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Fishfinder 250/250C Owner’s Manual
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System Tab
The System tab controls various system and interface settings.
Main Menu—System tab
The following settings are available:
•
Beeper—
controls audible beep. Select from
Off
,
Alarms
Only
(sounds for alarms/messages), or
Key and Alarm
(sounds for key presses and alarms/messages).
•
Display Mode—
select
Fishfinder
to display the scrolling
sonar image on the Sonar page, or select
Depth Sounder
to
show only numeric data for
Depth
,
Water Temp
, and
Water
Speed
.
•
Language—
select from various languages for the unit’s on-
screen display.
•
Simulator—
lets you simulate unit operation using a Depth
Only, Depth/Temp, Depth/Speed, or Depth/Temp/Speed
transducer. If prompted, choose
No
to the retail demonstration
mode for normal consumer simulator use. If the unit does
not detect a transducer, it will automatically enter Simulator
mode. While in Simulator mode, a “Running Simulator”
message appears after 2 minutes of inactivity.
•
NMEA Input/Output—
controls the input/output of NMEA
0183 Version 2.3 data to/from the unit. This setting must be
On
in order to receive GPS navigational data and send Sonar
NMEA data. See pages 8-9
for details on available NMEA
sentences.
•
Factory Settings—
restores all settings to the original factory
default values for the entire unit.
•
Software Version—
displays the unit’s software version and
electronic serial number.
•
Reset Odometer—
this will only appear if you are using a
speed-capable transducer/sensor. Resets the odometer field
back to zero. See “Configuring Advanced Data Fields” on
page 23 for more information.
