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FISH450 Tricolor FISHFINDER
Installation and Operation Manual
NAVMAN
Range
Range is the depth of water displayed vertically.
The FISH450 Tricolor has two range modes,
Auto
Range
and
Manual Range
:
• In
Auto Range
, the unit adjusts the depth
range so that the bottom is shown in the
lower part of the screen. The use of
Auto
Range
is recommended.
• In
Manual Range
, the range can be set by
pressing the
Increase Range
or
Decrease
Range
key.
To switch between
Auto Range
and
Manual Range
hold the
Increase Range
or
Decrease Range
key
down until the dialogue box “
Auto Range
” or
“
Manual Range
” briefly appears.
Manual Range
is useful to prevent the screen
redrawing when there are rapid changes in depth.
(E.g. looking at the sea floor surrounding a pinnacle.)
Gain
Gain controls the amount of detail displayed on
the screen. The FISH450 Tricolor has two gain
modes,
Auto Gain
and
Manual Gain
.
• In
Auto Gain
, the gain is automatically
adjusted. The use of
Auto Gain
is
recommended.
•
Manual Gain
can be set between 1 and 9, low
values may not show enough detail, while too
high a setting may clutter the screen. When in
Manual Gain
the gain symbol
appears
followed by the gain level.
To switch between
Auto Gain
and
Manual Gain
,
hold the
Increase Gain
or
Decrease Gain
key down
until the dialogue box “
Auto Gain
” or “
Manual Gain
”
briefly appears.
See the
Sonar
screen section 3-3 for more
information.
Bottom Lock
Bottom Lock
fixes the
Zoom Bar
to the bottom, so
the bottom is always displayed in the
Zoom
Section
, regardless of changes in depth.
To turn
Bottom Lock
on, move the
Zoom Bar
down
until it touches the bottom and the dialogue box
“
Bottom Lock On
” briefly appears. To turn
Bottom
Lock
off press the
Cursor Up
key.
Should the bottom rise to meet the
Zoom Bar
when
bottom lock is off, the
Zoom Bar
will temporarily track
the bottom. This condition will cease when the depth
exceeds the original depth of the
Zoom Bar
.
Shadows
Shadows are areas where the ultrasonic beam cannot ‘see’. These
include hollows on the bottom or beside rocks and ledges where the
strong echo returned off the rock obscures the weaker echo of the fish.
When looking for small objects including fish, users should consider that
there are places where fishfinders cannot ‘see’.
These fish will be hidden in the bottom echo.
Shadow - where objects are hidden in the bottom echo.