SENSITIVITYENT↑ to SENSITIVITYENT. Press ↓ ↑ to pick a different sensitivity setting. When it is set at the desired level, press EXIT.

Tip:

While you are experimenting and learning, it is possible to scramble the settings so the sonar picture disappears from your screen. If that happens, remember it is easy to switch back to full automatic opera- tion by restoring the default settings.

To Restore Default Settings:

1.Press MENUMENU↓ to SYSTEM SETUPENT↓ to RESET OPTIONSENT.

2.A confirmation message will appear. Press ← to YESENT. All options

are reset and the unit reverts back to the Map Page at the 4000-mile zoom range. Recorded sonar logs or GPS data will be unchanged.

Fish Symbols vs. Full Sonar Chart

You may have noticed in the quick reference we used fish arches in full sonar chart mode for our example and not the popular Fish I.D. fish symbol feature. Here's why.

Fish I.D. is an easier way for a sonar novice to recognize a fishy signal return when he sees it. However, locating fish by symbol only has some limitations.

Your sonar unit's microprocessor is remarkably powerful, but it can be fooled. Some of the echoes calculated to be fish could be tree limbs or tur- tles! To see what's under your boat in maximum detail, we recommend you turn off Fish I.D. and begin learning to interpret fish arches.

Fish I.D. is most handy when you are in another part of the boat or per- forming some task that prevents you from watching the sonar screen. Then, you can turn on Fish I.D. and the audible fish alarm. When that lunker swims under your boat, you will hear it!

Fish I.D. can also be useful when you want to screen out some of the sonar detail gathered by your unit. For example, in one case fisherman in San Francisco Bay saw clouds of clutter in the water but no fish arches. When a down rigger was pulled up, it brought up several small jellyfish. The fisherman switched their sonar to Fish I.D., which screened out the schools of jellyfish and clearly showed the game fish there as fish symbols.

The sonar options section discusses Fish I.D., fish alarms and other features in greater detail.

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642c, 642cDF specifications

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