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3 - OPERATION

3.0 UNDERSTANDING THE FISH FINDER PAGE

The display on CPN Series Chart Plotters shows a history of time of the echoes received
by the transducer. The CPN Series Chart Plotters have a menu that allows adjustments to
receiver sensitivity, Depth Range and Scrolling Speed of the Fish Finder display.

The following is a brief description of terms listed in the previous Figure:

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Warning Message

Flashing label that is turned On when the echo sounder is in Simulation mode.
The following is the list of the warning messages:

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SHALLOW WATER ALARM

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DEEP WATER ALARM

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HIGH WATER TEMP ALARM

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LOW WATER TEMP ALARM

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WATER TEMP RATE ALARM

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FISH SPOT

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NO DATA, problem with connection between CPN and Fish Finder Tee Cable

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Fish Finder window

Graphic presentation of sonar soundings recorded as a continuous bottom scrolling
across the screen from right to left. Such recordings represent the image of the water
beneath your boat, items appear as they pass under your transducer; the items on the

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Страница 2: ...fied service technician if the problem cannot be corrected Operation is subject to the following conditions 1 This device cannot cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation The FF525 contains dangerous high voltage circuits which only experienced techni cians can handle STANDARD HORIZON will not be lia...

Страница 3: ...Hz Fish Chart Pages 14 3 3 FISH FINDER SOFT KEYS 14 4 FISH FINDER SETUP MENU 17 4 0 FISH FINDER COLOR 17 4 1 PRESETS 18 4 2 FREQUENCY 18 4 3 GAIN MODE 19 4 4 RANGE MENU 19 4 4 0 Range Mode 20 4 4 1 Depth 20 4 4 2 Shift 20 4 5 INTERFERENCE REJECTION 20 4 6 SENSITIVITY MENU 21 4 6 0 Gain 21 4 6 1 STC Sensitivity Time Control 21 4 6 2 Surface Noise Filter 23 4 7 DISPLAY SETUP 23 4 7 0 Color Settings ...

Страница 4: ...er 26 4 9 2 Fish 26 4 9 3 Temperature Upper 27 4 9 4 Temperature Lower 27 4 9 5 Temperature Rate 27 4 10 SAVE SETTINGS TO USER SD CARD 27 4 11 LOAD SETTINGS FROM USER SD CARD 27 4 12 RESTORE CURRENT PRESET DEFAULTS 28 5 OPERATION TIPS 29 INDEX 32 ...

Страница 5: ...has been inserted for those models with operational differences For general operations as power up sequence brightness control keys and touchscreen operations changing pages and customizing Page Soft Keys and so on please refer to the Multimedia CPN Series Chart Plotters CPN700i CPN1010i Owner s Manual 1 1 GENERAL INFORMATION 1 1 0 PRODUCT SUPPORT INQUIRIES If you have any questions or comments US...

Страница 6: ...stalled according the following instructions to get the best possible performance For more information on installation please see the FF525 Installation Manual 2 0 CPN700i Gray and White wires should not be connected to other devices when the FF525 is connected ...

Страница 7: ...CPN and FF525 Operation Manual Page 9 2 1 CPN1010i Gray and White wires should not be connected to other devices when the FF525 is connected ...

Страница 8: ...ning Message Flashing label that is turned On when the echo sounder is in Simulation mode The following is the list of the warning messages SHALLOW WATER ALARM DEEP WATER ALARM HIGH WATER TEMP ALARM LOW WATER TEMP ALARM WATER TEMP RATE ALARM FISH SPOT NO DATA problem with connection between CPN and Fish Finder Tee Cable 2 Fish Finder window Graphic presentation of sonar soundings recorded as a con...

Страница 9: ...al time representation of fish and bottom features passing through the beam of the transducer drawn as column of horizontal lines whose length and hue is proportional to the echo strength returned The color of the echo strength depends on the selected display color When the default palette is selected the strongest sonar returns will be shown as red and weaker returns will be shown blue 9 Deep Ala...

Страница 10: ...hite Line shows the difference between hard soft bottoms and even distinguish es between fish and structures located near the bottom In this way it is easier to tell the difference between a hard and soft bottom and even to distinguish fish and structures located nearby the bottom 4 Surface Clutter Appears like noise at the top of the screen extending many feet below the surface It s caused by man...

Страница 11: ...ide and the Chart page on the left DUAL opens the Fish Finder 200 kHz page on the right side and the 50 kHz page on the left ZOOM 200kHz opens the Fish Finder 200 kHz Zoom page ZOOM 50kHz opens the Fish Finder 50 kHz Zoom page AUTO opens the Fish Finder 50 200 kHz Zoom page 3 Tap on the desired display See the example below All Fish Finder page options are shown in the following paragraphs 3 2 0 A...

Страница 12: ...selected on the right half of the display When Fish Chart page is selected you will notice one of the windows will have a red border around it This red border indicates which window the CPN Series Chart Plotter has the focus on meaning if the ShuttlePoint Knob or a finger is tapped to moved the cursor on window will move The focus may be changed to the other window by tapping the desired screen th...

Страница 13: ...rs The Soft Key Tapping on the Soft Key shows the Sensitivity Time Control window Tap on or to reach the desired value than tap on the STC window disappears The Soft Key Tapping on the Soft Key shows the Interference Rejection window Tap on or to reach the desired value than tap on the Interference Rejection window disappears The Soft Key Tapping on the Soft Key shows the Range window ...

Страница 14: ...t and Depth value Tap on the relative or to reach the desired value than tap on the Range window disappears The Soft Key Tapping on the Soft Key shows the Frequency window Tap on or to reach the desired value than tap on the Frequency window disappears ...

Страница 15: ...where on the screen see A to show the Soft Keys see B 2 Tap on the Soft Key see C The following menu appears see D Toseeadditionalitems tapunderbarormovethe ShuttlePointKnobdownorturnthe RotaryKnob 3 Tap on the item you want 4 Press the key or tap on to exit the menu 4 0 FISH FINDER COLOR Allows you to choose the Fish Finder color between 16 and 256 colors Select the Fish Finder page then follow t...

Страница 16: ... follow the procedure below 1 Tap anywhere on the screen 2 Tap on the Soft Key 3 Tapping on PRESETS selects between Fish and Cruise 4 When the item you want has been selected press the key or tap on to exit the menu For Gain and Gain Offset settings refer to Sensitivity menu For Range and Shift settings refer to Range menu see Par 4 4 4 2 FREQUENCY Allows you to choose the frequency among Auto 50 ...

Страница 17: ... MODE selects between Auto Mode and Manual Mode Auto Mode Allows the Fish Finder to automatically adjust receiver Gain depending on water depth Manual Mode Allows the user to change the Gain manually to fine tune the FF525 s receiver 4 When the item you want has been selected press the keyortapon toexitthemenu 4 4 RANGE MENU Select the Fish Finder page then follow the procedure below 1 Tap anywher...

Страница 18: ...o display 30 Ft around the bottom the screen instead of displaying from 0 Ft to e g 450 Ft will display only a Range of 30 Ft around the bottom e g from 380 Ft to 410 Ft 4 4 1 DEPTH Moves the display from showing the bottom to the depth value entered 4 4 2 SHIFT Shifts the display from the bottom of the transducer to the depth value entered Example Your vessel is in about 57 Ft of water however th...

Страница 19: ...is cluttered lowering the Sensitivity may increase the clarity of the display When the Gain Mode option is set to Auto the receivers Gain cannot be changed When the Gain Mode option is set to Manual the Gain can be manually adjusted When switching from Automatic to Manual Mode the Gain Offset value is copied into the Manual Gain setting of the receiver 4 6 1 STC SENSITIVITY TIME CONTROL The STC fu...

Страница 20: ...C depth Preset values table When in shallow water and the Fish Finder display is showing a bottom or digital readout deeper than the actual depth this situation may occur if STC is set to LONG or MID when the bottom is shallow This issue may be resolved by adjusting the STC value to SHORT or even to OFF in very shallow waters When in DEEP WATER the Fish Finder display is showing a very shallow bot...

Страница 21: ...has 9 settings OFF 1 8 When set to 1 the Surface Noise is attenuated from surface down to a depth of 5 Ft increasing the Surface Noise increases the depth in which the Surface Noise is attenuated as well as the attenuation level increases when the preset is set to 8 the attenuation is maximum and is applied from surface level down to a depth of 255 Ft as shown in the Surface Noise Filter Table rep...

Страница 22: ...n the 50 200 kHz page 4 7 3 FISH SYMBOLS Controls the graphical representation of underwater suspended targets Echo shown as arches echoes Icon Echo shown as arches with the Fish icon Icon Echo Depth shown as arches with the Fish icon and relative depth values Echo Depth shown depth values Icon shown as Fish icons without the arches Icon Depth shown as Fish icons and their relative depth values sh...

Страница 23: ...the item you want has been selected press the key or tap on to exit the menu 4 8 0 KEEL OFFSET The keel offset can be set to cause the Fish Finder to display an offset depth below the keel or the actual water depth from the surface To setup to show the depth below the keel enter a negative depth value or a positive depth to show offset from the transducers face to the water surface 4 8 1 CALIBRATE...

Страница 24: ...on the Soft Key 3 Tap on ALARMS A popup window will be shown with the available options SHALLOW WATER DEEPWATER FISH TEMPERATUREUPPER TEMPERATURELOWER TEMPERATURE RATE 4 Tap on the desired item see the following paragraphs 5 When the item you want has been selected press the key or tap on to exit the menu 4 9 0 SHALLOW WATER Triggers an alarm when depth becomes shallower than the set depth 4 9 1 D...

Страница 25: ...re 4 10 SAVE SETTINGSTOUSERSDCARD This option saves the complete set of Fish Finder settings to an optional User SD CARD This is useful to avoid the user having to retune up Fish Finder after a RAM Clear operation or a software update Select the Fish Finder page then follow the procedure below after inserting a SD CARD into the slot 1 Tap anywhere on the screen 2 Tap on the Soft Key 3 Tap on SAVE ...

Страница 26: ...TTINGS FROM USER SD CARD 4 When loading is complete tap on 4 12 RESTORE CURRENT PRESET DEFAULTS This option restores the default values only for the current presets and does not affect the other presets Select the Fish Finder page then follow the procedure below 1 Tap anywhere on the screen 2 Tap on the Soft Key 3 Tap on RESTORE CURRENTS PRESET DEFAULTS 4 When the item you want has been selected p...

Страница 27: ...on the Soft Key and then tap on TRANSDUCER to select it When the Transducer Setup menu appears tap on SET DEFAULTS Note that this operation set all default settings not only the working defaults Can I always leave the Fish Finder in Full Auto Auto Gain and Auto Range mode Yes but note that the Full Auto mode suits the 90 of the cases however in extreme situations the Auto modes may fail and thus i...

Страница 28: ...e bottom giving a correct depth reading and shall be possible to return in Auto Range mode Please note that if one or more of the conditions that reduce the echoes from the bottom listed above is true the bottom may be not visible at all in this situation a strong thermocline or Surface Clutter may be interpreted by the Fish Finder as the bottom At a very shallow range upper half of the screen app...

Страница 29: ... the Auto Gain algorithm to create oscillations while trying to set optimal GAIN value for each situation To avoid this it is advisable to switch to MANUAL GAIN mode and fine tune the GAIN to a fixed setting In very deep waters even setting the GAIN to its maximum value I cannot see the bottom what shall I do Try decreasing the NOISE LEVEL If still the bottom is not visible there is nothing you ca...

Страница 30: ... WATER TEMP 25 Calibrate Water Temp 25 Chart page 14 Color Bar 11 COLOR SETTINGS 23 Color Settings 24 CONVENTIONS 7 CPN1010i 7 CPN700i 7 CRUISE 29 Cruise 18 cruising 18 current presets 28 customers 7 D dealer 7 Deep Alarm Bar 11 DEEP WATER 22 26 Deep Water 26 DEEP WATER ALARM 10 default 28 29 default settings 29 Defaults 26 Depth 16 19 20 24 depth 11 22 26 30 Depth Alarm 26 Depth Range 10 20 Digit...

Страница 31: ...6 Shallow Alarm Bar 11 SHALLOW WATER 26 Shallow Water 26 SHALLOW WATER ALARM 10 Shift 16 19 20 slot 27 Soft Keys 14 STC 15 21 22 23 29 30 STC Length 22 STC STRENGTH 21 STC Strength 22 Structures 12 support 7 SURF NOISE FILT 21 Surface Clutter 12 22 23 30 Surface Noise Filter 23 Surface Noise Filter Table 23 T Tee Cable 10 Temperature 24 25 26 temperature 11 27 TEMPERATURE LOWER 26 Temperature Lowe...

Страница 32: ... Product with any ancillary equipment and all such equipment is expressly excluded from this warranty STANDARD HORIZON disclaims liability for range coverage or operation of the Product and ancillary equipment as a whole under this warranty STANDARD HORIZON reserves the right to make changes or improvements in Products during subsequent production without incurring the obligation to install such c...

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