Furuno FSV-24, Operator'S Manual

Page 1: ...COLOR SCANNING SONAR FSV 24 ...

Page 2: ...798 65 4200 FIRST EDITION FIRST EDITION APR APR 2001 2001 Printed in Japan Printed in Japan All rights reserved All rights reserved K K FEB FEB 12 2003 12 2003 PUB No PUB No OME 13180 OME 13180 00080916503 00080916503 00080916503 00080916503 HIMA HIMA FSV 24 FSV 24 0 0 0 8 0 9 1 6 5 0 3 0 0 0 8 0 9 1 6 5 0 3 OME13180K00 OME13180K00 OME13180K00 OME13180K00 O M E 1 3 1 8 0 K 0 O M E 1 3 1 8 0 K 0 ...

Page 3: ...an result if a liquid spills into the equipment 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 WARNING Keep heater away from e...

Page 4: ...s attached to the units of the system Do not remove the label If the label is missing or damaged contact a FURUNO agent or dealer WARNING To avoid electrical shock do not remove cover No user serviceable parts inside Name Warning Label 1 Type 86 003 1011 0 Code No 100 236 230 Projected Raising Lowering 1200 mm stroke Max 18 kt Max 15 kt 1600 mm stroke Max 15 kt Max 12 kt DANGER Keep fingers away f...

Page 5: ...2 2 Horizontal Mode Indications and Marks 2 2 2 3 Display Range 2 3 2 4 Tilt Angle 2 3 2 4 1 Setting the tilt angle 2 3 2 4 2 Automatic tilt 2 4 2 4 3 Bottom echo and tilt angle 2 5 2 4 4 How to discriminate fish echoes from the bottom 2 5 2 4 5 Tilt angle for surface fish 2 6 2 4 6 Suitable tilt angle 2 7 2 5 Finding Range and Bearing to a Target 2 8 2 6 Eliminating Weak Echoes 2 8 2 7 Suppressin...

Page 6: ...p position mark 2 31 2 18 3 Erasing an event mark own ship position mark 2 31 2 19 Net Course Mark 2 32 2 19 1 Inscribing the net course mark 2 32 2 19 2 Deleting the net course mark 2 33 2 20 Observing Net Behavior 2 33 2 21 Storing Recalling Picture 2 34 2 21 1 Storing the picture 2 34 2 21 2 Recalling stored picture 2 35 2 22 H SCAN SETTING Menu Overview 2 35 2 22 1 Displaying the H SCAN SETTIN...

Page 7: ...o sounder 2 net recorder or echo sounder display 4 3 4 2 3 Echo sounder combination mode ES1 ES2 4 4 4 3 Selecting an Echo Sounder Mode 4 6 4 3 1 Enabling an echo sounder mode 4 6 4 4 Selecting Display Range 4 8 4 5 Adjusting the Gain 4 10 4 6 Picture Advance Speed 4 11 4 7 Measuring Depth Distance 4 12 4 8 Comparing Fish School Concentration 4 13 4 9 ES1 SETTING Menu Overview 4 15 4 9 1 Displayin...

Page 8: ...LAY SETTING menu 8 2 8 3 1 Opening the DISPLAY SETTING menu 8 2 8 3 2 DISPLAY SETTING menu description 8 3 8 4 FISH ALARM AUDIO menu 8 4 8 4 1 Opening the FISH ALARM AUDIO menu 8 4 8 4 2 FISH ALARM AUDIO menu description 8 4 8 5 PRESET MEMORY CARD menu 8 5 8 5 1 PRESET MEMORY CARD menu description 8 5 8 6 INITIAL SETTING menu 8 6 8 6 1 INITIAL SETTING menu description 8 6 9 MEMORY CARD OPERATION 9...

Page 9: ... pattern 10 10 10 10 5 Rx test For service technician 10 11 10 10 6 Noise test For service technician 10 11 10 11 Raising the Transducer from the Hull Unit 10 12 10 11 1 Raising the transducer automatically 10 12 10 11 2 Raising the transducer manually 10 13 MENU TREE M 1 SPECIFICATIONS SP 1 INDEX Index 1 ...

Page 10: ... hearing from you the end user about whether we are achieving our purposes Thank you for considering and purchasing FURUNO equipment Features The FSV 24 is a full circle multibeam electronic color scanning sonar which detects and displays fish schools on a 21 inch non glare high resolution color monitor System also available without monitor The main features of the FSV 24 are Vivid 32 color echo s...

Page 11: ...fish speed Fish estimate feature compares volume of two fish schools Target lock automatically tracks fish school Net course mark shows probable drift of net against tide Event mark denotes important locations High power MOS FET transmitter for reliable operation Automatic screen degaussing Comprehensive testing facility ...

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Page 13: ...ndicator other Navigator 1 Navigator 2 AD Converter AD 10 Current Indicator Current Indicator Log E S Interface VI 1100A Net Recorder VI 1100A Net Sonde Junction Box CS 170 VI 1100A Net Sonde External Interface CS 120A already installed Note 1 100 110 115 220 230 VAC 1φ 50 60 Hz CONTROL UNIT FSV 2401 MONITOR UNIT FSV 2400 Local Supply Option Hull unit Specifications FSV 247 1200 mm stroke FSV 248 ...

Page 14: ...or Current Indicator Log E S Interface VI 1100A Net Sonde Junction Box CS 170 VI 1100A Net Sonde 100 110 115 220 230 VAC 1φ 50 60 Hz CONTROL UNIT FSV 2401 Local Supply Option Monitor Loudspeaker Sub Monitor Echo Sounder Current Indicator other Navigator 1 Navigator 2 External Interface CS 120A already installed Note 1 Gyrocompass Net Recorder VI 1100A Hull unit Specifications FSV 247 1200 mm strok...

Page 15: ...ve vertical mode confirms respective vertical bearing mark location for vertical mode Displays range and audio bearing marks to monitor echoes along audio bearing mark horiizontal mode Trackball Positions trackball mark Selects items options on menu Opens closes menu Off centers the picture Deletes trackball selected mark SHOOT Displays net data EVENT Inscribes event mark own ship position mark ES...

Page 16: ...ing the transducer the ship speed speed must be as below to prevent damage to the transducer 1200 mm stroke 12 kts or less 1600 mm stroke 15 kts or less 2 Press the POWER OFF switch for more than one second after the key lights steadily Note The transducer is automatically retracted into the tank if the POWER OFF switch is pressed before retracting the transducer However for safety purposes make i...

Page 17: ... 2 Raising the transducer Press the key to raise the transducer The lamp above the switch blinks while the transducer is being raised and lights steadily when it is fully raised CAUTION Maximum speed while the transducer is projected and being raised or lowered is as below to prevent damage to the transducer Projected Raising Lowering 1200 mm stroke Max 18 kt Max 15 kt 1600 mm stroke Max 15 kt Max...

Page 18: ...AN SETTING OTHERS TX PULSE LENGTH H 9 TX POWER H 9 TVG NEAR H 0 TVG MEDIUM H 0 TVG FAR H 0 AGC H 0 2ND AGC H 0 ECHO AVERAGE H 0 COLOR H COLOR 1 COLOR RESPONSE H COLOR CURVE 3 Figure 1 3 Menu default 2 Use the trackball to select OTHERS and press the MENU key ES1 SETTING ES2 SETTING ERASE MARKS DISPLAY SETTING FISH ALARM AUDIO PRESET MEMORY CARD INITIAL SETTING OTHERS MENU QUIT QUIT Figure 1 4 OTHE...

Page 19: ...re 1 5 DISPLAY SETTING menu 4 Select DIMMER with the trackball and press the MENU key to open the dialog box QUIT CANCEL DIALOG BOX FOR SETTING NUMERIC DATA Select raise setting or lower setting with the trackball and press MENU key to change setting Select QUIT to finish CANCEL to cancel operation Figure 1 6 Dialog box for setting numeric value 5 Select S raise setting or T lower setting with the...

Page 20: ...des are Horizontal Vertical 1 Vertical 1 Vertical 2 and History 1 6 1 Selecting a display mode Press the MODE key several times until the desired display appears Note that the MODE key may be programmed to show a pull down menu instead For further details see MODE SELECTION on page 8 3 1 Press the MODE key The following pull down menu appears HORIZONTAL V1 V1 V2 V1 ES1 V1 ES2 HISTORY ES1 ES2 ES1 E...

Page 21: ...ical pictures For sake of brevity indications and marks are not shown Horizontal mode This mode provides 360 degree coverage around the vessel and it is useful for general search For further details see Chapter 2 N W S E 2000 NAV DATA DISPLAY Figure 1 8 Horizontal mode display ...

Page 22: ...ertical bearing mark on the horizontal display The vertical 2 mode provides two vertical slices Chapter 3 discusses the vertical mode Figure 1 9 V1 and V2 displays V1 ES1 or ES2 mode The V1 ES1 or ES2 combines the vertical 1 display with the picture from an echo sounder or a net recorder Figure 1 10 V1 ES1 ES2 display ...

Page 23: ...direction the latest echoes at the top and the oldest at the bottom This mode is useful for observing fish echoes over time For further details see Chapter 5 N W S E NAV DATA DISPLAY Horizontal Display History Display Figure 1 11 History display ES1 mode The ES1 mode shows the echo sounder displays For further details see Chapter 4 N W S E NAV DATA DISPLAY Echo Sounder Display ES1 Horizontal Displ...

Page 24: ...ures Note that this mode can also show the echo sounder picture N W S E NAV DATA DISPLAY Horizontal Display Net Recorder Display ES2 Figure 1 13 ES2 display shown downward picture ES1 ES2 mode The ES1 ES2 mode shows the echo sounder and net recorder displays N W S E Net Recorder Display ES2 Echo Sounder Display ES1 NAV DATA DISPLAY 30 60 0 30 60 0 Horizontal Display Figure 1 14 ES1 ES2 display ...

Page 25: ...flections Normally set the control somewhere between positions 3 and 7 1 If the horizontal and vertical modes are active press the H V key to show the range and gain indications of the mode you wish to adjust in yellow 2 Adjust the GAIN control New gain setting is momentarily displayed in large characters at the top of the horizontal display and center of the vertical 1 display Gain is always disp...

Page 26: ...ING OTHERS TX PULSE LENGTH H 9 TX POWER H 9 TVG NEAR H 0 TVG MEDIUM H 0 TVG FAR H 0 AGC H 0 2ND AGC H 0 ECHO AVERAGE H 0 COLOR H COLOR 1 COLOR RESPONSE H COLOR CURVE 3 Figure 1 16 Menu 2 Select menu desired with the trackball and press the MENU key For example select the H SCAN SETTING menu H SCAN SETTING TX INTERVAL TX PULSE LENGTH TX POWER TVG NEAR 9 9 9 0 TVG MEDIUM TVG FAR NOISE LIMITER AGC 2N...

Page 27: ... setting 3 Select QUIT to finish FREQ SHIFT 1 Figure 1 18 H SCAN SETTING menu 4 Select S raise setting or T lower setting with the trackball and press the MENU key to change setting Note For items having options the arrows in the dialog box are replaced with appropriate options For example the dialog box for selection of picture advance speed in the echo sounder mode looks as below QUIT CANCEL 1 1...

Page 28: ...essage below appears To change the setting of the selected item select YES and press the MENU key and the dialog box for the item selected appears To escape select CANCEL and press the MENU key You may wish not to show the message below that is release the setting protection feature For further details see ITEM ATTRIBUTION on page 8 16 CAUTION THIS ITEM IS DEFINED AS NON CHANGEABLE ITEM ARE YOUSUR...

Page 29: ...ing Procedure 1 Turn on power 2 Lower transducer 4 Select horizontal display 6 Select range 3 Adjust display brilliance 5 Press to choose horizontal or vertical to adjust gain and range 7 Adjust gain 8 Set tilt angle Figure 2 1 Control unit ...

Page 30: ...ock mark Event mark Bearing scale Range ring Own ship mark Heading mark Range ring data Net sonde mark Net shoot mark Ship s track Target lock fish movement data Horizontal range Depth Speed Course Latest fish mark Fish mark Fish estimate mark Fish estimate mark no Fish estimate mark data 3 2 1 North mark Current tide mark 3 2 1 3 2 1 3 2 1 1 2 P 8 B 290 R 146m Range mark and audio bearing mark da...

Page 31: ... in white on other modes 2 Operate the RANGE control to select desired range Note 1 Ranges may be preset as desired on the PRESET MEMORY CARD menu For further details see H SCAN RANGE on page 8 5 Note 2 With the target lock feature active range is automatically changed according to target position INTERLOCK on the TARGET LOCK menu set to the option TILT RANGE 2 4 Tilt Angle The tilt angle shows th...

Page 32: ...Period One trans Tilt angle changes in 2 increments for asterisk marked width 1 increments for all other widths 2 Auto tilt begins with the tilt angle set with the TILT control as the center tilt angle 3 If necessary change center tilt angle with the TILT control Note Wide tilt angle is also available from the SYSTEM menu For details contact your dealer or refer to Installation manual Table 2 2 Au...

Page 33: ...lt angle will display the entire bottom since it is captured by the full width of the beam Case 2 Tilt angle 10 to 20 This tilt angle will only display half the bottom since it is captured by only the lower half of the beam Case 3 Tilt angle 0 to 5 This tilt angle may or may not capture the bottom since the returning echo is weak 2 4 4 How to discriminate fish echoes from the bottom The figure at ...

Page 34: ...idth at 6dB The tilt angle is indicated by the angle between the centerline of the beam and the horizontal plane Then if the tilt angle is set to 0 the centerline 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 ...

Page 35: ...t angle depth and detection range Refer to it to find out the suitable tilt angle for a given depth detection range 100 200 200 400 300 600 400 800 Range m 0 5 10 15 20 40 40 80 60 120 80 160 100 200 200 400 Vertical width of sonar beam 12 21 m 100 m 100 m 300 m 63 m 200 m Depth m 42 m Tilt angle and beam coverage vertical beamwidth 12 at 6dB Figure 2 7 Tilt angle and beam coverage ...

Page 36: ... their reflecting properties are nearly equal The sonar operator will be quite inconvenienced if these echoes are directly displayed on the screen since he can not judge the actual size of the target from the size of echoes displayed on the screen To overcome use the TVG function It compensates for propagation loss of sound in water amplification of echoes on short range is suppressed and graduall...

Page 37: ... CURVE 3 Figure 2 10 Menu 2 Select the H SCAN SETTING menu with the trackball and press the MENU key H SCAN SETTING TX INTERVAL TX PULSELENGTH TX POWER TVG NEAR 9 9 9 0 TVG MEDIUM TVG FAR NOISE LIMITER AGC 2ND AGC ECHO AVERAGE 0 0 2 0 MENU QUIT INT REJECT 0 0 0 QUIT OTHERS FREQ SHIFT 1 Figure 2 11 H SCAN SETTING menu 3 Select TVG NEAR with the trackball and press the MENU key to show the dialog bo...

Page 38: ...reas the TVG is improperly set Adjust the TVG If this again produces sea surface reflections and noise try to remove them with the AGC and noise limiter Note If the above procedure does not produce satisfactory results the TVG curve can be changed on the OTHERS sub menu in the H SCAN SETTING menu 2 7 Suppressing Bottom Tail 2 7 1 AGC The AGC functions to automatically reduce the receiver gain only...

Page 39: ...ing the longer the pulselength 5 Select QUIT and press the MENU key to conclude 6 Select QUIT at the top of the menu screen and press the MENU key to close all menus 2 7 3 2nd AGC While it is ideal to suppress bottom echoes with the AGC alone there are some fishing grounds where this is not possible The high power sonar has the advantage of long range detection but this can also be a disadvantage ...

Page 40: ...educed rather than when the GAIN is decreased as illustrated below Fish echo Fish echo weakened Fish echo INCORRECT METHOD CORRECT METHOD Reduce TX POWER with GAIN kept constant TVG and AGC adjusted with TX POWER kept high Figure 2 13 How to suppress bottom and sea surface reflections in shallow waters 1 Press the MENU key to open the menu 2 Select the H SCAN SETTING menu and press the MENU key 3 ...

Page 41: ...s to check if the noise is speed dependent If neither of the above two steps has effect on the picture adjust one of the following 2 9 2 Interference rejector This control is similar to the interference rejector on echo sounders and radars It is effective for rejecting random noise and sea surface reflections in rough sea conditions Set it so that noise is just eliminated Do not use an unnecessari...

Page 42: ...TTING menu to 0 5 Select QUIT and press the MENU key to conclude 6 Select QUIT at the top of the menu screen and press the MENU key to close all menus Note When the sonar is used in shallow water with the range set between 60 m and 200 m and Tx cycle at 9 bottom reflections caused by the 2nd to the last transmission may appear on near ranges Lower the Tx interval 2 or 3 to suppress them 2 9 4 Shif...

Page 43: ...ppropriate and press the MENU key The setting range is 0 10 and the default setting is 2 The higher the setting the greater the degree of suppression 5 Select QUIT and press the MENU key to conclude 6 Select QUIT at the top of the menu screen and press the MENU key to close all menus 2 10 Adjusting Beamwidth The horizontal beamwidth of the Rx beam can be adjusted at the OTHERS menu as below 1 Pres...

Page 44: ...sh school so you won t lose sight of it on the display Two types of target lock are available position TARGET MARK and fish school FISH and you may select one from the menu as below Default setting is FISH However if the FSV 24 can not receive sufficient level of echo tracking may not be performed 2 11 1 Selecting target lock type 1 Press the MENU key to open the menu 2 Select OTHERS and press the...

Page 45: ...edure in paragraph 2 11 1 2 Use the trackball to select the fish school to track on the horizontal display 3 Press the TARGET LOCK key The target lock mark appears on the fish school with a vector extending from its edge This vector shows estimated target position after elapsed of preset vector time The target lock mark is also inscribed on the vertical display however no vector appears If the tar...

Page 46: ...al bearing are automatically adjusted to track the location Using the figure above as an example the target lock mark is placed on location E Then the equipment remembers the location of E and automatically changes the tilt angle as the ship moves from position A through D As long as the fish school E is stationary its echo is kept displayed on the screen The position mode target lock works up to ...

Page 47: ...or going away the tone becomes higher when the school is approaching and lowers when the school is going away 2 12 1 Selecting audio sector 1 Press the MENU key to open the menu 2 Select OTHERS and press the MENU key 3 Select FISH ALARM AUDIO and press the MENU key FISH ALARM AUDIO MENU QUIT QUIT OTHERS FISH ALARM OFF ALARM LEVEL 16 ALARM ZONE AUDIO ON AUDIO SECTOR 30 REVERBERATION 0 QUIT Figure 2...

Page 48: ... is not erased when AUDIO on the FISH ALARM AUDIO menu is turned on Range and audio bearing marks data Range mark Audio bearing mark R 400m B 45 A Figure 2 23 Range and audio bearing marks 2 12 3 Automatic training You may automatically scan the audio sector and audio bearing mark in the sector of 12 24 or 36 as below 1 First activate the range and audio bearing marks with the R B AUDIO key 2 Whil...

Page 49: ...wn ship s movement This mode is useful for general use North up The display is oriented so North is at the top of the screen Own ship position is fixed at the screen center and own ship mark pivots with ship s movement Echoes from fish and the bottom move on the screen relative to own ship s movement Course up The display is oriented according to course Own ship position is fixed at the screen cen...

Page 50: ...ING and press the MENU key DISPLAY SETTING DISPLAY MODE MODE SELECTION MODE KEY PRESENTATION MODE HEAD UP TM DISPLAY RANGE 1 6R BEARING REF SHIP HEADING H SLICE WIDTH 16 H SLICE PICT ADVC KP SYNC NET COURSE MARK ENTER MANUAL DEGAUSS EXECUTE AUTO DEGAUSS INTSENSOR DIMMER 10 KEY BEEP VOLUME 5 OTHERS MENU QUIT QUIT QUIT Figure 2 27 DISPLAY SETUP menu 4 Select PRESENTATION MODE and press the MENU key ...

Page 51: ... the MENU key FISH ALARM AUDIO MENU QUIT QUIT OTHERS FISH ALARM OFF ALARM LEVEL 16 ALARM ZONE AUDIO ON AUDIO SECTOR 30 REVERBERATION 0 QUIT Figure 2 29 FISH ALARM AUDIO menu 4 Select FISH ALARM and press the MENU key to open the dialog box CANCEL OFF ON QUIT Figure 2 30 Fish alarm status dialog box 5 Select ON select QUIT and then press the MENU key 6 Select ALARM ZONE and press the MENU key 7 Ope...

Page 52: ...three degrees difference between the starting and ending points to get a fan shaped alarm zone as shown in a and b below Otherwise the unit paints a 360 degree alarm zone as in c where there is less than 3 degrees between the starting and ending points and d where the bearing marker has been rotated one full turn More than 3 Within 3 a b c d Figure 2 32 How to create desired alarm zone Note 2 The ...

Page 53: ...trackball mark on the position where you want to relocate the own ship mark 2 Press the OFF CENTER key 3 To move the own ship mark back to the screen center press the OFF CENTER key again Own ship mark Set trackball mark here for example Press OFF CENTER key Fish school Own ship mark moves to trackball mark position Fish school Figure 2 33 How to use offcenter ...

Page 54: ... be 100 2 Operate the trackball to place the trackball mark on another fish school and press the ESTIMATE 2 key 3 Compare estimate figures for each fish school by observing estimate mark data and the fish histogram 4 To turn off the estimate marks press their respective keys N W S E 2000 HEADING 321 SHIP COURSE 335 SHIP SPEED 12 5kt LAT LONG DGPS 32 52 150N 132 12 150E DEPTH 321m WATER CURRENT C1 ...

Page 55: ...he two fish marks and fish school course and speed appear at the bottom right hand corner of the horizontal display area Latest fish mark Latest fish mark FISH MOVEMENT DATA 2nd latest fish mark WAIT 1 2 MINUTES C 256 Course S 12 3kt Speed 2975m Distance moved 153m Depth X Earlier fish mark max 8 Place trackball mark on a fish school and press FISH key Place trackball mark on fish school s current...

Page 56: ...se The color of the fish mark changes from white to red when the fish mark is correctly selected Press the DELETE MARK key to delete the fish mark Deleting fish marks through the menu 1 Press the MENU key to show the menu 2 Select OTHERS and press the MENU key 3 Select ERASE MARKS and press the MENU key ERASE MARKS MENU QUIT QUIT OTHERS EVENT MARK DELETE FISH MARK DELETE OWN SHIP POS MARK DELETE S...

Page 57: ... range depth and bearing to the event mark appear at the bottom left corner of the horizontal display area 234 Horizontal range m from own ship mark 19 Present depth m to mark 35 Depth m of mark at moment EVENT key is pressed B265 Present bearing degree Bottom left hand corner of the screen Figure 2 38 Event mark data With speed and heading data the mark follows own ship s movements In the True Mo...

Page 58: ... ship position mark with the DELETE MARK key Use the trackball to place the trackball mark on the event mark or own ship position mark you want to erase The color of the mark changes from white to red when the mark is correctly selected Press the DELETE MARK key to delete the mark Deleting event marks own ship position mark through the menu 1 Press the MENU key to show the menu 2 Select OTHERS and...

Page 59: ... RANGE 1 6R BEARING REF SHIP HEADING H SLICE WIDTH 16 H SLICE PICT ADVC KP SYNC NET COURSE MARK ENTER MANUAL DEGAUSS EXECUTE AUTO DEGAUSS INTSENSOR DIMMER 10 KEY BEEP VOLUME 5 OTHERS MENU QUIT QUIT QUIT Figure 2 41 DISPLAY SETTING menu 4 Select NET COURSE MARK and press the MENU key Instructions for setting the net course mark appear on the display NET SHOOT SETTING PLACE NET SHOOT CIRCLE BY TRACK...

Page 60: ...ding data 1 Press the SHOOT key just upon throwing the net into the water The following actions occur Net shoot mark appears at own ship position Net shoot data appears Net sonde mark is inscribed Net depth data is displayed Water depth data and water temperature data erased from own ship s track In an ES combination mode tide data and net depth replace the water temperature graph In an ES combina...

Page 61: ...PTH S1 134m S2 178m S3 213m WATER CURRENT C1 1 2kt 342 C2 0 8kt 298 C3 0 4kt 256 NET DEPTH S1 134m S2 178m S3 213m Net shoot mark NAV DATA DISPLAY 1 1 1 3 1 2 3 2 1 2 3 2 3 150 Figure 2 43 Net behavior 2 21 Storing Recalling Picture The current picture can be stored in the memory and recalled whenever desired This feature is useful for analyzing echoes 2 21 1 Storing the picture 1 Press the MENU k...

Page 62: ...s the MENU key to erase the message displayed 6 Select QUIT at the top of the menu screen and press the MENU key to close all menus 2 22 H SCAN SETTING Menu Overview This section presents an overview of the H SCAN SETTING menu 2 22 1 Displaying the H SCAN SETTING menu 1 Press the MENU key to open the menu 2 Select H SCAN SETTING and press the MENU key H SCAN SETTING TX INTERVAL TX PULSE LENGTH TX ...

Page 63: ... TVG NEAR MEDIUM FAR Adjust TVG level For further details see 2 6 Eliminating Weak Echoes on page 2 8 NOISE LIMITER Suppresses weak unwanted reflections For further details see 2 9 5 Noise limiter on page 2 15 AGC Suppresses bottom echo tail For further details see 2 7 1 AGC on page 2 10 2nd AGC Suppresses bottom echo tail For further details see 2 7 3 2nd AGC on page 2 11 ECHO AVERAGE Adjusts ech...

Page 64: ...ividness Setting range 0 100 LUM Luminescence Adjusts color brightness Setting range 0 100 Figure 2 47 COLOR SETTING menu 3 Select S or T of item HUE SAT or LUM 4 Press the MENU key to change the setting 5 Repeat steps 3 and 4 to change level of other items 6 Select QUIT and press the MENU key to conclude 7 Repeat steps 2 6 to change other colors 8 Select QUIT at the top of the menu and press the ...

Page 65: ...on desired and press the MENU key DEFAULT Select to restore default setting for selected color response CANCEL Select to cancel change QUIT Select to finish Currently selected color Input level scale Figure 2 48 Color response curve GAIN OFFSET Adjusts gain level If the front panel GAIN control does not provide satisfactory gain adjustment enter an offset here The default setting is 0 and the sett...

Page 66: ...0 FAR 800 Select item with trackball and press MENU key to change setting Select to register setting and finish Select to cancel change Figure 2 49 TVG setting window SMOOTH ECHO RNG Selects echo smoothing level in the range direction The setting range is 0 3 and the default setting is 0 The higher the setting the greater the smoothing SMOOTH ECHO CIR Selects echo smoothing level in circular direc...

Page 67: ...mes wider and weaker By observing the bottom condition on the display the skipper can prevent net damage A Flat bottom Tilt angle 10 to 15 B Flat bottom Tilt angle 20 or more C Sloping bottom Tilt angle 20 or more Bottom Shallow bottom is displayed in a strong color and with a short tail Bottom is displayed narrower and in stronger colors when compared to A Decreased tilt angle Only half of vertic...

Page 68: ... angle 30 or more Fish echo which appears before bottom can be detected Tilt angle 0 to 20 Fish echo which appears together with or after bottom can be detected Bottom Fish school Sea surface reflections Fish school Bottom echo not displayed because of decreased tilt angle Sea surface reflections are present Fish school Large midwater fish school is present Bottom When the tilt angle is shallow th...

Page 69: ...ce reflections 12 Tilt 0 Tilt 5 6 Figure 2 52 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 distinguished from a fish school A wake contains many air bubbles which attenuate ultrasonic energy making it difficult to sound beyond the wake Ow...

Page 70: ...r soundome projection may result in a similar false echo Figure 2 54 Sidelobe echoes Noise and interference 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 A...

Page 71: ...Lower transducer 4 Select vertical 1 or vertical 2 display 8 Select range 3 Adjust display brilliance 7 Press to select vertical display if necessary 9 Adjust gain 5 Set vertical bearing mark to display in vertical display 6 Press appropriate key Figure 3 1 Control unit ...

Page 72: ...n to both vertical 1 and vertical 2 displays Tilt mark Shows tilt angle set on horizontal display Range scale Displays horizontal range and depth Grid inscribed in increments of 1 4 of the range in use Trackball mark 500 500 1000 1500 1000 R 2000m G 8 V 12 Target lock mark Entered on horizontal display 500 N W S E 2000 NAV DATA DISPLAY 1000 1500 500 1000 500 R 2000m G V 12 8 V Vertical bearing mar...

Page 73: ...ault setting on the menu The tilt mark is a solid and dashed line which shows in the vertical display the tilt angle set on the horizontal display The meaning of the solid and dashed lines are as shown in the table below Solid Line Dashed Line Vertical Bearing Mark Range from own ship to vertical scan range Range further than vertical scan range Tilt Mark Range from own ship to horizontal scan ran...

Page 74: ...the horizontal display VERTICAL DISPLAY Trackball mark Trackball mark position reference mark V Vertical bearing mark Tilt mark V Vertical 1 or 1 or 2 Vertical 2 Figure 3 4 Vertical bearing mark trackball mark position reference mark 3 3 Vertical Mode Concept The vertical mode shows a vertical section of the horizontal display selected with the vertical bearing mark The figure below illustrates th...

Page 75: ...play with V at the tip of the marker If both vertical displays are activated 1 or 2 is inscribed at the tip of a vertical bearing marker 3 4 2 Auto train You may scan the vertical bearing mark in the sector of OFF 12 24 and 36 1 Press and hold down the AUTO TRAIN key while pressing the V1 or V2 key to choose auto train sector desired Selected sector appears in large characters for five seconds for...

Page 76: ... in yellow 2 Operate the RANGE control to select desired range Note Ranges may be preset as desired on the PRESET MEMORY CARD menu For further details see V SCAN RANGE on page 8 5 3 6 Measuring the Range Operate the trackball to place the trackball mark on the vertical 1 or vertical 2 display The range to the location selected is shown at the top left corner Trackball mark N W S E 2000 NAV DATA DI...

Page 77: ...ncreases so that similar targets are displayed in the similar intensities irrespective of the ranges to them The FSV 24 has three TVG functions NEAR MEDIUM and FAR and they mainly compensate for propagation loss on short middle and long ranges respectively centered at the ranges as shown in Figure 2 9 on page 2 8 The higher the TVG setting the greater the amplification of echoes The TVG is also us...

Page 78: ...ayers disturb the picture decrease appropriate TVG option by one or two steps 7 Select QUIT at the top of the menu screen and press the MENU key to close all menus When a fish school is located on a long range setting about 800 meters and is approaching own ship do as follows Adjust the tilt to keep the fish school in the center of the sonar beam namely fish school is displayed in strongest colors...

Page 79: ...ulselength The pulselength determines the length of the transmission pulse emitted into the water While a longer pulse is advantageous for long range sounding it has the disadvantage of being poor in discrimination of targets that is ability to separate several closely located targets When searching bottom fish therefore it is useful to shorten the pulselength in order to separate fish echoes from...

Page 80: ...onditions Set it so that noise is just eliminated Do not use an unnecessarily high setting since it may also reject small wanted echoes 1 Press the MENU key to open the menu 2 Select the V SCAN SETTING menu and press the MENU key 3 Select INT REJECT and press the MENU key 4 Adjust setting from the dialog box as appropriate and press the MENU key The setting range is 0 3 and the default setting is ...

Page 81: ...the MENU key 3 Select OTHERS and press the MENU key MENU QUIT V SCAN SETTING QUIT COLOR COLOR 1 COLOR SETTING COLOR RESPONSE COLOR CURVE 3 COLOR RESPONSE GAIN OFFSET 0 SIGNAL LEVEL 0 FAR TVG CURVE TVG 2 TVG DISTANCE SMOOTH ECHO RNG 0 SMOOTH ECHO CIR 0 BEAMWIDTH 0 DISPLAY POSITION LEFT VERTICAL SIZE FULL OTHERS QUIT Figure 3 11 OTHERS menu 4 Select BEAMWIDTH and press the MENU key QUIT CANCEL Figur...

Page 82: ...k on the desired location in the vertical 1 or vertical 2 display as desired and then press the V1 or V2 key whichever is appropriate 1300m 850m B 12 R 2000m AUTO 17 T 21 G 10 N UP 1547m N E P 8 500 1500 250 500 1000 R 2000m G 8 V 12 NAV DATA DISPLAY V Figure 3 13 Vertical 1 expansion display To quit the expansion display press the V1 or V2 key ...

Page 83: ...GTH TVG NEAR 9 0 TVG MEDIUM TVG FAR NOISE LIMITER AGC ECHO AVERAGE 0 0 2 0 MENU QUIT INT REJECT 0 0 QUIT OTHERS Figure 3 14 V SCAN SETTING menu 3 Select OTHERS and press the MENU key MENU QUIT V SCAN SETTING QUIT COLOR COLOR 1 COLOR SETTING COLOR RESPONSE COLOR CURVE 3 COLOR RESPONSE GAIN OFFSET 0 SIGNAL LEVEL 0 FAR TVG CURVE TVG 2 TVG DISTANCE SMOOTH ECHO RNG 0 SMOOTH ECHO CIR 0 BEAMWIDTH 0 DISPL...

Page 84: ...e setting range 1 4 COLOR SETTING Customizes colors on the vertical display Operation is same as that for the horizontal display For further details see COLOR SETTING on page 2 36 COLOR RESPONSE Color response defines reflected echo strength versus color level conversion You can select one of four color response tables and the default setting is COLOR RESPONSE 3 and the setting range is 1 4 COLOR ...

Page 85: ...elect item with trackball and press MENU key to change setting Select to register setting and finish Select to cancel change Figure 3 16 TVG setting window SMOOTH ECHO RNG Selects echo smoothing level in the range direction The setting range is 0 3 and the default setting is 0 The higher the setting the greater the smoothing SMOOTH ECHO CIR Selects echo smoothing level in circular direction The se...

Page 86: ...y size from full default setting and half Choose half to expand the effective viewing area on the horizontal display The ratio for the full size display is H4 V3 and H4 V2 for the half size display Full Size Half Size 2 1 4 3 Figure 3 17 Display size ...

Page 87: ... quick runs between the surface and midwater A sonar however provides a continuous view of several hundred meters of sea area around the boat both at the surface and below it 3 13 2 Tracking If you are visually tracking a fish school which characteristically leaps and dives regularly or a school with a flock of birds hovering over it the school will scatter once the vessel approaches thus you will...

Page 88: ...ch While a flock of birds hovering over the sea surface is usually a good indication of the presence of a fish school the sonar can better verify fish school size Figure 3 19 Approaching 3 13 4 Catching While the sonar operator monitors the sonar for other fish schools the crew can scatter bait and water to attract fish to the boat Figure 3 20 Catching ...

Page 89: ...onnection of an echo sounder 4 1 Basic Operating Procedure 1 Turn on power 2 Lower transducer 4 Select appropriate echo sounder mode 3 Adjust display brilliance 5 Adjust range gain and picture advance speed on the ES1 SETTING or ES2 SETTING menu Figure 4 1 Control unit ...

Page 90: ... Fish echo 2 1800m 800 Transmission line 0 Figure 4 2 Indications and markers on the echo sounder 1 display Trackball mark position reference mark The trackball mark position reference mark a solid circle is inscribed on the ship s track when the trackball mark is placed in the echo sounder display Its purpose is to show corresponding trackball mark position on the horizontal display It changes po...

Page 91: ...an show the picture from the net recorder The picture from an echo sounder may also be shown You may show the net recorder s downward looking picture Downward sounding net recorder display N S E NAV DATA DISPLAY 60 25 800 1800m Ground rope 0 30 Figure 4 4 Indications and markers on the echo sounder 2 display shown downward looking display ...

Page 92: ...under and the net recorder Also two echo sounder pictures can be displayed or upward and downward looking display of the net recorder can be displayed Echo sounder Net Recorder display N W S E Net Recorder Display ES2 Echo Sounder Display ES1 NAV DATA DISPLAY 60 120 0 30 60 0 Figure 4 5 Echo sounder combination mode ...

Page 93: ... indications which appear on the downward looking display are also common to the upward downward sounding display N W S E 0 150 25 E 60 30 30 Upward Sounding Picture Downward Sounding Picture 60 NAV DATA DISPLAY Ground rope 0 0 Figure 4 6 Echo sounder 2 display Upward downward looking display ...

Page 94: ...the MENU key 3 Select DISPLAY SETTING and press the MENU key DISPLAY SETTING DISPLAY MODE MODE SELECTION MODE KEY PRESENTATION MODE HEAD UP TM DISPLAY RANGE 1 3R BEARING REF SHIP HEADING H SLICE WIDTH 16 H SLICE PICT ADVC KP SYNC NET COURSE MARK ENTER MANUAL DEGAUSS EXECUTE AUTO DEGAUSS INTSENSOR DIMMER 10 KEY BEEP VOLUME 5 OTHERS MENU QUIT QUIT QUIT Figure 4 7 DISPLAY SETTING menu 4 Select DISPLA...

Page 95: ...NR NR up NR down 3 For details about SYSTEM menu contact your dealer or refer to Installation manual When NET RECORDING DISP is set for UP DOWN the ES1 picture changes from the echosounder picture to the upward sounding net recorder picture ES1 ES2 ES1 V1 ES1 1 ES1 2 ES1 3 NR up ES2 1 ES2 2 NR down 3 NR down 1 ES2 2 NR down 3 NR down 1 ES1 2 ES1 3 NR up 1 ES1 2 ES1 3 NR up 1 ES2 2 NR down 3 NR dow...

Page 96: ...y shift concept 1 Press the MENU key to open the menu 2 Select OTHERS and press the MENU key 3 Select ES1 SETTING or ES2 SETTING and press the MENU key MENU QUIT OTHERS QUIT GAIN 5 RANGE 160 m SHIFT 0 m CLUTTER 0 SIGNAL LEVEL 0 INT REJECT OFF PICTURE ADVANCE 1 1 PICT ADVC AT SHOOT SPEEDSYNC COLOR SETTING COLOR RESPONSE SCALE POSITION RIGHT ES1 SETTING QUIT MENU QUIT OTHERS QUIT GAIN 5 RANGE BELOW ...

Page 97: ...ect range desired and press the MENU key INTERLOCK in the range dialog box for the ES2 SETTING menu uses the same range as set for ES1 It is effective when the ES2 display is in use 6 Select QUIT and press the MENU key 7 Select SHIFT in case of echo sounder ES1 and press the MENU key QUIT CANCEL Figure 4 13 Dialog box for setting numeric data 8 Use the trackball to select S or T and press the MENU...

Page 98: ...RE ADVANCE 1 1 PICT ADVC AT SHOOT SPEEDSYNC COLOR SETTING COLOR RESPONSE SCALE POSITION RIGHT ES1 SETTING QUIT MENU QUIT OTHERS QUIT GAIN 5 RANGE BELOW NET 160 m RANGE UPPER NET 160 m CLUTTER 0 SIGNAL LEVEL 0 INT REJECT OFF PICTURE ADVANCE 1 1 COLOR SETTING COLOR RESPONSE NET RECORDER DISP UP DOWN NET RECORDER RANGE 80 m ES2 SETTING QUIT ES1 SETTING menu ES2 SETTING menu net recorder connected Fig...

Page 99: ...ANCEL 1 1 1 2 1 4 1 8 SPEED SYNC Figure 4 16 Picture advance speed dialog box 4 Use the trackball to select advance speed desired and press the MENU key The fractions in the dialog box are one line produced per number of transmissions For example 1 2 displays one scan line per two transmissions SPEED SYNC advances the picture according to ship s speed This mode is advantageous for judging fish sch...

Page 100: ...h the trackball mark Use the trackball to place the trackball mark on the location The trackball mark shows distance on its horizontal axis and distance on its vertical axis N W S E Depth Distance from own ship to mark Trackball mark Range scale NAV DATA DISPLAY 80 40 25 1800m 800 0 Figure 4 17 How to measure depth and distance on the echo sounder display ...

Page 101: ...etween the dashed lines can be selected with ESTIMATE ON ES in the MARK SIZE menu The choices available are 1 8 default setting 1 4 and 1 2 of the echo sounder display range 2 Observe the fish histogram See next page 3 To turn off the estimate mark press the ESTIMATE 1 or ESTIMATE 2 key whichever was pressed at step 1 N W S E E 80 Estimate mark 1 1 Fish school concentration is calculated for echoe...

Page 102: ...The horizontal axis shows signal strength in 16 colors and the vertical axis shows fish school concentration inside the fish estimate mark For the fish estimate mark inscribed on the horizontal display the graph shows the average movement in five scans to increase accuracy Note The histogram display is redrawn after five transmissions when a fish estimate mark is erased and another of the same num...

Page 103: ...NGE Selects the display range among 20 40 60 80 120 160 240 and 320 m The default range is 160 m SHIFT Shifts the display range The shift range is 0 1000 m and the default shift is 0 CLUTTER Suppress low level noise which shows itself on the display as light blue dots The setting range is 0 10 and the default setting is 0 clutter rejection off The higher the setting the greater the degree of suppr...

Page 104: ...t with ship s speed COLOR SETTING Changes color settings For further details see COLOR SETTING on page 2 36 COLOR RESPONSE Changes color curve for the echo sounder display For further details see COLOR RESPONSE on page 2 37 SCALE POSITION The range scale can be displayed on the right or left side of the echo sounder display The default setting is the right side ...

Page 105: ...0 80 120 160 240 320 m and interlock with ES1 The default range is 160 m With connection of a net recorder it is the range below the oscillation line SHIFT or RANGE UPPER NET Shifts the display range for ES The shift range is 0 1000 m and the default shift is 0 With connection of a net recorder it is the range above the oscillation line Note that RANGE above must be set to INTERLOCK to set SHIFT t...

Page 106: ... 2 36 COLOR RESPONSE Changes color curve for the echo sounder display For further details see COLOR RESPONSE on page 2 37 NET RECORDER DISP Chooses the net recorder picture to display downward sounding picture or both upward and downward sounding pictures The default setting is the downward sounding picture NET RECORDER RANGE Sets the net recorder display range referring to the operator s manual o...

Page 107: ...STORY MODE 5 1 Basic Operating Procedure 1 Turn on power 2 Lower transducer 4 Select history mode 5 Select range 3 Adjust display brilliance 6 Adjust gain 7 Set tilt angle 8 Set position Figure 5 1 Control unit ...

Page 108: ...Echoes are averaged for three transmissions for easy viewing This mode is useful for watching echo condition over a period of time Use the trackball to select location for the history marker When the tilt angle is changed the slant range is automatically changed to keep the history marker at a constant depth however like an echosounder the picture inscribed before the tilt angle was changed is not...

Page 109: ...Y MARKER Automatically changes with tilt angle 185m 156m Figure 5 4 How to interpret the history display 5 3 2 Setting the history marker Use the trackball to locate the trackball marker on the horizontal display and then press the R B AUDIO key The history marker moves to the trackball marker and is centered on the ship s bow extending 60 in both port and starboard directions Own ship mark is fix...

Page 110: ... 3 according to tilt angle Figure 5 5 Slant range and tilt angle 5 3 3 Setting the width of the history marker You may set the width of the history marker as follows 1 Press the MENU key to open the menu 2 Select OTHERS and press the MENU key 3 Select DISPLAY SETTING and press the MENU key DISPLAY SETTING DISPLAY MODE MODE SELECTION MODE KEY PRESENTATION MODE HEAD UP TM DISPLAY RANGE 1 6R BEARING ...

Page 111: ...ect QUIT at the top of the menu screen and press the MENU key to close all menus 5 3 4 Setting the picture advance mode You may choose to advance the picture at each transmission KP SYNC or in proportion to ship speed SPEED SYNC 1 Press the MENU key to open the menu 2 Select OTHERS and press the MENU key 3 Select DISPLAY SETTING and press the MENU key 4 Select H SLICE PICT ADVC and press the MENU ...

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Page 113: ...T DEPTH S1 134m S2 178m S3 213m FISH HISTOGRAM 1 SCAN 10 3 C WATER TEMP 8 12 10 0 10 20MIN Heading Course Speed Navigator type in brackets DGPS Differrential GPS KGPS Kinematic GPS FGPS Floating GPS GPS GPS LC Loran C DR Dead Reckoniong Position error Depth Water current speed and direction for three layers Net sonde depth data Fish histogram See page 4 14 Water temperture Water temperature graph ...

Page 114: ...21 SHIP COURSE 335 SHIP SPEED 12 5kt LAT LON DGPS 32 52 150N 132 12 150E DEPTH 321m Fish estimate mark OFF Net shoot ON Net shoot OFF WATER CURRENT C1 1 2kt 342 C2 0 8kt 298 C3 0 4kt 256 NET DEPTH S1 134m S2 178m S3 213m 1 FISH HISTOGRAM SCAN Heading Course Speed Depth Water temperature Water temperature graph Requires appropriate sensor Nav data format navigator name Latitude and longitude positi...

Page 115: ...r Shows sensor which inputs position data When there is no position data only brackets appear DPGS KGPS FGPS GPS LC DR GPS Loran C DR Auto SYSTEM menu See your dealer Position Ship s position in latitude and longitude If position data is lost the last entered position is shown in red Lat 90 00 000S 90 00 000N Lon 179 59 999W 179 59 999E 180 00 00 L L Current Shows tide speed and direction for thre...

Page 116: ... C 15 0 F 105 0 F C F DATA DISPLAY menu Water temp graph Shows water temperature over time Horizontal axis 20 min Vertical axis C F Horizontal axis Time 20 min fixed Vertical axis Temp 5 C 10 F fixed width auto shift C F DATA DISPLAY menu Fish histo gram Shows signal strength concentration of fish estimate mark inscribed on horizontal display echo sounder display 2 marks For further details see Fi...

Page 117: ... 7 1 Main menu 7 1 1 Deleting items from user menu The equipment is pre programmed with ten user menu items To change the user menu you must first delete a menu item from the user menu which you do not require 1 Press the MENU key to open the main menu 2 Select the item to delete 3 Press and hold down the MENU key more than one second to show the following dialog box DELETE REGISTRATION SELECTED I...

Page 118: ...AY SETTING DISPLAY MODE MODE SELECTION MODE KEY PRESENTATION MODE HEAD UP TM DISPLAY RANGE 1 6R BEARING REF SHIP HEADING H SLICE WIDTH 16 H SLICE PICT ADVC KP SYNC NET COURSE MARK ENTER MANUAL DEGAUSS EXECUTE AUTO DEGAUSS INTSENSOR DIMMER 10 KEY BEEP VOLUME 5 OTHERS MENU QUIT QUIT QUIT Figure 7 3 DISPLAY SETTING menu 4 Select PRESENTATION MODE and press the MENU key for more than one second The di...

Page 119: ...e one touch display of desired menu item or entire menu The default function key settings are as below Not all menu items and menus may be programmed to the function keys See the menu tree on page M 1 to M 4 for items which may be programmed You may register non changeable items however the caution message which appears when you try to open their dialog boxes does not appear The default settlings ...

Page 120: ...PICTURE SAVED PRESS THE KEY AGAIN TO PROCEED PICTURE SHOT COMPLETE TO SAVE THE PICTURE Press F1 key Figure 7 7 Function dialog box for storing picture F2 Recalling picture 1 Press the F2 key to recall the picture stored in the memory PLAYBACK MODE PRESS FUNCTION KEY AGAIN TO CANCEL Figure 7 8 Function dialog box for recalling picture Note If a picture is not stored the message Warning The picture ...

Page 121: ...ks successively Press F5 ERASE EVENT MARK 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ERASE EVENT MARK 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Figure 7 11 Function dialog box for erasing fish marks F6 Erase ship s track 1 Press the F6 key The following dialog box appears ERASE SHIP TRACK 100 Figure 7 12 Dialog box for erase ship track 2 Press the F6 key again The oldest part of the track will be erased Each pressing erases approximately 10 of the tra...

Page 122: ...irmation for registering function key 4 Press the same function key again and the following message appears This completes the procedure for programming a function key FUNCTION KEY REGISTRATION REGISTRATION COMPLETED Figure 7 14 Confirmation for registering function key 7 2 3 Erasing programs 1 Press the MENU key to open the menu 2 Select OTHERS and press the MENU key 3 Select PRESET MEMORY CARD a...

Page 123: ...3 F4 F5 F6 Figure 7 16 Function key dialog box 6 Select function key for which you want to erase its program 7 Press the MENU key 8 Select QUIT and press the MENU key 9 Select QUIT at the top of the menu screen and press the MENU key to close all menus ...

Page 124: ...e MENU key to open the menu 3 Select OTHERS and press the MENU key 4 Select PRESET MEMORY CARD and press the MENU key One of the following menus appears depending on the setting of SELECT USER PROG on the MISC menu of the SYSTEM menu For SYSTEM menu contact your dealer or refer to Installation manual PRESET MEMORY CARD OTHERS MENU QUIT QUIT QUIT ASSIGN USER PROG CLEAR F KEY SETTING H SCAN RANGE V ...

Page 125: ...6 V P7 V P8 V P9 V P10 V Horizontal Vertical QUIT CANCEL to P1 to P2 to P3 to P4 to P5 to P6 to P7 to P8 to P9 to P10 Horizontal Vertical Linked Figure 7 18 User program options 7 Use the trackball to select program no desired and press the MENU key 8 Select QUIT at the top of the menu screen and press the MENU key to close all menus ...

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Page 127: ... up the echo sounder and net recorder displays respectively For further details see Chapter 4 MENU QUIT OTHERS QUIT GAIN 5 RANGE 160 m SHIFT 0 m CLUTTER 0 SIGNAL LEVEL 0 INT REJECT OFF PICTURE ADVANCE 1 1 PICT ADVC AT SHOOT SPEEDSYNC COLOR SETTING COLOR RESPONSE SCALE POSITION RIGHT ES1 SETTING QUIT MENU QUIT OTHERS QUIT GAIN 5 RANGE BELOW NET 160 m RANGE UPPER NET 160 m CLUTTER 0 SIGNAL LEVEL 0 I...

Page 128: ... erased 5 Press the MENU key again to continue deleted mark selected 6 Select QUIT at the top of the menu screen and press the MENU key to conclude 8 3 DISPLAY SETTING menu The DISPLAY SETTING menu sets various display parameters 8 3 1 Opening the DISPLAY SETTING menu 1 Press the MENU key to open the menu 2 Select OTHERS and press the MENU key 3 Select DISPLAY SETTING and press the MENU key DISPLA...

Page 129: ...T ADVC Determines how to advance the history display by KP SYNC default setting or ship s speed NET COURSE MARK Inscribes deletes the net course mark For further details see 2 19 Net Course Mark on page 2 31 MANUAL DEGAUSS In the default setting the screen is automatically degaussed by the internal sensor when it detects stray magnetic fields on the screen If you want to degauss the screen manuall...

Page 130: ...off The default setting is off ALARM LEVEL Sets the minimum echo color which triggers the fish alarm The setting range is 0 30 and the default setting is 16 ALARM ZONE Sets fish alarm zone For further details see 2 14 Fish Alarm on page 2 23 AUDIO Turns the audio function on default setting or off For further details see 2 12 Detecting Fish Schools Aurally on page 2 19 AUDIO SECTOR Chooses audio s...

Page 131: ...er Individual programming for the horizontal and vertical displays is also available For further details contact your dealer CLEAR F KEY SETTING Erases program assigned to a function key For further details see 7 2 3 Erasing programs on page 7 6 H SCAN RANGE Presets the horizontal scan ranges as selected with the RANGE control The setting range is 60 5000 m The default settings are meters 200 400 ...

Page 132: ...LAY MARK SIZE DATA DISPLAY CURRENT VEC WIND NET SONDE SETTING NET SHOOT SETTING TARGET LOCK STABILIZATION TEST INITIALIZATION Figure 8 7 INITIAL SETTING menu 8 6 1 INITIAL SETTING menu description MARK DISPLAY menu This menu turns on off marks on the horizontal display All items except DATA ON TRACK are turned on in the default setting INITIAL SETTING OTHERS MENU QUIT QUIT HEADING MARK ON RANGE RI...

Page 133: ...nge rings are the dotted line circles about own ship and they provide an estimate of the range to a target Rings appear every distance of 1 2 or 1 4 of the range depending on menu setting 100 R200 Figure 8 10 Range rings BEARING SCALE The bearing scale is the concentric solid circle at the edge of the display It provides an estimate of the bearing to a target N S E W Figure 8 11 Bearing scale SHIP...

Page 134: ...re Figure 8 12 Data on ship s track NET MOVEMENT PLOT Shows predicted net movement against three current layers over time Automatically turned on or off with the net shoot mark Track Net Net movement plot for three current layers Figure 8 13 Net movement plot FISH MARK CONNECT You may connect fish marks with a line to show the order in which they were entered Fish marks connected with line Figure ...

Page 135: ... 4 MARK SIZE menu This menu lets you select the size or the marks appearing on the horizontal display Default settings are shown in the illustration below INITIAL SETTING OTHERS MENU QUIT QUIT TRACKBALL MARK SMALL TARGET LOCK MARK SMALL TARGET VECTOR NORMAL EVENT MARK LARGE FISH MARK LARGE OWN SHIP POS MARK SMALL OWN SHIP MARK ACTUAL NET SHOOT MARK SMALL ESTIMATE ON SCAN LARGE ESTIMATE ON ES 1 8 C...

Page 136: ... small ESTIMATE ON ES Selects width of fish school concentration calculation area on the echo sounder display The choices are 1 8 1 4 and 1 2 of the echo sounder depth range CURRENT VECTOR The length of the current vector may be set to short or long RANGE RINGS Selects the range ring interval 1 4R or 1 2R R Range SHIP S TRACK MARK Selects the amount of track to display 5R 10R 20R 40R R Range DATA ...

Page 137: ...mpass points 360 True 360 Relative 180 Relative DISPLAY SETTING Turns on off menu set indications related to transmitting and receiving DISTANCE FOR SHOOT Selects the distance run unit to show the distance run after shooting the net The choices are miles meters and feet WATER TEMP Chooses water temperature unit in C Celsius or F Fahrenheit CURRENT VEC WIND menu This menu sets up tidal current and ...

Page 138: ...rent is heading Requires connection of a current indicator Current Vector TO FROM 3 2 1 3 2 1 Figure 8 19 Current flow direction settings WIND Selects wind display off relative wind data or true wind data NET SONDE SETTING menu This menu sets up the net sonde option Default settings are as below INITIAL SETTING OTHERS MENU QUIT QUIT NUMBER OF XMTR 3 XMTR DISTANCE NET LENGTH 1800 m WIRE LENGTH 100 ...

Page 139: ... S9 TO S10 400 QUIT NET SONDE SETTING QUIT XMTR DISTANCE QUIT Figure 8 21 XMTR DISTANCE setting window NET LENGTH Sets net length in increments of 100 m Setting range is 500 m to 3000m WIRE LENGTH Sets wire length in increments of 10 m Setting range is 100 m to 1000 m DEPTH DISPLAY Selects which sonde depth data to show Select this item and press the MENU key to select net sondes The check mark sh...

Page 140: ...d using water current speed and direction fed from a current indicator The current indicator feeds that data for three depths layers thus net movement will be different at each layer Determine degree of difference among layers considering net sea conditions etc If 50 is set for example the net movement plot mark moves at speed of 50 of water current speed TARGET LOCK menu This menu sets target loc...

Page 141: ... SMOOTHING Sets smoothing rate for fish speed data TARGET SPD UPDATE Sets fish speed data update interval TARGET LOCK WINDOW Selects size of target lock detection area normal large largest STABILIZATION menu This menu compensates for pitching and rolling INITIAL SETTING OTHERS MENU QUIT QUIT STABILIZATION ON PITCH ANGLE COR 0 0 ROLL ANGLE COR 0 0 QUIT STABILIZATION QUIT Figure 8 25 STABILIZATION m...

Page 142: ... time INITIAL SETTING OTHERS MENU QUIT QUIT SAVE SHIP S ORG RECALL SHIP S ORG SET TO DEFAULT EXECUTE ITEM ATTRIBUTION NON CHANGEABLE TIME OFFSET QUIT INITIALIZATION QUIT Figure 8 27 INITIALIZATION menu SAVE SHIP S ORG All menu settings are saved See note below RECALL SHIP S ORG Recall the menu settings which have been saved above See note below SET TO DEFAULT Restore all default menu settings See ...

Page 143: ...or example a GPS navigator whose time may be different from local time If you want your files to be stamped with the local time set the time difference between the time source and local time on this menu item The setting range is 13 30 to 13 30 HOUR 11 QUIT CANCEL MIN 40 Figure 8 28 Time offset dialog box ...

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Page 145: ...nding on card s memory capacity and size of image file Configuration files store current settings and they can be replayed to set up the equipment according to fishing ground or target fish The date and time a file is stored is shown in the file list If there is no time or date input when a file is stored the file s date and time line shows 0000 00 as the date and 00 00 99 99 as the time Note Befo...

Page 146: ...U key Note If the following message appears there is not enough space in the memory card NOT ENOUGH SPACE IN MEMORY CARD DELETE UNDESIRED FILES AND TRY AGAIN Delete undesired files referring to the following section and try again 9 2 Loading Deleting Files This section shows you how to load and delete files You may load files on the display to analyze echoes When a memory card becomes full you may...

Page 147: ...FIG QUIT 2002 04 26 12 12 CONFIGURATION Figure 9 4 MEMORY CARD menu recall delete dialog box opened 6 Select RECALL or DELETE as appropriate and press the MENU key When you select RECALL the setting is loaded Then rotating the USER PROG control change a user program Note Delete the file 2000 01 01 00 00 which is a Japanese sample configuration file Loading this file will display all information in...

Page 148: ...IG QUIT 1 1 PREV PAGE NEXT PAGE 2000 01 01 00 01 IMAGE 2000 05 01 00 00 IMAGE 2000 03 21 12 12 IMAGE 2000 04 08 23 59 CONFIGURATION 2000 02 11 09 07 IMAGE Figure 9 5 MEMORY CARD menu 6 Use the trackball to select FORMAT and press the MENU key The message FORMAT MEMORY CARD THE FILES SAVED IN CARD WILL BE DELETED appears 7 Select FORMAT to format or CANCEL to escape and press the MENU key 8 Select ...

Page 149: ...de the equipment 10 1 Preventive Maintenance Check the following points monthly Check all cables If damaged replace Check connectors at rear of each unit Fasten if necessary Check earth of each unit Clean if necessary Check voltage of ship s mains to be sure it is within the equipment s power rating 10 2 Cleaning the Equipment Dust or dirt can be removed from the equipment with a soft dry cloth Do...

Page 150: ...ing order HULL UNIT Raise transducer and coat main shaft with DAPHAECOROAEX 2 every six months Apply MOLYTONE grease 2 every six months Dry dock ship and clean transducer face yearly Apply single coat of MARINE STAR 20 Mod Red N anti foulant to transducer face to keep marine life off the transducer Figure 10 1 Hull unit maintenance ...

Page 151: ...l unit protect them from overvoltage and equipment fault If the power cannot be applied first check the fuse in the processor unit and transceiver unit If the power still cannot be turned on have a qualified technician check the fuses in other units Table 10 1 Unit and fuse Unit Fuse rating Processor unit FGBO 10A AC250V 2 pcs Transceiver unit FGB1 30A 250V 2 pcs Transceiver unit B voltage power s...

Page 152: ...ssion 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 H SCAN SETTING menu Excessive TVG Readjust TVG on the appropriate menu H SCAN SETTING V SCAN SETTING Note that readjustment of TVG is necessary when gain is adjusted Somewhat strange color Brilliance setting too low Increase brightness with the BRILL...

Page 153: ...enter the buzzer sounds and the LEDs above keys blink if the transducer is not raised within 30 seconds for 1200 mm stroke or 40 seconds for 1600 mm stroke of pressing the key Press the R B AUDIO key to silence the buzzer The reason may be the transducer is tangled in the net or its shaft is bent Try raising it from the hull unit as shown in paragraph 10 11 WARNING TRANSDUCER IS KEPT AT WRONG POSI...

Page 154: ...r code is added to the on screen error code display For any error code report error code number to your dealer Error Code 003 006 108 Figure 10 2 Error code 10 9 Status Messages Status messages appear at the screen center to alert the operator These are as below Table 10 4 Status messages Status message Meaning TX OFF Transmission turned off from the menu RAISE LOWER TEST Raise lower command recei...

Page 155: ...ears contact your dealer 10 10 1 TEST menu 1 Press the MENU key to open the menu 2 Select OTHERS and press the MENU key 3 Select INITIAL SETTING and press the MENU key 4 Select TEST and press the MENU key to open the TEST menu INITIAL SETTING OTHERS MENU QUIT QUIT BOARD TEST PANEL TEST TEST PATTERN RX TEST NOISE TEST TX ON QUIT TEST QUIT Figure 10 3 TEST menu ...

Page 156: ...o 1ch No 1ch TEST OK Pitch 12 3 Roll 2 5 Memory data test results DPRAM on DUAL board DPRAM on IFES board OK Normal NG Abnormal XX Version No Figure 10 4 Board test results Interpreting the board test results Board name and its revision no are shown in white If a board is not inserted or inserted improperly F is shown as program number When a revision no is improper a hexadecimal from 0 E appears ...

Page 157: ...0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 0 Y 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Figure 10 5 PANEL test Key check Press each key one by one A key is normal if its corresponding on screen location shows 1 while the key is pressed and 0 when the key is released The power keys ON and OFF can not be checked Control check Operate each control one by one A control is normal if rotatin...

Page 158: ... Y negative Lever check Press the lever upward or downward Normal conditions are 1 for upward and 2 for downward 10 10 4 Test pattern This test checks for proper display of colors and brilliance Select TEST PATTERN at the TEST menu and press the MENU key Use the MODE key to change the test pattern PRESS MENU KEY TO QUIT TEST MODE PRESS MODE KEY TO CHANGE TEST PATTERN BLACK Black RED BLUE GREEN Whi...

Page 159: ...isplay Horizontal combination dislpay Horizontal combination display Horizontal combination dislpay CHECKING RX PRESS MENU KEY TO QUIT TEST MODE MODE CHANGE DISP MODE This message appears while the Rx test is being conducted Figure 10 7 Rx test sequence Rx test message 10 10 6 Noise test For service technician This test measures noise level Select NOISE TEST at the TEST menu and press the MENU key...

Page 160: ...object is caught in the transducer 3 Look through the lid on the hull control unit to check if the motor breaker is OFF If it is midway between ON and OFF open the lid and turn it off and on again 4 Unfasten six screws to remove the cover of the hull control unit 5 Push the RESET button green on the hull control unit 6 Close the cover 7 Turn on the breaker at the ship s mains 8 Turn on the equipme...

Page 161: ...en remove the cover 3 Pull the release lever toward you and raise it to upper side to release the brake 4 Attach the hand crank to the motor shaft 5 Turn the handle clockwise to raise the transducer Also you can raise the transducer with wrench using the socket attached on the hull unit with hand crank Note Be sure to put back the lever to the holder after completing manual raising lowering operat...

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Page 163: ...12 0 1 2 SIGNAL LEVEL 0 15 0 1 2 FAR TVG CURVE TVG1 4 2 1 2 TVG DISTANCE Sets TVG curve SMOOTH ECHO RNG 0 3 0 1 2 SMOOTH ECHO CIR 0 3 0 1 2 BEAMWIDTH AR 4 5 0 1 2 MENU key COLOR COLOR 1 4 1 1 2 COLOR SETTING Sets echo level of colors COLOR RESPONSE COLOR CURVE 1 4 3 1 2 COLOR RESPONSE Sets color response curve GAIN OFFSET 0 12 0 1 2 SIGNAL LEVEL 0 15 0 1 2 FAR TVG CURVE TVG1 4 2 1 2 TVG DISTANCE S...

Page 164: ...TAL V1 V1 V2 V1 ES1 V1 ES2 HISTORY ES1 ES2 ES1 ES2 MODE SELECTION MODE KEY PULL DOWN MENU PRESENTATION MODE HEAD UP NORTH UP COURSE UP TRUE MOTION 1 2 TM DISPLAY RANGE 1 3R 1 6 R BEARING REF SHIP HEADING NORTH H SLICE WIDTH 1 2 4 8 16 32 H SLICE PICT ADVC KP SYNC SPEED SYNC NET COURSE MARK ENTER DELETE 1 2 MANUAL DEGAUSS Manually degausses screen supplied monitor only 1 AUTO DEGAUSS OFF TIMER GYRO...

Page 165: ...L L OFF ON COURSE 32 CMPS 360 TRUE 360 REL 180 REL CURRENT DATA 32 CMPS 360 TRUE 360 REL 180 REL EVENT MARK 32 CMPS 360 TRUE 360 REL 180 REL OTHER MARKS 32 CMPS 360 TRUE 360 REL 180 REL DISPLAY SETTING OFF ON DISTANCE FOR SHOOT MILE METER FEET WATER TEMP C F CURRENT VEC WIND 2 CURRENT DATA ABSOLUTE REL TO LAYER1 REL TO LAYER2 REL TO LAYER3 2 ON OWN SHIP MARK OFF ON ON SHIP POS MARK OFF ON ON NET S...

Page 166: ...GLE COR 10 0 10 0 0 0 TEST 2 BOARD TEST Tests circuit boards PANEL TEST Tests control panel TEST PATTERN Displays test patterns RX TEST Checks receiver NOISE TEST Executes noise test TX ON OFF 1 2 INITIALIZATION 2 SAVE SHIP S ORG RECALL SHIP S ORG 1 SET TO DEFAULT Restores all default settings ITEM ATTRIBUTION NON CHANGEABLE CHANGEABLE TIME OFFSET Sets time difference between UTC and local time NE...

Page 167: ...79 3 02 3 0 30 1600 0 1600 0 2560 3 40 3 93 4 0 40 2000 0 2000 0 3200 4 25 4 83 5 0 50 2500 0 2500 0 4000 5 36 5 97 6 3 63 3000 0 3000 0 4800 6 38 7 10 7 5 75 3500 0 3500 0 5000 7 48 7 68 8 8 88 4000 0 4000 0 5000 8 50 8 70 10 100 5000 0 5000 0 5000 8 50 8 70 10 100 1 4 Audio Search 30 60 90 180 330 selectable 1 5 Audio Output 1 1 W 1 6 Audio Frequency 1 0 kHz 2 DISPLAY UNIT 2 1 Display Tube PPI d...

Page 168: ...de Current data current speed direction layer depth Net sonde data 2 7 Features Custom mode interference rejecter afterglow noise limiter delete color memory card save and recall of picture setting data automatic tilt automatic target tracking target lock external KP sync heading up north up true motion course up fish alarm over voltage warning unretracted transducer warning Appropriate sensor req...

Page 169: ...e 50 60Hz 5 A max 500 VA 6 2 Power Supply Unit 100 110 115 200 230 VAC 1 phase 50 60Hz 20 A max 2 kVA 6 3 Hull Unit 220 VAC 3 phase 50 60Hz 12 A 4 5 kVA 7 ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION 7 1 Ambient Temperature Transducer 5 C to 35 C Others 0 C to 50 C 7 2 Relative Humidity 95 at 40 C 7 3 Vibration IEC 60945 7 4 Water proofing IEC 60529 Display Unit Display tube IPX2 Control Unit Panel IPX2 Transceiver Un...

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Page 171: ...on 1 1 1 2 Control unit 1 1 1 2 Course format 8 11 Course up mode 2 22 Current data 8 11 8 12 Current vector size 8 10 D DATA DISPLAY menu 8 10 Data on track 8 8 Defaults 8 16 Degauss 8 3 DELETE MARK key 2 28 2 30 Depth echo sounder mode 4 12 history mode 5 3 E Echo average horizontal mode 2 35 vertical mode 3 14 ERASE MARKS menu 8 2 Error codes 10 6 Error messages 10 5 ES1 SETTING menu 4 15 ES2 M...

Page 172: ...8 9 Memory cards formatting 9 1 recalling files from 9 2 saving files to 9 1 MENU key 1 12 Menu tree 1 Menus basic operation 1 12 DATA DISPLAY menu 8 10 ERASE MARKS menu 8 2 ES1 SETTING menu 4 15 ES2 MENU SETTING menu 4 17 FISH ALARM AUDIO menu 8 4 H SCAN SETTING menu 2 34 INITIAL SETTING menu 8 6 INITIALIZATION menu 8 16 MAIN menu 1 12 MARK DISPLAY menu 8 6 MARK SIZE menu 8 9 NET SHOOTING SETTING...

Page 173: ...beration 2 21 8 4 Rolling angle 8 15 Rx test 10 11 S Scale echo sounder 4 16 Sea surface reflections 2 41 SHOOT key 2 32 Sidelobe echoes 2 42 Signal level ES1 mode 4 15 horizontal mode 2 37 vertical mode 3 14 Smoothing circular in horizontal mode 2 38 circular in vertical mode 3 15 range in horizontal mode 2 38 range in vertical mode 3 15 STABILIZATION menu 8 15 Start up test 10 11 Status messages...

Page 174: ...ooting 10 4 True motion mode description 2 22 display range 8 3 TVG adjustment in horizontal mode 2 8 adjustment in vertical mode 3 7 curve in horizontal mode 2 37 curve in vertical mode 3 15 distance in horizontal mode 2 38 distance in vertical mode 3 15 Tx frequency 2 14 Tx interval 2 14 Tx power 2 12 U User menu deleting items from 7 1 programming 7 2 USER PROG control 7 8 V V1 V2 keys 3 3 3 5 ...