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Brightness
– This increases how bright the individual pixels on your screen will illuminate.
Different lighting conditions and water clarity will affect how you may want the brightness to
be set. Too much “Brightness” can cause the image to have a washed-out look.
Contrast
– Contrast is the difference in brightness between lightest and darkest tones in a
picture. A picture with too much contrast has highlights (lighter tones) that are too bright with no
detail, and shadow areas that are too black. A picture with too little contrast looks dull, with no
true blacks and more grayish highlights. Different water clarities coupled with the amount of light
available will affect the contrast. Adjust the contrast to the desired setting for the best overall
picture.
Color
– Increasing the color saturation will increase the vividness but can make the picture look
darker overall. Decreasing the color saturation will make the colors look washed out and gray.
Color-Kill
– This feature allows you to switch between super high-res color, and black and white
with the push of a button. To access Color Kill, pressing the UP/DOWN arrows after this menu
option is highlighted, will select either ON/OFF which will chance the display image from Color to
Black and White and back again. For viewing in low-light, dirty water, or after dark, Black and
White viewing is recommended for optimal viewing.
Clear or good water clarity and daylight viewing is optimal for viewing in color.
NOTE:
The
Color-kill feature will turn on automatically when the camera’s light sensor doesn’t detect enough
light for optimal color viewing. This can happen in low light conditions, in deep water, or when
the ice is very thick and/or covered with snow.
ON-SCREEN DISPLAY (OSD) FUNCTIONS
The
MISSION SD underwater viewing system includes the most technically advanced features
available in an underwater fishing camera. This system incorporates a variety of sensors and
an On Screen Display (OSD), capable of displaying water temperature, water depth, battery
voltage, and the relative direction heading of the camera.
The Manta camera contains a digital temperature sensor, a pressure sensor for measuring
camera depth, and an electronic compass sensor used to determine the heading of the camera.
The monitor base includes an additional compass sensor used to determine the heading of the
monitor. The OSD circuit, which includes the control panel with the DISPLAY and F/C buttons,
receives data from the camera, calculates the “relative” heading of the camera, and displays
temperature, depth, battery status icon, and heading. The heading is displayed around the
perimeter of the screen indicates which direction the camera is pointing “relative” to the direction
the monitor is facing. For this indication to be accurate, the camera must be suspended by the
cable, and the monitor must be on a level surface. If either the camera or the monitor rotates, so
will the arrow. An arrow at the top center of the screen indicates that the camera and monitor are
facing in the same direction. An arrow at the left indicates the camera is pointing to the left
relative to the direction the monitor is facing. Down indicates behind, and right indicates to the
right. The arrow will move around the perimeter of the screen indicating all positions. The
corners correspond to relative angles at the 45-degree marks. When enabled, the temperature,
and depth are also displayed along the top.
The battery meter will always be on the screen.
Display:
Each press of the OSD/DISPLAY button will toggle the unit through its various display
modes:
Mode 1
(Direction, temperature, depth) – default
Mode 2
(Direction and depth)
Mode 3
(Direction only)
Mode 4
(all OSD off)
F/C:
Each press of the F/C button will alternate the units between Fahrenheit and Celsius
.
In
addition, with each initial press of the F/C button, the battery
meter
is displayed briefly.
