Sonar Alarms
WARNING
The sonar alarms feature is a tool for situational awareness only and may not prevent grounding in all
circumstances. It is your obligation to ensure safe operation of the vessel.
CAUTION
The Beeper setting must be turned on to make alarms audible (
Sounds and Display Settings, page 130
). Failure
to set audible alarms could lead to injury or property damage.
NOTE: Not all options are available on all transducers.
From an applicable sonar view, select > Sonar Setup > Alarms.
You can also open the sonar alarms by selecting Settings > Alarms > Sonar.
Shallow Water: Sets an alarm to sound when the depth is less than the specified value.
Deep Water: Sets an alarm to sound when the depth is greater than the specified value.
FrontVü Alarm: Sets an alarm to sound when the depth in front of the vessel is less than the specified value,
which can help you avoid running aground (
Setting the FrontVü Depth Alarm, page 78
). This alarm is
available only with Panoptix FrontVü transducers.
Water Temp.: Sets an alarm to sound when the transducer reports a temperature that is 2°F (1.1°C) above or
below the specified temperature.
Contour: Sets an alarm to sound when the transducer detects a suspended target within the specified depth
from the surface of the water and from the bottom.
Fish: Sets an alarm to sound when the device detects a suspended target.
•
sets the alarm to sound when fish of all sizes are detected.
•
sets the alarm to sound only when medium or large fish are detected.
•
sets the alarm to sound only when large fish are detected.
Advanced Sonar Settings
From a Traditional sonar view, select > Sonar Setup > Advanced.
Btm. Srch. Limit: Limits the search for the bottom to the depth selected when the Range setting is set to Auto.
To minimize the length of time it takes to find the bottom, you can select a depth to limit the search for the
bottom. The device will not search for the bottom deeper than the selected depth.
Transducer Installation Settings
These settings apply to the following types of sonar.
• Traditional
• Garmin ClearVü
• Garmin SideVü
From an applicable sonar view, select an option.
• From a Traditional sonar view, select > Sonar Setup > Installation.
• From a Garmin ClearVü sonar view, select > ClearVü Setup > Installation.
• From a Garmin SideVü sonar view, select > SideVü Setup > Installation.
Flip Left/Right: Switches the SideVü view orientation from left to right. This option is available on the SideVü
sonar view only.
Restore Sonar Defaults: Restores the sonar settings to the factory default values.
Transducers: Allows you to change the transducer, view details about the transducers, and save details to a
memory card.
Transducers > Manual Configuration: Allows you to set manual transducer configuration parameters on a
compatible sonar module. See the installation instructions for your compatible sonar module for more details
on connecting and manually configuring a transducer.
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