Humminbird 343c manual What’s On the Display, High Sonar Intensity Return Bait Ball

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What’s On the Display

The 300 Series™ Fishing System can display a variety of useful information about the area

Depth - water depth; can be set to alarm when the water becomes too shallow.

Cursor - available in Freeze Frame and can be positioned in the Sonar View to provide depth of a sonar return and bottom depth below the cursor.

Temperature - water surface temperature.

Timer - Elapsed time with Temp/Speed Accessory.

Distance - Distance traveled with Temp/Speed

Accessory.

Average Speed - Average speed reading with

Temp/Speed Accessory.

Speed - if a Temp/Speed accessory is attached, the FishFinder can display the speed of the boat.

Second Sonar Return - when the sonar signal bounces between the bottom and the surface of the water and back again. Use the appearance of the second return to determine bottom hardness. Hard bottomswillshowastrongsecondreturn,whilesoft bottoms will show a very weak one or none at all.

Cursor Dialog Box - indicates cursor depth on the display and the depth of the bottom directly below the cursor.

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

High Sonar Intensity Return

Bait Ball

Thermoclines - layers of water with different temperatures that appear at different depths and different times of the year. A thermocline typically appears as a continuous band of many colors moving across the display at the same depth.

83 kHz Blue Fish Symbol

Fish - the FishFinder displays fish as arches and/or fish icons, and can be set to alarm when a fish of a certain size is detected. When a target is detected, a Fish ID+TM symbol appears on the display with the depth displayed above it. The size of the symbol indicates the intensity of the sonar return. The unit will clearly show schools of Bait Fish as "clouds" of different shapes and sizes, depending on the number of fish and boat speed.

200 kHz Orange Fish Symbol

Structure - where fish may be hiding.

RTS® (Real Time Sonar) Window

Low Sonar Intensity Return

NOTE: Entries in this view that list (with Temp/Speed) are available only if the device is connected

to the 300 Series™ Fishing System.

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Contents 343c Operations Manual Table of Contents Thank YouTroubleshooting Alarms Menu TabSetup Menu Tab Specifications Glossary Contact HumminbirdHow Sonar Works DualBeam Plus Sonar What’s On the Display High Sonar Intensity Return Bait BallViews Sonar ViewUnderstanding Sonar History Real Time Sonar RTS WindowFreeze Frame Bottom Presentation Sonar Zoom View 200/83 kHz Split Sonar ViewKey Functions POWER/LIGHT KeyBig Digits View Circular Flasher ViewMenu Key WAY Cursor Control KeyExit Key Powering Up the Unit Menu SystemNormal Operation Exit Normal operation by powering your Fishing System offStart-Up Options Menu Normal Simulator System StatusExit System Status by powering your Fishing System off Self Test Accessory TestExit the Simulator by powering your Fishing System off SimulatorSensitivity To adjust the SensitivitySonar X-PressTMMenu Highlight Sensitivity on the Sonar X-PressTMMenuUpper Range To adjust the Upper RangeTo adjust the Lower Range Lower RangeBottom Lock Chart SpeedZoom Level Bottom RangeTo use Beam Select Sonar Menu TabBeam Select Highlight Beam Select on the Sonar main menuFish ID+TM To change the Fish ID Sensitivity settingTo change the RTS Window setting Fish ID SensitivityKHz Sensitivity Bottom ViewZoom Width Depth LinesSurface Clutter Noise FilterMax Depth Alarms Menu Tab To change the Water Type settingWater Type Low Battery Alarm Depth AlarmFish ID Alarm Temp AlarmTo change the Alarm Tone setting Alarm ToneSetup Menu Tab Highlight Alarm Tone on the Alarms main menuUnits Temp User ModeUnits Depth Units DistanceTriplog Reset Restore DefaultsSelect Views Select Readouts Depth OffsetTemp Offset Troubleshooting To change the Speed Calibration settingSpeed Calibration Finding the Cause of Noise Display ProblemsProblem Possible Cause IsolationSpecifications GlossarySonar Terms 531447-1A343cEng.qxd 11/11/2005 918 PM 531447-1A343cEng.qxd 11/11/2005 918 PM Receiver See Transmitter 531447-1A343cEng.qxd 11/11/2005 918 PM Contact Humminbird