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CONTENTS

General Description

2

Specifications

4

Unit Installation

5

Mounting the Sensor Box

6

Assembling the Transducer

6

Attaching the Sensor

7

Mounting the Transducer

8

Operation

12

Menu Functions

15

Typical Indications

22

Maintenance

26

Trouble Shooting

27

Other Products

28

Service and Support

31

Founded in 1965, Vexilar, Inc.

has a long history of bringing revolutionary technology to
the sport fishing industry. Just some of the Vexilar firsts
include: the first liquid crystal display, the first fish alarm,
the first three color display, and the first CRT and straight
line paper graphs, for the sport fisherman.

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107 Pro Operation Manual

Summary of Contents for 107 PRO

Page 1: ...ns 22 Maintenance 26 Trouble Shooting 27 Other Products 28 Service and Support 31 Founded in 1965 Vexilar Inc has a long history of bringing revolutionary technology to the sport fishing industry Just...

Page 2: ...f coverage The 107 Pro can truly arc fish and does not need to use artificial fish symbols The 107 Pro incorporates Clean Line circuitry that can clean out the harder targets The bottom rocks and dens...

Page 3: ...d There are more features including programmable bot tom alarm fish alarm a high speed vertical mode and a Clean Echo feature to eliminate interference All told the 107 Pro is a powerful tool for visu...

Page 4: ...Dimensions Weight 8 5 16 Volts 12 Volts Nominal 200mA 400 mA w Backlight On 1200 Watts Peak to Peak 107 Khz 64 x 128 Pixels 700 Min 2 x 4 3 4 7 1 H x 9 5 W x 1 9 D 1 1 Lbs Unit Only SPECIFICATIONS De...

Page 5: ...ket Securely attach the bracket to the mount ing surface The screws provided are 5 8 long and are for wood carpet or dash mounting applications An optional removable swivel bracket is available CONNEC...

Page 6: ...ided The sensor box is weather proof but be sure to keep it out of an area that may fill with water ASSEMBLING THE TRANSDUCER Locate the transducer and bracket hardware This includes 1 Transducer 2 An...

Page 7: ...s snap into the holes on the transducer ALTERNATE SENSOR MOUNTING If you plan on mounting the transducer inside the hull of the boat or on an electric trolling motor described on page 11 you will need...

Page 8: ...mind that you need clear water flow across the face of the trans ducer to insure a clear reading at all speeds Stay away from rivets ribs or strakes that would be just in front of the trans ducer The...

Page 9: ...lowed to flop around in the wind This can cause stress on the wire inside the cable and possible breakage Plug the transducer connector into the back of the unit and screw the retaining ring down tigh...

Page 10: ...is constructed of metal tubing insulate the transducer from the arm by wrapping electrical tape around the arm This prevents ringing which can be dis played as noise near the surface IN HULL MOUNTING...

Page 11: ...MOUNTING Use two hose clamps or large cable ties not included to attach the transducer to an electric trolling motor Using the slots in the transducer run the ties through them and around the motors l...

Page 12: ...on again it will oper ate the same way as it did when you last used it MENU Pressing the menu button enters the first menu page Pressing this button while in a menu page moves you to the next menu pag...

Page 13: ...Pro comes selected from the factory to run in automatic range mode The unit will monitor the depth and change the range for you when the depth changes You can override this feature in the MENU setting...

Page 14: ...bed in the next section ZOOM The 107 Pro has three different Zoom Zones You can select to view only the top half middle half or bottom half of the depth Using a Zoom Zone effectively doubles the displ...

Page 15: ...unit Press the 2 or SHAL LOW button to turn the automatic gain control on to the High setting Press the 3 or SLOW button to select the Low automatic gain setting Press the FREEZE RESUME but ton to re...

Page 16: ...of zero Press the SET button to enter this value If you make a mistake entering the value press the CLR button and then retry Now press the 5 button to set the lower alarm limit Press the 3 button an...

Page 17: ...to enter the upper alarm limit Press the 1 button and then the 5 button to enter the value of fifteen Press the SET button to enter this value If you make a mistake entering the value press the CLR b...

Page 18: ...djust the Contrast 1 will give the lightest setting and 8 will give the darkest setting TEMP To turn the Temperature sensor on press MENU then the 7 button to enter the Temp submenu Press the 2 but to...

Page 19: ...monstrate the functions of the unit The Simulator is a short program which simulates a real world situation All of the front panel controls and menu functions can be used with the simulator Press the...

Page 20: ...ine fea ture on High Press the 3 button for Low CLEAN ECHO Clean Echo reduces interference from other depthfind ers running on the same frequency Press the MENU but ton twice then the 4 button to ente...

Page 21: ...select from miles per hour MPH knots or kilometers per hour KPH Press the 6 button for MPH the 7 button for knots or 8 for KPH LOG COUNT Log Count keeps track of your distance traveled even when the L...

Page 22: ...o s Clean Line feature you can help determine the hardness of the bottom Clean Line cleans out the target signal on harder objects A hard bottom will appear cleaned out in the center A soft bottom wil...

Page 23: ...ay represents the surface of the water This line can get quit wide at times due to surface clutter Tiny marine life such as algae or plankton can be responsible for this Choppy or rough waters can als...

Page 24: ...ths This way it can maintain the optimum gain level automatically for you In very shallow water less than 3 feet the unit can get over welmed In this condition the unit will show erro neous informatio...

Page 25: ...s and also see fish come in from all sides The transducer must be attached to an adjustable arm so that it can be manually pointed directly at the bait Sometimes it helps to attach a bubble level to t...

Page 26: ...nt or loss of operation Spray the power connector and battery terminals with sil icone to prevent this Remove the connections before you put the boat away for storage The transducer should be checked...

Page 27: ...r is not aimed cor rectly or needs to be cleaned Unit works but has too many lines on the display Can t tell what is what Many air bubbles or very small targets in the water Unit works well when sitti...

Page 28: ...nd light weight flasher designed for serious anglers Besides indicating depth the unit also shows changes in bottom content and conditions It has three display col ors Red indicates a strong signal an...

Page 29: ...fishing odds are on your side when you use Deptherm It tells you quickly and accurately what temperatures are below your boat and it also tells you the temperature at a specific depth If your Deptherm...

Page 30: ...ery time The Charge Guard monitors the charge going into your battery It automatically stops accepting charge when the battery is full and restarts charg ing when the battery loses charge BATTERY STAT...

Page 31: ...odel number and if possible the serial number of your product Be sure to read the Trouble Shooting sections first Address Vexilar Inc 200 W 88th St Minneapolis MN 55420 2752 Telephone 952 884 5291 8 a...

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