 3 7 IN 2 S SECTOR control horizontal mode 2 4 vertical scan 3 5 SHORT CUT MEA etin 5 7 Signal level iiobis 5 3 SIC MANNS 2 16 SOC CC 5 13 Sla DI ZET 5 12 Sweep indicator 5 13 SY o TLENUTTODU i 1222522 50 8 9 22 22230020 5 9 SYSTEM SETTING 1 menu 5 10 SYSTEM SETTING 2 menu 5 12 T TARGET 2 19 2 20 Target lock echo mode came ciues t itta iter 2 20 manual position mode 2 19 selection of 2 19 Test Dalle ens aee 6 8 TILT control echo sounder mode 4 4 vertical scan 3 6 Track 5 3 On Off esesseseseenm Hm 5 10 range 5 17 TRAIN control echo sounder mode
32. see page 5 20 Press the POWER switch on the control unit till you hear a click A beep sounds the lamp above the switch lights and the startup display appears Four seconds later the last used display appears MarineElectronics FURU MODEL CH 300 kHz Frequency Startup display Note 1 Wait at least five seconds before reapplying the power Note 2 If the language selection window appears see paragraph 5 4 8 1 3 2 Power off 1 Check that the speed is under 15 knots and then press the T switch on the control panel to retract the transducer The lamp above the switch blinks while the transducer is being raised and lights steadily when it is fully raised The transducer may be damaged if it is raised when the speed is more than 15 kts Transducer status indicator Up arrow Filled when transducer is fully retracted into the tank Down arrow Filled when transducer is fully lowered Appropriate arrow flashes during raising lowering of transducer Note When the transducer is being raised automatically auto raise feature the arrows are filled and the up arrow flashes When the transducer is fully retracted the up arrow lights and the down arrow becomes hollow Transducer status indicator 2 Confirm that the lamp above the T switch lights steadily meaning the transducer is fully retracted and then press the POWER switch Note 1 The transducer is automatically retracted into the tank e
33. species being searched or the depth desired Each time the control is operated the newly chosen range briefly appears in large characters at the screen top Range is permanently displayed at the top right hand corner Normally the range is set so that the bottom is traced at the lower part of the screen Surface Enp Bottom Range concept Default echo sounder mode range settings fa 2 S 7 8 n 14 fis _ Meters 10 20 30 40 60 80 100 120 160 200 250 300 400 500 600 Feet 30 60 90 120 150 200 250 300 400 500 600 800 1000 1500 2000_ Note 1 Unit of range measurement may be selected for meters feet fathoms passi braza or Hiro Japanese For details see UNIT on page 5 11 Note 2 Ranges may be freely preset as desired For details see page 5 16 4 3 4 ECHO SOUNDER MODE 4 4 Train Direction The sounding beam may be directed toward fore aft port or starboard Operate the TRAIN control to choose sounding beam direction Each setting on the control is an increment of 6 The train indicator at the top of the screen shows training direction 0 fore direction 90 starboard direction 180 aft direction and 270 port direction 0 360 6 gt 12 gt 18 gt 854 Train 0 Train 90 Train 180 Train 270 9 p Train indicator and display 45 Choosing a Tilt Angle The
34. the EVENT key is pressed the latest event marker is inscribed at the cursor location and all previously entered event markers are shown by the previous event marker When the capacity for event markers is reached the eldest event marker is erased from the screen to make room for the latest Note that the marker cannot be inscribed from the vertical scan display in the horizontal vertical scan display 1 Operate the Omnipad to place the cursor on the location desired for an event marker 2 Press the EVENT key to inscribe the event marker The event marker is inscribed on the vertical scan display as well as the horizontal and video plotter displays Display area Previous event marker Latest event marker To delete all event markers place cursor outside display area and press the MENU key How to inscribe delete the event markers 3 8 3 VERTICAL SCAN MODE 3 10 1 Deleting all event markers from the vertical scan display All event markers inscribed on the vertical scan display may be deleted as follows 1 2 Operate the Omnipad to place the cursor outside the display area Press the EVENT key to show the following dialog box Do the next step within four seconds otherwise the dialog box will be erased DELETE EVENT MARK EM ves Press to choose YES and press the MENU key 3 11 Depth and Horizontal Range Markers The depth and horizontal range markers function to measure the horizontal r
35. the dialog box programmed for the custom key pressed appears For example the dialog box below is for CLUTTER HORZ CLUTTER HORZ 2 3 2 Press lt or gt to choose option desired 3 Press the MENU key to close the dialog box 5 7 5 MENU OPERATION 5 8 VERTICAL SEARCH FUNCTION When you find a target of interest on the horizontal display simply press the function key programmed for VER SEARCH to get a cross sectional view of the vertical plane This mode is useful for evaluating fish school concentration and location of the targeted fish school or for assistance in navigation Fish School The vertical search picture is drawn using the following specifications Horizontal range Same as set on horizontal mode Vertical range Same as set on horizontal mode rain marker Train angle at the moment function key is turned on Vertical scan display range 0 90 degrees own ship position shifted leftward 5 4 SYSTEM Menu This menu provides items which may be set according to operator s preference A demonstration mode is provided to acquaint you with the many functions of this equipment and it may be used without connection of the transducer 5 4 1 How to open the SYSTEM menu ONS Press the MENU key to open the menu o MENU OPERATION Press A to choose MENU and then press to choose SYS Press V to choose GO TO SYS MENU Press 4 to choose YES SYSTEM MENU SYSTEM SETTING
36. the message and restore normal operation Then press 1 again to raise the transducer Transducer being raised Speed above 15 kts Message 1 appears and raising continues Reduce the speed below 15 kts to erase the message and restore normal operation SHIPS SPEED EXCEEDS 15 kt SLOW DOWN UNDER 15 kt WHEN MOVING TRANSDUCER UNIT opeed above 15 kts TRANSDUCER REMAINS LOWERED REDUCE SHIP S SPEED AND PRESS T TO RETRACT IT PRESS R B KEY TO SILENCE ALARM PRESS R B KEY TO SILENCE ALARM Message 1 Message 2 SWEEP INDICATOR Shows train position in the horizontal mode and tilt angle in the vertical scan mode with a line or a dot See the illustration on page 2 2 and 3 2 DEFAULT SETTING Choose YES and press the MENU key to restore all default system menu settings Several beeps sound while default settings are being restored and then normal operation is restored FACTORY SETTING ARE YOU SURE YES NOTE ALL THE SYSTEM SETTING WILL BE CHANGED TO FACTORY SETTING b CHANGE MENU END FACTORY SETTING dialog box 5 13 5 MENU OPERATION 54 3 Sonar horizontal mode range settings The user may preset horizontal mode ranges as desired 1 Choose RANGE SONAR MODE at the SYS menu and then press gt RANGE SONAR MODE 20 10 1600m 11 A O IO IO O O NO 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 CO B iN C O O O NO
37. 0 to 180 Own ship position shifted starboard c a y e Display sector E a Sector center How automatic shifting works 3 6 3 VERTICAL SCAN MODE 3 Choosing Training Speed The training speed chooses how fast the transducer scans the display sector Two choices are available 3 normal speed default setting and 6 high speed and one may be selected with the FAST SCAN key Each time the key is pressed the display momentarily shows NORM normal speed or FAST high speed Normal 60 transmissions for half circle in increments of 3 High 30 transmissions for half circle in increments of 6 3 8 Finding Echo Position with the Cursor The cursor measures horizontal range and depth Operate the Omnipad to place the cursor where desired Cursor data appears at the top left hand corner on the screen Cursor data 4 Horizontal range 4 Depth Cursor Location of cursor position data 3 9 Changing Training Direction The training direction may be reversed to reconfirm fish echoes Press the REVERSE key to reverse training direction between counterclockwise and clockwise alternately REVERSE appears at the top of the screen for three seconds when training direction is reversed 3 VERTICAL SCAN MODE 3 10 Event Marker The event marker functions to mark important locations on the vertical scan display and five event markers may be inscribed Each time
38. 2 Press A to choose MENU and then press lt or gt to choose COM2 ee HORZ VERT ES PRESET DELETING TRACK NO MIX MODE STANDARD WHITE MARKER OFF SIG LEVEL OFF COLOR 16 BKGD COLOR V SELECT 4 P CHANGE MENU END COM2 menu 5 2 2 2 menu description DELETING TRACK Choose ON to delete all ship s track from horizontal and horizontal video plotter displays MIX MODE Choose how to process the mix display STANDARD displays high frequency level when high frequency signal is larger than low frequency signal which is useful for finding absolute echo level EMPHASIS displays difference in level when high frequency signal is larger than low frequency signal which is useful for finding difference in echo level between low and high frequencies Default setting is STANDARD WHITE MARKER Displays desired echo in white It is useful for discriminating bottom fish from the bottom echo The setting range for the 8 color display is OFF 1 7 and for the 16 color display OFF 1 15 SIG LEVEL Refer to page 2 16 COLOR Chooses 8 or 16 color display BKGD COLOR Chooses color of background text and menu Three choices are available and these are shown in the table below BKGD COLOR Background Text Menu Dark blue Dark blue Medium blue 5 MENU OPERATION 5 3 Short cut Menu Preset Menu These menus program the CUSTOM MODE keys 1 2 and 3 and one of the menus appears according to the
39. 7 Press the MENU key to register your selection and close the menu 2 13 2 Position mode This mode tracks a stationary position such as a reef using position data fed from a navigator Note 1 This function is inoperative in the echo sounder mode Note 2 This mode requires position data When there is no position data the message NO POSITION DATA appears for four seconds and tracking is automatically cancelled Check the navigator Note 3 The tilt angle must be less than 75 degrees to use this feature 1 Use the Omnipad to choose the location to track 2 Press the TARGET key The message POS LOCK appears momentarily at the screen top the target lock marker is displayed at the cursor position and the target lock indicator appears at the top right hand corner of the screen while tracking with position data from external equipment is occurring SECTOR TILT and FULL HALF controls are inoperative since their functions are inoperative during position mode target lock The detection area is fixed at 48 degrees Tilt angle and train are automatically adjusted to track the target even if your vessel is moving 2 19 2 HORIZONTAL MODE Target lock indicator Target lock marker Target lock indicator 3 To turn off the target lock press the TARGET key again The message LOCK END momentarily appears the target lock marker and the target lock indicator disappear and previously used sector train and tilt settin
40. A A NAV DATA sm HORIZONTAL HISTORY HORIZONTAL VIDEO PLOTTER The horizontal picture appears in the main The horizontal picture appears in the main window the history picture in the sub window and the video plotter picture which window Useful for showing history of fish traces ship s track in the sub window movement distribution Chapter 2 Chapter 2 NAV DATA Choose Choose Ox si HORIZONTAL VERTICAL SCAN HORIZONTAL VERTICAL ZOOM The horizontal picture appears in the main The horizontal picture appears in the main window the vertical fan picture in the sub window vertical zoom picture in the sub window Chapter 3 window Chapter 3 Combination displays 1 7 Choosing Frequency 1 OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW You may choose low frequency or high frequency with the LF HF key The display shows HI or LO at the top of the screen depending on your selection Use the table below to determine which frequency to use Low frequency High frequency Long range detection Use in shallow waters Detection range detection leaks Detection of bottom fish Detection of bait fish Affected by air bubbles from other vessels PREFERABLE Attenuation loss is small on low frequency NOT RECOMMENDED Bottom echo is prominent because of wide beam width so fish echoes are hidden PREFERABLE Detection area is wide beam width is wide NOT RECOMMENDED Fish echo and bottom ech
41. B Midwater bottom fish Tilt angle 30 or more Fish echo which appears before bottom can be detected Bottom Fish school Large midwater fish school is present Tilt angle 0 to 20 Fish echo which appears together with or after bottom can be detected Fish school Bottom When the tilt angle is shallow the reflection echo from bottom is weak and the fish echo which appears from bottom is easy to find Fish schools 2 26 2 HORIZONTAL MODE Sea surface reflections To reduce sea surface reflections set the tilt angle to 5 or higher so the upper edge of the sonar beam does not hit the sea surface or adjust TVG When a decreased tilt angle is used sea surface reflections cover a large area as illustrated below Tilt angle indication Sea surface reflections Sea surface reflections Wake A wake produced by own ship or another ship can be a strong reflecting object when a decreased tilt angle is used As the wake appears as a thick continuous line it can be easily distinguishes from a fish school A wake contains many air bubbles which attenuate ultrasonic energy making it difficult to sound beyond the wake Own ship Own ship s screw noise VM NC Wake produced by other ship Own ship s wake Own ship s produced when screw noise own ship turned Wake 2 27 2 HORIZONTAL MODE Sidelobe echo false echo An ultrasonic wave is emitted only in the direction set by t
42. Decca Loran C LOP or Cursor L L The connected navigator must be capable of displaying L L or LOP The default setting is latitude and longitude Position data required TRACK Turns the track display on or off on the horizontal display The track is always shown on the video plotter display regardless of this setting CURRENT DATA Turns current data tide shown by vector on or off FLOW FROM shows from what direction the current is flowing FLOW TO shows the direction the current is heading The default setting is OFF Requires a current indicator Current Vector FLOW FROM FLOW TO Current vector 5 10 5 MENU OPERATION HEADING INDICATION Chooses heading indication format true default setting or azimuth for the echo sounder and vertical scan modes The default setting is TRUE Requires heading data NORTH MARK Turns the north marker on or off default setting Requires heading data CSE DATA Chooses heading data source navigator or gyrocompass to draw ship s track The default setting is navigator For heading sensor or gyrocompass connection choose gyrocompass NAV DATA Chooses source of position data GPS Loran C Loran A DR Dead Reckoning Decca or Others for equipment not shown receives talker only Default setting is GPS NAV2 BAUDRATE Sets the baud rate of the NMEA port on transceiver unit Default setting is 4800 bps For connection with satellite compass choose 38400 bps TVG CORRECTION This
43. ECTOR and TRAIN controls to adjust the detection area Do not include bottom echoes in the zone so that target lock will not be activated by bottom echoes 2 20 2 HORIZONTAL MODE Outer boundary Detection area Target lock indicator Inner boundary Target lock area When a target of red or reddish brown color is detected in the zone the target lock indicator blinks the buzzer sounds and the detection area disappears When a tracked target is lost the operation shown below is repeated Tilt changed to search A 10 A 10 A Detection area displayed once again and target lock indicator lights A Tilt angle at start of target lock If the target does not appear even though the tilt angle is changed adjust the SECTOR and TRAIN controls to change the detection area 4 To turn off the target lock press the TARGET key again The message LOCK END appears for three seconds at the screen top the target lock indicator disappears and operation continues with current train and tilt settings Manual tracking 1 Set LOCK MODE to MANUAL on the HORZ menu 2 Press the TARGET key when a wanted target echo appears The message ECHO LOCK appears along with the target lock indicator Then the transducer train direction is reversed and searching starts with the current 1 Tilt angle is changed by 10 A 10 tilt angle When a target echo A is the tilt angle used when tracking began app
44. Event Marker The event marker functions to mark important locations on the echo sounder display and five event markers may be inscribed Each time the EVENT key is pressed the latest event marker amp is inscribed at the cursor location and all previously entered event markers are shown by the previous event marker When the capacity for event markers is reached the eldest event marker is erased from the screen to make room for the latest Note 1 The event marker inscribed on the echo sounder display will also be inscribed on the horizontal and video plotter displays at own ship position always Note 2 Event marker position can be output to external equipment For details see TARGET L L on page 5 10 Note 3 Event markers are automatically erased as they move off the screen with picture advancement 4 5 4 ECHO SOUNDER MODE 4 8 1 Inscribing the event marker T 2 Operate the Omnipad to place the cursor on the location desired for an event marker Press the EVENT key to inscribe the event marker Display area Previous event marker Latest event marker To delete all event markers on the echo sounder dislay place the cursor outside the display area and press the EVENT key How to inscribe delete the event markers 4 8 2 Deleting all event markers from echo sounder display Event markers inscribed on the echo sounder display may be erased oollectively as follows 1 2 Operate the Omnipad to
45. G and you can observe the characteristics of each by watching the color bar as you change the setting LOG Displays weak to strong echoes in their respective levels This is the default setting and is suitable for general use LINEAR Downplays the weak echoes when compared with LOG Effective for suppressing weak echoes such as plankton SQUARE Strong echoes are emphasized more than in LINEAR CUBE Strong echoes are emphasized even more than in SQUARE CLUTTER Low intensity echoes often caused by sediments in water are painted on the screen as a large number or random dots This noise can be suppressed The higher the number setting the weaker the echoes which are erased 2 22 2 HORIZONTAL MODE TARGET KEY Chooses target lock function between position and echo Default setting is ECHO For further details see paragraph 2 13 LOCK MODE Chooses how to track fish echo in echo target lock automatically or manually Default setting is AUTO For further details see paragraph 2 13 AUTO TILT Turns automatic tilt on or off and the default setting is OFF The choices are 2 4 6 and 10 Automatic tilt adjusts the tilt angle in the following sequence B gt B A 5 B gt B A gt B gt B A gt B 5 B 4 B Current tilt angle A Auto tilt setting For example the tilt angle is 30 and the automatic tilt setting is 4 Then the tilt angle is changed in the following sequence 30 26 30 gt
46. H 300 s transducer to reduce the interference TX FREQ ADJUST FREQ SHIFT L kHz 85 95 kHz FREQ SHIFT H 215 0 kHz 205 225 kHz AY SELECT 4 P CHANGE MENU END TX frequency adjustment dialog box 5 412 Demonstration mode The demonstration mode provides a simulated sonar picture which helps you become acquainted with how your sonar works Connection of the transducer is not required All controls are operational 1 Display the SYS menu 2 Choose DEMO MODE 3 Press to open the menu DEMO MODE DEMO MODE ON b CHANGE MENU END Demo mode dialog box 4 Choose OFF or ON as appropriate and press the MENU key DEMO appears at the top of the screen when the demonstration mode is active 5 20 5 5 4 13 Restoring all default settings The item DEFAULT lets you restore all default menu settings Choose YES and press the MENU key to restore all default settings Note that SOUNDOME SER NO SYSTEM SETTING2 menu and the contents stored by using the SYSTEM BACKUP feature paragraph 5 4 9 are not disturbed DEFAULT ARE YOU SURE NOTE RESET ALL THE SETTINGS INCLUDED IN SYSTEM MENU TO DEFAULT b CHANGE MENU END Default menu CAUTION default settings will be restored If necessary jot down settings which must be restored Note The following appears after the power up following the restoration of default settings
47. High frequency display How the mix display works 1 OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW To use the mix display effectively it is important that the gain for both the low and high frequencies is set properly When searching for young fish such as whitebait follow the procedure below For detailed information about gain adjustment see the next section Gain adjustment 1 Adjust the high frequency gain while observing targeted fish 2 While observing the mix display set the low frequency gain to O and gradually raise it just until echoes from adult fish disappear from the mix display 3 While observing the echoes from young fish on the mix display readjust the low frequency gain in order to distinguish young fish When the echoes from young fish are weak lower the low frequency gain If adult fish appear raise the low frequency gain Rule of thumb For whitebait low frequency gain is set 3 4 steps lower than high frequency gain To activate the mix mode press the MIX key How to display the mix display depends on the display mode in use Single frequency display or combination display other than vertical scan combination Use the MIX key to switch between the mix display and the single frequency display alternately Dual frequency display Use the MIX key to switch between the mix display and the dual frequency display alternately HIGH FREQ DISPLAY How the MIX key works in dual frequency mode Combination display vertic
48. KEY TO SILENCE ALARM TRANSDUCER REMAINS LOWERED REDUCE SHIP S SPEED AND PRESS 1 TO RETRACT IT PRESS R B KEY TO SILENCE ALARM 6 5 6 MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOOTING 6 8 Diagnostics Press the MENU key to open the menu Press A to choose MENU and then press to choose SYS Press V to choose GO TO SYS MENU Press 4 to choose YES pos e Choose TEST and press gt to start the test The lamps above the switches light alternately for one second while the test is being conducted In a few moments the results of the test appear MAIN PROGRAM NO PANEL PROGRAM NO ROM RAM VRAM NMEA1 NMEA2 TX FREQUENCY ROLL PITCH MS MS PULSES TRAIN TEST COUNT 359 PANEL 0650111 XX XX 0650112 XX XX OK OK OK 85 215 kHzt 10 10 SC SC NG 0 10 REMOTE CONTROL Requires special test connector to test Nothing displayed when plug is not connected T Or 60 153 kHz XX XX Program Version No Test results Interpreting the test results display The program numbers of the MAIN and PANEL programs appear at the top of the display The ROM RAM VRAM NMEA1 NMEA2 and PANEL CPU are checked for proper operation and the results displayed as OK or NG No Good For NG contact FURUNO agent or dealer for advice The NMEA1 NMEA2 test checks the NMEA monitor unit NMEA transceiver unit ports 6 6 The TX FREQUENCY of the tr
49. Press lt or gt orto choose ES Press V to choose A SCOPE Press lt or gt to open the dialog box A SCOPE 2E m OFF ON 6 Press to choose ON 7 Press the MENU key to close the dialog box Echo sounder picture E A scope display Depth Water Temp Display A scope display 4 10 3 Suppressing interference and noise You may encounter occasional noise or intermittent interference on the display This is mostly caused by electrical equipment engine propeller noise from own ship or noise from other sonars being operated nearby If interference appears turn on the interference rejector in the COM1 menu to suppress it Note that the interference rejector cannot be turned on off independently for each frequency in case of the dual frequency display Interference from other sounder Interference db from other WM sonar Electrical interference Interference 4 9 4 ECHO SOUNDER MODE 4 11 Echo Sounder Menu Overview This section presents an overview of the items on the ES menu 1 Press the MENU key to open the menu 2 Press A to choose MENU and then press lt or gt or to choose the ES menu 1 COM2 HORZ VERT fg PRESET SYS TVG LEVEL TVG DISTANCE RES COLOR CLUTTER A SCOPE A W sELECT 4 P CHANGE MENU END ES menu Press A or V to choose item desired Press to show corresponding dialog box Press lt or gt to choose option desired Press
50. ST LF HF MIX SCAN FULL HALF and CUSTOM MODE Note R B EVENT or TARGET controls may only be operated from the main window When you attempt to operate them from the sub window the message SELECT MAIN WINDOW appears TRAIN control For horizontal display Sets training center direction For vertical scan display Sets direction of bearing cursor shown on the horizontal mode display 3 17 3 VERTICAL SCAN MODE SECTOR control For the vertical scan display When the display sector is 6 minimum the tilt angle of the horizontal and vertical scan modes are interlocked and each transmission on the horizontal display is reflected on the vertical scan display The message TILT ANGLE MONITOR WINDOW momentarily appears on the screen and the vertical bearing cursor disappears Note Only the SECTOR control may be operated in this condition 3 18 4 ECHO SOUNDER MODE 4 1 Operational Overview The figure below shows the typical echo sounder mode operating sequence T Set sector 8 Set train bearing 9 Set tilt angle 5 Set range 12 Adjust menu settings turn on A scope 6 Adjust gain display etc yo c ot GAIN PUSH 1 Turn on the power exse DISPLAY MODE CUSTOM MODE 2 Lower the transducer 4 Select echo 3 Adjust screen sounder mode Brilliance 11 Measure range to fish school with cursor 10 Set picture advance speed Control panel 4 1 4 ECHO SO
51. TE 3 3 ou CHOOSING Trail e Mecano uci 3 4 3 5 ICMOOSING DISPIAY RE ER oix un aia 3 5 90 Choosing Sector Center eein oven ea ae rit 3 6 o Taning SPC CO uet cas de 3 7 3 8 Finding Echo Position with the Cursor ccccccccssecceceeseceeseeeseeeseeeeceesaueeeessaeaeeeesanaes 3 7 39 Changing Traiing DIFecllOEiss E ode 3 7 Event WANK CD ER UU CIT 3 8 3 10 1 Deleting all event markers from the vertical scan display 3 9 3 11 Depth and Horizontal Range nenne 3 9 INS FPICUUNG amo dE esent quu 3 10 3 12 1 Displaying weak echoes nene 3 10 3 12 2 Suppressing noise and 3 11 3 13 Vertical Menu Overview eeesssssssssseseeeen enne nennen nnn nnn nnn sna ann 3 12 9 19 1 Vemcal menu descriIDIOD ee aU ee D ub aea ice o 3 12 3 14 Interpreting the Vertical Scan 3 13 3 14 1 How the vertical scan mode picture is painted 3 13
52. TILT 30 CUSTOMS MODE VERTICAL FREQ HIGH SECTOR 180 TRAIN 90 RANGE m 200 TILT 90 CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE AP 1 MENU TREE CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE SYSTEM menu j SYSTEM SETTING See below RANGE SONAR MODE all default ranges m 20 40 60 80 100 120 160 200 250 300 400 500 600 800 1200 ft 50 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 1000 1200 1500 2000 3000 4000 fa 10 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 200 250 300 400 500 700 P B Hiro 10 20 40 60 80 100 120 160 200 250 300 400 500 600 800 RANGE VER MODE all default ranges m 10 20 30 40 60 80 100 120 160 200 250 300 400 500 600 ft 30 60 90 120 150 200 250 300 400 500 600 800 1000 1500 2000 fa P B Hiro 10 20 30 40 50 60 80 100 120 140 160 200 250 300 400 RANGE E S MODE all default ranges m 10 20 30 40 60 80 100 120 160 200 250 300 400 500 600 ft 30 60 90 120 150 200 250 300 400 500 600 800 1000 1500 2000 fa P B Hiro 10 20 30 40 50 60 80 100 120 140 160 200 250 300 400 RANGE TRACK MODE all default ranges m 500 1000 2000 4000 8000 ft 1000 2000 5000 10 000 20 000 fa P B Hiro 200 500 1000 2000 4000 COLOR PALETTE Adjusts color of echoes text and background LANGUAGE JAPANESE ENGLISH FRANCAIS ESPANOL ITALIANO PORTUGUES DANSK NORSK SVENSK THAI SYSTEM BACKUP NO YES
53. Train Full Circle NS Normal Speed HS High Speed Single frequency horizontal mode Range m 20 40 60 80 100 120 160 200 250 300 400 500 600 800 1200 Time 9 9 9 9 9 n 14 17 21 25 33 41 49 65 97 se 9 9 9 9 9 1 12 14 16 18 22 26 30 38 54 Dual frequency horizontal mode Range 20 40 80 100 120 160 200 250 300 400 500 600 1200 Time 5 t 14 11 11 14 12 15 18 22 26 34 42 50 66 98 fa SP 2 E125S01A FURUNO CH 300 4 6 4 7 4 8 4 9 5 1 5 2 5 3 6 2 6 3 7 1 1 2 7 3 7 4 8 1 8 2 8 3 Vertical Scan Mode Control Scanning angle 6 to 180 12 step Scanning center 0 to 180 6 step Scanning step angle Normal 3 High speed 6 Time to train 360 6 step Transceiver Beam Width Frequency Horizontal Vertical 60 kHz 169 22 149 20 85 kHz 119 15 109 14 153 kHz 79 99 5 8 215 kHz 5 6 4 6 Allowable Ship s Speed 20 knot or less 15 knot during raise lower operation Stabilization Within 30 optional motion sensor required I O INTERFACE Data Format IEC61162 1 NMEA0183 Ver 1 5 2 0 Input DBS DBT DPT GGA GLL HDG HDM HDT MDA MTW RMA RMC VDR VHW VTG att P sentence Output SSTLL POWER SUPPLY MU 100C Control Unit Transceiver Unit 12 24 VDC 7 0 3 5A Control Unit Transceiver U
54. U key to open the menu 2 Press A to choose MENU and then press lt to choose COM 1 COM2 HORZ VERT ES PRESET SYS TX POWER PULSELENGTH TX RATE INT REJECT AGC AUDIO LEVEL A V SELECT 9 CHANGE MENU END COM 1 menu 3 Press A or V to choose item lt or gt to open associated dialog box 4 Press 4 or gt to choose option desired 5 Press A or V to return to the COM1 menu or press the MENU key to register your selection and close the menu 5 1 5 MENU OPERATION 5 1 1 COM 1 menu description TX POWER Chooses transmitter output power to maximum or minimum The default setting is maximum For further details see paragraph 2 12 1 PULSELENGTH Chooses pulselength to short or long default setting For details see paragraph 2 12 2 TX RATE The Tx rate may be set between 1 10 default setting 10 in the case of the internal transmitter or an external synchronous signal may be used The higher the number the greater the number of transmissions For operation in shallow waters choose the Tx rate which displays the second reflection from the bottom between the sea surface and bottom For use of an external video sounder or sonar choose EXT INT REJECT Turns the interference rejector on high freq low freq or both low and high freq or off default setting When turned on appears at the top of the screen Note that the interference rejector cannot be turned on off independently for each frequency in case o
55. UNDER MODE 4 2 Typical Echo Sounder Display Press the key to display the echo sounder picture You can switch between the single frequency echo sounder display and the dual frequency echo sounder display alternately with the key as shown below DRE S SES A T fe D META A Depth Temp Displa Depth Temp Displa Single freq Display Dual freq Display Switching between single frequency echo sounder and dual frequency echo sounder displays Tilt angle indicator Bearing indicator Shows tilt angle of transducer Interference oM ran Tilt an den gle rejector ON direction Heading Range mE Transducer status indication Cursor position Frequency Mi k LE T inute marker 34 12 343 Fish echo 134 34 213 W Position in latitude longitude CSE 357 E SPD 9 9 kt Course speed m Tide direction tide speed Range A GAIN 9 3 Gain setting Bottom echo Pp PN MS TVG LEVEL 4 0 TVG level DISTANCE 200 m distance settings I 1 Color bar Requires appropriate sensor Depth Water When the tilt angle temperature Range marker is 90 deg the depth Range scale measured by this sonar is displayed inside a rectangle Event marker Single frequency echo sounder display 4 2 4 ECHO SOUNDER MODE 43 Choosing a Range The RANGE control chooses the detection display range in 15 settings Choose the range according to either the fish
56. al scan combination Main window is active The MIX key changes the frequency of the main window from low to high alternately oub window is active The MIX key changes the frequency of the sub window from low to high alternately To switch between main and sub windows use the MAIN SUB key 1 OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1 9 Adjusting the Gain The GAIN control adjusts the sensitivity of the receiver Normally the control is adjusted so that the bottom echo is displayed in reddish brown mixed with red Initially set the gain between 4 and 6 and then fine tune according to fishing ground etc Too Low Proper Too High How to adjust the gain Single frequency or combination displa When using both high and low frequency in the horizontal vertical scan display refer to the procedure on the next page 1 Push the GAIN control HIGH FREQ GAIN 5 0 0 10 2 Turn the GAIN control to adjust the gain range 0 10 GAIN 5 3 Gain setting Location of gain setting indication 3 Press the MENU key to close the gain setting window Note that it is not necessary to press the MENU key the window will automatically if no operation is detected for four seconds Note 1 Step 1 is not necessary if the menu item GAIN SETTING PROTECT SYSTEM SETTING 2 menu is set for OFF Note 2 You can switch control between the main and sub windows in the horizontal vertical scan display with the MAIN SUB key 1 OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW Dua
57. and high speed and one may be selected with the FAST SCAN key Each time the key is pressed NORM normal speed or FAST high speed momentarily appears at the screen top Normal 6 60 transmissions required to complete full 360 picture default setting High 12 ranges higher than 160 m 30 transmissions required to complete the full 360 picture The time necessary to train a full circle depends on frequency range and mode The table below shows the time required to complete one full circle in the horizontal mode Single frequency Range 20 40 60 60 100 120 160 200 260 300 460 600 800 1200 Time ns 9 Jo o w n at os or _ sec o o o t tz te 22 26 51 Dual frequency Range m 20 46 60 80 100 120 160 200 60 0 400 500 600 00 1 1200 mme ns n 12 15 te 22 26 94 42 so 6 sec NS Normal Speed HS High Speed 2 8 Changing Training Direction The training direction may be reversed to reconfirm fish echoes Press the REVERSE key to reverse training direction between counterclockwise and clockwise alternately REVERSE appears at the top of the screen for three seconds when training direction is reversed 2 9 2 HORIZONTAL MODE 2 9 Finding Echo Position with the Cursor The cursor measures horizontal range depth and bearing Operate
58. ange and depth to a desired echo Note Depth and horizontal range markers cannot be inscribed from the vertical scan display when it is in the sub window Horizontal vertical scan display Inscribe the markers from the horizontal display to show it in the vertical scan display 1 2 Operate the Omnipad to place the cursor on the location desired Press the R B key to display the depth and horizontal range markers Horizontal range and depth appear on the screen To erase the depth and horizontal range markers press the R B key again or place the cursor on the depth or horizontal range marker and press the R B key Horizontal range marker Horizontal range Depth Depth marker Depth and horizontal range markers 3 9 3 VERTICAL SCAN MODE 3 12 Adjusting the Picture 3 12 1 Displaying weak echoes clearly Echoes from targets such as the bottom or a fish return to the transducer in order of the distance to them and when their intensities are compared at the transducer face those from nearer targets are generally stronger when their reflecting properties are nearly equal The sonar operator will be quite inconvenienced if these echoes are directly displayed on the screen since he won t be able to judge the actual size of the target from the size of echoes displayed on the screen To overcome this inconvenience use the TVG function It compensates for propagation loss of sound in water amplification of echoes on short
59. ansducer is measured and displayed ROLL and PITCH values change with ship s pitching and rolling range 30 to 30 6 MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOOTING e RAIN shows a figure between 355 359 if normal NG appears in case of train error TEST COUNT shows the number of times the test has been consecutively executed At the bottom of the screen there are two major groups of zeroes 0 and they represent the keys and controls on the control panel and remote controller Press a key and its on screen location shows 1 while the key is pressed and 0 when it is released Operate a control and its on screen indication changes from 0 19 When the BRILL control is operated the panel dimmer increases or decreases with adjustment of the control To quit the test press the MENU key three times 6 7 6 MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOOTING 6 9 Test Pattern A test pattern can be displayed to check for proper display of colors Press the MENU key to open the menu Press A to choose MENU and then press to choose SYS Press V to choose GO TO SYS MENU Press lt to choose YES Choose TEST PATTERN and press gt to display the test pattern Press gt again to change the test pattern The pattern changes in the sequence shown below with each press of gt pr ex cope c 16 tones of GREEN of BLUE Test pattern To quit the test pattern press the MENU key 6 8 MENU TREE MENU key COM menu TX POWER MAX
60. ately Dual frequency horizontal display Dual frequency horizontal expansion display Dual frequency echo sounder display LOW FREQ MIX LF HF key HIGH FREQ MIX DISPLAY DISPLAY DISPLAY DISPLAY Frequency switching in dual frequency combination display mix display ON Combination display vertical scan combination Main window is active The LF HF key changes the frequency of the main window from low to high alternately oub window is active The LF HF key changes the frequency of the sub window from low to high alternately To switch between main and sub windows use the MAIN SUB key 1 OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1 8 Display The mix display compares echo intensity between low and high frequencies and displays echoes from tiny fish in discriminative colors This is done by utilizing the fact that tiny fish return a stronger echo against a high frequency rather than a low frequency The equipment accomplishes this as follows e f a high frequency echo is stronger than the corresponding echo on the low frequency the high frequency echo is displayed e f the low frequency echo is stronger than or equal to the high frequency echo it is less likely to be a tiny fish and therefore is displayed in blue In other words the echoes displayed in orange thru light blue may be considered to be tiny fish such as whitebait When the mix display is active the indication MX appears at the top of the display Mix display
61. ation loss of sound in water amplification of echoes on short range is suppressed and gradually increased as range increases so that similar targets are displayed in similar intensities irrespective of the ranges to them The TVG also functions to suppress unwanted echoes and noise which appears in a certain range area on the screen To adjust TVG 1 Press the MENU key to open the menu 2 Press A to choose MENU and then press lt or gt to choose the ES menu 4 7 4 ECHO SOUNDER MODE 1 COM2 HORZ VERT PRESET SYS TVG LEVEL TVG DISTANCE RES COLOR CLUTTER A SCOPE A W sELECT 4 b cHANGE MENU END ES menu 3 Press A or V to choose TVG DISTANCE and press gt The following dialog box appears TVG DISTANCE 4 0 Hi 4 Press 4 or gt or to adjust TVG distance TVG Distance Setting Meters 5 Press A or V to close the dialog box and return the ES menu 6 To suppress reflections by the sea surface or plankton choose TVG LEVEL and press 7 Press 4 or gt to adjust TVG LEVEL 8 Press the MENU key to register your selection and close the menu 4 8 4 ECHO SOUNDER MODE 4 10 2 Finding echo strength A scope display The A scope display shows echoes at each transmission with amplitudes and tone proportional to their intensities on the right 1 4 of the screen It is useful for estimating the kind of fish school and bottom composition Press the MENU key Press A to choose MENU
62. ceive interference from other vessels sonar or echo sounder Further electrical interference onboard own ship may generate interference To suppress this type of interference use the interference rejector 4 5 A Inteference from B Interference from other sonars yours marine life or other s Interference from other sonars marine life Press the MENU key to open the menu Press A to choose MENU and then press lt to choose the COM1 menu Press A or V to choose INT REJECT and then press gt The following dialog box appears INT REJECT LoFREQ HiFREQ BOTH Press lt gt to choose the frequency where you want to suppress interference When the interference suppressor is turned on appears at the top of the screen Press the MENU key to register your selection and close the menu Note that the interference rejector cannot be turned on off independently for each frequency in case of the dual frequency display 2 17 2 HORIZONTAL MODE 2 12 6 Enlarging fish echoes horizontal expansion display Fish echoes may be enlarged 1 5 times by using the horizontal expansion display Press the key to activate the horizontal expansion display single frequency Then the horizontal display is expanded at the center of training direction bow direction Train center direction Position after expansion Remarks 318 42 Moves to screen bottom For viewing forward 138 222 Moves to screen top For view
63. e corresponding dialog box The example below shows the dialog box for DELETING TRACK which is in the COM2 menu DELETING TRACK YES Dialog box for deleting track Press lt or gt to choose option desired If the option requires input of numeric data use lt or gt to lower raise the figure respectively Press A or V to return to the menu or press the MENU key to register your selection and close the menu 1 OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW This page intentionally left blank 2 HORIZONTAL MODE 2 1 Operational Overview The figure below shows the typical horizontal mode operating sequence 7 Set center bearing of train sector 6 a Set sector bearing range 1 Turn on the power 5 Set range 8 Set tilt angle 11 Adjust menu settings 9 Adjust gain ex TVG as required a07 5 GAIN PUSH POWER 4 Select appropriate Adjust screen 2 Lower the Toda brilliance 10 Measure range and transducer bearing to target with cursor 6 b Change sector bearing range to 360 Control panel 2 1 2 HORIZONTAL MODE 2 2 Typical Horizontal Mode Display Press the horizontal mode key Each press chooses the single frequency or dual frequency horizontal mode display alternately Single freq Display Dual freq Display Switching between single frequency horizontal and dual frequency horizontal displays Tilt angle indicator Depth mark
64. e indicator Interference rejector ON Target lock indicator Own ship ET SES Transducer status indicator marker E Sal 12 dd N Position in latitude Train EET cob NES longitude position CHE ES 357 SPD 9 9 Course speed d FORE e HI Frequency Sweep indicator Cursor tilt angle L Horizontal Display J Vertical Scan Display main window sub window i Horizontal vertical scan display port starboard direction 3 16 3 VERTICAL SCAN MODE Horizontal Display BET xe iv 4 n n S I Eur iT EX ay p window MES NDS A 34 12 343 N T m 134 34 213 W CSE B57 SPD 99k DEP 35 1 m TMP 12 3 C Vertical scan Display sub window Horizontal vertical scan display upward downward direction Press the key to choose and display the horizontal vertical scan display The horizontal display appears in the main window the vertical scan display in the sub window The displays are independent of each other so you can adjust them as desired Press the MAIN SUB key to choose the window to adjust Each pressing of the key momentarily displays MAIN WINDOW CONTROLLABLE or SUB WINDOW CONTROLLABLE at the top of the screen A red cursor appears in the sub window when it can be controlled The following controls are operative on either window SECTOR TRAIN RANGE TILT FA
65. ears the transducer train direction is again reversed automatically the buzzer sounds and 3 If the echo could not be found tracking is the target lock indicator blinks cancelled and tilt angle A is restored If the fish echo is lost the tilt angle is automatically changed to continue tracking as shown right 4 To quit the target lock press the TARGET key again The message LOCK END appears momentarily 2 Tilt angle is changed by 10 A 10 2 21 2 HORIZONTAL MODE 2 14 Horizontal Menu Overview This section presents an overview of the items on the HORZ menu 1 Press the MENU key to open the menu 2 Press A to choose MENU and then press lt or gt to choose the HORZ menu 1 COM VERI ES PRESET SYS TVG LEVEL TVG DISTANCE RES COLOR CLUTTER TARGET KEY LOCK MODE AUTO TILT A V SELECT P CHANGE MENU END HOHZ menu Press A or V to choose item desired Press to show corresponding dialog box Press lt or gt to choose option desired Press the MENU key to register your selection and close the menu E 2 14 1 Horizontal menu description TVG LEVEL Compensates for propagation loss of sound in water Default setting is 4 0 For further details see paragraph 2 12 3 TVG DISTANCE As above Default setting is 4 0 RES COLOR Sets transfer characteristics of input signal level versus display echo level Echo strength is emphasized in order of CUBE SQUARE LINEAR LO
66. er Indicates transducer tilt angle When depth data is input from Horizontal range 30 external equipment the depth Range and bearing markers marker shifts according to depth data If the depth data is greater than the horizontal range the depth marker shifts to lowest position Vertical max 25 depth Frequency o rilt Depth marker Demonstration Sector marker Tilt angle mangle note at mode Interference Cursor data Train indicator Range rejector DEMO Transducer status indicator gt 16 M ito Filled arrow Respective action completed Blinking arrow Action in progress Bottom echo 4 4 Target lock indicator 34 12 343 N PEN 134 34 213 W Position in latitude longitude CSE 357 ik o SPD 9 9kt Bearing marker Fish echo ETA marker Own ship marker Course speed Range marker DEP 35 1 m Depth TMP 12 3 C water temperature Event marker CUR 11 0 Tide direction a 2 0kt tide speed GAIN Gain setting Cursor TVG LEVEL 4 0 i TVG level DISTANCE 200 m distance settings 8 COLOR B7 Color bar Requires appropriate Event marker data Ship s and bearing sensor track markers data Current vector det Nol N Sweep indicator W E Shows train position EM in horizontal mode Single frequency horizontal display 2 HORIZONTAL MODE 2 3 Choosing a Ra
67. ess the EVENT key to inscribe the event marker Event marker data appears at the bottom left hand corner Latest event marker Display area Previous event marker To delete all event markers Event marker data place the cursor outside the Horizontal range display area and press the EVENT How to use the event marker 2 11 2 HORIZONTAL MODE Deleting all event markers from the horizontal display To delete all event markers inscribed on the horizontal mode display do the following 1 Operate the Omnipad to place the cursor outside the display area 2 Press the EVENT key to show the following dialog box Do the next step within four seconds otherwise the dialog box will be erased DELETE EVENT MARK EM ves 3 Press to choose YES and then press the MENU key 2 11 Depth and Horizontal Range Markers The horizontal range depth and bearing to a fish school can be measured by using the range and bearing markers Note Range and bearing markers cannot be inscribed on the history display or video plotter display 1 Operate the Omnipad to place the cursor on the location desired 2 Press the R B key to display the range and bearing markers Horizontal range depth and bearing to the cursor location are shown at the bottom right hand corner of the screen 3 To erase the range and bearing markers place the cursor outside the display area and press the R B key or place the cursor on the ra
68. f the dual frequency display For further details about interference rejection see paragraph 2 12 5 horizontal display and 3 12 2 vertical scan display AGC Automatically lowers sensitivity against strong echoes such as those from the bottom and large fish schools to emphasize weak echoes such as those from fish close to the bottom The default setting is OFF AUDIO LEVEL Adjusts the audio level 0 10 of the external loudspeaker option sometimes you may be preoccupied with other tasks and unable to concentrate on watching the sonar picture In such cases it would be a good choice to use the audio function This function enables you to monitor echoes from fish schools and seabed through the built in speaker After you ve become accustomed to monitoring fish aurally you should be able to detect a fish school from a range longer than you can detect it on the screen In addition you may judge whether the fish school is approaching or going away the tone becomes higher when the school is approaching and lowers when the school is going away Note If a dual frequency display is active the frequency sound from the left side display for the dual frequency vertical scan display the top display is output Dual frequency horizontal display dual frequency horizontal expansion dual frequency echo sounder 5 2 5 5 2 2 5 2 1 Displaying the COM2 menu 1 Press the MENU key to open the menu
69. ger the figure the less the gain over distance 8 Press the MENU key to register your selection and close the menu Correct Level too high Distance too high Examples of proper and improper TVG 3 12 2 Suppressing noise and interference You may encounter occasional noise or intermittent interference as shown below This is mostly caused by electrical equipment engine propeller noise from own ship or noise from other sonars being operated nearby If interference appears turn on the interference rejector in the COM1 menu to suppress it Note that the interference rejector cannot be turned on off independently for each frequency in case of the dual frequency display Interference rejector ON In this display MM X interference shows itself every 6 Appearance of interference 3 11 3 VERTICAL SCAN MODE 3 13 Vertical Menu Overview This section presents an overview of the items on the VERT menu 1 Press the MENU key to open the menu 2 Press A to choose MENU and then press lt or gt to choose the VERT menu COM1 2 HORZ 49888 ES PRESET SYS TVG LEVEL TVG DISTANCE RES COLOR CLUTTER HORZ SCAN RATE VERT SCAN RATE HORZ RANGE SELECT 4 P CHANGE MENU END VERT menu Press A or V to choose item desired Press to show corresponding dialog box Press lt or gt or to choose option desired Press the MENU key to register your selection and close the menu QD
70. gs are restored Also latitude and longitude indication returns to normal Note 1 Target lock is automatically canceled if position data is lost Note 2 When target lock is activated in the vertical scan combination display the vertical bearing cursor automatically shows target direction When target lock is canceled the vertical bearing cursor is returned to its previous position The vertical scan display operates like the vertical search features when the target lock is active For further details about the vertical search feature see page 5 8 2 13 3 Echo mode The echo mode tracks a fish school either automatically or manually The default setting is automatic and you can choose automatic or manual with LOCK in the HORZ menu Note that this mode is not available in the vertical scan or echo sounder mode Automatic tracking The automatic echo target lock function automatically tracks a fish school appearing in the operator chosen target lock zone 1 Press the TARGET key The dialog box below appears at the screen center the message ECHO LOCK appears for three seconds at the top of the screen the target lock area appears in the current train area and the target lock indicator appears at the right hand side of the screen TARGET LOCK AREA 4 b INSIDE A W OUTSIDE 2 Use the Omnipad to set the detection area A of V to set the outer boundary lt gt to set the inner boundary Use the S
71. he TILT control however there are some emissions outside the main beam These are called sidelobes The energy of the sidelobe is fairly weak but when the water is comparatively shallow and the bottom is rocky and hard strong signals are detected by the sidelobe These are represented on the display as a false echo as shown below Mainlobe echo Sidelobe echo Mainlobe The bottom echo detected by sidelobe appears at a certain tilt angle when the sidelobe points ver tically Also poor soundome projection may result in a similar false echo Sidelobe echoes Noise When the fishing ground is crowded with many fishing boats the sonar is subject to interference from ultrasonic equipment echo sounder or sonar on other boats as well as those on own ship For instance interference from the sonar operated on other boats will show itself on the display as in the figure below This interference can be suppressed by changing the Tx rate on the COM1 menu Interference from sonars 2 28 2 HORIZONTAL MODE 2 15 3 Combination display examples How to choose a combination display 1 Press the key to show the combination display selection window A pj HORZHISTORY G HORZ VERT N HORZ VERT ZOOM Y R HORZ PLOTTER 2 Use A or V to choose the combination display desired You may also use the key to choose a display 3 Press the MENU key to close the selection window or wait four seconds for it to close aut
72. hip s speed exceeds prescribed speed User programmed function keys provide one touch access to desired function Two types of target lock for effective tracking of fish school Digital display of position speed course water temperature depth tide speed and direction Requires appropriate sensors vi Usage Precautions The Motion Sensor MS 100 compensates for ship s pitching and rolling However it does not compensate for load unbalance If the equipment will not be used for a long time shut off the power to it at the mains switchboard to prevent battery discharge If the soundome is to be operated while the ship is dry docked set the transmitter output power to minimum on the COM1 menu Damage to the train tilt section may result if it is operated with maximum transmitter power while the ship is dry docked When the ship is dry docked check for signs of corrosion on the soundome Find the reason for the corrosion and attach a zinc plate to the hull unit as an anticorrosion measure if necessary Notice No part of this manual may be copied or reproduced without written permission If this manual is lost or worn contact your dealer about replacement The contents of this manual and equipment specifications are subject to change without notice The example screens or illustrations shown in this manual may not match the screens you see on your display The screen you see depends on your system configuration and e
73. ical scan mode 3 11 L ESrigu age quii a 0 19 CV 1 9 IN 1 INDEX M MAIN SUB 2 31 3 17 Maintenance hull unit cT 6 2 OrEVENIIV O ar 6 1 replacement of fuse 6 3 BAIS UC zi 6 3 MENU key cccccsscccceeeeseeseeseeseessaaees 1 15 ta Ma eur ici 1 1 11 a 1 14 Navigation 5 11 North 5 11 Position display format 5 10 POWER SWIIGCD 1 3 PRESET Ines usus dis 5 5 Pulselength 2 14 R B key echo sounder 4 7 horizontal mode cetus 2 12 vertical scan mode 3 9 Range echo sounder 4 3 horizontal mode 2 3 presetting for echo sounder mode 0 16 presetting for horizontal mode 5 14 presetting for vertical scan mode 5 15 track range preset 5 17 vertical scan mode 3 3 RANGE control echo sounder 4 3 horizontal mode icc cesses tee 2 3 vertical
74. ing aft 228 312 Moves to right side of screen For viewing port side You can switch between the single frequency horizontal expansion display and the dual frequency horizontal expansion display alternately with the key as shown below 48 123 Moves to left side of screen For viewing starboard side oingle freq Display Dual freq Display Switching between single frequency horizontal expansion and dual frequency horizontal expansion displays Frequency Sector marker Tilt angle Cursor position data Train Indicator Range 1 Train n IE qu ES 34 12 343 N position Fri 134 34 213 W CSE 357 SPD 9 9 kt DEP 35 m 3 TMP 12 3 C CUR 11 0 dd 2 0 kt marker GAIN 5 3 TVG LEVEL 4 0 DISTANCE 200 m N COLOR Cursor Horizontal expansion display 2 18 2 HORIZONTAL MODE 2 13 Target Lock Two types of target lock modes are available Position Tracks stationary position such as a reef using position data from a navigator Available in the horizontal mode only Echo Tracks fish echo either manually or automatically Available in the horizontal mode only 2 13 1 Choosing a target lock mode Press the MENU key to open the menu Press A to choose MENU Press lt gt to choose the HORZ menu Press A or V to choose TARGET KEY Press lt or gt to show following dialog box TARGET KEY Pico erc POS 6 Press 4 or gt to choose option desired
75. itching between single frequency vertical scan and dual frequency vertical scan displays Bearing indicator Shows training direction FORE Own ship PORT STARBOARD Vertical range Training indicator Horizontal range AFT Interference Transducer status indicator rejector ON Filled arrow Respective ac Filled arrow Respective action completed Blinking arrow Action in progress u Heading Cursor position Horizontal range scale data Frequency 34 12 343 Position in latitude Fish echo 134 34 213 W longitude CSE 357 Cursor SPD 9 9 kt Course speed Horizontal Pi range 3 Depth 351m Bottom Es 20 Ay echo P TMP id 12 3 C Water temperature Depth cette nce CUR 11 0 Tide direction 2 0 kt tide speed GAIN 5 3 Gain setting TVG LEVEL 4 0 TVG level DISTANCE 200 m ev distance settings Horizontal COLOR 9 Requires appropriate Sector center Vertical range scale PEDIS indicator Event marker Horizontal range marker Sweep indicator Shows tilt angle in vertical fan mode Single frequency vertical scan display 3 VERTICAL SCAN MODE 3 3 Choosing a Range The RANGE control chooses the detection display range in 15 settings Choose the range according to either the fish species being searched or the depth desired Each time the control is operated the newly chosen range briefly appears in large characters at the screen top Range is permanently di
76. l and its container Dispose of oil and its container in accord ance with local regulations For further details contact place of purchase Storage Seal container to keep out foreign material Store in dark cool place CAUTION Set the gain properly No picture appears if the gain setting is too low and noise appears when the gain is too high If the gain is set improperly the depth indication may be wrong resulting in a potentially dangerous situation if the vessel is navigated by monitoring the depth indication gt o B ATMS i Lee yt Gain too high Proper gain Gain too low Warning labels Warning labels are attached to the display transceiver and hull units Do not remove the labels If a label is missing or illegible contact a FURUNO agent or dealer TRANSCEIVER UNIT WARNING N A Name Warning Label 1 To avoid electrical shock do not remove cover No user serviceable Type 86 003 1011 1 parts inside Code No 100 236 231 DISPLAY UNIT Name Warning Label 2 Type 86 003 1001 1 Code No 100 236 741 HULL UNIT Name Injury Warning Label Type 06 021 4015 0 Code No 100 281 590 A WARNING Moving shaft can pinch and cut Keep hands clear while operating Lockout power before servicing A A TFT LCD The high quality TFT Thin Film Transistor LCD displays 99 999 of its picture ele ments The remaining 0 01 may dr
77. l frequency display 1 Push the GAIN control LOW FREQ GAIN 5 0 PUSH GAIN KNOB TO SPECIFY THE FREQ ROTATE GAIN KNOB TO CHANGE THE FREQ 2 Push the GAIN control to choose the frequency for which you want to adjust the gain 3 Rotate the GAIN control to adjust the gain range 0 10 GAIN HI 5 0 GAIN LO 5 3 Gain setting high and low frequencies Location of gain setting indications on dual frequency display 4 Press the MENU key to close the gain setting window 1 14 1 OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1 40 Menu Overview The menu consisting of six menus mostly contains items which once preset do not require frequent adjustment Below is the procedure for basic menu operation 1 Press the MENU key to open the menu Note Either PRESET default setting or SHORT CUT appears between ES and SYS at the top of the screen depending on the setting of CUSTOM KEY on the SYSTEM SETTING 1 menu and they set the function of the custom keys 1 2 3 For further details see pages 5 3 through 5 7 ee HORZ VERT ES PRESET SYS DELETING TRACK NO MIX MODE STANDARD WHITE MARKER OFF SIG LEVEL OFF COLOR 16 BKGD COLOR V SELECT P CHANGE MENU END COM2 menu The last used menu is displayed To choose a different menu press A to choose MENU and then press lt gt to choose menu desired Press A or V to choose menu item desired At the bottom of the screen menu help is provided Press to open th
78. lt angle indication and tilt angle indicator at the top right corner of the screen The tilt angle can be set in increments of 1 from 0 to 5 upward to 0 to 90 downward Choose tilt angle depending on target fish For surface fish choose a narrow angle about 5 and for bottom fish a wide angle about 40 Soundome 5 0 Horizontal direction Transducer Tilt angle setting range 90 Vertical direction 2 5 2 HORIZONTAL MODE 2 6 1 Tilt angle for surface fish Sound emitted from the sonar transducer forms an oval shaped beam with a width of approximately 10 3 dB full scan vertical beam width on 85 kHz in the vertical direction vertical beam width The tilt angle is indicated by the angle between the center line is parallel with the sea surface and one half of the emitted sound goes upward toward the sea surface This causes one half of the emitted sound to be reflected toward the transducer and displayed on the screen as sea surface reflections When the sea is calm since the sound is reflected just like reflections become negligible However if the sea is not calm enough they will become dominant and interfere with observation of wanted echoes To minimize these sea surface reflections and to search fish schools effectively the tilt angle is usually set between 5 and 7 so the upper portion of the beam becomes almost parallel with the sea surface When the sea is rough the tilt angle is slightly increased to le
79. lt to detect because you have to discriminate fish echoes from the bottom reflections To discriminate fish echoes near the bottom choose the short Tx pulselength on the COM1 menu to decrease the tail of bottom reflections 1 Press the MENU key to open the menu 2 Press A to choose MENU and then press lt to choose the COM1 menu 3 Press A or V to choose PULSELENGTH and then press gt The following dialog box appears PULSELENGTH SHORT 4 Press to choose SHORT 5 Press the MENU key to register your selection and close the menu 2 12 3 Displaying weak echoes clearly Echoes from targets such as the bottom or a fish return to the transducer in order of the distance to them and when their intensities are compared at the transducer face those from nearer targets are generally stronger when their reflecting properties are nearly equal The sonar operator will be quite inconvenienced if these echoes are directly displayed on the screen since he won t be able to judge the actual size of the target from the size of echoes displayed on the screen To overcome this inconvenience use the TVG function It compensates for propagation loss of sound in water amplification of echoes on short range is suppressed and gradually increased as range increases so that similar targets are displayed in similar intensities irrespective of the ranges to them The TVG also functions to suppress unwanted echoes and noise which appears in a certai
80. minimum the screen will show nothing at next power up In this case press the BRILL key several times to raise the brilliance 1 OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1 6 Choosing a Display 12 displays are provided choose the one which best suits your current needs For a description of each display see Chapter 2 Single frequency displays 1 6 Display HORIZONTAL This mode provides 360 degree coverage Useful for general search Chapter 2 VERTICAL SCAN Vertical section of underwater conditions appears on the entire screen Chapter 3 Display EXPANDED HORIZONTAL Expanded horizontal picture appears over the entire screen Chapter 2 22m gt Water temp depth ECHO SOUNDER Using a fixed spot beam this display shows fish echoes below or around the vessel Chapter 4 Single frequency displays 1 OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW Dual frequency displays Display Key Display DUAL FREQ HORIZONTAL DUAL FREQ HORIZ EXPANSION 360 dual freq display of fish echoes Expansion of dual freq horizontal etc Chapter 2 display Chapter 2 Depth Temp Displa DUAL FREQ VERTICAL SCAN DUAL FREQ ECHO SOUNDER Dual freq display of vertical section of Dual freq display of fish echoes fish echoes Useful for judging depth below vessel Chapter 4 and center position of fish school Chapter 3 Dual frequency displays 1 OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW Combination displays Display Display NAV DAT
81. n range area on the screen Without Nearer target Proper TVG setting echoes appear Heduce in larger size gain for Echoes of equal nearb size targets are Noise caused by Cau dede presented in the strong reflection using same color and size of surface TVG Noise is rejected turbulence How TVG works Note Excessive TVG may eliminate short range echoes 2 14 2 HORIZONTAL MODE To adjust TVG 1 Press the MENU key to open the menu 2 Press A to choose MENU and then press lt or gt to choose HORZ 1 COM VERI ES PRESET SYS TVG LEVEL TVG DISTANCE RES COLOR CLUTTER TARGET KEY LOCK MODE AUTO TILT V SELECT P CHANGE MENU END HOHZ menu 3 Press A or V to choose TVG DISTANCE and press gt The following dialog box appears 200 4 Press lt or gt to adjust TVG distance between 3 0 and 5 0 130 320 m As a general rule use a higher setting for low frequency transducer a lower setting for high frequency transducer The larger the figure the greater the distance at which TVG works When you open the TVG dialog box the TVG line changes from solid to dashed and a solid line denotes current TVG setting TVG Distance Setting 2 15 2 HORIZONTAL MODE 5 Press the MENU key to register your selection and close the menu 6 suppress reflections by the sea surface or plankton choose TVG LEVEL and press 7 Press 4 or gt t
82. nge The RANGE control chooses the detection display range Choose the range according to either the fish species being searched or the depth desired 15 ranges are available and minimum and maximum ranges depend on the transducer used ET SEA SURFACE WU A Range indicated TaD Oe lt r on the screen BOTTOM TII Yeu lt CE ec a 2 aw Range description Default horizontal mode range settings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 12 18 14 15 20 40 60 80 100 120 160 200 250 300 400 500 600 800 1200 ft 50 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 Normally the range is set so that the bottom is traced at the lower part of the screen like an echo sounder Each time the RANGE control is operated the newly selected range briefly appears in large characters at the screen top Range is always displayed at the right hand corner of the screen Note 1 Unit of range measurement may be chosen from among meters feet fathoms passi braza or Hiro Japanese with UNIT on the SYSTEM SETTING 1 menu For details see page 5 11 Note 2 Ranges may be freely preset as desired For details see page 5 14 2 3 2 HORIZONTAL MODE 2 4 Choosing Sector Width You may set the width of the scanned sector ES Display sector shown 96 Sector width The SECTOR control chooses the width of the scanned sector among the sixteen positions shown in the table below Clockwise rotation of the
83. nge or bearing marker and press the R B key Dashed lines show horizontal range and depth of range marker Bearing marker Range marker Range and bearing markers data Horizontal range J Depth B Bearing from ship s bow Range and bearing markers 2 12 2 HORIZONTAL MODE 2 12 Adjusting the Picture 2 12 1 Suppressing bottom and surface reflections In shallow fishing grounds excessive sea surface and bottom reflections often interfere with wanted fish echoes and they cannot be eliminated sufficiently with the TVG controls In such cases try to reduce the output power without turning down the gain The picture becomes clearer when output power is reduces rather than when the gain is decreased Maximum TX power Minimum TX power Sonar image and TX power setting 1 Press the MENU key to open the menu 2 Press A to choose MENU and then press lt to choose the COM1 menu COM2 HORZ VERT ES PRESET SYS TX POWER PULSELENGTH TX RATE INT REJECT AGC AUDIO LEVEL A V SELECT 9 CHANGE MENU END COM1 menu 3 Press A to choose TX POWER and then press gt The following dialog box appears TX POWER 4 Press to choose MIN For long range detection be sure to return the setting to MAX 5 Press the MENU key to register your selection and close the menu 2 13 2 HORIZONTAL MODE 2 12 2 Suppressing bottom tail As described earlier fish schools near the bottom are sometimes difficu
84. nged Bottom is not displayed in vertical scan picture when bottom is flat 6 4 6 MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOOTING 6 7 Error Messages The table below shows the error messages which may appear on the display All error messages are accompanied by an audio alarm which you may silence with the R B key Message Meaning Remedy HULL UNIT Hull unit is not powered Silence the audio POWER OFF alarm with the R B key and then turn on the CHECK BREAKER AND FUSE hull unit to erase the message and restore PRESS R B KEY TO SILENCE ALARM normal operation RAISE LOWER FUNCTION HAS NOT BEEN You attempted to raise or lower the COMPLETED transducer when the ship s speed is above CHECK IF THE BREAKER AT THE HULL UNIT 15 knots or the breaker on the hull unit HAS BEEN ACTIVATED tripped Check the breaker and lower the MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE SPEED IS 15 KNOTS ship s speed below 15 knots to execute WHILE SOUNDOME IS BEING RETRACTED function desired PRESS R B KEY TO SILENCE ALARM Frequency Code Error FREQUENCY CODE ERROR CPU does not receive frequency flag from CHECK TRANSCEIVER UNIT transducer Silence the audio alarm with the PRESS R B KEY TO SILENCE ALARM R B key and then check the transceiver unit Train Error TRAIN NG CPU does not receive heading signal Check source of heading signal Excessive Speed SHIPS SPEED EXCEEDS 15 kt See page 5 13 for details SLOW DOWN UNDER 15 kt WHEN MOVING TRANSDUCER PRESS R B
85. nit 12 24 VDC 5 0 2 5A Hull Unit 12 24 VDC 4 7 2 3A 16 7 8 2 A during raising and lowering ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS Ambient Temperature 15 C to 55 C Soundome 0 C to 35 C Relative Humidity Less than 95 Waterproofing Control unit IPX5 Transceiver unit IPXO Hull unit IPX2 MU 100C IPX5 Vibration 2 Hz 5Hz to 13 2 Hz Amplitude 1 mm 10 13 2 Hz to 100 Hz Max acceleration 7m s fixed COATING COLOR Control Unit Panel N3 0 Chassis 2 5GY5 1 5 Transceiver Unit 2 5GY5 1 5 MU 100C Panel N3 0 Newtone No 5 Chassis 2 5GY5 1 5 SP E125S01A This page is intentionally left blank CIO NERA 5 2 4 9 Automat 2 23 Background 5 2 5 19 SAVINO 5 19 BRILL 1 5 Clutter echosounder mode 4 10 horizontal 2 22 vertical scan mode 3 12 Color palette 5 18 Colors DACKOTOUNO 5 3 ele M E EE 5 3 COM1 MENU 5 1 e te Eds 5 3 Control description 1 1
86. nsducer A WARNING Turn off the power at the ship s mains switchboard before conducting the procedure below Rotating motor can cause bodily injury 1 Turn off the breaker on the hull unit 2 Turn nut with 19 mm ratchet wrench 3 Check that the transducer raises and lowers smoothly from the upper to the lower limit positions If the transducer cannot be raised smoothly do not use excessive force the shaft may bend causing damage to other components 4 Check soundome and tank Remove marine life with fine sandpaper or piece of wood Attach ratchet wrench here Hull unit 6 2 6 MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOOTING 6 4 Transducer Maintenance When the ship is dry docked remove marine growth from the transducer with fine Sandpaper or a piece of wood Coat the transducer face with anti fouling paint Chugoku MarineStar 20 Red or the equivalent NOTICE Do not paint the transducer face Loss of sensitivity will result Do not use plastic solvents to clean the transducer They can damage the transducer 6 5 Fuse Replacement The fuse in the hull and transceiver units protect them from overvoltage equipment fault and reverse polarity of the ship s mains If the power cannot be applied first check that the power cable between the transceiver unit and the monitor unit is firmly connected If the power still cannot be applied the fuse in the transceiver unit may have blown Have a suitably qualified technician
87. o overlap Wide beam width NOT RECOMMENDED Not suited for this purpose Bait fish are not easily detected with low frequency NOT RECOMMENDED Low frequency is easily interfered by cavitation from other vessels NOT RECOMMENDED Attenuation loss is great on high frequency PREFERABLE Bottom echo is less prominent because of narrow beam width so fish echoes are easy to find NOT RECOMMENDED Detection area is narrow beam width is narrow PREFERABLE Fish echo and bottom echo are displayed separately Narrow beam width PREFERABLE Well suited for this purpose Bait fish are more easily detected with high frequency PREFERABLE High frequency is not easily interfered by cavitation from other vessels The dual frequency display is useful for comparing the picture from one frequency against the other to overcome deficiencies in both Use the single frequency for objective specific fishing 1 OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW Frequency selection and mode Single frequency display or combination display other than vertical scan combination The LF HF key chooses low frequency or high frequency alternately Dual frequency display mix mode OFF The LF HF key switches the frequency of the high and low frequency displays alternately Dual frequency display mix mode ON The LF HF key changes the frequency of the left hand display top display in dual frequency vertical scan display from low to high altern
88. o adjust TVG LEVEL considering sea conditions A setting between 2 0 and 5 0 should provide satisfactory results The higher the figure the less the gain over distance 8 Press the MENU key to register your selection and close the menu 9 Watch a distant fish echo which is approaching own ship adjusting the tilt angle so the fish echo is within the sounding beam Observe color of fish echo If the color and size of the echo stay the same as the echo approaches own ship the TVG setting is proper If the echo suddenly becomes smaller the TVG level may be too high 2 12 4 Erasing weak echoes Weak echoes such as interference can be erased from the screen using the signal level feature This is useful when you want to observe a fish school echo Press the MENU key to open the menu Press A to choose MENU Press 4 to choose COM2 Press A or V to choose SIG LEVEL Press to open the dialog box SIG LEVEL OFF 1 14 C c E Ie m 8 color display OFF 1 6 OFF 1 14 16 color display OFF 1 14 6 Press 4 or gt to choose echo color to erase Pressing gt erases echoes from weak to strong in ascending order of strength You can also see which echo color is erased by watching the color bar 7 Press the MENU key to register your selection and close the menu 2 16 2 HORIZONTAL MODE 2 12 5 Suppressing interference from marine life If you are fishing in an area where there are a lot of fishing vessels you may re
89. omatically Note 1 Combination displays may be disabled on the SYSTEM SETTING 2 menu Only those displays which are turned on appear in the combination display selection window Note 2 If all combination displays are turned off the vertical scan combination display is automatically shown 2 29 2 HORIZONTAL MODE Horizontal history display The horizontal display appears in the main window the history display in the sub window The length of the picture displayed in the history display is equal to about four full circle pictures Thus the history display enables you to observe the history of fish movement and distribution It is also useful for detecting bottom fish reefs and sunken vessels The history display cannot be adjusted requency Tilt angle Cursor position Range Tilt angle indicator data gt Interference rej ON pe Target lock indicator Transducer status indicator Own ship o DRMMS ET lex marger HEC ouc e Position in latitude Train MEET on nes E D WERDS 134 34 213 W longitude position UB ES CRESCE SE CSE 357 SPD 9 9kt Course speed Fish echo Bottom echo Cursor Requires appropriate sensor L Horizontal Display J H story Display Horizontal history display 2 30 2 HORIZONTAL MODE Horizontal video plotter display The horizontal display appears in the main window the video plotter display which traces
90. oneous the transducer may be raised at a speed different from the speed specified For further details about the automatic transducer retraction see AUTO RETRACTION on page 5 13 Note 2 An audio alarm may sound when the ship s speed exceeds the speed specified For further details see SPEED ALARM MESSAGE on page 5 13 1 OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1 5 Adjusting Screen Brilliance Panel Dimmer screen brilliance can be adjusted in 10 steps and panel dimmer backlighting in five 1 Press the BRILL key to open the dialog box for screen brilliance and panel dimmer adjustment Do the next step within four seconds otherwise the dialog box will be erased 4 gt BRILL 3 1E 1L 1E wv A DIMMER 3 M Brilliance panel dimmer dialog box Press lt or gt as appropriate to adjust screen brilliance 0 is the lowest brilliance 9 the highest Note that continuous pressing of the BRILL key also changes the brilliance level Press lt or gt as appropriate to adjust the panel dimmer is the lowest level 4 is the highest Press the MENU key to register settings and close the dialog box Note that the dialog box is automatically erased if there is no control operation within about four seconds Note 1 The brilliance of a commercial monitor cannot be adjusted with the BRILL key Use the associated control on the monitor Note 2 For the supplied monitor unit if you turn off the power with the brilliance set at
91. op out or light however this is an inherent property of the LCD it is not a sign of malfunction TABLE OF CONTENTS FORHEWOBD a5uiscisisceseinte d cive d doi ca C ete geen eee vi SYSTEM CONFIGURATION sc iessututunzuVREs NEFF UNS viii 1 OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW eruere ee nennen nennen nnn nani 1 1 Top Gone Describe ode 1 1 t2 Remote ControllQls eese en n anta erae 1 2 1 95 urnmnguihe Power OnO ae 1 3 DESC gt T METRE 1 3 USOS AE POWE ON Utt 1 3 1 4 Raising Lowering the 1 4 T Eowernng tne a boa dance ce 1 4 1 4 2 Raising the transducer xs edet aeo uc edlen neut e 1 4 1 5 Adjusting Screen Brilliance Panel 1 5 LO CHOOSING a DISDIAY rc 1 6 L7 GHOSSING seas Tm 1 9 USE Bo cer rH OH 1 11 dts e ano uale 1 13 VO Menu OVervIGW a 1 15 2 HORIZONTAL MODE M 2 1 21 2 1 2 2 Typical Horizontal Mode
92. ose method of picture interpolation OFF Interpolation close to raw signal NORMAL Clarifies picture EMPHASIS Emphasizes strong signals STABILIZER Choose the sensor to use to compensate for effects of ship s pitching and rolling The choices are Motion Sensor MS 100 Clinometer BS 704 and Satellite Compass SC 50 SC 110 5 12 5 AUTO RETRACTION Turn on to automatically retract the transducer when ship s speed exceeds the speed set here The ship s speed range for automatic retraction is from 5 to 15 knots The default setting is OFF no automatic retraction The transducer may be retracted at a speed other than the intended one when ship s speed data is erroneous SPEED ALARM MESSAGE Turn on default setting to display speed alarm message and sound the audio alarm when ship s speed exceeds allowable speed for a given transducer operation The audio alarm can be silenced with the R B key 4 pressed to lower transducer Message 1 appears Reduce speed below 15 kts to restore normal operation Transducer being lowered opeed over 15 kts Message 1 appears and lowering continues Transducer lowered opeed above 20 kts opeed above 15 kts Message 2 appears accompanied with the aural alarm Reduce the speed below 20 kts to restore normal operation 1 pressed to raise transducer Message 1 appears accompanied with the aural alarm Transducer is not raised Reduce the speed below 15 kts to erase
93. quipment s power cord which can cause fire or electrical shock Use the proper fuse The fuse in the hull and transceiver units protects them from overvoltage equipment fault and reverse polarity of the ship s mains If a fuse blows replace it with fuse of the same amperage Use of a wrong fuse can result in damage to the equipment Retract the transducer before turning off the power Damage to the equipment may result Wait until the transducer retraction switch lights steadily and then turn off the power CAUTION Do not exceed 20 knots when operating the equipment and do not exceed 15 knots when lowering or raising the transducer The transducer may become damaged Do not use the equipment for other than its intended purpose Use of the equipment as a stepping stool for example may result in personal injury or damage to the equipment WORKING WITH THE SONAR OIL Precautions e Keep oil away from eyes Wear pro tective gloves when working with the oil The oil can cause inflammation of the eyes e Do not touch the oil Wear protective gloves when working with the oil The oil can cause inflammation of the skin e Do not ingest the oil Diarrhea and vomiting may result Keep the oil out of reach of children Emergency procedures e f the oil enters eyes flush with clean water about 15 minutes Consult a physician e f the oil is ingested see a physician immediately Disposal of oi
94. quipment settings This manual is intended for use by native speakers of English FURUNO will assume no responsibility for the damage caused by improper use or modification of the equipment or claims of loss of profit by a third party vil SYSTEM CONFIGURATION INTERFACE UNIT IF 8000 CONTROL UNIT MONITOR UNIT CH 302 MU 100C Navigator Control Unit MONITOR UNIT a MU 100C Display Unit VGA Ext Monitor Se eee ee MMOS JQ C969 TRANSCEIVER UNIT CONTROL UNIT CH 302 CH 303 12 24 VDC HULL UNIT Note 1 MU 100C is the standard supply CH 304 monitor unit An external monitor CH 305 may be connected via the interface unit option The drawing above shows the system configuration with the MU 100C Note 2 For blackbox type MU 100C is not supplied Connect external monitor user Supply and control unit to the interface unit When Monitor MU 151C is connected this interface is not necessary System configuration 1 OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1 1 Control Description Selects center bearing of training sector Selects detection range Selects training speed horizontal mode train center vertical scan picture advancement speed echo sounder Turns the power on off Reverses scanning direction Raises the transducer g Adjusts receiver e Controls tilt angle dr Selects center direction of sensitivity the ve
95. reen top Press the MENU key to finish Activating the custom mode 1 Press appropriate CUSTOM MODE key The indication CUSTOM1 CUSTOM CUSTOMS appears at the top of the screen depending on key pressed To escape from the custom mode operation operate any of the controls among MODE SECTOR TRAIN RANGE TILT and FAST SCAN 5 5 3 3 Short cut key The default settings are key 1 interference rejector key 2 signal level and key 3 background color The operator may change their functions as desired Note In the combination modes the short cut key operation is only possible from the main window 1 Choose SHORT CUT following the procedure in paragraph 5 2 1 2 Press the MENU key to open the menu 3 Press A to choose MENU and then press lt or gt to choose SHORT CUT 1 COM2 HORZ VERT ES SYS VOLUME DELTRACK AUTOTILT BKGD SIG LEVEL CLUTTER RES COLOR WHITE MARKER VER SEARCH DELTRACK AUTOTILT BKGD SIG LEVEL CLUTTER RES COLOR WHITE MARKER VER SEARCH VOLUME DEL TRACK AUTO TILT BKGD SIG LEVEL CLUTTER RES COLOR WHITE MARKER SELECT FUNCTION TO BE ALLOCATED TO EACH CUSTOM KEY CUSTOM KEY MAY BE USED AS A PRESET KEY A W sELECT 4 b cHANGE MENU END SHOHRT CUT menu 4 Press A or V to choose key to preset For example choose KEY 1 5 Press 4 or gt to choose item 6 Press the MENU key to finish Activating a short cut key 1 Press a CUSTOM MODE key and
96. rtical scanning sector Selects width of training sector Adjusts display brilliance Omnipad Shifts cursor Selects menu items options XDR KM 6 5 Lowers the transducer Provide short cut key or one touch Opens closes setup menu Turns target lock Inscribes erases event on off markers Switches training sector to Inscribes erases range 360 horizontal mode and bearing markers or 180 vertical scan mode Turns mix display on off Horizontal Mode Vertical Scan Mode Low freq High freq selection Switches control between main and Horizontal Combination sub windows BOW Horizontal Echo Sounder Horizontal Expansion Vertical Scan DISPLAY Horizontal History Horizontal Vertical scan Horizontal Vertical zoom Horizontal Video plotter Control unit 1 1 1 OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1 2 Remote Controller The Remote Controller CH 256 option provides armchair control over range tilt target lock and sounding range Choose tilt angle Choose display range Chooses sounding area Full circle 360 horizontal mode Half circle 180 vertical scan mode Enabiesidisables i t lock nables disables target lock REMOTE CONTROLLER Remote controller 1 2 1 OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1 3 Turning the Power On Off 1 3 1 Power This sonar has a demonstration mode which provides simulated operation without the transducer For further details
97. setting of CUSTOM KEY on the SYSTEM SETTING 1 menu Short cut key One touch activation of corresponding dialog box This is the default setting Preset key One touch setup of mode sector train range tilt and speed controls Below are the default settings for PRESET CUSTOM Display Mode Frequency Train Range m Tilt MODE TN owe ome me 0 s 20 5 3 1 Choosing short cut or preset 1 Press the MENU key to open the menu 2 Press A to choose MENU and then press to choose SYS COM1 COM2 HORZ VERT ES PRESET GO TO SYS MENU W sELECT 4 CHANGE MENU END Display for opening system menu 3 Press V to choose GO TO SYS MENU 4 Press lt to choose YES SYSTEM MENU SYSTEM SETTING gt RANGE SONAR MODE RANGE VERTICAL MODE RANGE E S MODE RANGE TRACK MODE COLOR PALETTE LANGUAGE SYSTEM BACKUP LOAD BACKUP DATA HEADING OFFSET DRAFT OFFSET ADJ MOTION SENSOR TX FREQ ADJUST TEST TEST PATTERN DEMO MODE DEFAULT SELECT b MENU DISPLAY MENU END System menu 5 4 5 5 Press to open the SYSTEM SETTING menu SYSTEM SETTING 1 POSITION SHIP S L L TRACK OFF CURRENT DATA OFF HEADING INDICATION NORTH MARK OFF CSE DATA NAV DATA NAV2 BAUDRATE TVG CORRECTION UNIT TEMP TARGET L L CUSTOM KEY ETA MARK W sELECT 4 System se
98. sing shifts the arrow and cursor from left to right and top to bottom 2 Press A or V to choose R red G green or B blue as appropriate 3 Press 4 or to adjust color 4 Press the MENU key to register your settings and close the menu Note To restore default color settings choose DEFAULT SETTING press to choose YES and press the MENU key A few beeps sound while the default colors are being restored and then normal operation is restored 5 18 5 5 4 8 Language Menu language can chosen from among the languages shown in the Language dialog box and the default language is English LANGUAGE LANGUAGE JAPANESE ENGLISH FRANCAIS ESPANOL ITALIANO PORTUGUES DANSK NORSK SVENSK THAI CHANGE MENU END Language dialog box 5 4 9 System backup User settings can be backed up with the menu item SYSTEM BACKUP SYSTEM BACKUP ARE YOU SURE YES NOTE OVERWRITES PREVIOUS BACKUP DATA bP CHANGE MENU END System backup dialog box 5 4 10 Loading backup data oystem data may be loaded from the LOAD BACKUP DATA dialog box LOAD BACKUP DATA ARE YOU SURE YES NOTE OVERWRITES CURRENT SETTINGS bP CHANGE MENU END Load backup data dialog box 5 19 5 MENU OPERATION 5 4 11 Transducer frequency adjustment If the CH 300 is receiving interference from a video sounder or other sonar on board your ship adjust the frequency of the C
99. splayed at the top right hand corner of the screen Normally the range is set so that the bottom is traced at the lower part of the screen like an echo sounder Surface m d PETTER PETET i es Range concept Default vertical scan mode range settings Note 1 Unit of range measurement may be chosen from among meters feet fathoms passi braza or Hiro Japanese with UNIT on the SYSTEM SETTING 1 menu For details see page 5 11 Note 2 Ranges may be freely preset as desired For details see page 5 15 3 3 3 VERTICAL SCAN MODE 3 4 Choosing Train Center The TRAIN control determines the bearing of the vertical scan beam from 0 to 180 Bearing of beam position can be found with the train indicator 0 360 gt 6 gt 12 gt 18 gt 180 Train Indicator Train of Vertical Fan Beam Train indicator Train indicator Train 0 Train 90 Train 180 Train indicator and display 3 4 3 VERTICAL SCAN MODE 3 5 Choosing Display Sector oector means the width of the transducer training from 6 to 180 Sector Shown 24 Sector The SECTOR control chooses the training area among the sixteen positions shown in the table below Clockwise rotation of the control increases the sector width counterclockwise decreases it 11213 141516 9 16 ector One touch selection of 180 sector
100. ssen the affect of sea surface reflections Sea surface Tilt angle 0 40 Sea surface Tilt angle 5 7 9 10 Tilt angle 2 6 2 Distinguishing fish echo from bottom echo in coastal waters In coastal operations the bottom reflection is prominent so it is important to be able to distinguish fish echoes from the bottom echo The information below will help you to do this Tilt angle and bottom echo Case 1 Tilt angle 30 to 40 The bottom echo captured by the vertical beam width 10 at 3dB full circle 85 2 is displayed ring shaped and in strong colors Case 2 Tilt angle 10 to 20 The bottom echo is displayed wider and in weak colors as the distance to the bottom increases Case 3 Tilt angle 0 to 5 The bottom echo is either weak or is not displayed even if the vertical beam width captures the bottom echo because the distance to the bottom is too far 2 6 2 HORIZONTAL MODE How to discriminate fish echoes from the bottom The figure at the bottom of the page illustrates how two fish schools a and b are displayed on the screen using three different tilt angles Case 1 Case 2 a A i mm aO ar RETO ub Mes TUTTA Case 1 2 and 3 are relative to the bottom pictured above Detecting beam and fish position Using the above three cases fish schools will be displayed as below A a
101. the MENU key to register your selection and close the menu 4 11 1 Echo sounder menu description TVG LEVEL Compensates for propagation loss of sound in water See paragraph 4 10 1 Default setting is 4 0 TVG DISTANCE As above Default setting is 4 0 RES COLOR Sets transfer characteristics of input signal level versus display echo level Echo strength is emphasized in order of CUBE SQUARE LINEAR LOG You can see the characteristics of each by watching the color bar as you change the setting The default setting is LOG LOG Displays weak to strong echoes in their respective levels This setting is suitable for general use LINEAR Downplays the weak echoes when compared with LOG Effective for suppressing weak echoes such as plankton SQUARE Strong echoes are emphasized more than in LINEAR CUBE Strong echoes are emphasized even more than in SQUARE CLUTTER Low intensity echoes often caused by sediments in water are painted on the screen as a large number of random dots The higher the number setting the weaker the echoes which are erased A SCOPE Turns the A scope display on off Default setting is OFF See paragraph 4 10 2 4 10 5 MENU OPERATION This chapter provides menu operating information on menus not previously discussed COM1 COM2 PRESET or SHORT CUT depending on the setting of CUSTOM KEY on the SYSTEM SETTING 1 menu and SYS System menu 5 1 COM Menu 1 Press the MEN
102. the Omnipad to place the cursor where desired Cursor position data appears at the top left hand corner on the screen Cursor position data Horizontal range V Depth B Bearing Cursor Location of cursor position data 2 10 2 HORIZONTAL MODE 2 10 Event Marker The event marker functions to mark important locations on the horizontal mode display and five event markers may be inscribed Press the EVENT key to inscribe the event marker Each time the key is pressed the latest event marker is inscribed at the cursor location and all previously entered event markers are shown by the previous event marker Five event markers may be entered and when the capacity for event markers is reached the eldest event marker is erased from the screen to make room for the latest Note 1 Event markers cannot be entered from the history or video plotter display other display in horizontal combination displays Event markers may only be entered from the horizontal display Note 2 The tilt angle must be less than 75 degrees Correct event marker position data is not possible with the tilt angle higher than 75 degrees Note 3 Event marker position may be output to external equipment See paragraph 5 4 2 Note 4 Event markers are only erased from the currently used display horizontal vertical echo sounder Entering an event mark 1 Operate the Omnipad to place the cursor on the location desired for an event marker 2 Pr
103. the scan rate 1 2 3 4 for the vertical scan display in the horizontal vertical scan combination display Raise the figure to give importance to the vertical display HORZ RANGE You may choose the horizontal range expansion factor for the horizontal expansion display from x1 or x2 Note that this feature cannot be adjusted when the vertical search mode or target lock is active 3 14 Interpreting the Vertical Scan Display This section provides information necessary for interpreting the vertical scan display 3 14 1 How the vertical scan mode picture is painted The sounding beam is emitted and the information target echoes obtained by the beam appears in the corresponding sector as it appears on the sonar mode The difference is that the training is performed only in vertical direction It forms a sounding area of a half circle like a slice of watermelon to observe a vertical section of underwater conditions The bearing of the vertical sounding beam can be chosen manually or automatically Sounding Beam Screen Display Freq 60 kHz 1 Bearing of the sounding beam 1 Bearing of the sounding beam Sector center 90 Display range 24 2 Sector center 3 Display area 2 Sector center 3 Display area Select the bearing of the sounding beam 1 by TRAIN control the sounding sector center 2 by the TILT control and the display area 3 by the SECTOR control How the vertical scan mode picture is
104. transducer can pointed directly toward the bottom or forward of the ship Operate the TILT control to choose an appropriate tilt angle The available tilt angle is O horizontal direction to 90 vertical in increments of 1 Chosen tilt angle appears at the top of the display to the right of T 4 6 Choosing a Picture Advance Speed The picture advance speed determines how quickly the vertical scan lines run across the screen from right to left When choosing a picture speed keep in mind that a fast advance speed will expand a fish school horizontally on the screen and a slow one will contract it 1 Press the FAST SCAN key to show the following dialog box ADVANCE 1 8 1 4 2 Press 4 or gt FAST SCAN key may also be used to select a speed The fractions in dialog box correspond to the number of scan lines produced per transmission For example 2 1 means two scan lines are produced per transmission 3 Press the MENU key to close the dialog box Note that the dialog box is automatically closed if there is no control operation for about four seconds 4 4 4 ECHO SOUNDER MODE 47 Measuring Range by Cursor Use the cursor to display the range from own ship to the cursor location Use the Omnipad to place the cursor where desired The range to the cursor appears at the upper left hand corner of the screen Range to cursor w Range Depth Water Temp Display Cursor How to measure range with the cursor 4 8
105. tting 1 menu SHIP S LOP CURSOR L L ON FLOW FROM AZ ON GYRO LoranC LoranA DR DECCA OTHERS 9600 19200 38400 1 2 1 1 ft fa FLOW TO HIRO P B ON PRESET KEY SHORT CUT KEY 10sec 30sec min 3min 6min MENU END 6 Press A or V to choose CUSTOM KEY 7 Press 4 gt to choose PRESET KEY or SHORT CUT KEY as desired 8 Press the MENU key twice to register your selection and close the menu 5 3 2 Preset key 1 Choose PRESET KEY following the procedure in paragraph 5 2 1 Press the MENU key to open the menu 3 Press A to choose MENU and then press lt or gt to choose PRESET COM1 MODE FREQ SECTOR PRESENT S HI 360 custom 7 LO 240 CUSTOM2 i 2607 customs VN HI 180 TRAIN COM2 HORZ VERT ES 5991 SYS RANGE TILT 0 200 30 0 200 30 0 200 30 90 200 90 ADJUST THE KNOBS AND FUNCTION KEYS TO THE DESIRED SETTING THEN PRESS A CUSTOM MODE KEY TO SAVE THE SETTING FUNCTION KEY ENTRY MENU END PRESET menu 5 5 5 MENU OPERATION 6 T 8 Set the MODE HI LO SECTOR TRAIN RANGE and TILT controls according to target fish or fishing area Press the CUSTOM MODE keys 1 2 or 3 to program You are asked if you want to save the settings to the custom key pressed In the example the custom key 1 was pressed SAVE THE SETTING TO CUSTOM KEY Press to choose YES Press the MENU key The message PRGM SET appears at the sc
106. unction requires speed input ETA mark ETA marker 5 MENU OPERATION SYSTEM SETTING 2 menu description SYSTEM SETTING 2 GAIN SETTING PROTECT OFF HORZ HISTORY OFF N HORZ VERT N HORZ VERT ZOOM OFF ON HORZ PLOTTER OFF N EMPHASIS MODE OFF NORMAL HED STABILIZER OFF MOTION SENSOR SAT COMPASS AUTO RETRACTION OFF OFF 5 15 kt SPEED ALARM MESSAGE OFF ON SWEEP INDICATOR DOT LINE DEFAULT SETTING YE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE SPEED IS 15 KNOTS WHILE SOUNDOME IS BEING RETRACTED IF VESSEL HAS RAPID ACCELERATION CAPABILITIES AUTO RETRACTION SETTINGS OF 10 12 KNOTS ARE MANDATORY TO AVOID CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE TO SOUNDOME ASSY ANY PHYSICAL DAMAGE TO THE SOUNDOME ASSY IS CONSIDERED ABUSE AND IS NOT A WARRANTY ISSUE W SELECT lt p CHANGE MENU END System setting 2 menu GAIN SETTING PROTECT Prevents accidental adjustment of the gain When ON the gain cannot be adjusted unless the GAIN control is first pushed Default setting is ON This feature is effective on the single frequency displays and combination displays mix display OFF HORZ HISTORY Enables disables the horizontal history display Default setting is ON HORZ VERT Enables disables the horizontal vertical scan display Default setting is ON HORZ VERT ZOOM Enables disables the horizontal vertical zoom display Default setting is ON HORZ PLOTTER Enables disables the horizontal plotter display Default setting is ON EMPHASIS MODE Cho
107. various examples of horizontal mode displays The appearance of actual fish echoes will vary according to factors such as transmission frequency gain and TVG settings and bottom composition and contour Bottom echoes When the tilt angle is changed the bottom echo illustrated below will appear on the display When the tilt is decrease toward 0 the bottom trace becomes winder and weaker observing the bottom condition on the display the skipper can prevent net damage A Flat bottom Tilt angle 10 to 15 Decreased tilt angle T Only half of vertical beam width captures the bottom B Flat bottom Tilt angle 20 or more Bottom is displayed narrower and in stronger colors when compared to A C Sloping bottom Tilt angle 20 or more Shallow bottom is displayed in a strong color and with a short tail Bottom The deeper sloping bottom echo is displayed in a weak color and with a long tail Bottom echoes 2 25 2 HORIZONTAL MODE Fish schools A fish school appears as a mass of echoes on the screen The color of the mass shows the density of fish schools on the sonar beam To find distribution and center point of a fish school try several different tilt angles A Sea surface fish Tilt angle 0 to 10 Bottom echo not displayed because of decreased tilt angle Sea surface reflections are present Fish school Sea surface reflections
108. ven if the equipment is turned off before retracting the transducer However for safety purposes make it a habit to retract the transducer before turning off the power Note 2 After changing settings wait at least one minute before turning off the power to allow the equipment to memorize settings and start up with them at the next power up No harm will result to the equipment if this is not done 1 OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1 4 Raising Lowering the Transducer 1 41 Lowering the transducer CAUTION Do not exceed 20 knots when operating the equipment and do not exceed 15 knots when lowering or raising the transducer The transducer may become damaged With the boat at the fishing ground press the V switch to lower the transducer The lamp above the switch blinks while the transducer is being lowered and lights when it is completely lowered The down arrow of the transducer status indicator is filled when the transducer is completely lowered 1 4 2 Raising the transducer Press the T switch to raise the transducer The lamp above the switch blinks while the transducer is being raised and lights steadily when it is fully raised The up arrow of the transducer status indicator is filled when the transducer is fully retracted Note 1 The automatic transducer retraction feature which requires speed input raises the transducer when the ship s speed exceeds the operator set speed between 5 and 15 knots If speed data is err

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