READING THE CVR 1000 SCREEN
TFT Display
Unlike color video depth sounders that use large picture tubes, the CVR 1000 features a liquid
crystal TFT display- the leading edge in LCD technology. The TFT screen has over 114.000
pixels, so small that they can hardly be seen by the naked eye. These individual red, green and
blue pixels are each controlled by a Thin Film Transistor (TFT). Signals to the more than 114,000
transistors create the unit’s high- resolution, 8-color picture.
Colors:
If you’ve never used an 8-color depth sounder before, you’ll be amazed at all the information
and details it provides. The 8 colors stand for signal strengths from weakest to strongest. You can
clearly distinguish small fish, large fish, structure and bottom by learning the colors and the signal
strengths they represent.
Color
Blue Mode Black Mode Signal
Deep blue Black None
Light blue Deep blue Weakest
Green Light blue
Purple Green
Yellow Purple
Red Yellow Stronger (large
Fish)
Black Red Strongest (bottom
Or heavy structure)
White, the 8
th
color is reserved for displaying the depth scales, and for outlining the bottom
reading. If you have installed the optional Surface Temp Gauge and/or Trolling Speed Indicator,
you’ll see the temperature and speed readings displayed in white at the top of the screen.
Color Bar:
Press the color bar button to display the color bar on the screen. It’s a handy reminder of
the signal strength that each color represents. The color bar will appear on the left side of
the display, and will remain there until you press the color bar button again to turn it off.
Readings:
Most readings will have a “core” color surrounded by other colors. This is because the signal
strength changes as you move over an object.
