Garmin echo 550c, Owner'S Manual

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Page 2: ...t notice and provided further that any unauthorized commercial distribution of this manual or any revision hereto is strictly prohibited Information in this document is subject to change without notic...

Page 3: ...08 2380000 In Europe go to www garmin com support and click Contact Support for in country support Manual Conventions In this manual the term select is used to describe these actions Highlighting an i...

Page 4: ...vice Automatically 1 Adjusting the Backlight 1 Adjusting the Color Scheme 2 Setting the Color Mode 2 Adjusting the Contrast of the echo 200 2 Setting the Beeper 2 Menu Timeout 3 Using Quick Adjust 3 V...

Page 5: ...the Initial Device Settings When you turn on the device the first time you must configure a series of initial settings You must also configure these settings after restoring original factory settings...

Page 6: ...n Lighter shades Weaker return White No return 1 From any page select MENU Setup Sonar Setup Color Scheme 2 Select a color scheme Setting the Color Mode For the echo 300c the echo 500c and the echo 55...

Page 7: ...loses and your previous screen is displayed Using Quick Adjust Before you can use quick adjust you must open the Full Screen page page 4 the Split Zoom page page 5 the Split Frequency page page 5 or t...

Page 8: ...1 From any page select MENU Pages 2 Select a page TIP When using the echo 200 the echo 500c or the echo 550c select or from any page to quickly access the page menu Select or to select a page Full Sc...

Page 9: ...ed Zoomed depth scale Zoom window Depth range Increasing the Width of the Zoom Screen You can increase the width of the magnified portion of the Split Zoom page From the Split Zoom page select MENU Se...

Page 10: ...Log 2 If the temperature log or the split screen log is shown select MENU Change Log Depth Setting the Depth Log Duration Before you can set the depth log duration you must open the depth log or the...

Page 11: ...ture Log Scale Before you can set the temperature range scale you must open the temperature log page 7 or the split screen log page 7 You can change the temperature range scale on the temperature log...

Page 12: ...ion flashes on the ring when it is received at the depth indicated The colors indicate different strengths of the sonar return refer to the table on page 2 From any page select MENU Pages Flasher Dept...

Page 13: ...set the range on one page that setting is applied to the other pages Zoom Adjustments You can adjust the zoom of the Full Screen page the Split Zoom page and the Split Frequency page manually or you...

Page 14: ...page or the Split Frequency page by selecting the span and locking the screen to the bottom of the water For example if you select a span of 20 meters the device will display an area from the water b...

Page 15: ...he Sonar Scroll Speed Before you can adjust the scroll speed of the depth scale you must open the Full Screen page page 4 the Split Zoom page page 5 the Split Frequency page page 5 or the Flasher page...

Page 16: ...gets Before you can set how the sonar interprets suspended targets you must open the Full Screen page page 4 the Split Zoom page page 5 or the Split Frequency page page 5 When you configure the appear...

Page 17: ...ied low voltage NOTE Alarm settings are saved when the device is turned off 1 From any page select MENU Setup Alarms Battery On 2 Enter the value of the alarm setting page i 3 Select ENTER to accept t...

Page 18: ...water clarity To see more detail increase the gain If the screen is cluttered decrease the gain To set the gain manually increase the gain setting until you begin to see noise in the water portion of...

Page 19: ...oise to help reduce clutter When you show or hide the surface noise on one page that setting is applied to the other pages Select MENU Setup Sonar Setup Surface Noise Hide Sonar Numbers You can adjust...

Page 20: ...t Zoom page page 5 or the Split Frequency page page 5 1 Select MENU Setup Sonar Numbers Number Size 2 Select a number size Calibration Setting the Keel Offset The keel offset compensates for the surfa...

Page 21: ...value in steps 5 and 7 as a positive number if the sensor connected to the echo measures the water temperature as being colder than it actually is Enter this value in steps 5 and 7 as a negative numb...

Page 22: ...nsducer is used with the echo device it can detect the smallest signals up to 60 and 120 degrees Shallow and deep water performance is maximized because the echo series shows more fish when shallow an...

Page 23: ...ry executable form in the normal operation of the product Title ownership rights and intellectual property rights in and to the Software remain in Garmin and or its third party providers You acknowled...

Page 24: ...s restoring 19 fish alarm 13 symbols 12 Flasher page 8 frequency selecting 12 split screen 5 Full Screen page 4 G gain setting automatically 14 setting manually 14 I identification number 19 K keel of...

Page 25: ...ature log duration 7 scale 7 viewing 7 temperature offset 17 temperature showing 15 U units of measure 19 V version software 19 voltage alarm 13 W water speed odometer displaying 16 sensor calibrating...

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Page 28: ...et Olathe Kansas 66062 USA Garmin Europe Ltd Liberty House Hounsdown Business Park Southampton Hampshire SO40 9LR UK Garmin Corporation No 68 Zhangshu 2nd Road Xizhi Dist New Taipei City 221 Taiwan R...