Mounting Tips

When selecting mounting positions for the MAV Monitor, Power Spool and Footpad, carefully consider your personal fishing preferences. Are you a back-trolling walleye angler? A panfisherman? A tourna- ment bass angler? Muskie nut? Saltwater flats fisherman? Do you typically fish from your boat’s front casting deck? Or do you prefer to sit and fish from the boat’s console.

Other logical MAV placement considerations include mounting space at the bow versus the console, and width and thickness of your boat’s gunwales. Whatever your answers, you’ll want to mount your three MAV components in a way that will prove most comfortable and effective for your fishing and viewing pleasure.

Monitor Placement– It is not necessary to mount the MAV LCD monitor right next to the camera PowerSpool, although you may choose to do so. Of primary importance when mounting the monitor is the ability to easily see the screen while fishing. If you usually cast from the bow platform, strongly consider mounting the monitor in the bow. If you prefer to fish and control the boat from the stern, this area would be a wise monitor location. If you plan to primarily use the MAV as a scouting or fish-find- ing tool, ideal monitor location may be different.

Beyond general placement, make sure that other devices, such as sonar, trolling motors, rod holders, etc. do not in any way interfere with your MAV monitor.

PowerSpool Placement – The best locations for mounting the MAV camera PowerSpool are usually in the forward (bow) half of the boat. For obvious reasons, it is important to mount the MAV PowerSpool in a location that keeps cable away from motor propellers—either trolling motor or main transom engine. For example, if you frequently operate an electric trolling motor on the boat’s bow, mounting the PowerSpool several feet away from the boat’s nose (along a gunnel) is a good idea.

Foot Pedal Placement –Mount the MAV Footpad adjacent to the MAV Monitor. The person operating the MAV (via footpad) will need to clearly see the monitor in order to manipulate the camera up and down (with the footpad), as bottom contours change. The footpad mounts to the boat floor with the pro- vided mounting screws (recommended). The footpad can also be left “loose,” to allow for changing positions. (Footpad is attached to a 20-foot extension cord). Mounting the Footpad to the boat’s floor is recommended, however.

While sitting in the boat, determine a comfortable position from which to operate the Footpad. It should lie close to your operating foot-- you should not have to stretch or strain your leg in order to tap the Footpad buttons with your toe. Mounting location should lie close to boat corners, as opposed to in the middle of the floor where Footpad and cable can be easily kicked or damaged.