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Basic theory

On cold days, you may experience the opposite: the cold water
will be close to the surface, and the water temperature increases
with increasing depth.

(CD015005H)

B

A

When the temperature decreases (A) closer to the surface, the
sonar beam is deflected up as indicated by the illustration. The
school of fish (B) you thought you would see is once again not
visible at all, and you will also see a ring of surface echoes.

302656/A

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Summary of Contents for SH40 - MINI REV A

Page 1: ...Mini manual Simrad SH40 High frequency sonar M A X I M I Z I N G Y O U R P E R F O R M A N C E A T S E A www SIMRAD com...

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Page 3: ...SH40 Mini manual This manual provides you with the basic information required to operate the Simrad SH40 High frequency sonar For more detailed information refer to the Operator manual 302656 A March...

Page 4: ...rs or omissions Warning The equipment to which this manual applies must only be used for the purpose for which it was designed Improper use or maintenance may cause damage to the equipment and or inju...

Page 5: ...DURES 21 Menu procedures 21 How to hide the menu 21 How to simplify the menu 21 Gain adjustment procedures 21 How to adjust the gain 22 How to control the RCG 22 How to control the TVG 23 Mode procedu...

Page 6: ...position track 29 How to enable target track 30 How to add a target tracking line 30 BASIC THEORY 31 Settings 31 TVG 31 PP Filter 32 Pulse form and length 32 Gain 32 Tilt 33 Noise and reverberation 3...

Page 7: ...panel A transmitter and receiver unit A hull unit with a transducer array In this publication we will focus on the basic use of the display and control panel Click Help Installed on your SH40 sonar y...

Page 8: ...ry important since you may in worst case run the transducer into the bottom This will damage the transducer and the transducer shaft and extensive repair is required When you dock the vessel It is ver...

Page 9: ...he menu and finally About SH40 Release history SW 1 3 X New feature Noise filter implemented on the Horizontal menu The new filter will remove impulsive noise like cavitating propellers and interferin...

Page 10: ...p will flash to indicated that the power has been switched on and that the computer is starting up After a short period approximately 2 minutes you will see the sonar picture on the display 3 Press th...

Page 11: ...lay will tell you when the transducer has been fully retracted 2 Press the Power button A on the Sonar Control Panel and keep it depressed for approximately two seconds The sonar is switched off Note...

Page 12: ...US Zoom Record Off Centre Position Track Manual Target Track Auto Search TRAIN SIMRAD Main switch This is the sonar s on off switch It has been previously explained SYMBOL CD015022C A B C D Symbol The...

Page 13: ...range Cursor The trackball is used to move the cursor on the display The Menu button is used to hide the menu while the Select button is used to make selections on the display The View and Object butt...

Page 14: ...on provided by this presentation The Catch data presentation for purse seining is shown on the right hand side remove the menu It shows all the net data relative to the target and the bottom as well a...

Page 15: ...hen you select Target Track the target will automatically be moved to the screen centre Dual The Dual modes are both kind of two sonars in one operation where each presentation is updated for every se...

Page 16: ...the Select button Menu structure The menu field on the SH40 sonar display contains several different buttons tabs and parameter dialogues CD15009B A C D E F B A Sonar type The top field indicates the...

Page 17: ...buttons in each menu field have three functions You can select a lower parameter value You can select a higher parameter value You can open the applicable parameter dialogue C D015010A B A C A Decreas...

Page 18: ...ll modes Range Select the current range Tilt Select the sonar beam s vertical angle Bearing Add a white bearing line to your sonar picture Gain This setting controls the amplification of the received...

Page 19: ...ndard pulse form is FM Auto If you experience a lot of reverberation from the bottom decrease the pulse length In good water conditions while searching for scattered fish you may well use setting CW L...

Page 20: ...most frequent user settings Language Choose menu language Units Allows you to choose the units used by the sonar Cosmetics Click to access the Cosmetics menu which allows you to control the amount of...

Page 21: ...wind or current direction or automatically show the wind direction if a wind sensor is connected Wind speed This is not a parameter It is only a read out of the current wind speed providing that a win...

Page 22: ...Simrad SH40 Default setting Click this button to retrieve the factory settings 20 302656 A...

Page 23: ...screen Off button In order to restore the previous menu location 1 Move the cursor to the far left or far right side of the display 2 Observe that the menu appear 3 Click the Full screen On button Ho...

Page 24: ...ton to open the parameter dialogue How to control the RCG The RCG Reverberation Controlled Gain regulates the receiver gain individually for each of the receiving beams If you select Weak and Medium e...

Page 25: ...ton to open the parameter dialogue Mode procedures This section explains how to choose operational modes and how to set up the Mode buttons on the SH40 Sonar Control Unit How to select operational mod...

Page 26: ...Modes menu The Sort Modes menu lists all the available modes in their current order 3 Click one of the operational modes Observe that the Move down and or Move up buttons at the bottom of the menu are...

Page 27: ...gle image 1 Click the Recall mode button and select Single shot 2 Click one of the images to select it 3 Click the Recall button to view the image The chosen image will be displayed The phrase RECALL...

Page 28: ...ve the following procedure to delete selected sonar images 1 Click the Setup tab to open the menu 2 Click the Store Recall button to open the Store Recall menu 3 Observe the list of images in the Stor...

Page 29: ...5 Click the Print button below the files to print the selected image The image will be sent to the default printer connected to the Sonar Processing Unit You are not allowed to control the output size...

Page 30: ...ish to burn and drag them over to the CD drive 14 Allow the CD burner to burn the disc 15 Select the CD drive Hold the Object button depressed click and select Finalize 16 Allow the CD burner to final...

Page 31: ...the Tilt field 3 Observe that the vertical opening angle of the search sector is adjusted accordingly 4 Press and hold one of the two arrow buttons 5 Observe that the centre of the vertical search se...

Page 32: ...f the vector increases relative to the target s speed One knot is represented by a small mark on the vector A course line can also be displayed showing the target s track Target tracking symbols and d...

Page 33: ...vertically in order to achieve an optimum result and you can use the sonar s vertical slice to view across into the water This chapter provides you with some basic theory about some of the key settin...

Page 34: ...ar is FM Auto In this transmission mode the sonar will automatically choose from a set of different frequencies depending on the current range CW means continuous wave which means that the transmissio...

Page 35: ...by bottom echoes If the sea surface is gusty you will however easily see echoes from the waves These echoes will normally be rather weak and will hardly move in relation to your vessel By means of a m...

Page 36: ...generate very strong reverberation commonly seen as a red stripe of echoes behind the vessel If you have big problems with cavitation try to adjust the propeller pitch and or the number of revolution...

Page 37: ...utton to open the System test menu 3 Click the Test config button and select Noise and VR in the parameter dialogue 4 Click the Close button in the parameter dialogue to close it 5 Click the Horizonta...

Page 38: ...ty such layers will cause the sound beam to be reflected B CD015005F A If you transmit a sonar beam down towards a temperature or salinity layer A it will be reflected as indicated in the illustration...

Page 39: ...temperature increases with increasing depth CD015005H B A When the temperature decreases A closer to the surface the sonar beam is deflected up as indicated by the illustration The school of fish B yo...

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