What’s On the Display, Bait Ball | Humminbird Matrix 27, MATRIX 37

What’s On the Display

The 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

83 kHz, Wide Beam Hollow Fish Symbol

when the water becomes too shallow.

depth of a sonar return and bottom depth

below the cursor.

(DualBeam PLUS™ Units Only)

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

Fish - fish are displayed as arches and/or

nautical or statute miles traveled.

fish icons, and the unit can be set to alarm

Temperature - water surface temperature.

when a fish of a certain size is detected.

When a target is detected and Fish ID+ is on,

Timer - elapsed time with Temp/Speed

a Fish ID+TM symbol with depth is displayed.

Accessory or GPS Receiver.

The size of the symbol shows the intensity of

Distance - distance traveled with Temp/Speed

the sonar return. The unit will clearly show

schools of Bait Fish as "clouds" of different

Accessory or GPS Receiver.

shapes and sizes, depending on the number

Average Speed - average speed reading with

of fish and boat speed.

Temp/Speed Accessory or GPS Receiver.

200 kHz, Narrow Beam Shaded Fish Symbol

Bait Ball

Thermoclines - layers of water with different

Hard Bottom

temperatures that appear at different depths

and different times of the year. A thermocline

Rocky Bottom

typically appears as a continuous band of

many gray levels moving across the display at

Second Sonar Return - when the sonar

the same depth.

Soft Bottom

signal bounces between the bottom and the

surface of the water and back again. Use the

appearance of the second return

RTS® (Real Time Sonar) Window

to determine bottom hardness. Hard

bottoms will show a strong second return,

Battery Voltage - the voltage of the boat’s

while soft bottoms will show a very weak

Cursor Dialog Box - indicates cursor depth

on the display and the depth of the bottom

battery; can be set to alarm if the voltage

one or none at all.

directly below the cursor.

falls 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.