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Viewing past echoes using SoundTrac

Echoes from at least the past three minutes are available, depending on the depth of the water and the advance speed you’ve set.

On the SOUNDTRAC screen, you can use Northstar’s exclusive SoundTrac feature to look back and examine past echo data. To enable SoundTrac, at the ECHO screen, press the CURSOR PAD to the left. A dashed vertical line—called the position marker—is now displayed.

To move back to echoes that were displayed within the past few minutes, continue pressing and holding the CURSOR PAD to the left.

As you move the position marker with the CURSOR PAD, the marker speed accelerates to quickly scroll to the desired location.

SoundTrac screen

The lat/lon of the position marker is displayed at the bottom of the picture, along with the time elapsed since the ping, and the distance and bearing from your present position to the marker (assuming the navigator is providing position data.) As you move the position marker left and right, these coordinates change accordingly.

NOTE:

When you use the position marker on a split screen (showing either two frequencies, or zoom mode), each half of the screen has a posi- tion marker. Both markers designate the same physical location.

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491 Echo Sounder Operations Manual

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Contents Northstar Echo Sounder Contents Reviewing past echoes using SoundTrac Troubleshooting 491 OperationsPage 1Welcome Organization Using this manualWelcome to the Northstar Conventions Hearing from you Service and repairTechnical support How echo sounding works 961/962 echo sounder system components Using 491 with the 961/962 Powering the 491 on and offSetting up Using the 491 with the 957/958 Press the Port Setup Options key961/962 echo sounder menu structure 957/958 echo sounder menu structure 2Quick Start Using the Echo Sounder Displaying the echo sounder’s picture Illustrated Echo screenIllustrated Soundtrac screen Chart Overlay screen Using demo modeAt the Chart Overlay Selection window, press Depth and temperature Introducing the displayed informationEcho sounding Navigation Status tabsUsing automatic mode Cruising or ﬁshing50 kHz 200 kHz Manually overriding automatic modeChanging the frequency of echoes Echo screen with both frequencies displayed Choosing the zoom scale Choosing a zoom modeZooming in and out Using bottom zoom Using bottom lock zoomUsing bottom lock/ center zoom Setup functions Accessing the setup screenEntering numerical values Changing the temperature graph’s units and scale Transducer depthChanging the depth units Number of special waypointsSpeed and temperature sensor setup 961/962 sensor setup screen957958/ sensor setup screen 3Adjusting the Echo Sounder Picture Adjusting the gain strong echoes Picture menuAdjusting the clutter weak echoes Gain windowAdjusting the signal level weak echoes Clutter windowSuppressing interference the noise limiter Selecting the color bar hue and white level Understanding the color barSetting the white level Hue and white level windowEcho Sounder Operations Manual 4Understanding Depth Settings Viewing the depth marker Changing the depth settingsViewing the seabed depth Setting the picture’s shift starting depth Shift windowSetting the picture’s range Range window Echo Sounder Operations Manual 5Other Functions Using the More key Using the More key Changing the advance speedDisplaying the A-scope Scope on single-frequency echo screenScope on dual-frequency echo screen Setting the Echo screen dataUsing the A-scope with dual frequencies Bottom depth box Temperature box Echo screen data selectionsTemperature graph Introducing snapshotsSpeed through the water Taking and storing a snapshotArchiving and restoring a snapshot with a ﬂoppy disk Snapshot screen 961/962 onlyArchiving and restoring snapshots with a Zip disk Archiving snapshots screen 961/962 onlySetting up the video image overlay Echo Sounder Operations Manual 6Reviewing past echoes using SoundTrac Viewing past echoes using SoundTrac SoundTrac screenMarking ﬁsh as waypoints Navigating to a past echo positionGoing directly to a past echo position Selected Cursor Position window appears7Setting the Alarms Understanding the alarms Setting the ﬁsh alarmSetting the upper and lower marker depths Fish alarm windowSetting the bottom alarm Setting inside or outside ﬁsh markersAlarm Turning the ﬁsh alarm on and offSetting the bottom level Bottom alarm windowTemperature alarm window Setting the temperature alarmTurning the bottom alarm on and off Turning the temperature alarm on and off Upper limit window is highlighted in blackWhen the temperature alarm sounds, an alert message is 8Troubleshooting 491 Operations Troubleshooting the echo sounder Checking the transducerTroubleshooting the echo sounder No echoes displayed when Star key is pressedChecking the transducer OFFManufacturer Model Power Northstar P/N Maintaining a transducerA491 Features and Speciﬁcations Performance characteristicsPhysical characteristics Environmental characteristicsScreen notations InterfacingManual controls ON/OFFEcho Sounder Operations Manual Glossary Echo Sounder Operations Manual