Humminbird 981 manual

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Main Thank You! 900 Series Introduction 1 Installation Overview 3 Control Head Installation 4 Transducer Installation 11 GPS Receiver Installation Speed Accessory Installation 20 Testing the System Installation 22 Viewing Cartography (987c SI Combo models only) 40 Navigation ( The Menu System 46 Start-Up Options Menu 47 Sonar X-Press Menu 50 Side Imaging X-Press Menu 54 Navigation X-Press Menu (987c SI Combo models only) 56 Navigation Menu T ab Chart Menu Tab (987c SI Combo models only) 69 Alarms Menu Tab 71 Setup Menu Tab 74 Page 900 SERIES INTRODUCTION HOW THE 900 SERIES WORKS SIDE IMAGING SONAR DUALBEAM PLUS SONAR GPS AN D CART OGRAPHY MULTI-MEDIA CARD (MMC)/SD SLOT ACCESSORY BUS INSTALLATION OVERVIEW CONTROL HEAD INSTALLATION GIMBAL MOUNTING THE CONTROL HEAD Page Page IN-DASH MOUNTING THE CONTROL HEAD Page CONNECTING THE CONTROL HEAD POWER CABLE TO THE BOAT TRANSDUCER INSTALLATION TRANSOM TRANSDUCER INSTALLATION To determine transducer mounting location: To mount the transducer bracket to the boat: To attach the pivot to the transducer: To mount the transducer pivot assembly to the bracket: To adjust the running position of the transducer: To route the transom transducer cable: To perform a final test of the transom transducer installation: TROLLING MOTOR TRANSDUCER INSTALLATION TEST AND FINISH THE TRANSDUCER INSTALLATION GPS RECE IVER I NS T ALLA TION If you have Then use: STEM MOUNTING WITH AN EXISTING 1" - 14 THREAD STEM ACCESS UNDER MOUNTING LOCATION NO ACCESS UNDER MOUNTING LOCATION FINISH ROUTING THE CABLE AND CHECK GPS RECEIVER OPERATION SPEED ACCESSORY INSTALLATION NOTE: You will only need to perform this procedure if you have a Speed-Only Sensor. Install the Speed accessory: Routing the speed cable to the control head: Cleaning the Speed accessory: TESTING THE SYSTEM INSTALLATION To test the installation: GETTING STARTED - USING YOUR 900 SERIES POWERING UP THE CONTROL HEAD WHATS ON THE SONAR DISPLAY UNDERSTANDING SONAR HISTORY REAL TIME SONAR (RTS) WINDOW SONAR BOTTOM PRESENTATION UNDERSTANDING SIDE IMAGING WHATS ON THE SIDE IMAGING DISPLAY SIDE IMAGING TECHNOLOGY: HOW IT WORKS SIDE IMAGING: ON THE WATER INTERPRETATION Imaging Tips Page Page KEY FUNCTIONS POWER/LIGHT KEY VIEW KEY MENU KEY 4-WAY CURSOR CONTROL KEY VIEW PRESET KEYS EXIT KEY INFO KEY MARK/GOTO KEY ZOOM (+/-) KEY VIEWS VIEWS AND READOUTS SONAR VIEW SONAR ZOOM VIEW SPLIT SONAR VIEW SIDE IMAGING VIEW SIDE/SONAR COMBO VIEW BIRDS EYE VI EW CHART /BI RDS EYE COMBO VIEW CHART VIEW CHART /SONAR COMBO VIEW NOTE: See Sonar View and Chart View for more information about each side of this view. CHART /SIDE COMBO VIEW CHART ORIE NT A TION VIEWI NG CART O GRAPHY NA VIGA TION W A YPOINTS, ROUTES AN D TRACKS SA VE, EDIT , OR DE LETE A W A YPOINT NA VIGA TE TO A W A YPOINT OR POSITION ADD A WAYPOINT TARGET OR TROLLING GRID SA VE, EDIT OR DE LETE A ROUTE SA VE OR CLEAR A CURRE NT TRACK EDIT , DELETE OR H I DE SA VED TRACKS THE MENU SYSTEM START-UP OPTIONS MENU NORMAL OPERATION SIMULATOR SYSTEM STATUS SELF TEST ACCESSORY TEST GPS DIAGNOS TIC VIEW SONAR X-PRESS MENU SENSITIVITY UPPER RANGE LOWER RANGE CHART SPEED M ZOOM LEVEL BOTTOM LOCK BOTTOM RANGE SONAR COLORS SIDE IMAGING X-PRESS MENU SI SIDE SI SENSITIVITY SI RANGE CHART SPEED SI COLORS NAVIGATION X-PRESS MENU SAVE CURRENT TRACK CLEAR CURRENT TRACK SAVE CURRENT ROUTE SKIP NEXT WAYPOINT CANCEL NAVIGATION REMOVE TARGET REMOVE GRID SONAR MENU TAB BEAM SELECT SIDE VIEW FREQUENCY FISH ID+ FISH ID SENSITIVITY REAL TIME SONAR (RTS) WINDOW BOTTOM VIEW ZOOM WIDTH 50 KHZ SENSITIVITY DEPTH LINES SURFACE CLUTTER NOISE FILTER MAX DEPTH WATER TYPE COLOR BAR TEMPERATURE GRAPH NAVIGATION MENU TAB TRACKS WAYPOINTS ROUTES CHART ORIENTATION NORTH REFERENCE TROLLING GRID ROTATION TRACKPOINT INTERVAL TRACK MIN DISTANCE MAP DATUM EXPORT ALL NAV DATA DELETE ALL NAV DATA CHART MENU TAB CHART DETAIL LEVEL MAP BORDERS LAT/LON GRID SPOT SOUNDINGS SHADED DEPTH SET SIMULATION POSITION SET MAP OFFSET CLEAR MAP OFFSET ALARMS MENU TAB DEPTH ALARM FISH ID ALARM LOW BATTERY ALARM TEMP ALARM OFF COURSE ALARM ARRIVAL ALARM DRIFT ALARM ALARM TONE SETUP MENU TAB UNITS - DEPTH UNITS - TEMP UNITS - DISTANCE UNITS - SPEED USER MODE LANGUAGE TRIPLOG RESET RESTORE DEFAULTS SELECT READOUTS DEPTH OFFSET TEMP OFFSET SPEED CALIBRATION LOCAL TIME ZONE DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME POSITION FORMAT TIME FORMAT DATE FORMAT NMEA OUTPUT SONAR VIEWS MENU TAB ACCESSORIES MENU TAB TROUBLESHOOTING 900 Series Doesnt Power Up 900 Series Defaults to Simulator with a Transducer Attached DISPLAY PROBLEMS Problem Possible Cause FINDING THE CAUSE OF NOISE Possible Source of Noise Isolation 1-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY HUMMINBIRD SERVICE POLICY RETURNING YOUR UNIT FOR SERVICE 900 SERIES ACCESSORIES SPECIFICATIONS Page Contact Humminbird