You can change the:

scroll speed

palette

position of the depth line

sounder operating mode

zoom range

zoom range shift

ratio of a split screen

ratio of the A-Scope

You can select and view a:

50 kHz, 200 kHz or a mixed frequency screen

split zoom screen

split bottom lock screen

split 50/200 screen

16.1Display the sounder screen

To display the sounder screen:

1.You can either:

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select Display, then select Sounder;

select a page that includes the Sounder screen and make this the active pane.

2.The 8000i displays the Sounder screen, with the Sounder control panel on the right hand side of the screen.

16.2What does the sounder screen show?

The Sounder screen shows each echo as a vertical line of pixels. The most recent echo is on the right, with the older echoes being scrolled towards the left and eventually disappearing. This is known as the "history".

The echoes can be returned from 50kHz only, from 200 kHz only, or from both of these frequencies mixed together.

The band of color scrolling from right to left shows the bottom; and any fish (or other objects) in the water are shown as fish arches.

You can turn the A-Scope On or Off. If it's On, horizontal lines of rapidly moving color on the right show the sonar echoes in detail. You can adjust the minimum and maximum gain amplitudes using the two vertical lines shown in the advanced A-Scope screen.

A depth scale is shown at the extreme right of the Sounder screen.

IMPORTANT: The depth scale is shown as the DBT (Depth Below Transducer).

The Sounder screen can be split (as in this example picture) to include a zoomed area, or locked to always include the bottom. When it's split, you can change the ratio of the split screens.

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8000I specifications

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