Summary of Contents for LCG-2400

Page 1: ... packedwiththeunitatthefactory Thereisa180 day warrantyonallnon warranty repairsfromthefactory whichissimilartothe originalwarranty but is for 180 days rather thanone year Forfurther details please callusatthe above number Lowrance Electronics may find it necessary to change or end our shipping policies regulations andspecial offers atanytimeWe reserve the tighttodosowithoutnotice AccessoryOrderin...

Page 2: ...problem Be sure to include your name return shipping address and a daytimetelephone number Shipping Information Whensendingaproduct forrepair werecommend you dothefollowing 1 Alwaysusethe original shipping container and fillermaterial the product waspacked inwhenshippingyourproduct 2 Alwaysinsure the parcel agaiA damage orloss during shipment Lowrance does not assume responsibility forgoods lost o...

Page 3: ...H ALARMS 18 ZONEALARM 19 FISHALARM 19 ADJUST CHARTSURFACE CLARITY 20 ADVANCED SIGNAL PROCESSING ASP 20 SYSTEM SETUP 21 AUDIO DISPLAY 21 SYSTEM INFORMATION 22 UNITSOFMEASURE 22 RESET DISTANCE LOG 22 TEMPERATURE GRAPH 22 SIMULATOR 23 PRESET OPTIONS 23 KEELOFFSET 23 CALIBRATE SPEED 24 WINDOWS SUMMARY 25 TROUBLESHOOTING 26 WARRANTY 29 INTERNATIONAL SERVICE INFORMATION INSIDE BACK COVER Copyright0 1999...

Page 4: ...EFUND ASJUSTDESCRIBED IS THEEXCLUSIVE REMEDY AVAILABLE TOYOU AGAINSTUSFORANYDEFECT MALFUNCTION ORNON CONFORMITYCONCERN INGTHEPRODUCT ORFORANY LOSSORDAMAGE RESULTING FROMANYOTHER CAUSE WHATSOEVER WEWILLNOTUNDERANYCIRCUMSTANCES BELIABLETO ANYONEFORANYSPECIAL CONSEQUENTIAL INCIDENTAL OROTHER INDIRECT DAMAGE OF ANYKIND Somestatesdonotallowtheexclusion orlimitation ofincidentalorconsequential damages s...

Page 5: ...oisesource is probablycavitation Manynovices or personswith limitedexperience make hastysonarinstallationswhichfunctionperfectly inshallowwater orwhentheboat isatrest Innearlyallcases thecause ofthemalfunction willbethe locationand orangle ofthetransducer The faceofthetransducermustbeplaced in alocation that hasasmooth flow ofwaterat all boatspeeds Readyourtransducer owner smanual forthe bestmount...

Page 6: ...ease the sensitivity As youmove into shallower water a bottom signal should appear 4 Checkthebatteryvoltage Ifthevoltage drops theunit stransmitter power alsodrops reducing its abilitytofindthebottom ortargets Bottomechodisappearsathighspeedsorerraticdigitalreadingor weak bottom echowhileboatismoving 1 The transducer may be in turbulent water Itmustbe mounted ina smooth flowofwaterinorderfortheson...

Page 7: ...mtoformonthetransducer reducing itseffectiveness Ifthetransducer ismounted insidethehull besure itis shooting through onlyone layeroffiberglass andthat itis securely bondedtothehull DoNOTuseRTVsiliconerubberadhesive or Marinetex POWER CONNECTIONS r TOSPEED TEMP ORTEMPSENSORS Notincluded SPEED TEMPERATURE SENSORS The LCG 2400 accepts up to three temperature sensors which can monitor surface water l...

Page 8: ...ure sensor TS 12BK 2temperature sensors or IS iBK TS 2BK 2temperature sensors TS 12BK TS 3BK 3temperature sensors or TS 1BK TS 2BK TS 3BK 3temperature sensors Here ssomesample wiringdiagrams TEMP I DISTANCE o 58 1 0nI5 H or 1 Ma 01 OFF IMls p p 72 3 f 25 r I nysa 2 3 GROUP B zki TS 12 BK 6O 6i72 O 73 _ _____d 72 OFF 72 4 72 2 t 7 74 II t72 GROUP D I3 TwoTemperature Sensors Water and T 2 72 7 72 5 ...

Page 9: ...hespeed display To do this highlight the Calibrate Speed label on the System Setup menu thenpress the right arrow key A screen similar to the one at right appears If the digital speed display is slower thanyouractualspeed addapositive percentage to make it readfaster If ODIJd rNUzerlsM a AQrT i o II1 fl Ma OFF OFF EL TO SELECT NUMBER TO SELECT POSITION e nni ll 3O i mi iaj 141 mm 0M OFF OFF 14J TO...

Page 10: ... Thesekeys letyouenterorerase values PresetOptions The LCG 2400 remembers all set tings suchas unitsof measure auto manual sensitivity evenwhenpower isremovedfromtheunit Toreturnthe LCG 2400tothefactorysettings high lightthe PresetOptions label onthe System Setup menu thenpressthe right arrow key The LCG 2400 re turnsto the full chartscreen withall settingsreturned to theirfactory val ues KeelOffs...

Page 11: ...100 using the Temp Graph label on the SystemSetup menu Highlight that label then pressthe right arrow key until the desired tem peraturegraph range is highlighted Press the EXIT keytoerase the menu OPERATION POWER LIGHTS ToturntheLCG 2400on simplypress thePWR key Ascreen similar tothe one atrightappears ThePWR keyalsocontrolsthelights OncetheLCG 2400isturnedon press the PWR key to turn the lights ...

Page 12: ...singthe High ASP set ting However ifyouare havihgtrouble withnoise we suggest thatyou take stepsto find the interference source andfixit ratherthancontinually using the unit with the high ASP setting ___________ However there are times whenyou maywanttoturntheASPfeature off This allowsyou to view all incoming echoesbeforetheyareprocessed by theASPfeature TochangetheASPlevel press theMENU keythen p...

Page 13: ...sible undermostconditions TheASPfeatureisan effective toolincombatingnoise In sonarterms noiseis anyundesired signal Itiscaused byelectrical and mechanical sourcessuch aa bilge pumps engine ignitionsystems and wiring air bubblespassing overthefaceofthetransducer evenvibrationfromthe engine In all cases noisecanproduce unwanted markson the display Digital Chart The digital chart shows the chart on ...

Page 14: ...NS menu appears asshown above therightarrowkeyagainandpressthe down arrow key once Thischanges the 1 atthe end ofthe number toa 0 Thedepth nowshows10feet PresstheENTkeytoacceptthisset _______________________ ting The LCG 2400returns to the ______________________ alarms menu showingashallowdepth of 10 feet Nowyou can activate the alarmbyhighlightingthe ShallowAlm labelandpressingtherightarrowkey Wi...

Page 15: ...thenpress the uparrowkeyonce Thechangesthe second 0 toa 1 Next press Thegraph gives avisualindication ofthesensitivity level Thenumberto the right ofthebar graph shows thepercentage ofsensitivityinuse To increase the sensitivity level press the right arrow key Asyou press the key the menu s bar graph will growwider and thepercentage will increase invalue Youcanalso seethedifference onthechartrecor...

Page 16: ...he ShowZoom Bar on the Chart Setup menu then press theright arrow key Now press the EXIT key If you renotinthesplit screenmode change tothat mode Ascreen similar totheone above appears To turnthezoombaroff repeatthe above steps DISPLAYZONEBAR The zone alarm has a range bar Any echoesthat appear between thetopand bottomofthisbartriggersthezonealarm This barnormally doesn t show on the screen Toturn...

Page 17: ...nlargeand reducethe sizeoftheechoesonthescreen whentheunitisinthe manual mode the sameasthe automatic mode However youcanmanually adjustthe zoomwhenthe unit is in themanual mode To do this press the MENU key thenpress the rightor leftarrow keys until the CHARTZOOM menu appears Now press the right arrow key Ascreen similartotheoneatright appears Thisisthesplit screen zoom menu A zoombarshowsatthefa...

Page 18: ...itthinks atargetisasmallfish amediumfishsymbolonalargertarget etc Themicrocomputerissophisticated butitcnbefooled Itcan tdistinguish between tish and other suspended objects such as trotlines turtles submerged floats air bubbles etc Individual treelimbs extending out wardsfromagroupoflimbs isthehardestobjectforthe FishIDfeature to distinguish fromfish YoumayseeFishIDsymbols onthe screen whenactual...

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