What’s On the Display 2D View, Below the cursor

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What’s On the Display (2D View)

In 2D views, your Matrix™ Fishing System can display a variety of useful information

about the area under and adjacent to your boat, including the following items:

Depth - water depth; can be set to alarm

Cursor - available in Freeze Frame and can

be positioned in the Sonar View to provide

when the water becomes too shallow.

depth of a sonar return and bottom depth

below the cursor.

Speed - if a Temp/Speed accessory or GPS

Structure - where fish may be hiding.

Receiver is attached, the Matrix can display the

speed of the boat, and can keep a Triplog of

Thermoclines - layers of water with different

nautical or statute miles traveled.

temperatures that appear at different depths

Temperature - water surface temperature.

and different times of the year. A thermocline

typically appears as a continuous band of

Bait Ball

many gray levels moving across the display at

the same depth.

Timer - elapsed time with Temp/Speed

Fish ID+™ - A fish icon will be shown at the

Accessory or GPS Receiver.

derived position of the fish. Six fish icon styles

Distance - distance traveled with Temp/Speed

will be used to indicate the primary beam in

which the fish was found. Left-facing fish

Accessory or GPS Receiver.

indicate fish off the port side of the boat, while

Average Speed - average speed reading with

right-facing fish indicate fish off the starboard

side. Each fish icon is available in three

Temp/Speed Accessory or GPS Receiver.

different sizes. Larger fish icons are used to

represent stronger returns. The icons used in

Hard Bottom

the 2D Sonar View are identical to the icons

Rocky Bottom

used in the 3D Sonar View.

Soft Bottom

Second Sonar Return - when the sonar

signal bounces between the bottom and the

RTS® (Real Time Sonar) Window

surface of the water and back again. Use the

appearance of the second return to determine

Battery Voltage - the voltage of the boat’s

bottom hardness. Hard bottoms will show a

strong second return, while soft bottoms will

Cursor Dialog Box - indicates cursor depth

on the display and the depth of the bottom

battery; can be set to alarm if the voltage falls

show a very weak one or none at all.

directly below the cursor.

below a certain point.

NOTE: Entries in this view that list (with Temp/Speed or GPS Receiver) are available if either device is

connected to the Matrix™ Fishing System. If both devices are connected, then only the information from

the GPS receiver will be displayed on the view.