Honda HE-670, Operation Manual

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Page 2: ...ing in the death or serious wound unless you keep the descriptions WARNING Be in danger of incurring the accident resulting in the death or serious wound unless you keep the descriptions CAUTION Be in danger or incurring the slight wound to human or damage to other physical property unless you keep the descriptions Do not reproduce a part or all of contents described on this manual without our app...

Page 3: ...ON ON OPERATION 4 2 GENERAL IMFORATION OF ECHO SOUNDER FISH FINDER 5 3 FEATURES OF THE UNIT 8 4 SPECIFICATIONS 9 5 STANDARD COMPOSITION 10 6 DIMENSIONAL DRAWINGS 11 7 INSTALLATION OF THE UNIT 12 8 CONNECTION WITH THE UNIT 13 9 INSTALLATION OF TRANSDUCER THRU HULL 14 10 INSTALLATION OF WATER TEMPERATURE SENSOR 15 11 CONNECTING DIAGRAM 16 12 DESCRIPTIONS OF CONTROL KEYS 17 13 HOW TO SEE THE DISPLAY ...

Page 4: ...9 16 HOW TO SELECT MENU 31 17 SETTING THE FUNCTION BY MENU 32 17 1 MENU 1 32 1 SWEEPING SPEED 32 2 DISPLAYED IMAGE 32 3 SCALE LINE 33 4 WATER TEMPERATURE GRAPH 33 5 COLOR CONFIGURATION 33 6 BACKGROUND COLOR 33 17 2 MENU 2 34 1 EXPANSION RATE 34 2 WATER TEMPERATURE ALARM 34 3 DEPTH ALARM 35 4 FISH ALARM 35 5 BATTERY ALARM 36 6 OTHERS 36 1 SETTING OF UNIT 36 1 WATER TEMPERATURE UNIT 36 2 DEPTH UNIT ...

Page 5: ... 40 2 AUTO RANGE 40 4 READOUT SETTING 1 41 1 DEPTH READOUT 41 2 GAIN READOUT 41 3 SUPER RANGE 41 4 DEPTH MARKER 42 5 COLOR BAR 42 5 READOUT SETTING 2 42 1 LATITUDE LONGITUDE 42 2 BOAT SPEED READOUT 42 3 BEARING READOUT 42 6 SETTING OF INITIALIZATION 43 1 SIMULATION MODE 43 2 CHANGE OF SCREEN MODE 43 3 SYSTEM RESET 43 18 CAUTION ON SAFETY PLEASE MAKE SURE TO READ 44 ...

Page 6: ...ARNING Do not install it simply It causes to the accident like human damage Please be sure to install correctly according to descriptions on Installation of the unit of this manual Do not use the information displayed on the screen of unit for navigation directly It causes to the marine disaster Please be sure to use the official marine charts for navigation judgment Do not operate the unit when y...

Page 7: ...n cables or do not bend cables excessively Do not disassemble or modify the cables It causes to heating firing or electric shock Do not use the damaged cables It causes to firing or electric shock CAUTION Do not pull the cable when you pull out the plug It causes to firing or electric shock because the cable is broken When you pull out the plug be sure to have it in your hand and pull it CAUTION D...

Page 8: ...sing electric tools please keep your hands dry If your hands are wet it causes to electric shock Perfect waterproof treatment should be done when you install the transducer or water temperature sensor through the hull If waterproof is not sufficient it causes to marine disaster because water comes in Do not install on the aluminum boat It may cause to corrosion When you pull out or insert the plug...

Page 9: ... to faulty Please be more careful to operate or store it under direct sun ray in the summer time and use it carefully where it is in the shade as possible Please avoid to keep it in the trunk of car Avoid the place where it is high temperature Do not clean the unit with organic solution like thinner alcohol or etc as some parts of the unit and panel are coated or made by plastic In case it is too ...

Page 10: ...the outline of bottom or nature of bottom on the screen in different colors Round trip 1 sec Round trip 0 5 sec Reflected wave from fish school Reflected wave from sea bottom Transducer The speed at which the ultrasonic wave propagates in water is approximately 1 500m per second For example in case of roundtrip time between transmission and reception is 1 sec to sea bottom and 0 5 sec to fish scho...

Page 11: ...ransmitted wave is reflected strongly you can distinguish the density of fish school according to the strength of reflected echo that is different color Normally we tend to think the larger fish school on the screen the most fish volume But when fish school are located at the shallow depth and the deep depth fish school at the deep depth is displayed bigger than at the shallow depth Because the tr...

Page 12: ... bottom image becomes thick and the second reflection becomes easily to appear On the other hand at the soft bottom like sand or mud the reflection becomes weak and bottom image becomes thin and the second reflection becomes hard to appear Second reflection Ultrasonic wave transmitted from transducer is reflected from sea bottom and then it is reflected from both sea surface and bottom finally In ...

Page 13: ...sible to display dual frequency 50KHz and 200KHz Brilliant 6 inch TFT color LCD Automatic function makes you to adjust sensitivity and depth range automatically Aluminum mounting bracket which is strong for shock is supplied as standard ...

Page 14: ...epth Unit Super Range Pulse Length Clean Echo Transmitting Output Depth Readout Simulation Mode Voltage Readout Water Temp Readout Water Temp Sensor Back Light 6 inch color LCD 320 x 240 11 35V DC 15 W 217 H X 234 W X 78 D mm Approx 1 5Kg 50 200 300 3 500m OFF ON OFF L M H OFF ON OFF Small Large OFF Within Range Out of Range OFF Within Range Out of Range Bottom Lock Auto Exp Manual Exp X2 X4 X8 4 ...

Page 15: ...MPOSITION 10 Display Unit Disk Plate x 2 Brand Plate Cable Cover Power Supple Cable with bracket and clamping knobs Mushroom head screw x 4 Pan head tapping screw Transducer 3P 8m 50 200kHz Operations Manual Fuse 5A ...

Page 16: ...6 DIMENSIONAL DRAWINGS 11 195mm 234mm 78mm 195mm 217mm Unit mm 196 0 5mm 113 0 3mm 140 0 3mm 55mm 8 φ6 Hole φ25 Hole 32 0 3mm 38 0 3mm Drawing of holes for installing bracket ...

Page 17: ...decide the place you install and put the mark Keep enough space behind the unit to connect with cables 2 Installation of bracket Install the bracket with supplied screws into four outside holes Face two open sides of bracket to rear of the unit 3 Installation of the unit Install the unit referring to the below figure Make sure to put rubber rings and washers at positions on below figure Display Un...

Page 18: ...TH THE UNIT 13 Battery 11VDC 35VDC NMEA GGA VTG Output Device White Cable Cover to Display Unit Black Power Supply Cable Thru hull Water Temp Sensor Option Transducer TD26 2P 3P 8P 6P Transom Water Temp Sensor Option ...

Page 19: ...oat as possible 30cm Block Put the seal at joint point for waterproof Keep the inclination of bottom within 10 After installation put the seal for water proof Put the seal at joint point for waterproof 9 INSTALLATION OF TRANSDUCER THRU HULL ...

Page 20: ... the boat Unless you keep it human damage resulting in death or serious wound will occur WARNING Perfect waterproof treatment should be done when you install the water temperature sensor through the hull Unless you keep it it causes to marine disaster due to inundation When you work using electric tools please keep your hands dry It causes to electric shock Water temperature sensor is option Water...

Page 21: ...connecting NMEA output device Output Device Connector for Input Output DC Power Supply Display Unit Data Output Power Supply for External Device Data Format Transmission Rate Transmission Format NMEA0183 GGA VTG 4800 bps Star bit 1 Data bit 8 Parity bit nil Stop bit 1 ...

Page 22: ... mode switches to ON OFF ZOOM key page 26 Change the display mode Each time you press the key display changes MENU key page 27 Show the menu mode AUTO key page 27 Set the sensitivity and depth range automatically Each time you press the key Auto mode Gain Range switches to ON OFF USER key page 28 Allocate functions often used by user UP DOWN RIGHT LEFT page 27 Variable depth marker moves by At dua...

Page 23: ...s set either set mode Bottom lock Auto Exp or Manual Exp is shown Variable Time Marker Bar appears or disappears every 30 sec Variable Time Marker Auto Mode Readout It shows at Auto Mode 34 43 156N 20 0KTS 137 26 345E 137 0 Latitude Longitude Boat Speed Bearing 11 6V In case of displaying the dual frequency mode Frequency Readout Display of one frequency is different from simultaneous dual frequen...

Page 24: ...ppears after the power switches ON OFF key is not activated 1 ON key OFF key Note 1 When engine starts battery voltage varies and it may give bad influence to the unit Please make sure to start engine after the unit is switched OFF ON OFF OF THE POWER 19 14 2 BRIGHT KEY Adjustment of brightness This adjusts the brightness of screen When you press key the screen becomes bright When you press key th...

Page 25: ... return color to initial level from the strongest echo s color Clutter Fish school or bottom is displayed while the strength of reflected echo is corresponded with pre set color configuration As this can delete colors in turn from color of weakest echo it will be enable to distinguish this school easily be deleting the weak echoes like plankton stain in the water or etc 1 Clutter CLUTTER key 0 40 ...

Page 26: ...y the depth decreases To increase the depth display range Each time when you press key the depth increases 1 Depth Display Range 5 3 8 10 15 20 30 40 50 60 80 100 125 150 180 200 250 300 400 500m 0 Depth Display Range This sets the depth display range how deep from the surface of water is displayed 19 ranks of display range from 0 5m to 0 500m are available RANGE key ...

Page 27: ...e becomes to 10 18m Even if image you want to see is small it is enlarged by setting the depth display range to shallow range when shift is selected SHIFT key Display range is moved by pressing SHIFT key Depth readout shown on the screen changes To shift to shallow depth Each time when you press key the display range becomes shallow To shift to deep depth Each time when you press key the display r...

Page 28: ... first reflection It s first reflection reflected from the surface of water goes toward the bottom again The next reflection from bottom is called the second reflection Normally it s second reflection is shown on the twice depth of the actual bottom first reflection Too poor sensitivity As image is pale it is difficult to distinct the fish school Good As second reflection is shown it is easy to di...

Page 29: ...ty increases In case of digital readout number increases To decrease the sensitivity Each time when you press key gain bar becomes short and the sensitivity decreases In case of digital readout number decreases 0 40 40 20 20 60 60 80 80 0 40 40 20 20 60 60 80 80 1 second reflection Bottom Gain bar readout on the right screen Gain bar readout on the left screen GAIN key ...

Page 30: ...layed on the right side of screen and it s width changes according to strength of reflected signal When you press key A MODE A mode switches ON OFF 1 0 40 40 20 20 0 40 40 20 20 A MODE display 14 7 A MODE KEY A MODE ...

Page 31: ... is shown Auto Expansion The bottom is enlarged and shown Expansion range marker can not be moved Manual Expansion Certain area is enlarged and shown Move the expansion range marker to the area which you want to expand by key and set the expansion range 1 You can select three image modes Bottom lock expansion Automatic expansion or Manual expansion In case of Auto Exp and Manual Exp expansion rang...

Page 32: ...use menu 1 Menu item is selected using key UP DOWN RIGHT LEFT key key and key It is used for setting each function of the unit 14 10 AUTO KEY When you press key AUTO AUTO is indicated on the upper left of screen By pressing key AUTO again it returns to normal mode 1 When you press AUTO key pre set automatic function switches ON OFF Setting of AUTO key is done by selecting on AUTO KET SET of menu 2...

Page 33: ...allocate often used functions at USER key Just only USER key makes you quick operation You do not need to set on the menu mode 1 How to allocate USER key USER key You can allocate function of which menu item has underline on right of item number to USER key Select desired function on the menu Press key USER for two seconds continuously At the same time sound like bi rises underline on right of ite...

Page 34: ...OFF 12V Activate less than 10V 24V Activate less than 21V Alarm goes off within or out of two water temp OFF IN RANGE OUT RANGE Set the temp set 1 0 30 15 at factory setting Set the temp set 2 0 30 20 at factory setting Alarm goes off within or out of two depth OFF IN RANGE OUT RANGE Set the depth set 1 1 500m 10m at factory setting Set the depth set 2 1 500m 100m at factory setting 6 OTHERS 1 UNI...

Page 35: ...igit OFF S L Select the style of gain readout BAR DIGIT When the depth range changes rewrite whole image to after change OFF ON Select color of variable depth marker OFF WHITE RED GREEN BLUE YELLOW LIGHT BLUE MAGENTA Switch color bar readout ON OFF OFF ON When NMEA output device is connected with the unit it is effective Switch readout of latitude longitude ON OFF OFF ON Switch readout of boat spe...

Page 36: ...ms with on the right selection menu is shown by key or key It returns to previous menu by key How to cancel MENU mode Menu mode is canceled and it returns to normal display mode even in any menu mod when you press key 1 2 4 Operation sometimes differs depending on menu items Established contents on menu are stored even if power is switched OFF HOW TO SELECT MENU 1 SWEEP 2 PICTURE 3 4 5 COLOR 6 BAC...

Page 37: ...he menu Ratio of sweeping speed vs sounding rates at each speed is shown on the below table 1 2 SweepingSpeed Sounding Rates 4 1 1 3 1 2 2 1 3 1 1 4 FREEZE Fast Slow DISPLAYED IMAGE 0 40 40 20 20 60 60 80 80 17 6 0 40 40 20 20 60 60 80 80 11 6V 2 PICTURE is selected on MENU 1 Displayed image is set 50 50KHz image is displayed on whole screen 200 200KHz image is displayed on whole screen 50 200 50K...

Page 38: ...tness It becomes easy to see the display by setting the background color of five colors 1 2 BACKGROUND COLOR 33 5 COLOR is selected on MENU 1 Color configuration is set 6 steps 1 6 Reflected signal of sound wave is converted into 17 ranks of digital signal according to the strength of response As image of echo sounder fish finder is displayed in color by this color configuration you can know the s...

Page 39: ...p readout flashes OUT RANGE Alarm goes off when it is out of two water temperatures and water temp readout flashes OFF Water temp alarm is canceled TEMPSET1and TEMPSET2is set respectively Water Temperature Alarm Alarm goes off within or out of two water temperatures TEMP SET 1 TEMP SET 2 1 2 3 WATER TEMPERATURE ALARM 17 2 MENU 2 1 EXP RATE is selected on MENU 2 Expansion rate is selected Select fr...

Page 40: ...chool 3 DEPTH ALARM is selected on MENU 2 Alarm setting is established IN RANGE Alarm goes off when it is within two depths and depth readout flashes OUT RANGE Alarm goes off when it is out of two depths and depth readout flashes OFF Depth alarm is canceled Depth Alarm Alarm goes off within or out of two depths DEPTH SET 1 DEPTH SET 2 1 2 DEPTH ALARM Example Depth 10m In range Alarm Alarm Alarm Ou...

Page 41: ...RY ALARM When voltage of battery decreases alarm goes off 5 BATT ALARM is selected on MENU 2 12V When voltage of battery becomes less than 10V alarm goes off and voltage readout flashes 24V When voltage of battery becomes less than 21V alarm goes off and voltage readout flashes OFF Battery alarm is canceled 1 2 If you press key when alarm sounds alarm stops to sound However battery readout does no...

Page 42: ...after connecting optional water temperature sensor Please set the corrected value so that water temperature digit shown on the bottom of screen is equal to real temperature 6 OTHERS 2 ADJUST 2 TEMP ADJ is selected on MENU 2 Change the corrected value by RIGHT LEFT key 1 2 CORRECTION VOLTAGE CORRECTION You can correct the voltage at 0 1 V step from range of 2 0V 2 0V Please set the corrected value ...

Page 43: ...e do not activate at the depth more than such auto range max depth OTHER SETTING CLEAN ECHO Non synchronized noise like interference with other boat s fish finder air bubbles electric noise mechanical noise etc is eliminated and clear display less noise is shown 6 OTHERS 3 OTHER SET 2 C ECHO is selected on MENU 2 OFF Clean Echo function is canceled L Set Clean Echo to low H Set Clean Echo to high ...

Page 44: ...e as echo in water Length of transmitted ultrasonic wave is called pulse length Selection of pulse length long medium or short enables you to change vertical resolution 6 OTHERS 3 OTHER SET 4 PULSE LENGTH is selected on MENU 2 S It can not detect to deep but nice resolution and low power consumption M It can detect to deep but resolution becomes a little bit bad L It can detect to deeper but resol...

Page 45: ...only AUTO G HIGH is set when AUTO key is pressed By pressing AUTO key again AUTO G turns to OFF 6 OTHERS 3 OTHER SET 5 AUTO KEY SET 1 AUTO G is selected on MENU 2 Set mode of Auto Gain LOW Set the adjustment of sensitivity to low level HIGH Set the adjustment of sensitivity to high level Depth range is automatically changed so that sea bottom is always shown on the optimum position of screen lower...

Page 46: ...ber 1 2 READOUT SETTING1 GAIN READOUT 6 OTHERS 4 READOUT 1 2 GAIN is selected on MENU 2 BAR Sensitivity is indicated in bar DIGIT Sensitivity is indicated in digit 1 2 READOUT SETTING1 SUPER RANGE When depth range displayed depth range changes it rewrites whole previous image recorded on the screen to after change 6 OTHERS 4 READOUT 1 3 SUPER RANGE is selected on MENU 2 ON Rewrite previous image O...

Page 47: ...HERS 4 READOUT 1 5 COLOR BAR is selected on MENU 2 ON Color bar is shown OFF Color bar is not shown 1 2 READOUT SETTING 2 Readout of latitude longitude boat speed and bearing are set 6 OTHERS 5 READOUT 2 is selected on MENU 2 1 Latitude Longitude OFF Latitude Longitude are not shown ON Latitude Longitude are shown 2 Boat Speed Readout OFF Boat speed is not shown ON Boat speed is shown 3 Bearing Re...

Page 48: ...own In case of simulation mode DEMO is shown on the lower right of screen CHANGE OF SCREEN MODE You can change the display landscape portrait landscape reverse and portrait reverse according to the status of installing the unit 6 OTHERS 6 SYSTEM MENU 2 DISPLAY is selected on MENU 2 Select LANDSCAPE P REV L REV or PORTRAIT SYSTEM RESET When you want to return to factory setting execute system reset...

Page 49: ...e the rust dust etc In case of corrosion please replace Replace the power supply cable Replace the connector Check the polarity and connect correctly Replace the power cable Replace fuse 5A Adjust the brightness control Refer to page 19 Install the transducer where it is always immersed under the waterline Supplement liquid so that transducer can be immersed into water Faulty of transducer Please ...

Page 50: ...installation of transducer Move the own boat or wait until air bubbles disappear Increase the sensitivity Or set to Auto Gain automatic sensitivity control Re install the transducer at adequate position Remove the attachment well Remove the stain from boat s bottom Replace the liquid As the reflected echoes are very weak at the below described place the image low sensitivity may be shown But it is...

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