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Introduction of the RTS sensor

RTS sensor indicates the whole set of electric & sonar control 
system . It is used to be mounted on your bait boat.

1. Control box
2. Wireless sensor
3. Antenna
4. Antenna-extended cable
5. Switch of on/off controlling for RTS (optional)
6. Power cable

Note: 

the antenna-extended cable is used to connect the 

antenna and the control box. As sometimes you may have

Summary of Contents for FC500

Page 1: ...www goyachting cn FC500 520 Operation Manual YTM 10500V1 Bait boat fishfinder...

Page 2: ...or end our policies regulations and special offers at any time We reserve the right to change or improve its products and to make changes in the content without obligation to notify any person or orga...

Page 3: ...lation 7 Install the RTS sensor to bait boat 14 Introduction of RTS sensor 15 Tool list 16 RTS sensor installation method 1 16 RTS sensor installation method 2 27 Operation 33 Understanding the screen...

Page 4: ...t 46 Overlap Data 47 Depth Alarm 48 Fish Alarm 49 Main Battery 50 Boat Battery 51 Beeper 53 Units 54 Language 55 Syetem Reset 56 Simulator 57 Trouble Shooting 58 Maintenance 62 Guarantee Conditions 63...

Page 5: ...12months charge free maintenance against any damages induced by non human factors and damages beyond the 12 months are handled with reasonable charges based on concrete situations For details regardi...

Page 6: ...ation critical to the correct installation of your Fishfinder And for any problems you meet during the installation please contact your local dealer for help Packing list Before you install the transd...

Page 7: ...g on bait boat 4 A power cable 5 A anenna extended cable 6 A antenna for mounting on the sonar handheld 7 A switch for On Off controling of RTS sensor optional Note the electric control sonar system e...

Page 8: ...se The following items are also included a two screws mounting the transducer b a copy of manual In the event that any of the items listed is found missing call us immediately or log on to our website...

Page 9: ...roperly install the RTS sensor to your bait boat powering the unit and put the assemmed bait boat RTS sensor into the water then you are ready to know the bottom condition in 300m water area Following...

Page 10: ...stallation As shown below FC500 520 is powered by 8 AA alkaline batteries Please assmble the batteries according to the instruction figure curved on the plastic housing instruction figure of battery i...

Page 11: ...7 Sonar unit installation General dimension of the assemble sonar unit 1 First put the toothed connector R into the right position of the base 220mm 265mm...

Page 12: ...8 2 Put the connector L into the left position of the base connector R connector L...

Page 13: ...ert and screw tighten the locking bolt 4 Connect the power cable to the sonar unit As instructed below there are 2 ports on back of the sonar unit A and B A is used to be compitable with wire transduc...

Page 14: ...l you can choose using 2ways for power supplying 1 use 8 AA Alkaline batteries Connect the power cable on the base to port B then you are ready to use Note Before connecting the cable to sonar unit pl...

Page 15: ...ructed in page 06 2 use a battery Sometimes you may prefer using a battery for power suppling In the package you can find a seperate power cable optional which is used to connect the sonar unit to a b...

Page 16: ...12 Note in the power cable there are 2 internal wire The red one is for positive electrode The black one is for negative electrode Power cable connect to a battery...

Page 17: ...13 Note when use the battery for power suppliing we are not responsible for over voltage or over current failures For presenting such possible failures happening we suggest you using a 3Amp fuse...

Page 18: ...rution showing you the general conception to install the control sonar system namely RemoteEye to the bait boat which is just for your reference Note the selected bait boat here is just for your refer...

Page 19: ...rol system It is used to be mounted on your bait boat 1 Control box 2 Wireless sensor 3 Antenna 4 Antenna extended cable 5 Switch of on off controlling for RTS optional 6 Power cable Note the antenna...

Page 20: ...us it will be convenient for you to find enough space to place the control box at a proper position Tool List not included 1 Hand drill 2 5 32 drill bits 3 Phillips and flat head screwdriver 4 Marine...

Page 21: ...hape below is just for your reference 2 Find a proper position and drill two holes on the top cover of your bait boat as figured below Note Note The hole is used to be through the sensor cable the dia...

Page 22: ...antenna extended cable one is used to connetct to the antenna another is used to connect to the control box Firstly take out the screw from the antenna extended cable then hold one end of the cable th...

Page 23: ...19 b screw the antenna to the antenna extended cable 19 b screw the antenna to the antenna extended cable 19 b screw the antenna to the antenna extended cable...

Page 24: ...porting plate as instructed below a drill three holes on the supporting plate Diameter of hole 1 is about 12 5mm Diameter of hole 2 and hole 3 is about 3 5mm Note use a pencil to mark the position bef...

Page 25: ...e top cover of bait boat Drill 4 holes on the supporting plate and tighten the supp orting plate on the top cover of your bait boat by screws 6 Find a proper position and place the control box into th...

Page 26: ...rol box in the bottom cover of your bait boat As when used with your bait boat in the water the control box may wobble with the shave which may damage the inner electronic parts 7 Connect the antenna...

Page 27: ...8 Connect the wireless sensor to the control box 23 8 C 8 Connec nnect t t the wireless sensor to the control box he wireless sensor to the control box 23 8 Connect the wireless sensor to the control...

Page 28: ...o connect the cable to a 9v alkaline battery b connect to the bait boat battery In most circumstance you can choose connecting the cable to In most circumstance you can choose connecting the cable to...

Page 29: ...careful not reversing connection of positive negative pole to the bait boat battery black wire is for negative pole black white wire is for positive pole 10 assemble the bait boat With the above steps...

Page 30: ...see the packing list page2 1 Drill a hole on your bait boat housing tighten the switch on the bait boat 2 Connect the switch to the power cable 3 Spread some sealed glue to the drilled location preve...

Page 31: ...he sensor to your bait boat in other method see the following example Note Note for such installation method finding a proper mounting location for the sensor is very important Otherwise an improper m...

Page 32: ...ea A and area B there should be no any obstacle otherwise the sonar signals will be blocked thus sonar unit will not be able to receive the signal normally which will cause short Remote Control distan...

Page 33: ...sition the sonar signals can be remitted without any obstacle in the two direction b In the B mounting position the sonar signals can not be remitted normally as they are blocked by the hull of the ba...

Page 34: ...0 mm 30 1 Find a proper mounting position and drill 3 holes on the bottom of your bait boat Note the 3 holes should be drilled with the following dimension 3 holes 41 6 mm 27 1 mm 12 0 mm 3 0 mm 30 1...

Page 35: ...e fixing the sensor 31 2 Hold the sensor calbe through the 12mm hole 3 Fix the sensor with 2 screws Note Note please spread some sealed glue on the screws before fixing the sensor 31 2 Hold the sensor...

Page 36: ...od 1 32 4 Spread some sealed glue to the drilled location preventing water leakage from happening 5 Carry out the following steps same with step 6 10 instructed in RemoteEye installation method 1 32 4...

Page 37: ...ation will firstly appears in the right side and then scrolls across the screen from right to left So what you see on the screen Fish symbols Fish arches bottom shape etc is formed by the sonar histor...

Page 38: ...it has accepted a command 1 POWER Exit Key The POWER Exit key is used to turn the Fishfinder on or off It is also used to exit a menu setting 2 Menu Key The MENU key is used to enter into a menu setti...

Page 39: ...y used to increase the value such as sensitivity value noise reject value depth alarm value etc 5 Down arrow Key The Down arrow key is used to select a certain option on a menu In some menu option the...

Page 40: ...make you see more details on the screen In deep water increasing the sensitivity whereas in shallow decreasing the sensitivity In most situation just setting sensitivity to Auto will work well A B SON...

Page 41: ...nviro ment to get a clear sonar image on the screen In many situations your Fishfinder display will be effected by undesired signal which maybe caused by your boat engine turbulence wiring or other el...

Page 42: ...nder s performance to find the bottom So in deep water decreasing the Noise Filter value will be helpful Note in some situations while you have big trouble with noise try finding and fixing the interf...

Page 43: ...ng that weak signals will be clearly visible on the display If Grayline is on strong returns will be shown with dark pixels and weak returns with lighter pixels This is very helpful of ensuring that s...

Page 44: ...select a higher setting then some weaker returns can be detected and displayed as small fish on screen which will be very helpful when you are intending to identify small fish species If you select a...

Page 45: ...enu to switch to SONAR menu 3 Use the Up Down Arrow to select Fish ID Sens option 4 Press Ent to enter into setting 5 Use the Up Down Arrow to select the option 6 Press Ent to confirm the setting 7 Pr...

Page 46: ...evels for the depth range setting a With feet unit 10 15 25 35 50 70 85 100 131 Auto b With meter unit 3 5 8 10 15 20 25 30 40 Auto The default setting is Auto which will keep the bottom always displa...

Page 47: ...n just press Down Arrow key to change the levels Zoom Range Zoom Range is used to enlarge some certain depth segment which is helpful for you to see small details fish signals and bottom structure You...

Page 48: ...to select the option 6 Press Ent to confirm the setting 7 Press Exit to exit the setting Note after select on option 1 press Ent to switch to the Up or Low Range 2 Press Up Down Arrow to change the v...

Page 49: ...acklight 1 Press Menu to enter into menu setting 2 Repeatedly Press Menu to switch to DISPLAY menu 3 Use the Up Down Arrow to select Backlight option 4 Press Ent to enter into setting 5 Use the Up Dow...

Page 50: ...menu setting 2 Repeatedly Press Menu to switch to DISPLAY menu 3 Use the Up Down Arrow to select Contrast option 4 Press Ent to enter into setting 5 Use the Up Down Arrow to change the value 6 Press...

Page 51: ...o enter into menu setting 2 Repeatedly Press Menu to switch to DISPLAY menu 3 Use the Up Down Arrow to select Overlap Data option 4 Press Ent to enter into setting 5 Use the Up Down Arrow to select th...

Page 52: ...u can press Menu key to exit the depth alarm mode however the alarm will trigger again until your boat move to an area where the water depth is beyond the depth alarm range You also can choose exittin...

Page 53: ...the Up Down Arrow to change the value 6 Press Ent to confirm and exit the setting Fish Alarm The Fishfinder sound an alarm tone when it detects what it determines to be a fish To set the System Reset...

Page 54: ...ne when the battery strength of the sonar unit is lower then the setting To set the Main Battery 1 Press Menu to enter into menu setting 2 Repeatedly Press Menu to switch to ALARM menu 3 Use the Up Do...

Page 55: ...y choose exitting the alarm mode by entering into Main Battery Alarm menu setting and just changing the setting to a safe value will be ok Boat Battery The Fishfinder sound an alarm tone when the batt...

Page 56: ...ly when the RTS sensor is powered by the battery of your bait boat then the Boat Battery Alarm can be available Note once triggered an alarm message will appear on the screen The alarm will repeatedly...

Page 57: ...to enter into menu setting 2 Repeatedly Press Menu to switch to SYSTEM menu 3 Use the Up Down Arrow to select Boat Battery option 4 Press Ent to enter into setting 5 Use the Up Down Arrow to select th...

Page 58: ...Repeatedly Press Menu to switch to Units menu 3 Use the Up Down Arrow to select Units option 4 Press Ent to enter into setting 5 Use the Up Down Arrow to select the option 6 Press Ent to confirm the s...

Page 59: ...Repeatedly Press Menu to switch to SYSTEM menu 3 Use the Up Down Arrow to select Language option 4 Press Ent to enter into setting 5 Use the Up Down Arrow to select the option 6 Press Ent to confirm...

Page 60: ...menu setting 2 Repeatedly Press Menu to switch to SYSTEM menu 3 Use the Up Down Arrow to select System Reset option 4 Press Ent to enter into setting 5 Use the Up Down Arrow to select the option 6 Pr...

Page 61: ...ange settings to view different sonar image to have a complete understanding of your Fishfinder To set the Simulator 1 Press Menu to enter into menu setting 2 Repeatedly Press Menu to switch to SYSTEM...

Page 62: ...y are entitled to any repair necessary We have been contacted frequently by our customers requesting repair service We inspect their products and find many of them are not in need of repair the proble...

Page 63: ...n depth ranging from 0 6 or 0 3 0 6 for FC500 0 3 for FC520 to 30 meters Incorrect readings may appear in water areas with depth less than 0 6m or 0 3m Additionally considering the sonar physical char...

Page 64: ...deep So to get the best performance we suggest you using it in deeper water 4 The picture displayed on the screen vibrates The picture vibrates because the sea bottom depth being scanned is changing S...

Page 65: ...0m There is a abnormal display on the display and when the bait boat is about 60 70m far away the sonar unit stop working a Please confirm the sensor is mounted at the proper location on your bait boa...

Page 66: ...n with a cloth dipped mild detergent solution and then wipes it dry 2 For the screen Use a piece of soft cloth or pelt to clean the screen fresh water or eyeglass cleaner can be used if needed Stubbor...

Page 67: ...oducts exceeding the warranty coverage the maintenance department will charge customers some fees according to the real situation 2 This warranty is void if damage or malfunction is due to abuse misus...

Page 68: ...ty FC500 0 6 30m FC520 0 3 30m Wireless Operating Range Max 300m Sonar Frequency 455KHZ Sonar Beam Angle 80deg 10db Radio Frequency 433 9MHz Sonar Alarms Fish Shallow Low Battery Monitor and Display R...

Page 69: ...2 Zoom Capability to magnify the sonar image 3 Built in temp sensor in transducer 4 Display target depth reading above each fish symbol 5 Displays fish targets at higher boat speeds 6 Feature memory r...

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