Eagle Electronics Z-9500

The 2-9500 lets

you measure the water

depth from the surface to the

bottom with the Positive Keel Offset feature. It works by adding

the

depth of the transducer to the bottom depth. In other words, if the

actual bottom depth from the surface is ten feet, but the transducer's

face is two feet beneath the surface, then the 2-9500 thinks the bottom

is only eight feet deep. Using Positive Keel Offset, two feet can be

added to this, making the Z-9500

display

the true bottom depth of ten

feet. This is useful when navigating using charts and you need to know

the exact water

depth as marked on the chart.

To use the Positive Keel

Offset, press the MENU key. Next, press

the

key

next to the 'More" label two times. Now

press the

key adjacent

the "Keel Offset" label. Finally, press the key adjacent to the "Pos.

Keel Offset" label. A menu appears

over the sonar screen that says

"Enter Keel Offset 0.0" Since the transducer's face in our

example

boat

is two feet deep, press

the key adjacent to the 2 label, then the key

adjacent to the 0 label. The numbers "2.0" appear in the Enter Keel

Off. window. Now press the

key adjacent to the ENTER label. The Z-

9500 will automatically compensate for the two foot difference and

display

all depth information as if the transducer was two feet shallower

than it actually

is. For

example, if

the Z-9500

displayed

the water

depth

as 8 feet before

changing

the keel offset, afterwaids it would read ten

feet. This is the actual distance from the water's surface to the bottom

using

our example.

SYSTEM INFORMATION

The code contained in the Z-9500 is numbered. This information can

be obtained

by pressing the MENU key, then the

key adjacent to the

"More" label two times. Next, press

the

key adjacent to the "System

Info" label. A message similar to the one below will be displayed.

2-9500

Version: 3.0

Eagle

EIectinics

If a loran module is connected

to the

Z-9500,

then it's version number

is included, also. Press the

key adjacent to the CLEAR label to erase

this

message

and return to the sonar screen.

Turn Auto ASP On

Turn Man. ASP On

Set TD OFfset

Set Lat/Long ASF•

Turn ASF Of' F

turn the automatic ASF feature on, or turn ASF's off. Manually entering

the ASF correction

automatically turns the ASF feature on.

Automatic ASF

If you wish to use the automatic ASF feature, simply press the key

adjacent to the "AUTO ASF ON" label. If you're in an area that is

covered

by the ASF table built into the

Z-9500,

it will automatically add

the ASF's to your present position. The ASF indicator will also appear

on the

position screen on the latitude/longitude position display. If the

Z-9500 doesn't have ASF tables for your location, the ASF indicator

won't show and ASF will be off. A message appears warning you that

ASF's are not available. You will have to manually enter the ASF as

shown below.

Latitude/Longitude ASF Correction

Use the latllong

ASF correction if the latitude/longitude position shown

the

display is slightly

different than your known, precise position. (It

th displayed position is off by a large margin, the Alternate/Primary

feature

may need to be switched.) For example, suppose your actual

latitude/longitude is 38-25-40/81-34-10, but the Z-9500 displays 38-24-

30/81-35-20. Simply enter your actual position, and the Z-9500 will

handle

the rest.

change

the ASF using

the

latitude/longitude correction, you first must

be in

the location

you

are

changing. Next, press the key

adjacent

to the

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