1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW

Description of sonar menu (con’t from previous page)

Item

Description

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COLOR

Adjusts color level against strong reflections. The

RESPONSE

higher the setting, the more the red color is

 

 

displayed and weak level colors are displayed as is,

 

 

thereby giving the appearance that the gain has

 

 

been raised.

 

DELETE

Erases desired echo level from the display.

2-7

COLOR

 

 

ECHO

Specifies how long to leave afterglow on the screen.

2-7

AVERAGE

 

 

INT REJECT

Rejects random noise and sea surface reflections in

2-5

 

rough sea conditions.

 

HOR

Sets horizontal beamwidth for wide or narrow.

2-7

BEAMWIDTH

 

 

VER

Sets vertical beamwidth for wide or narrow.

2-7

BEAMWIDTH

 

 

COLOR

Chooses display colors for the sonar and audio

 

displays, among four choices. Choose a display

 

 

color to match your environment or fishing objective.

 

ERASE MARKS

Chooses the mark type to erase collectively, from

3-9

 

track, own ship, event and fish. For track, 10% of

 

 

the oldest track is erased.

 

ALARM LEVEL

Sets echo strength level which triggers the fish

3-4

 

alarm. The lower the setting the weaker the echo

 

 

which triggers the alarm.

 

AUTO TRAIN

Turns automatic transducer training on or off.

3-3

TRAIN SECTOR

Chooses train sector in automatic training.

3-3

AUTO TILT

Turns automatic tilt on or off.

1-10

TILT ANGLE

Sets automatic tilt range.

1-10

TRANSMISSION

Turns transmission on or off.

1-4

AUDIO

Sets audio volume of loudspeaker.

3-3

VOLUME

 

 

ASSIGN

Chooses function key to program.

3-10

SETTING

 

 

ASSIGN MENU

Displays programs assigned to function keys.

3-12

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Furuno CSH-5L/CSH-8L manual Description of sonar menu con’t from previous

CSH-5L/CSH-8L specifications

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