Condor 260 BAIT, Installation And Operation Manual

Page 1: ...Installation and Operation Manual...

Page 2: ...may cause your sonar unit working abnormally or not working at all For any possible problems you may encounter during the operation please switch to the Trouble shooting section for reference All rig...

Page 3: ...installation method 2 17 Operation 21 Understanding sonar 21 Keyboard instruction 22 1 Sonar 23 Sensitive 23 Noise Filter 23 Magic Grayline 24 Fish ID Sens 25 2 Display 26 Depth Range 26 Zoom Range 27...

Page 4: ...cking list below and make sure you are not missing any items The packing list of Condor 260 Bait includes 2 parts as shown following 1 RES Sensor The electric control sonar system enclosed by the dash...

Page 5: ...he gift box before shipment Using the product Condor 260 Bait is specially designed to be used with bait boat Properly install the RES sensor to your bait boat powering the unit and put the assembled...

Page 6: ...sonar performance we suggest adopting the way B Powering There are 2 ways to power the Condor 260 Bait 1 Use 8 x AA battery Please assemble the batteries according to the instruction figure curved on...

Page 7: ...on 2 Use your bait boat battery Sometimes you may prefer using a battery for power supplying In the package you can find a separate power cable which is used to connect the sonar unit to your bait boa...

Page 8: ...f 6 18v Warning when use the boat battery for power supplying we are not responsible for over voltage or over current failures To prevent such possible failures happening we suggest you using a 3Amp f...

Page 9: ...e mounted on your bait boat 1 A wireless remote sonar sensor 2 A controlling box 3 An antenna extended cable 4 Two antennas for mounting on bait boat sonar display 5 Two cable clip 6 A battery holder...

Page 10: ...d the wireless sensor The shape of supporting plate may be different according to the shape of your bait boat Note we provide a simple metal bracket see packing list which could help you making a simp...

Page 11: ...11 5mm The hole 2 is used to mount the antenna the diameter should be about 5 8mm 3 Mount the antenna on the top cover of your bait boat a Mount the antenna extended cable to the top cover There are...

Page 12: ...take out the screw from the antenna extended cable and then hold one end of the cable through the hull of bait boat as instructed below Finally tighten the screw b Screw the antenna to the antenna ext...

Page 13: ...s about 12 5mm Diameter of hole 2 and hole 3 is about 3 5mm b Tighten the senser by screws Note use a pencil to mark the position before drilling the hole 2 and hole 3 5 Mount supporting plate on the...

Page 14: ...er to find a way to fix the control box in the bottom cover of your bait boat As when used with your bait boat in the water the control box may wobble with the shave which may damage the inner electro...

Page 15: ...x a Connect to a 9v alkaline battery In the package you can find a battery buckle which is used to connect the cable to a 9v alkaline battery b Connect to the bait boat battery In most circumstances y...

Page 16: ...re is for negative pole black white wire is for positive pole 10 Assemble the bait boat With the above steps were finished carefully assemble your bait boat then the complete set of bait boat wireless...

Page 17: ...efer mounting the sensor to your bait boat in other method see the following example Note for such installation method finding a proper mounting location for the sensor is very important Otherwise an...

Page 18: ...ll not be able to receive the signal normally which will cause short Remote Control distance or abnormal display on the screen For example in the following sensor mounting figure A is right B is wrong...

Page 19: ...1 Find a proper mounting position and drill 3 holes on the bottom of your bait boat 3 holes Note the 3 holes should be drilled with the following dimension 2 Hold the sensor cable through the 12mm ho...

Page 20: ...ead some sealed glue on the screws before fixing the sensor 4 Spread some sealed glue to the drilled location preventing water leakage from happening 5 Carry out the following steps same with step 6 1...

Page 21: ...wave signal into the water in a cone shape At the source the wave is narrow however as it penetrates deeper the sound wave spreads forming a cone think flashlight The sound wave bounce back to the tra...

Page 22: ...d to exit a menu setting 2 Menu Key The MENU key is used to enter into a menu setting and switch between the menus 3 Ent Key The Ent key is used to confirm a setting 4 Up arrow Key The Up key is used...

Page 23: ...itive option 4 Press Ent to enter into setting 5 Use the Up Down Arrow to change the value 6 Press Ent to confirm and exit the setting Note the menu display will change from figure A to B as soon as e...

Page 24: ...creasing the Noise Filter value will be helpful Note in some situations while you have big trouble with noise try finding and fixing the interference source rather than operating your Fish finder with...

Page 25: ...g Fish ID Sens Fish ID Sens is used to adjust the threshold of fish size detection If you select a higher setting then some weaker returns can be detected and displayed as small fish on screen which w...

Page 26: ...There are total 10 levels for the depth range setting a With feet unit 10 15 25 35 50 70 85 100 131 Auto b With meter unit 3 5 8 10 15 20 25 30 40 Auto The default setting is Auto which will keep the...

Page 27: ...current Depth Range is 0 40m by setting Zoom Range to 20 25m you can see the sonar image of the 20 25m depth segment with a 8x scale And by setting it to 20 30m you can see the sonar image of the 20...

Page 28: ...change the value 6 Press Ent to confirm and exit the setting Contrast Contrast can let you get a suitable display To set the Contrast 1 Press Menu to enter into menu setting 2 Repeatedly press Menu to...

Page 29: ...te once triggered an alarm message will appear on the screen You can press Menu key to exit the depth alarm mode however the alarm will trigger again until your boat move to an area where the water de...

Page 30: ...onfirm and exit the setting Main Battery The Fish finder sounds an alarm tone when the battery strength of the sonar unit is lower than the setting To set the Main Battery 1 Press Menu to enter into m...

Page 31: ...o enter into setting 5 Use the Up Down Arrow to change the value 6 Press Ent to confirm and exit the setting Note only when the RES sensor is powered by the battery of your bait boat then the Boat Bat...

Page 32: ...o set the Units 1 Press Menu to enter into menu setting 2 Repeatedly press Menu to switch to Units menu 3 Use the Up Down Arrow to select Units option 4 Press Ent to enter into setting 5 Use the Up Do...

Page 33: ...exit the setting Simulator Simulator is used to let you practicing using the Fish finder as if you were on the water Under the simulatingmode the simulated bottom signal with fish signals will displa...

Page 34: ...send the product for maintenance 1 No signal on screen If the Fish finder fails to receive signals from the sensor it will stop updating the screen which will then remain unchanged Under any circumsta...

Page 35: ...ffers plus the varying height of water bottom pictures displayed on the screen will occupy different heights causing the vibrating phenomenon 5 Nothing appears on the display even you can see fish und...

Page 36: ...onfirm the antenna mounted on your bait boat is correctly connected to the control box through the antenna extended cable c The radio performance is easily affected by cloudy or rainy day which will c...

Page 37: ...ontrols Sensitivity Depth Range Noise Filter Zoom Multilingual menu system with 16 memorized languages Full one year warranty Sensor cable length 18 45 cm Portable case size 10 3 x 5 9 x 3 85 262 x 15...

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