1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW

1.3.3Transmitting

TRANSMISSION in the SONAR menu is off in the default setting. If it is has been set to ON, the procedure below is not necessary. When the transducer is lowered, transmission starts and when it is raised transmission is stopped.

1.Press the [MENU] key to open the menu.

2.Use the [RANGE] control to choose [MENU MODE] at the top of the screen.

3.Use the [GAIN] control to choose SONAR.

 

** SONAR MENU

**

 

 

(RANGE CTRL: U/D, GAIN CTRL: L/R)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[MENU MODE]

 

:

SONAR

 

SOUNDER

MARKS

 

SYSTEM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DISPLAY MODE

:

COMBI-1

NORM

 

 

 

 

COMBI-2

 

 

 

TX OUTPUT

:

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PULSE LENGTH

:

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TX CYCLE

:

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TVG NEAR

:

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TVG FAR

:

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AGC

:

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2ND AGC

:

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOISE LIMITER

:

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COLOR CURVE

: 1

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

3

4

 

COLOR RESPONSE

:

1

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

DELETE COLOR

:

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ECHO AVERAGE

:

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INT REJECT

:

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOR BEAMWIDTH :

WIDE

NARROW

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VER BEAMWIDTH :

 

 

NARROW

 

 

 

WIDE

 

 

 

 

COLOR

:

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

3

4

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ERASE MARKS

:

TRACK

SHIP

EVENT

 

FISH

 

ALARM LEVEL

:

9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUTO TRAIN

: ON

OFF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TRAIN SECTOR

: ±10￿￿

20￿￿

 

 

 

40￿￿

 

60￿

 

AUTO TILT

: ON

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OFF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TILT ANGLE

: ±2-10￿￿

±4-14￿￿

 

±6-20￿￿

 

±10-26￿

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TRANSMISSION

: ON

OFF

 

 

 

 

 

AUDIO VOLUME

:

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASSIGN SETTING

:

F1 KEY

F2 KEY

F3 KEY

 

F4 KEY

 

ASSIGN MENU

:

EXECUTE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PRESS [MENU] KEY TO EXIT

SONAR menu

4.Use the [RANGE] control to choose TRANSMISSION.

5.Use the [GAIN] control to choose ON. The sonar starts transmitting and the sonar picture appears.

6.Press the [MENU] key to close the menu.

To turn off transmission, choose OFF at step 5. “TX OFF” appears at the top right corner of the sonar display when the transmitter is turned off.

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Furuno CSH-5L/CSH-8L manual Transmitting, Sonar menu

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