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Chapter 4 describes how to adjust the depth settings to choose what portion of the water under the vessel you’ll display.

Chapter 5 explains other functions—the A-Scope, etc.

Chapter 6 describes Northstar’s exclusive SoundTrac™ feature, for accessing past echoes and navigating back to their locations.

Chapter 7 tells how to use the echo sounder’s alarms: the fish alarm, bottom alarm, and temperature alarm.

At the back of the manual are a glossary and an appendix outlining the 491’s specifications.

Conventions	Specific conventions are used to provide a consistent way to
	recognize certain information, as follows:

•is the universal symbol used for caution and warning information that pertains to your personal safety or pre- vents damage to the 491. The CAUTION and WARNING boxes contain critical information—please read them!

•NOTE is the type style used for titles of reader notes. These notes contain valuable information purposely highlighted so that you don’t miss it while reading the main text.

•KEY is the type style used to refer to the menu keys on the display screen.

•DISPLAY TEXT is the type style representing text on the display screens.

•A bulleted list contains a series of related items or topics.

•A numbered list contains a series of steps in a procedure.

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Contents Northstar Echo Sounder Contents Troubleshooting 491 Operations Reviewing past echoes using SoundTracPage 1Welcome Welcome to the Northstar Using this manualOrganization Conventions Technical support Service and repairHearing from you How echo sounding works 961/962 echo sounder system components Setting up Powering the 491 on and offUsing 491 with the 961/962 Press the Port Setup Options key Using the 491 with the 957/958961/962 echo sounder menu structure 957/958 echo sounder menu structure 2Quick Start Using the Echo Sounder Illustrated Echo screen Displaying the echo sounder’s pictureIllustrated Soundtrac screen At the Chart Overlay Selection window, press Using demo modeChart Overlay screen Navigation Status tabs Depth and temperatureIntroducing the displayed information Echo soundingCruising or ﬁshing Using automatic modeChanging the frequency of echoes Manually overriding automatic mode50 kHz 200 kHz Echo screen with both frequencies displayed Zooming in and out Choosing a zoom modeChoosing the zoom scale Using bottom lock zoom Using bottom zoomUsing bottom lock/ center zoom Accessing the setup screen Setup functionsEntering numerical values Number of special waypoints Changing the temperature graph’s units and scaleTransducer depth Changing the depth units961/962 sensor setup screen Speed and temperature sensor setup957958/ sensor setup screen 3Adjusting the Echo Sounder Picture Picture menu Adjusting the gain strong echoesGain window Adjusting the clutter weak echoesClutter window Adjusting the signal level weak echoesSuppressing interference the noise limiter Understanding the color bar Selecting the color bar hue and white levelHue and white level window Setting the white levelEcho Sounder Operations Manual 4Understanding Depth Settings Viewing the seabed depth Changing the depth settingsViewing the depth marker Shift window Setting the picture’s shift starting depthSetting the picture’s range Range window Echo Sounder Operations Manual 5Other Functions Using the More key Changing the advance speed Using the More keyScope on single-frequency echo screen Displaying the A-scopeUsing the A-scope with dual frequencies Setting the Echo screen dataScope on dual-frequency echo screen Echo screen data selections Bottom depth box Temperature boxTaking and storing a snapshot Temperature graphIntroducing snapshots Speed through the waterSnapshot screen 961/962 only Archiving and restoring a snapshot with a ﬂoppy diskArchiving snapshots screen 961/962 only Archiving and restoring snapshots with a Zip diskSetting up the video image overlay Echo Sounder Operations Manual 6Reviewing past echoes using SoundTrac SoundTrac screen Viewing past echoes using SoundTracNavigating to a past echo position Marking ﬁsh as waypointsSelected Cursor Position window appears Going directly to a past echo position7Setting the Alarms Setting the ﬁsh alarm Understanding the alarmsFish alarm window Setting the upper and lower marker depthsTurning the ﬁsh alarm on and off Setting the bottom alarmSetting inside or outside ﬁsh markers AlarmBottom alarm window Setting the bottom levelTurning the bottom alarm on and off Setting the temperature alarmTemperature alarm window Upper limit window is highlighted in black Turning the temperature alarm on and offWhen the temperature alarm sounds, an alert message is Troubleshooting the echo sounder Checking the transducer 8Troubleshooting 491 OperationsNo echoes displayed when Star key is pressed Troubleshooting the echo sounderOFF Checking the transducerMaintaining a transducer Manufacturer Model Power Northstar P/NPerformance characteristics A491 Features and SpeciﬁcationsInterfacing Physical characteristicsEnvironmental characteristics Screen notationsON/OFF Manual controlsEcho Sounder Operations Manual Glossary Echo Sounder Operations Manual