Furuno FCV-1200L Operator'S Manual Download

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5.4

Diagnostic Test

The diagnostic test checks the equipment for proper operation.

Rotate the [FUNCTION] switch fully clockwise to select MENU.

Press the [

] key to select the menu title area at the top of screen.

Press the [+] key to select SYSTEM.

Press the [

] or [

] key to select TEST.

Press the [+] key to open the test menu.

DISP ALM TX/RX USER-1/2

SYSTEM

Menu for diagnostics.

[-/+]: Change set, [EXIT (knob)]: Exit

TEST MODE

DIAGNOSTICS

TEST PATTERN : NO

Press and hold [MARKER] key more than
3 sec to exit from TEST MODE.

Test menu

Press the [+] key twice to select YES in the setting window.

The test screen appears.

[ ] : YES

[ ] : NO

Test setting window

Summary of Contents for FCV-1200L

Page 1: ...COLOR LCD SOUNDER FCV 1200L 1200LM ...

Page 2: ...200 FIRST EDITION FIRST EDITION APR APR 2000 2000 Printed in Japan Printed in Japan All rights reserved All rights reserved L L JUN JUN 10 2002 10 2002 PUB No PUB No OME 23650 OME 23650 00080900500 00080900500 00080900500 00080900500 DAMI DAMI FCV 1200L LM FCV 1200L LM 0 0 0 8 0 9 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 9 0 0 5 0 0 OME23650L00 OME23650L00 OME23650L00 OME23650L00 O M E 2 3 6 5 0 L 0 0 O M E 2 3 6 5 0 ...

Page 3: ...eep heater away from equipment A heater can melt the equipment s power cord which can cause fire or electrical shock Use the proper fuse Fuse rating is shown on the equipment Use of a wrong fuse can result in equipment damage CAUTION A warning label is attached to the equip ment Do not remove the label If the label is missing or illegible contact a FURUNO agent or dealer WARNING To avoid electrica...

Page 4: ... maintained properly Please carefully read and follow the recommended procedures for operation and maintenance We would appreciate hearing from you the end user about whether we are achieving our purposes Thank you for considering and purchasing FURUNO equipment Features 8 or 16 color presentation including background provides detailed information on fish density and bottom composition on a 10 4 i...

Page 5: ...11 1 6 Shifting the Basic Range 1 12 1 7 Adjusting Gain 1 13 1 8 Measuring Depth 1 13 1 9 Marker Line 1 14 1 10 Adjusting Clutter 1 15 1 11 Adjusting TVG 1 16 1 12 Eliminating Weak Echoes 1 18 1 13 Picture Advance Speed 1 19 1 14 A Scope Display 1 21 1 15 Suppressing Interference 1 22 1 16 Adjusting the External Video Sounder Picture 1 24 2 MENU OPERATION 2 1 2 1 Basic Menu Operation 2 1 2 2 DISP ...

Page 6: ... NAV DATA SETTING Menu 3 16 3 10 TARGET ECHO SETTING Menu 3 17 4 INTERPRETING THE DISPLAY 4 1 4 1 Color Bar 4 1 4 2 Zero Line 4 2 4 3 Bottom Echoes 4 2 4 4 Fish Schools 4 3 4 5 Other Echoes 4 4 5 MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOOTING 5 1 5 1 Maintenance 5 1 5 2 Fuse Replacement 5 2 5 3 Troubleshooting 5 3 5 4 Diagnostic Test 5 4 5 5 Test Pattern 5 6 5 6 Default Setting 5 7 APPENDIX 1 MENU TREE AP 1 APPENDIX...

Page 7: ...ait type monitor unit LF 49 6 1 1 ft 20 40 60 80 0 0 19 7 Seabed Fish school Depth scale VRM Depth Water temperature graph Appropriate sensors required Shift Zero line Alarm marker Alarm Frequency N1 Noise limiter Picture advance speed Minute marker 5 3 F Water temperature x H xx M Elapsed time Marker line VRM marker Temperature scale Color bar Depth 17 8kt Ship s speed 1 21 P R Scroll time Transd...

Page 8: ... required for FCV 1200L Master ship FCV 1200LM or FCV 1200L equipped with EXIF Assy 4 Navigator may be connected to interface unit or monitor unit CONTROL UNIT CV 1201 Portrait type CV 1202 Landscape type High Frequency Low Frequency Transducer 1 Transducer 1 Water Temp Sensor T 02MSB etc Net Sonde FNZ 18 Interface Unit IF 8000 E S Interface VI 1100A E S Interface VI 1100A Sonar Net Recorder Teles...

Page 9: ... 4 When connecting optional monitor unit connect it to control unit CONTROL UNIT CV 1201 Portrait type CV 1202 Landscape type MONITOR UNIT MU 101C NMEA 0183 Interface Unit IF 8000 External Monitor High Frequency Low Frequency Transducer 1 Transducer 1 Water Temp Sensor T 02MSB etc Net Sonde FNZ 18 Interface Unit IF 8000 External Monitor E S Interface VI 1100A E S Interface VI 1100A Sonar Net Recor...

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Page 11: ...etting P 2 1 Adjusts dimmer of the display and control panel P 1 3 Correct key operation One beep Wrong key operation Two beeps Inscribes marks on the display P 1 14 Selects a display range P 1 11 Selects a display P 1 4 Adjusts gain of high and low frequencies individually P 1 13 Turns power on off P 1 3 Opens the TVG menu P 1 16 Opens the SIGNAL LEVEL menu P 1 18 Opens the PIC ADVANCE A SCOPE me...

Page 12: ...sts dimmer of the display and control panel P 1 13 Inscribes marks on the display P 1 14 Selects the display range P 1 11 Selects the display P 1 4 Adjusts gain of high and low frequencies individually P 1 13 Turns power on off P 1 3 Opens the SIGNAL LEVEL menu P 1 18 Opens the PIC ADVANCE A SCOPE menu P 1 19 1 21 Opens the NOISE LIMITER menu P 1 22 Opens the EXTERNAL ECHO menu P 1 24 Opens the ma...

Page 13: ... of arrow keys on the brilliance setting window is opposite of same controls on the control unit Brill panel dimmer window 2 Press the or key to adjust the LCD brilliance 0 9 key bright key dark Note Brilliance must be adjusted within five seconds after pressing the BRILL key or the brill panel dimmer window will be erased 3 Press the or key to adjust the key panel dimmer 0 4 0 OFF 4 Maximum Adjus...

Page 14: ...f the ultrasonic pulse the wider the detection area Thus the low frequency is suitable for general search and judging bottom condition High frequency HF The higher the frequency of the ultrasonic pulse the better the resolution Therefore the high frequency pulse is useful for detailed observation of fish echoes Low frequency LF 49 6 1 1 ft 0 0 20 40 60 80 0 0 Fish school Bottom High frequency Dete...

Page 15: ...icture on the left 1 2 of the screen the high frequency on the right 1 2 Frequency Low High Beamwidth wide Narrow Echo trail Long Short 0 1 1 0 0 49 6ft 40 0 20 60 80 LF 0 20 40 60 80 Low frequency High frequency HF Dual frequency display ...

Page 16: ...LOCK You can select through the menu See page 2 3 BOTTOM LOCK The bottom lock display shows the area between the zoom marker and the bottom as a straight line to distinguish it from fish near the bottom and thus it is useful for discriminating fish near the bottom LF 21 7 0 0 Single frequency display Zoomed fish school Fish school Bottom lock display Zoom marker 0 40 1 1 This area zoomed and displ...

Page 17: ... Zoom marker current 1 1 29 8ft Bottom 0 40 10 20 30 34 32 30 28 26 24 Bottom zoom display MARKER ZOOM The marker zoom display expands the area selected with the VRM on the normal picture to full vertical size of the screen on the left half window This mode is useful for observing specific fish school 11 5 VRM Green This area is zoomed Zoom marker LF 25 0 0 0 Single frequency display Zoomed fish s...

Page 18: ...hort tail Soft bottom Bottom trail LF 21 5 0 0 Single frequency display Bottom discrimination display 1 1 ft 20 Bottom lock display 0 40 10 20 30 0 1 2 Discrim 1 2 display DISCRIM 1 3 This display is similar to the DISCRIM 1 2 display except the bottom discriminator display occupies only 1 3 of the left 1 2 of the screen as below Bottom trail LF 21 5 0 0 Single frequency display Bottom discriminat...

Page 19: ...colors This is done by utilizing the fact that tiny fish return a stronger echo against a high frequency rather than a low frequency This is done as below 1 If a high frequency echo is stronger than the corresponding echo on the low frequency the high frequency echo is displayed 2 If the low frequency echo is stronger than or equal to the high frequency echo it is less likely to be a tiny fish and...

Page 20: ...played in blue since high freq echo is weaker YEL Displayed in reddish brown since high freq echoes are red or reddish brown ORG GRN RED How the mix display works 0 1 1 0 0 High frequency display 23 6ft 0 10 20 30 40 0 10 20 30 40 Bottom zoom display HF 23 22 21 23 22 21 Low frequency display Bottom zoom display LF LF HF User 2 display ...

Page 21: ...ing window ex feets Basic ranges default setting Range Switch Position Range Unit 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Feet 30 60 120 250 500 1000 1600 3000 Meter 10 20 40 80 150 300 500 1000 Fathom 5 10 20 40 80 160 250 500 Hiro Japanese 6 12 25 50 100 200 300 600 Passi Braza 6 12 25 50 100 200 300 600 Note1 This setting must be done within five seconds after rotating the RANGE switch once or the range window will be...

Page 22: ...epth to watch shallow or deep Principle of shift 10 ft S H I F T 10 Shift window screen center shift indication top right corner Note1 This operation must be done within five seconds after pressing the or key or the shift window will be erased Note2 The FCV 1200L LM can automatically shift the display range to provide virtually hands free automatic operation This can be done through the menu For f...

Page 23: ...of proper and improper gain levels 1 8 Measuring Depth Use or key to place the VRM on the object to measure depth Depth is digitally displayed above the VRM Note This operation is not available when the white marker window appears by pressing the or key Select VRM at MARKER SELECT in DISP menu to use the VRM LF 49 6 1 1 ft 0 0 20 40 60 80 0 0 39 8 Depth to VRM VRM Green How to use the VRM ...

Page 24: ...reen This feature requires a navigation plotter For further details see TLL OUTPUT on page 3 16 Elapsed time from the moment that the MARKER TLL key is pressed may be displayed at the upper left corner of the screen For details see page 2 5 LF 49 6 1 1 ft 0 0 20 40 60 80 0 0 0H00M Elapsed time from when the MARKER TLL key is pressed Marker line Shown in second color from top of color bar in 16 col...

Page 25: ...to step 2 For other modes Go to step 3 2 Press the or key to select HF CURVE or LF CURVE as appropriate 3 Press the or key to open the clutter curve selection window default STD STD LINEAR CUSTOM Clutter curve selection window STD The higher the clutter level the smaller weak echoes are displayed default setting LINEAR The higher the clutter level the smaller all echoes are displayed CUSTOM Applie...

Page 26: ...from the same size fish schools are displayed in the same color Avoid excessive TVG weak echoes may not be displayed The TVG is also useful for reducing surface noise 0 ft 100 0 ft 100 How TVG works 1 Rotate the FUNCTION switch to select TVG The TVG menu appears Adjust TVG effective distance Change setting EXIT knob Exit low TVG This scale is synchronized with the distance value setting HF TVG LEV...

Page 27: ...tting the longer the range at which TVG works The scale on the menu synchronizes with the rate setting 4 Press the or key to close the window 5 When surface noise appears in the range shallower than the setting range press the key to select HF TVG LEV EL or LF TVG LEV EL as appropriate 6 Press the or key to set the TVG level in the setting window range 0 10 The higher the TVG level the less the ga...

Page 28: ...te low intensity echoes Change setting EXIT knob Exit OFF SIGNAL LEVEL Echo colors disappear from weakest to strongest SIGNAL LEV OFF current Signal level menu 2 Press the or key to select the setting desired 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 OFF Signal level setting window For 16 colors Every pressing of the key deletes echoes from weakest to strongest in ascending order For eight colors the setting window shows...

Page 29: ...g window The fractions in the window mean the number of vertical scan lines produced per transmission For example 1 2 means a vertical scan line is produced every two transmissions These fractions also appear at the top of the screen for your reference When selecting an advance speed keep in mind that a fast advance speed will expand the size of a fish school horizontally and a slow speed will con...

Page 30: ...gement of fish school size and abundance at any speed The picture advance speed indication is suffixed with an S when the ship s speed dependent mode is active For example 1 1S For how to enable the ship s speed dependent mode see page 2 9 This function is available with ship s speed of 2 20 kt FULL SPEED HALF SPEED Actual Movement Same size fish schools Speed Normal Mode Ship s Speed Dependent Mo...

Page 31: ...equency only In case of the horizontal split screen high and low frequency A scope displays appear 1 Rotate the FUNCTION switch to select ADVANCE A SCOPE The PIC ADVNC A SCOPE menu appears 2 Press the key to select A SCOPE 3 Press the key to select ON in the setting window OFF ON A scope selection window 4 Rotate the FUNCTION key to select EXIT To turn off the A scope display press the key to sele...

Page 32: ... 1 Rotate the FUNCTION key to select NL The NOISE LIMITER menu appears 1 Shift frequencies to reject interference 2 Use LF HF NOISE LIM in case interference hasn t been rejected Change setting EXIT knob Exit NOISE LIMITER The inverted solid triangle shifts with operation of or key 10 10 0 10 10 0 HF FREQ ADJ 0 0 HF NOISE LIM OFF LF FREQ ADJ 0 0 LF NOISE LIM OFF NL menu For the dual display Go to s...

Page 33: ...level finely go to step 4 If the interference suppression is sufficient go to step 7 4 Press the or key to close the setting window 5 Press the key to select HF NOISE LIM or LF NOISE LIM whichever is appropriate 6 Press the or key to select the noise rejection setting in the setting window N3 provides the highest level of interference suppression OFF N1 N2 N3 Signal level setting window 7 Rotate t...

Page 34: ... 3rd ECHO GAIN 5 0 0 10 CLUTTER 4 0 7 CURVE STD TVG 5 0 10 STC 0 0 10 NOISE LIM OFF GAIN ADJ 0 50 TX PULSE STD MANUAL 0 2 msec These settings only appear when the picture from external equipment is displayed EXTERNAL 3 rd ECHO menu 3 Press the or to select the item to adjust 4 Press the or key to adjust 5 Press the or to close the window 6 Rotate the FUNCTION switch fully counterclockwise to selec...

Page 35: ...HUE STD BACKGROUND BLUE WHITE LINE OFF OFF 1 10 DEPTH INFO STD BOTTOM SEARCH AUTO MARKER SELECT VRM AUTO SHIFT OFF DISPLAY DATA TIMER SCROLL TIME OFF SMOOTHING 1 OFF 1 8 SMOOTHING 2 OFF Menu titles Description for selection DISP menu 2 Press the key to select menu title area 3 Press the or key to select menu desired among DISP ALM TX RX USER 1 2 and SYSTEM The menu selected is highlighted in the m...

Page 36: ...The blue bar shows the current cursor position in relation to the option range This bar shifts with operation of or key Blue bar CUSTOM STD HUE1 HUE2 HUE3 HUE4 Selecting window for item having several options ex HUE 7 Rotate the FUNCTION switch fully counterclockwise to select EXIT The menu disappears ...

Page 37: ...LORS Selects eight color or sixteen color presentation HUE Selects desired picture color USER displays the colors programmed by the user See chapter 3 STD is the standard colors used on most FURUNO video sounders HUE 1 7 provide other picture color arrangements BACKGROUND Selects background color to black dark blue blue light blue or white Note that the background color is fixed when the user colo...

Page 38: ...ration 1 After the selecting EXIT with the FUNCTION switch to close the menu press the or key to show the white marker setting window Select color to enhance OFF WHITE MARKER The color selected by this red arrow changes to white Color bar White marker setting window 2 Press the or key to select the echo color which you want to emphasize The setting window disappears if there is no key operation wi...

Page 39: ...the MARKER TLL key is pressed GAIN R B range and bearing to the waypoint and COURSE Requires navigation device The gain setting shown on the display may not agree exactly with GAIN controller position When you change the gain setting and then return correctly using of the setting shown on the display is recommended SCROLL TIME Turns the display scroll time on off Scroll time displays at the screen...

Page 40: ...et above the bottom the beep sounds and the indication FISH flashes at the top right corner of the screen Available mode bottom lock discrim 1 2 discrim 1 3 TEMP ALARM Selects temperature range which triggers temperature alarm Alarm is activated beep sounds and the indication TEMP appears at the top right corner of the screen when water temperature is above UP or below DOWN the preset value This f...

Page 41: ...m which you want to set 5 Press the or key to show the alarm setting window OFF ON OFF FISH BTM FISH OFF WITHIN RANGE OUT OF RANGE Bottom alarm Fish alarm Temp alarm Alarm setting window 6 Press the or key to select the alarm type desired 7 Press the key twice to select ALARM DEPTH TEMP LIMIT for temp alarm 8 Press the or key to show the alarm setting window 0 ft Starting depth setting window ex D...

Page 42: ...w ex Bottom alarm 12 Press the or key to set the alarm zone For depth alarm and temp alarm go to step 16 To set the fish alarm go to step 13 13 Press the key to select ALARM LEVEL 14 Press the or key to show the level setting window MIN MID MAX Level setting window 15 Press the or key to set the alarm level MIN Alarm triggered against light blue or stronger fish echoes MID Alarm triggered against ...

Page 43: ...om echo In this case lower the PRR level The choice S means the ship s speed dependent mode where the PRR changes automatically with ship s speed Requires ship s speed input For further information about the ship s speed dependent mode see page 1 20 STC High and Low Frequencies Adjusts STC level for the high and low frequencies and is useful for suppressing surface noise The setting range is 0 10 ...

Page 44: ... select WIDE TX PULSE High and Low Frequencies Sets TX pulselength for high and low frequencies The available choices are SHORT1 SHORT2 STD LONG and MANUAL Pulselength without MANUAL automatically changes with range and shift PULSE LENGTH High and Low Frequencies When selecting MANUAL on TX PULSE this setting setting range 0 2 msec 5 0 msec is active The smaller digit the greater the detection res...

Page 45: ... set EXIT knob Exit SCREEN LAYOUT DISP MODE LF HF MIX ZOOM MODE BOTTOM ZOOM 1 SCREEN LAYOUT DISP MODE LF Zm Nor HF Zm Nor ZOOM MODE BOTTOM ZOOM EXT DEVICE ETR 2 DEFAULT SET NO USER 1 USER 2 1 The setting is available when Zm Zoom is selected at the DISP MODE field 2 The setting is available when EX is selected at the DISP MODE field DISP ALM TX RX USER 1 2 SYSTEM USER 1 2 menu SCREEN LAYOUT Select...

Page 46: ...Zm Nor EXIF assy option equipped for FCV 1200L INTERNAL selected at XDCR CONNECT on the E S DRAFT SETTING menu HF high frequency LF low frequency NOR normal ZM zoom MIX mix Sub gain for fish and seabed echoes is raised EX display of external transducer unit or telesounder Gain sub The GAIN control mainly adjusts the bottom echo When selecting the sub sub gain the GAIN control adjusts the fish and ...

Page 47: ...ternal echo sounder sonar picture recorder Note When selecting or screen the above equipment low frequency echo should be connected to the EXT_H port The EXT_L port signal cannot be displayed on those screen layouts DEFAULT SET Restores default settings of the user 1 2 menus Select YES to restore default settings Three beeps sounds while default settings are being restored ...

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Page 49: ...o to setting EXIT knob Exit SYSTEM SETTING ES DRAFT SETTING RANGE SETTING TEMP SETTING NET SONDE SETTING USER COLOR SETTING USER CLUTTER SETTING NAV DATA SETTING TARGET ECHO TEST MODE DEFAULT SETTING DISP ALM TX RX USER 1 2 SYSTEM System menu 4 Press the or key to select the item which you want to set 5 Press the key to show the sub menu 6 Rotate the FUNCTION switch fully counterclockwise to selec...

Page 50: ...LEVEL 0 40 0 SYSTEM SETTING menu LANGUAGE Selects the language ENGLISH or JAPANESE After making selection rotate the FUNCTION switch to select EXIT This permits switching of language PICT ADV DIR Selects picture advance direction to left right or left right which advances the picture in both right and left directions from the screen center DEPTH SCALE Selects where to position the depth scale righ...

Page 51: ... is useful for distinguishing individual fish e x squid in plankton DEPTH UNIT Selects unit of depth measurement meters feet fathoms hiro Japanese passi braza SPEED UNIT Selects unit of ship s speed kt km h sm h TEMP UNIT Sets unit of water temperature measurement Celsius or Fahrenheit BOTTOM LEVEL When seabed depth readout is unstable use this feature to stabilize it The setting range is 40 to 0 ...

Page 52: ...frequencies as follows INTERNAL Use the internal video sounder signal FCV 1200L only ETR Use the video sounder signal from the external Transceiver unit FCV 1200LM and FCV 1200L with optional EXIF assy only TS OTHER Use the video sounder signal from the external telesounder video sounder or sonar FCV 1200LM and FCV 1200L with optional EXIF assy only Note Choose INTERNAL when selecting LF HF or LF ...

Page 53: ... to use on this menu This function is useful when there is interference from other vessel or when targeting certain fish species 50kHz 75kHz transducer Using the following transducers with 75 kHz provides high resolution 50B 6 50 200 1T 50kHz 50 200 1ST 50 kHz 50B 9 50B12 88 kHz 22 kHz transducer Using the following transducer with 22 kHz frequency enables long range detection a characteristic of ...

Page 54: ...ency signal LF HF Outputs both the high and low frequency signals Note When selecting LF HF or LF HF select INTERNAL at XDCR CONNECT Equipment connected XDCR CONNECT E S SIG OUT Remarks External transceiver unit ETR Telesounder on sister ship INTERNAL LF HF LF HF Not available on FCV 1200LM Telesounder on master ship TS OTHER Record by picture recorder INTERNAL LF HF LF HF Not available on FCV 120...

Page 55: ...6 ft SPLIT RANGE OFF RANGE SETTING Menu Note Hiro is the Japanese unit of depth measurement RANGE1 RANGE8 Presets basic ranges for the RANGE switch 5 2000 m 16 6000 ft 2 1200 fa 4 1600 hiro 3 1200 P B M Z RANGE Sets display range of marker zoom and bottom zoom pictures 5 200 m 16 600 ft 2 120 fa 4 160 hiro 3 120 P B Note For the vertical split screen halve the above values B L RANGE Sets display r...

Page 56: ... 60 ft 250 ft 500 ft 1000 ft 1600 ft 3000 ft 120 ft RANGE LF RANGE HF 30 ft 60 ft 250 ft 500 ft 1000 ft 1600 ft 3000 ft 120 ft Switch LF and HF by pressing the RANGE switch Range window 2 Press the RANGE switch within five seconds to display the RANGE LF window or RANGE HF window whichever desired 3 Rotate the RANGE switch to select the range desired ...

Page 57: ...nly for net sonde and water temperature sensor 20 0 to 20 0 F in 0 1 step TEMP READOUT Turns on off water temperature indication TEMP GRAPH Turns on off temperature graph and selects graph scale OFF No water temperature graph NARROW Graduation every 2 STD Graduation every 2 5 default setting EXPAND Graduation every 5 0 TEMP COLOR Selects the color of the temperature graph standard white red black ...

Page 58: ... GRAPH OFF GRAPH MODE SURFACE GRAPH WIDTH 1 4 GRAPH RESET NO NET SONDE SETTING menu SONDE MARK Selects where to display the sonde mark HIGH frequency picture LOW frequency picture or OFF LF 1 1 0 0 20 40 60 0 0 Sonde mark COLOR Selects number of colors to display net sonde mark 1 14 level color 2 12 level color or 3 10 level color WIDTH Selects the width of sonde mark 2 dots 3 dots 4 dots or 5 dot...

Page 59: ...sonde water temperature graph SURFACE is the first water temperature surface condition BOTTOM the last written water temperature net sonde position The display range is 12 C and scale interval is 5 C For example if the surface water temperature is 18 C the first temperature scale would be 10 C 20 C and the display range is 9 C 21 C If the water temperature drops by 9 C for example the next tempera...

Page 60: ...th temperature Net sonde water temperature graph SURFACE BOTTOM GRAPH WIDTH Selects the width of sonde water temperature graph 1 4 of the screen or 1 2 of the screen Note When turning on both of sonde water temperature graph and A scope 1 2 is not available GRAPH RESET Select ON to reset the graph ...

Page 61: ... SETTING COLOR NO BKGD RED 0 0 15 GREEN 2 BLUE 9 DEFAULT SET NO USER COLOR SETTING menu 1 Press the or key to show the color setting window BKGD ECHO1 ECHO2 ECHO3 ECHO4 ECHO5 ECHO6 ECHO7 Color setting window in case of 16 colors 2 Press the or key to select the color to change background color 1 14 and the strongest color In case of eight colors color is 1 6 ECHO15 ECHO14 ECHO13 ECHO12 ECHO11 ECHO...

Page 62: ... 5 Press the or key to show the level setting window 0 Level setting window 6 Press the or key to select color strength The higher the number the darker the color 7 Press the or key to close the level setting window 8 Do steps 4 7 to adjust other color 9 To return to original color select YES at DEFAULT SET ...

Page 63: ...atically adjusted USER CLUTTER SETTING menu 1 Press the or key to select color or background to change COLOR 7 is the strongest color 2 Press the or key to show the setting window 0 Setting window 3 Press the or key to set the level 1 14 If then you want to emphasize COLOR 7 reddish brown red COLOR 7 COLOR 6 set large value COLOR 5 to COLOR 1 set small value you want to emphasize middle color yell...

Page 64: ... version of external equipment Ver 1 5 Ver 2 0 or SPECIAL If you are not sure of version number try both and select which one successfully receives data SPECIAL outputs the depth data with 600 bps NAV DATA Selects source of navigation data NMEA talker Loran C Loran A Decca GPS DR or AUTO Select AUTO when more than one talker data is input The order of priority is GPS Loran C Loran A Decca DR COURS...

Page 65: ...o optimize sounding parameters Change set EXIT knob Exit TARGET ECHO NORMAL TARGET ECHO SURFACE is valid when proper transducer is connected TARGET ECHO menu Note Select SURFACE only when both of the transducers 1 kW below are used The SURFACE can be used to detect small surface fish The pulse repetition rate is greater than NORMAL 50 200 1ST 50 200 1T 200B 5S 50B 6 50B 9 9B 50B 8G 50 200 400 ...

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Page 67: ...lor Bar The color bar shows the relation between echo intensity and echo color on the screen The top color reddish brown is the strongest color and the lower colors the weakest The bar can be used as a reference to estimate density of a fish school fish species and hardness of the bottom The background color can be selected on the menu screen R BRN RED ORANGE YELLOW GREEN LIGHT BLUE BLUE DEEP BLUE...

Page 68: ...llation frequency pulselength and sensitivity Bottom profile A hard and rough bottom appears with a longer tail because it reflects more of the ultrasonic pulse Because of their stronger return shallow echoes appear wider than deep ones even when all botom conditions are equal Also a longer bottom tail appears on slopes because of the difference in traveling time at both edges of the beam angle In...

Page 69: ...tity Fish quantity can be estimated to a certain extent from fish echoes on the screen if fish school size and fish school density are kept in mind Fish school size Usually the size of fish echoes on the screen is proportional to the actual size of the fish school However if two fish echoes appear at different depths with the same size the fish school at shallower depth is smaller because the ultr...

Page 70: ...se echo Reddish Dense echo Difference in signal strength Weak Echo Strong Echo Fish school density 4 5 Other Echoes Plankton A plamkton layer a likely place to find fish is displayed in green or blue dots It usually descends in the day and rises at night Fish School Plankton Plankton Current rip When two ocean currents meet with different speeds directions and water temperatures a current rip deve...

Page 71: ...om echo on the screen may appear This is caused by air bubbles which block propagation of the sound wave Generally low frequency ultrasonic waves are interrupted more easily than high ones Ultrasonic wave blocked by aerated water Aerated water False image Every time the ultrasonic pulse is transmitted some radiation escapes on each side of the beam called side lobes Echoes from side lobes show on ...

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Page 73: ... life on the transducer will result in a gradual decrease in sensitivity Check the transducer face each time the boat is drydocked Carefully remove any marine life with piece of wood or fine sandpaper At dry dock Display unit cleanliness Dust or dirt may be removed with a soft cloth Water diluted mild detergent may be used if desired DO NOT use chemical cleaners to clean the display unit they may ...

Page 74: ... find the cause before replacing it CAUTION Use the proper fuse Use of a wrong fuse can cause fire or equipment damage Location of fuse Replacement Type On the circuit board in the display unit Contact your dealer FGMB 3A 125VAC In the processor unit Unscrew the fuse holder on the processor unit to replace fuse If the fuse blows again after replacement contact your dealer FGMO 15A 125VAC ...

Page 75: ...om is traced zigzag when the sea is rough own boat may have passed over other boat s wake which blocks propagation of sound wave there is no depth readout check to see if bottom is present on the normal picture range check if bottom echo is strong enough red reddish brown in color automatic shift is inoperative check if bottom echo is strong enough red reddish brown in color picture is distorted c...

Page 76: ...een 3 Press the key to select SYSTEM 4 Press the or key to select TEST 5 Press the key to open the test menu DISP ALM TX RX USER 1 2 SYSTEM Menu for diagnostics Change set EXIT knob Exit TEST MODE DIAGNOSTICS NO TEST PATTERN NO Press and hold MARKER key more than 3 sec to exit from TEST MODE Test menu 6 Press the key twice to select YES in the setting window The test screen appears YES NO Test set...

Page 77: ...or 400 EXIF Test results are shown as OK or OPEN no EXIF assy connection For FCV 1200LM OK appears NMEA SONDE CIF test results are shown as OK Nothing appears in case of error or no connection requires special test connector Panel test The Panel column at the right of the diagnostics display is used to check keys and controls 1 Press any key except the POWER key The pressed key s on screen locatio...

Page 78: ... the key 6 Press the key to select TEST PATTERN 7 Press the key twice to select YES in the dialog box YES NO Test pattern selection dialog box 8 Press the key to change the test pattern The test pattern changes in the sequence below BLUE GREEN BLACK WHITE RED 16 tones of RED 16 tones of GREEN 16 tones of BLUE Test pattern sequence 9 Press the MARKER TLL key more than three seconds to return to the...

Page 79: ...UNCTION switch fully clockwise to select MENU 2 Press the key to select the menu titles at the top of the menu 3 Press the key to select SYSTEM 4 Press the key to select DEFAULT SETTING 5 Press the key to show the DEFAULT SETTING menu DISP ALM TX RX USER 1 2 SYSTEM Change set EXIT knob Exit DEFAULT SET NO DEFAULT SETTING Default setting menu 6 Press the key twice to select YES in the selection win...

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Page 81: ... 2 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 A SCOPE OFF ON NL GAIN EXT MENU HF FREQ ADJ 10 0 10 0 0 0 HF NOISE LIM OFF N1 N2 N3 LF FREQ ADJ 10 0 10 0 0 0 LF NOISE LIM OFF N1 N2 N3 GAIN 0 0 10 0 5 0 CLUTTER 0 7 4 CURVE STD LINEAR CUSTOM TVG 0 10 5 STC 0 10 0 NOISE LIM OFF N1 N2 N3 GAIN ADJ 50 50 0 TX PULSE SHORT1 SHORT2 STD LONG MANUAL PULSE LENGTH 0 2msec 5 0msec 0 2msec Underline default setting 2 Only when the picture f...

Page 82: ...DATA OFF L L TD TIMER GAIN R B COURSE SCROLL TIME OFF ON SMOOTHING 1 OFF 1 8 3 SMOOTHING 2 OFF ON DISP ALM BOTTOM ALARM OFF ON Continued on the next page ALARM DEPTH 0 6000ft 0ft ALARM ZONE 1 6000ft 10ft FISH ALARM OFF FISH BTM FISH TEMP ALARM OFF WITHIN RANGE OUT OF RANGE ALARM DEPTH FISH 0 6000ft 0ft BTM FISH 0 0 600 0ft 0 0ft ALARM ZONE FISH 1 6000ft 10ft BTM FISH 0 1 600 0ft 1 0ft ALARM LEVEL ...

Page 83: ...c USER 2 EXT DEVICE ETR TS OTHER DEFAULT SET NO YES SCREEN LAYOUT Same as USER 1 default setting DISP MODE Same as USER 1 default setting LF Zm Nor HF Zm Nor ZOOM MODE Same as USER 1 default setting BOTTOM ZOOM HF and LF should be set HF Normal LF Normal Ex Normal HF Zoom LF Zoom Ex Zoom Mix Normal HF Zm Nor LF Zm Nor Ex Zm Nor LF HF Ex HF Ex LF LF Zm HF Zm HF Mix LF Mix H sub HF L sub LF LF HF Zm...

Page 84: ... h sm h TEMP UNIT C F BOTTOM LEVEL 40 0 0 SYSTEM SETTING ES DRAFT SETTING XDCR CONNECT INTERNAL ETR TS OTHER TX POWER MAX 1 2 1 4 1 8 1 16 MIN DRAFT 15ft 90ft 0ft FREQ CHOICE XXX kHz RANGE SETTING RANGE1 16 6000ft 30ft RANGE2 16 6000ft 60ft RANGE3 16 6000ft 120ft RANGE4 16 6000ft 250ft RANGE5 16 6000ft 500ft RANGE6 16 6000ft 1000ft RANGE7 16 6000ft 1600ft RANGE8 16 6000ft 3000ft M Z RANGE 16 600ft...

Page 85: ...ET NO YES COLOR 7 1 14 3 COLOR 6 1 14 3 COLOR 5 1 14 3 COLOR 4 1 14 3 COLOR 3 1 14 3 COLOR 2 1 14 3 COLOR 1 1 14 3 BACKGROUND 1 14 3 DEFAULT SET NO YES NET SONDE SETTING SONDE MARK OFF LF HF USER COLOR SETTING COLOR NO BKGD ECHO1 ECHO15 RED 0 15 0 GREEN 0 15 2 BLUE 0 15 9 DEFAULT SET NO YES USER CLUTTER SETTING COLOR 1 2 3 SONDE GRAPH OFF ON GRAPH MODE SURFACE BOTTOM GRAPH WIDTH 1 4 1 2 GRAPH RESE...

Page 86: ...YOUT on the USER 1 2 menu HIGH NORMAL ETR TELESOUNDER NORMAL HF Normal LF Normal Ex Normal HF Zoom LF Zoom Ex Zoom Mix Normal LOW NORMAL HIGH ZOOM LOW ZOOM ETR TELESOUNDER ZOOM MIX NORMAL full screen For FCV 1200L with EXIF assy option Select INTERNAL at HF LF XDCR CONNECT on ES DRAFT SETTING menu ...

Page 87: ...L H N O R M A L HIGH NORMAL ETR TELESOUNDER NORMAL E T R T S N O R M A L L N O R M A L LOW NORMAL ETR TELESOUNDER NORMAL L Z O O M H Z O O M HIGH ZOOM LOW ZOOM H N O R M A L M I X N O R HIGH NORMAL MIX NORMAL L N O R M A L M I X N O R LOW NORMAL MIX NORMAL H S U B H N O R M A L HIGH NORMAL HIGH SUB L S U B L N O R M A L LOW NORMAL LOW SUB two split screen Tbe dashed line shows position of dividing...

Page 88: ...UNDER NORMAL L N O R M A L H N O R M A L M I X N O R MIX NORMAL HIGH NORMAL LOW NORMAL LF H sub HF L sub LF HF L N O R M A L H S U B H N O R M A L HIGH NORMAL LOW NORMAL HIGH SUB L S U B L N O R M A L H N O R M A L HIGH NORMAL LOW NORMAL LOW SUB three split screen EX Zm Nor HF Z O O M H N O R M A L HIGH NORMAL L N O R M A L LOW NORMAL EX Zm Nor LF E T R T S N O R M A L E T R T S Z O O M E T R T S ...

Page 89: ...SCOPE ON HIGH LOW HIGH Z O O M H I G H L O W S O N D E S O N D E S O N D E Z O O M H I G H L O W A S C O P E A S C O P E A S C O P E The width of the sonde temperature display may be set to 1 4 or 1 2 the screen size Selection is made with SONDE GRAPH in the NET SONDE SETTING menu When Sonde temperature display is set to 1 2 and the A scope is turned on the width of the sonde temperature display b...

Page 90: ...lay Marker zoom Bottom zoom Bottom lock expansion 6 Range Shift Range 5 2000 m Shift 0 2000 m Expansion range 5 200 m 7 Display Advance Speed 7 steps Lines TX Freeze 1 16 1 8 1 4 1 2 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 8 Alarm Fish alarm Water temperature alarm Bottom alarm 9 Noise Limiter Frequency adjustable range 10 4 5 to 10 for 68 200 kHz 10 Other Features Automatic bottom tracking Clutter rejector Water tempera...

Page 91: ...o 55 C 2 Relative Humidity Less than 95 at 40 C 3 Water Resistance Display Unit and Control Unit IEC IPX5 Processor Unit IEC IPX2 6 COATING COLOR 1 Processor Unit 2 5GY5 1 5 2 Display Unit and Control Unit Panel N3 0 Sleektone No 535 Chassis 2 5GY5 1 5 ...

Page 92: ... False image 4 5 FISH ALARM 2 6 Fish quantity 4 3 Fish school size 4 3 G G G G GAIN control 1 13 H H H H HUE 2 3 I I I I interference 1 22 L L L L language 3 2 M M M M marker Line 1 14 MARKER ZOOM 1 6 MARKER TLL key 1 14 mix mix mix mix 1 1 1 1 9 9 9 9 MODE switch 1 4 N N N N navigation data 3 16 NMEA 3 16 P P P P Panel test 5 5 Plankton 4 4 R R R R RANGE switch 1 11 S S S S screen division 2 11 s...

Page 93: ...N S O N D E A S C O P E S O N D E S O N D E A S C O P E A S C O P E The width of the sonde temperature display may be set to 1 4 or 1 2 the screen size Selection is made with SONDE GRAPH in the NET SONDE SETTING menu When Sonde temperature display is set to 1 2 and the A scope is turned on the width of the sonde temperature display becomes 1 4 automatically ...

Page 94: ...IN 2 TVG 1 16 U U U U USER 1 2 1 9 V V V V VRM 1 13 W W W W white line 2 3 WHITE MARKER 2 4 ...

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