Simrad Simrad SP70, Installation Manual

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9.14 Setting own ship parameters
Ship dimensions
To get the correct size of the vessel symbol on the display, the
length and width have to be adjusted in the following way:
1 Select the Setup menu.
2 Press the Test... button to bring up the System test menu.
3 Press the Installation Menu button, and observe the menu
appear on the top of the display.
4 Select Own Ship on the Installation menu , and then Ship
Dimensions.
5 Observe the Ship Dimensions menu appear in the bottom of
the menu field.
6 Press the Ship Length button, and enter the appropriate
value.
7 Press the Ship Witdh button, and enter the appropriate
value.
8 Press Close to finish.
When a new display mode is selected, the vessel symbol will
change to the selected size.
Instrument position offsets
In order to get correct references of the instruments, the position
of the sonar transducer and the GPS antenna must be set relative
to the origo definition.
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Refer to figure 43 on page 128.
The origo is initially positioned at the ship’s stern. This is
necessary to get the
Own ship and Seine markers positioned on the
ship’s track line, which is generated from the ship’s stern
Observe the following procedure for transducer and GPS antenna
positioning.
1 Ensure that the Installation menu is visible at the top of the
sonar display.
- If not, refer to the first procedure in this chapter.
2 Select Own Ship on the Installation menu, then Instrument
Position Offsets , and finally Transducer.
3 Observe the Instrument Offset Positions menu appear at
the bottom of the menu field.