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Fish

To view the natural echoes from fish and other objects in the water, turn the fish alarm symbols
off. Many fishermen have heard that an arch is a good way of locating fish, but other objects you
troll across may also produce arches.

A better way of determining fish is to watch for subtle patterns on the graph. Solid horizontal lines
across the screen are often fish hovering under the transducer. These lines may go up and down,
suggesting some movement if they are fish. Generally, thicker marks come from larger fish. Clouds
of pixels are often schooling baitfish. Groups of diagonal lines are usually bubbles rising steadily
up from the bottom. As you get more familiar with the Fishin' Buddy 4200™ and the water that
you fish in, you will pick out many other patterns as well.

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READING THE GRAPH

The bottom graph is created by drawing all of the echoes from a single burst in a vertical column
on the display, with the echoes from deepest objects drawn lowest on the display. After all the
echoes from the burst are drawn, the graph is shifted to the left and the process is repeated.

Grayscale

The Fishin' Buddy 4200™ uses shades of gray to generally indicate the size or density of objects
in the graph. In fact, it is the strength of the echo that determines how it will be shaded. Small
fish and light weeds typically return weak echoes, where a hard bottom returns strong ones. 
This can be very useful when you want to know more about the areas you fish. The Fishin' Buddy
4200™ can display these gray shades in either the True View

TM

or Gray View modes. 

The True View

TM

display is natural and shows the weaker echoes in lighter shades and the

stronger echoes in darker shades. A clear hard bottom will appear as a thick black area, while a
soft or weed-covered bottom is usually thinner and displayed with grey on top of the black.
Small fish and light weeds are shown in grey. Strong thermal clines or large fish directly under
the transducer may appear black.

Gray View

is used to more clearly define the bottom. In this mode, the strongest echoes are

shown as a gray shade. A clear hard bottom will appear as a thin black line above a thick gray
area, while a soft or weed-covered bottom will appear as a black area above a thinner gray.
Small fish and light weeds will typically be shown in black. Strong thermal clines or large fish
directly under the transducer may appear gray.

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Содержание Fishin Buddy 4200

Страница 1: ...Fishin Buddy 4200 Operations Manual FB4200_English qxd 12 21 2005 12 58 PM Page 1...

Страница 2: ...ishin Buddy 4200 display unit with transducer C clamp mounting bracket This Operations manual and warranty card 2 Introduction 2 Getting Started 3 How to Install the Batteries 3 How to Attach the Moun...

Страница 3: ...work when it is not in the water Turbulent water or water filled with air bubbles can cause interference or prevent the transducer from operating Fishin Buddy Mounting Bracket C clamp Pivot adjustmen...

Страница 4: ...the POWER button until the display is blank NOTE The Fishin Buddy 4200 remembers your previous settings every time you power it on again this does not happen in demo mode 6 The C clamp mounting bracke...

Страница 5: ...oomed in graph is useful for determining bottom features and for marking fish lying close to the bottom 8 SET AND ADJUST FEATURES After power up features can be adjusted using the following procedure...

Страница 6: ...r depth and temperature 10 BOTT This symbol in the upper right corner of the display indicates bottom tracking mode Operation Press the MENU button then press the LEFT or RIGHT button until RANGE BOTT...

Страница 7: ...utton then press the LEFT or RIGHT button until SIDE RANGE appears Press and release the UP or DOWN button to select a manual range then press MENU to clear the menu SIDE FILTER The Sidefinder Filter...

Страница 8: ...the bottom The further away the object or bottom is the longer it takes the echo to return These ultrasonic waves illuminate the water forming a beam that is strongest in the direction that the trans...

Страница 9: ...4200 uses shades of gray to generally indicate the size or density of objects in the graph In fact it is the strength of the echo that determines how it will be shaded Small fish and light weeds typic...

Страница 10: ...you are trying to see past an underwater rise to view the shoreline it is a question of how high the rise is You can see the shore if you can shine your flashlight beam above the rise and illuminate t...

Страница 11: ...ed swim ladders This can also occur when the Buddy is aimed at a cement or rock wall due to a double reflection effect The Fishin Buddy 4200 is designed to eliminate false readings especially with the...

Страница 12: ...e number listed in the warranty 22 MAINTENANCE Your Fishin Buddy 4200 should work reliably for many years however there are a few things you may want to consider and check periodically When cleaning t...

Страница 13: ...e clutter control The bottom may be less than 1 5 deep or the bottom may be deeper than the Buddy can display Problem No fish are displayed in the graph When looking for fish in shallow water remember...

Страница 14: ...e date This will be required for in warranty service THIS WARRANTY IS EXPRESSLY IN LIEU OF ANY OTHER WARRANTIES OBLIGATIONS OR LIABILITIES ON THE PART OF BOTTOMLINE AND WILL BE THE CUSTOMER S EXCLUSIV...

Страница 15: ...tates do not allow limitations on an implied warranty or the exclusion of incidental or consequential damages so the above exclusions may not apply to you You may also have other rights which vary fro...

Страница 16: ...ypically we respond to your e mail within three business days cservice johnsonoutdoors com For direct shipping our address is BottomLine Service Department 108 Maple Lane Eufaula AL 36027 USA Contact...

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