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What’s on the Sonar Display
What’s on the Sonar Display
The 500 Series™ Fishfinder can display a variety of useful information about the
NOTE:
Entries in this view that list (with Temp/Speed or GPS Receiver) are available if
then only the information from the GPS receiver will be displayed on the view.
Depth
- Water depth can be set to alarm
when the water becomes too shallow.
Temperature
- Water surface temperature.
Timer
- Elapsed time with Temp/Speed
Accessory or GPS Receiver.
Distance
- Distance traveled with
Temp/Speed Accessory or GPS Receiver.
Average Speed
- Average speed reading
with Temp/Speed Accessory or GPS Receiver.
Second Sonar Return
- When the sonar signal
bounces between the bottom and the surface
of the water and back again. Use the
appearance of the second return to determine
bottom hardness. Hard bottoms will show a
strong second return, while soft bottoms will
show a very weak one or none at all.
Speed
- If a GPS Receiver or Temp/Speed
accessory is connected, the Fishfinder can
display the speed of the boat and can keep a
Triplog of nautical or statute miles traveled.
Cursor Dialog Box
- Indicates cursor depth
on the display and the depth of the bottom
directly below the cursor. The Latitude and
Longitude of the cursor position, the
distance to travel to the cursor position, and
the bearing to the cursor position is shown
with a GPS receiver. A waypoint can be
marked at the cursor position for later
retrieval and use with a GPS receiver.
