Furuno FCV-30 manual

COLOR SOUNDER FCV -30 Back[...]

The paper used in this manual is elemental chlorine free. FURUNO Authorized Distributor/Dealer FURUNO Authorized Distributor/Dealer 9-52 Ashihara-cho, 9-52 Ashihara-cho, Nishinomi y a 662-8580, JAPAN Nishinomi y a 662-8580, JAPAN Tele p hone : Tele p hone : 0798-65-2111 0798-65-2111 Fax Fax 0798-65-4200 0798-65-4200 : : FIRST EDITION : FIRST EDITIO[...]

i IM PORT A NT NO TIC ES • No par t of t his manual may be c opied or repr od uced w ithout w ritten per missi on. • I f this m anual i s lost or w orn, cont act your deal er about repl ace ment. • T he cont ents of thi s manual and equipm ent spe cific ations are subject to change w ithout noti ce. • T he exam ple screens (or illu st ra ti[...]

ii SAFETY INSTR UCTIONS WARNING ELECTRICAL SHOCK HAZARD Do not open the equipment. Only qualified personnel should work inside the equipment. Immediately turn off the power at the switchboard if water leaks into the equipment or something is dropped in the equipment. Continued use of the equipment can cause fire or electrical shock. Contact a FURUN[...]

iii CAUTION Do not transmit when the transducer is out of water. The transducer may become damaged. The picture does not advance when the picture advance speed is set for "STOP". A dangerous situation may result if the vessel is navigated while monitoring the depth indication since it is not updated when the picture is stopped. Set the ga[...]

i v T A BLE OF C ONT ENT S FOREWORD ........................................................................................................ v i SYSTEM CONFIGUR A TION ............................................................................... vii 1. OPER A TION AL OV ERVIEW ......................................................................[...]

v 1.21. 3 C onver ting r ecor ded dat a to HAC fo rma t ...................................................... 1-38 1.21. 4 Pl aying back d ata ......................................................................................... 1-39 1.21. 5 Savi ng scr ee n s hot ................................................................................[...]

vi FOREWORD Introduction FURUNO Elect ric Com pany thanks y ou for cons ideri ng and purchas ing the F CV -30 Col or Sound er . We are c onfi dent y ou w ill di scover w h y the FURUNO name has b ecom e sy nonym ous w ith quali ty and reli abili ty . For ov er 50 years FURUNO Elect ric Company has enj oy ed an enviabl e reput ation f or quali ty an[...]

vii SYSTEM CONFIGU R A T ION POWER F1 F4 F3 F2 Processor Unit CV -300 Control Unit CV -301 100-240 V A C 1 φ , 50/60 Hz 100-120/200-240 V A C 1 φ , 50/60 Hz T ransceiver Unit CV -302 Junction Bo x (option) CV -304 T ransducer CV -303 Monitor Unit MU-151C/MU-201C (option) OR commercially av ailable monitor Navigator Satellite Compass Net Sonde Har[...]

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1-1 1. OPER A TI ON A L OVERVIEW 1.1 Controls F1 F3 F4 F2 T ur ns the power on/off . User-programmab le function ke ys. Left button Confir ms menu selection. Right button Displa ys pop-up menu. T rackball Mov es trackball pointer . Thumbwheel Shifts cursor position in setting window . Contro l unit[...]

1. OPERA TIONA L OVERVIEW 1-2 1.2 Menu Op eration T he FCV -30 i s controll ed from a m enu sys tem. T wo ty pes of menus ar e avail able: M ain menu: Al l menu opti ons are cont ained i n pull -dow n me nus. Pop-u p menu: Cont ains m ost freque ntl y used menu fu ncti ons. 1.2. 1 How to u se th e ma in m enu Menu bar Title bar Close button T rackb[...]

1. OPERA TIONA L OVERVIE W 1-3 3. Change s etti ngs as appr opri ate, ref erring t o the i nformati on below . 4. Af ter changi ng sett ings, roll the trac kball to p lac e the point er on the OK button a nd then push the l ef t butt on to save setti ngs an d close t he dial og box. (See N ote 3 bel ow .) Note 1: T o restore pre vious set tings, cl[...]

1. OPERA TIONA L OVERVIEW 1-4 T enkey Close T enkey p anel Place the c ursor on the desir ed num eric key and t hen p ush t he l eft butto n. Rep eat to ent er all dat a re quir ed. Chan gin g settin g using a ch eck box Bottom alarm 1. Pl ace the poi nter on the che ck box of the it em you w ant t o enable or di sable. 2. Push t he lef t butt on t[...]

1. OPERA TIONA L OVERVIE W 1-5 1.2. 2 How to use the po p- u p menu s 1. Right -cl ick anyw here on the sc reen, and a pop- up menu app ears. Indicates an option menu is av ailable Pop-u p menu 2. Cli ck t he item des ired. An item wi th ► indi cates an opt ion w indow ; “…” (ell ip sis) a sett ing wi ndo w . Current ly s elected opt ion i [...]

1. OPERA TIONA L OVERVIEW 1-6 1.3 T urning the Power On/Off T urn in g on th e powe r 1. T urn on the moni tor . 2. Open t he pow er s w itch cover o n the Co ntrol Uni t and push t he sw itc h. T he po w er comes on, Window s ® * st art s up, the FCV 30 appl ication l aunches an d then the l ast-us ed dis play appears. W i ndow s is the regi ster[...]

1. OPERA TIONA L OVERVIE W 1-7 1.4 T ransmitting, Re ceiving Fol low t he procedure bel ow to st art transmi tting and r ecei v ing, aft er turni ng on the pow er . 1. C lick Fi le . Fi le menu 2. Cli ck T X S t art. T ransmi ssion st art s and images f rom under w ater appear . T o stop t ransmis sion, c hoose T X S top at s tep 2. I t is r ecomme[...]

1. OPERA TIONA L OVERVIEW 1-8 1.5 D ispla y s 1.5. 1 C hoos in g a displa y Si x displ a y modes are avai lable. Choose the di spl ay m ode w hich mat ches y our current needs. 1. Cli ck Disp. Dis p menu 2. Cl ick Mode. M ode dialog box 3. I n the Di splay M ode wi ndow c hoose the mod e you w ish t o use. See t he next several sect ions for displ [...]

1. OPERA TIONA L OVERVIE W 1-9 1.5. 2 Split-b eam di spla y T he split -beam dis play show s the underw ater images c aptur ed wi th the spl it- beam. W ith dis play of appropriat e wi ndow y ou can disc ern singl e fi sh d ist ributi on ( w ith the fi sh size his togram) an d monit or fi sh movement (wi th the t arget graph). Fish echo Bottom echo[...]

1. OPERA TIONA L OVERVIEW 1-1 0 1. 5.3 T hr ee-b eam disp lay T he three-beam displ ay show s the i mages captur ed from the p ort, dow n w ard and st arboard dir ecti ons. Beam 1 (Starboard) Beam 3 (P or t) Beam 2 (Downw ard) * Beam direction B: Bearing (angle from bow direction) T: Tilt angle (angle from downward direction) B:270 T: 10 20 40 60 8[...]

1. OPERA TIONA L OVERVIE W 1-1 1 Note : Normal ly , pul ses are fi red fr om beam 1, beam 2 and beam 3 i n that or der and dis play ed on the screen as the por t, dow nw ard and st arboard i mages. W he n the dis play range of the 3- beam displ ay i s higher than 100 0 m, t he menu bar s how s “Si mul. TX”. T o fire pul ses f rom beam 1 – 3 s[...]

1. OPERA TIONA L OVERVIEW 1-1 2 Deep mode, Sim ul. TX M enu bar 1.5. 5 User 1 , U s er 2, U ser 3 dis pl a y T hese dis plays show the product of di splay s creat ed wi th “Dis play mode change” butt on in the M ode w indow . T he default setti ngs are as fol low s : User 1: S pli t beam di splay User 2: 3-beam (por t, st arboard and dow n w ar[...]

1. OPERA TIONA L OVERVIE W 1-1 3 1.6 Choosing a Disp la y Range Choos e the detect ion ra nge (from the tra nsduc er to t he bottom ), in 12 pr eset choi ces. T he defaul t ranges a re show n in the t abl e below . Dis play ranges Di splay R an ge Unit 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 1 12 m 10 20 40 80 150 300 500 1000 1500 2000 25 00 3000 Note : Y ou may s[...]

1. OPERA TIONA L OVERVIEW 1-1 4 3. Cli ck ▼ in the Rang e box. Range opt ions 4. Cli ck t he range you wi sh to use. For exampl e, choosi ng “80” , the di splay will show under w ater condi tions from the t ransducer dow n to 80 m. 5. Cli ck t he OK button.[...]

1. OPERA TIONA L OVERVIE W 1-1 5 1.7 Shif ting the Displ a y Range Y ou ma y s hift the di splay i n order to l ook at a shall o w er or deeper de pth wi thout changing the cur rent ran ge. Picture Shift the start depth to watch shallow or deep Shi ft principle 1. Cl ick Setti ng. 2. Cli ck Ec ho image. 3. Cli ck ◄ or ► i n the Shif t box to ch[...]

1. OPERA TIONA L OVERVIEW 1-1 6 1.8 Adjusting the G ain Adj ust the gai n accordi ng to si gnal st rength. Adjust so noise j ust di sappears fr om the screen. Use the proper gain setting. Incorrect gain may produce wrong depth indication, possibly resulting in a dangerous situation. CAUTION 1. Cl ick Setti ng. 2. Cli ck Ec ho image. 3. Cli ck ◄ o[...]

1. OPERA TIONA L OVERVIE W 1-1 7 1.9 Find Depth and P osition of a Fish Echo Y ou ma y m easure the de pth to a f ish school or bott om wi th the hori zontal line m arker , cal led the hori zont al VRM (V ar iabl e Range Mark er) mar ker . Furt her , you may measure el aps ed ti me wi th the verti cal VRM . For exampl e, y ou can measur e how many [...]

1. OPERA TIONA L OVERVIEW 1-1 8 1.10 Inscr ibing Lin es Y ou ma y ins cribe verti cal lines on the di spl ay to mark f ish sc hools, s hoals, etc. W he n an echo of int erest app ears, cl ick Marker li ne on the menu bar to i nscri be a verti cal li ne on the di splay . If TI ME R is t urned on in the S t atus w indow , el apsed t ime is c ounted f[...]

1. OPERA TIONA L OVERVIE W 1-1 9 Area of measurement Number of fish within measuring area V er t. axis Number of fish within vertical axis 20 40 60 80 0 40 00:00:28 34 42.616' N 135 19.740' E 125/247 Hor . axis Fish size histogram window Fi sh siz e h ist ogram wi ndow Note 1: The fi sh si ze histogram w indow can be moved a s desir ed. F[...]

1. OPERA TIONA L OVERVIEW 1-2 0 1.12 Setting Measur ing A rea T here are four way s to set the measureme nt ar ea for t he fish s ize hi s togram: • M easure fi sh at speci fic l ocation • M easuring dept h shal low er than bott om in all directi ons • M easure speci fic dept h range • M easure bottom fish 1.12.1 Meas ur in g f is h in a s [...]

1. OPERA TIONA L OVERVIE W 1-2 1 5. Cli ck ◄ or ► i n the Area V erti cal box t o set the vertic al w idth of the area marker . (Set ting r ange: 10-100( %)). Repr esent s the percent age of the v erti cal wi dt h of the fis h his togram di splay . 6. Cli ck ◄ or ► i n the Area Hori zont al box t o set the horiz ontal w id th of the area m [...]

1. OPERA TIONA L OVERVIEW 1-2 2 40 Measurement range marker(2) ashed yello w ver tical line) 20 40 60 80 0 Measurement range marker(1) (Shor t yellow horizontal dashes) Bottom Range of measurement M easurem ent range m arkers on th e fi sh siz e display 8. Pl ace the cursor on the m easureme nt range m a rker(2) (y ell o w vert ical line). The shap[...]

1. OPERA TIONA L OVERVIE W 1-2 3 1.13 Suppressi ng Low Lev el Noise (Clutter suppr essi on) Light -blue dot s may appear over m ost of sc reen. Thi s is ma inly due to di rty w ater or noi se. T h is noi se can be suppr esse d by adj usti ng the Clutt er suppressi on funct ion. Appea rance of clutter on the dis play 1. Cl ick Setti ngs. 2. Cli ck E[...]

1. OPERA TIONA L OVERVIEW 1-2 4 1.14 Eliminati ng Weak Echoes Sedi mented w ater or refl ections from pl ankton may be pai nted on the di splay in green or li ght-bl ue. T hese w eak echoes may be erase d with t he signal level f unction. 1. Cl ick Setti ngs. 2. Cli ck Ec ho image. 3. Cli ck ◄ or ► i n the Signal level box t o choose t he echo [...]

1. OPERA TIONA L OVERVIE W 1-2 5 1.16 Pictur e A dvance S peed T he pict ure advance spe ed det ermines how quickl y the verti cal sc an lines run acr oss the screen. When s elect ing a pi cture ad v ance s peed, keep i n mi nd that a fas t advance spe ed wil l expand the si ze of t he fis h school hori zontal ly on t he screen and a sl ow adv anc [...]

1. OPERA TIONA L OVERVIEW 1-2 6 Shi p’ s speed d epend ent pictu re advance W it h speed d at a provided by a spee d-measur in g device, pict ure advanc e speed may be set accordi ng to shi p’s s peed, t he ship’ s speed d epende nt mode. As show n in the f igure bel ow the hori zont al sc ale of t he displ a y is not infl uenced by t he chan[...]

1. OPERA TIONA L OVERVIE W 1-2 7 1.17 A -scope Display T he A-scope di splay s how s echoes at l east at each transmi ssi on wi th ampli tudes and tone prop orti onal to t heir int ensiti es. I t is useful for esti mati ng fish spec ifies and bot tom composi ti on. 1. Cli ck Disp. 2. Cl ick Mode. 3. Use the t rackb all to choose the des ired A-s co[...]

1. OPERA TIONA L OVERVIEW 1-2 8 1.18 A larms T h is s ounder has f our alarm s: bott om alarm, bottom fish al arm, wat er temper ature alar m and vert ical temperat ure al arm. W hen the bot tom echo or fi sh echo com es int o the alar m rang e or the w ater t emperatur e is wi thin or out o f the r ange of the tem perat ure value set , the equi pm[...]

1. OPERA TIONA L OVERVIE W 1-2 9 1.18.2 Ena bli ng, d isa bli n g a n alarm 1. Cl ick Setti ngs. 2. Cli ck A larm. Alarm dialog box 3. Check t he box i n Bottom alarm, F is h alarm, T emp al arm or V -t emp alarm as appropri ate. 4. F or the F ish al arm , choose al arm ty pe wi th the radi o buttons F ish or Bot tom f ish. Fo r the temp al arm or [...]

1. OPERA TIONA L OVERVIEW 1-3 0 7. Cli ck t he OK button. 20 40 60 80 0 50 00:00:28 34 42.616' N 135 19.740' E Alarm mar ker Alarm range Star ting point Green: Bottom alarm Orange: Fish alarm, Bottom fish alar m Pur ple: T emperature alarm (T emperature gr aph tur ned on from DIspla y item dialog box) Al a rm ma rk e r T he alarm marker a[...]

1. OPERA TIONA L OVERVIE W 1-3 1 1.19 Function Ke y s T he funct ion key s on the cont rol uni t provide f or one-to uch acces s to t he setti ng wi ndow of y our choic e. 1.19.1 Using the fu nct io n ke ys T he defaul t program f or each funct ion key is as show n in the t able bel o w . P ress the appr opriat e functi on to access the sett ing w [...]

1. OPERA TIONA L OVERVIEW 1-3 2 1.20 Saving, R ecalling Us er Settings Y ou ma y s av e echo s ounder set tings , and rec all them when des ired. T his is usef ul when y ou w ant to set up t he equipme nt quic kly f or a s peci fic obj ective; f or exampl e, cert ain f ish species. 1.20.1 S a ving user set tings 1. Adj ust set tings ac cording t o [...]

1. OPERA TIONA L OVERVIE W 1-3 3 1.20.2 Lo ad in g user setti n gs Note t hat y ou cannot load us er set tings w hile transmi tti ng. 1. C lick Fi le . 2. Cli ck Load user s etti ng. This window shows chosen displa y settings Thumbnail of displa y settings Read dis play 3. Cl ick the ◄ or ► button t o choose the displ ay sett ings y ou wi sh to[...]

1. OPERA TIONA L OVERVIEW 1-3 4 Note : Y ou may use the Det ail s button t o displ a y det ail ed inform ation about the chosen dis play settings . This window shows displa y settings in detail Asterisk indicates sav ed displa y settings Details button Read di splay , det ai ls shown 4. Cli ck the Read but ton to act ivate ch ose n setti ngs.[...]

1. OPERA TIONA L OVERVIE W 1-3 5 1.21 Recording, R epla y ing Dat a T he USB port on the process or uni t connect s to a US B 2.0 hard disk ( user suppli ed) to record a nd repl ay raw dat a and pictur e data. Processor Unit USB Hard Disk (USB 2.0)* Po w e r * USB 1.1 Cannot be used. Connec ting a har d dis k 1.21.1 Choos in g wh ere t o re cor d d[...]

1. OPERA TIONA L OVERVIEW 1-3 6 4. Cli ck the Ref erence butt on. V olume (E): 5. Choos e locat ion of dat a recording a nd the n close t he Refere nce w indow . 6. Cli ck ◄ or ► succ es siv ely in the R eco rd ing tim e b ox to s et r eco rd ing time ( 1- 24 hour s). 7. Cli ck ◄ or ► succ essively in the Recor din g free s pace box t o set[...]

1. OPERA TIONA L OVERVIE W 1-3 7 1.21.2 R ecor ding dat a 1. Connec t a USB har d disk to the USB por t on the proc essor uni t. 3. C lick Fi le . Fi le menu 3. Cli ck Record . W he n a fi le is recor ded it i s automat ically assi gn ed a fi le name compr ised of dat e and t ime of t he recording pl us the ex tensi on .l st. An exampl e fil e name[...]

1. OPERA TIONA L OVERVIEW 1-3 8 1.21.3 Conver t in g re cor ded d a t a to H AC for mat Recor ded dat a can be co nverte d to HAC f ormat dat a, the st andard archi ving an d play back form at for f isheri es acoust ics dat a. T h is HAC f or mat i s nonrest rict ive and indep endent of the comput er plat form . It c an accommod ate most echo sou n[...]

1. OPERA TIONA L OVERVIE W 1-3 9 9. W it h the sl ider bars, choose s tar t posit ion and end posi ti on. 10. Cli ck the S t art button t o st art the c onv ersion. T he progress bar exte nds right w ard as the con v ersi on progr esses. W hen t he con version has bee n compl eted the me ssag e “End of con v ersi on” app ears. Cl ick t he OK bu[...]

1. OPERA TIONA L OVERVIEW 1-4 0 11. Cli ck the O pen button t o st art pl a yback. Sliding bar Check to repeat pla yback. Play di alog box Notes o n pl aying back dat a • Us e the Pl ay Mode M anual and P lay Mode Auto radi o buttons t o change set ti ng data: Auto: Use sett ings used at the ti me of t he recording. M anual: Apply c urrent set ti[...]

1. OPERA TIONA L OVERVIE W 1-4 1 1.21.5 S a ving scre en shot Y ou ma y t ake a screen sh ot t o sav e th e current wi ndo w . Comp ared to raw data, the si ze of the sc reen shot is sm all, t hus loadi ng ti me is much short er . 1. Connec t a USB har d disk to the USB on the pro cessor uni t. 2. C lick Fi le . 3. Cli ck Save the sc reen shot . T [...]

1. OPERA TIONA L OVERVIEW 1-4 2 1. 21. 6 L oadi ng a sc re en sho t 1. Connec t hard d rive to the US B on t he process or uni t. 2. C lick Fi le . 3. Cli ck Load t he screen sh ot. E: Removab le disk Open File location bo x File bo x Image(*.jpg) 2006_04_10 4. Cli ck ▼ in the f ile locati on box. 5. Cli ck t he hard disk dr ive connect ed to the[...]

1. OPERA TIONA L OVERVIE W 1-4 3 11. T o erase the sc reen shot . cl ick the Cl ose button.[...]

1. OPERA TIONA L OVERVIEW 1-4 4 T h is p age int entional ly left blank.[...]

2-1 2. WINDOW DISPL A Y S T he FCV -30 has ei ght wi ndow d ispl ays: st atus, fi sh si ze histogram, t arget graph, V -temp grap h, bott om zoom, bot tom loc k, marker zoom, and bottom di scri minat ion. Y ou ma y loc ate these w indow s anyw here on the s creen. Fur ther , ri ght cli cking at the upper ri ght si de of a wi ndo w displ a y s assoc[...]

2. W INDOW D ISPLA YS 2-2 Automa tic ally ar ra nging w indows 1. Cli ck W indow on the menu bar . Window currently displa yed. (Click to bring window to front.) 2. Cli ck Aut o arrange to rel ocate w indow s to thei r defaul t l ocations . M oving w indow s 1. Use the t rackb all to p lac e the point er in t he window . 2. Roll the t rackball whil[...]

2. W INDO W DISP LA YS 2-3 2.2 Interpreting the W indo w Display s 2.2. 1 St a tus win do w T he S t atus wi ndo w sho w s current setti ngs and dat a input from ext ernal sensor s. Y ou may choos e the i tems to di spl a y in the S t atus wi ndow by sel ecting t hem from t he st atus sett ing wi ndo w . Depth i s indi cated at the low er lef t-han[...]

2. W INDOW D ISPLA YS 2-4 This window shows which indications are currently displayed. S tat us dialog box 3. Cli ck item s in the Di splay I tem window as appropri ate. E nabled i tems are hi ghli ghted in blue. Note 1: “Defaul t” rest ores defa ult S t atus wi ndow item s; “Select all ” enables al l it ems; Releas e all disabl es all i te[...]

2. W INDO W DISP LA YS 2-5 Data display descript ion Item De scripti on Pict ure adv ance Show curr ent pic ture adv ance setti ng. Shi ft Show curre nt shi ft v alue. Alar m Show curr ent alarm cont ent. Gain Show curre nt gai n settin g. T ime r Choo se M arker l ine f r om th e men u bar a nd p ush t he l eft button. T he tim er then c ount s up[...]

2. W INDOW D ISPLA YS 2-6 2.2. 2 Fish size hi st ogr am wi n do w T he fish si ze histogr am show s fish s ize withi n the select ed meas uring are a. T he SPLIT (spl it beam) displ a y must be act ive to show the fish s ize hi s togram w indow . Unit of measurement V er tical range Horizontal axis Number of fish within measuring area Number of fis[...]

2. W INDO W DISP LA YS 2-7 Note: If the T arget graph dial og box app ears, c li ck the Fis h size hist ogram t ab. Descri pti on of Fi sh siz e d ialog box M e nu item Description Disp la y ta b Hori zont al axi s scal e Choo se the hor izo ntal axis sc ale, f rom 10- 100( %). V erti cal axi s ar ea Choose th e v ertical axis sc ale from 1- 6. V e[...]

2. W INDOW D ISPLA YS 2-8 2.2. 3 T a rge t gr a ph wi nd ow T he t arget graph w indow plot s fish ec ho positi on (l atest t hree scans). It is avail able w hen the SPL IT displa y is ac tive . Radius scale Latest three data are shown. Color of circle indicates strength of individual fish echo . (Large circle): latest data (Small circle): 3rd late[...]

2. W INDO W DISP LA YS 2-9 Fi sh siz e d ialog box , Di splay t ab Note 1: If t he Measurem ent or Uni t dial og box appea rs, c li ck the Di splay t ab to open the Dis play d ial og box. Note 2: “ Radi us scal e” set s the wi dth of the are a in degrees ( 2-5) t o displ ay bel o w t he trans ducer (be am cent er). The l arger the f igure, the [...]

2. W INDOW D ISPLA YS 2-1 0 2.2. 4 V -tem p erat ur e gr a ph wi nd ow T he V -temper ature grap h wi ndow plot s depth and w ater tem perature d ata f ed from a net sonde or traw l sonar . (Max. 6 units .) Wat er temp erature i s plot ted on the hori zont al axi s; depth o n the vert ical axis . Y ou may adjust the mini mum and maxi mum hori zonta[...]

2. W INDO W DISP LA YS 2-1 1 Setting u p the v-te mp graph 1. Cli ck System. 2. Cli ck Net. Input data: Choose the f ormat of data f ed from net sond e or traw l sonar . CI F: Wat er temp eratur e and net dept h fed fr om net s onde. NM EA: Water temp eratur e and n et depth fed f rom t ra w l sonar Hori zont al axi s M in an d Hori zon tal axi s M[...]

2. W INDOW D ISPLA YS 2-1 2 Set ting bott om loc k z oom r ange 1. Cl ick Setti ng. 2. Cli ck Ec ho image. 3. Cli ck ▼ in the Z oom range box an d push th e lef t butt on. Zoom range opti ons 4. Cli ck t he setting y ou wi sh to use. 5. Cli ck t he OK button. 2.2. 6 B ottom z o om wi ndo w T he bottom zoom w indow expands bottom and bottom fish e[...]

2. W INDO W DISP LA YS 2-1 3 2.2. 7 Mar ker zo om w in dow T he marker zoom wi ndow zooms ec hoes w ithin the exp ansion m arker (bl ue dashe d li ne). T h is m arker is operated the sam e as t he horizo nt al VRM. 30 60 TS 00:00:28 34 42.6163' E 135 19.7405' E 20 40 0 Fish school 30 32 34 36 38 40 Zoomed fish school Marker zoom windo w M[...]

2. W INDOW D ISPLA YS 2-1 4 2.2. 8 Bot tom di scr im i nat io n gr a ph wi nd o w T he bottom discri minati on graph plot s bottom nat ure, and i t can be pl otted on t he bott om zoom, bottom l ock and zo om marker w indow s. Right c li ck one of thos e wi ndow s to show a pop- up menu, and choose (c heck) Har dness an d/or Rou ghness from the m e[...]

3-1 3. CH ANGING SET TINGS T h is c hapter pro v ides t he inf ormati on necessar y f or changing eq uipment setti ngs. F or det ail s about speci fi c d ial og boxes, s ee the t able bel ow . Dia log box See para.; Dis play wi ndo w 2.1 S tat us 2.2.1 Recor d 1.21 Fi sh si ze 2.2. 2, 2.2. 3 Al arm 1.18 Ext ernal out put, cal ibrat ion, c omm. set [...]

3. CHANGING S ET TING S 3-2 4. Cli ck t he Displ a y mode c hange butt on. Shows direction of detection beam. Dis play mode c hange dia log box 5. I n the Di splay I tem wi ndo w , blue-hi ghli ght the displ ay( s) y ou wi sh to use. I n the Beam inf ormati on w indow you m ay set the ti lt angl e and bearing for beams 1 t hrough 5. 6. Cli ck ◄ o[...]

3. CHANGING S ET TING S 3-3 3.2 Displa y Item Dialog Bo x T he Displ a y Item di alog box l et s y ou choose w hat i ndicati ons to di sp lay . 1. Cli ck Disp. 2. Cli ck Display It e m. Dis play it em di alog box 3. I n the Di splay I tem wi ndo w , blue-hi ghli ght the item s you wi sh to di sp lay .. 4. Cli ck t he OK button. Disp lay item d ialo[...]

3. CHANGING S ET TING S 3-4 T emp graph scale : Choos e w here to di splay t h e temperat ure gra ph scal e: Lef t, Lef t-Mi d, Center , Right -M id, Right . Bott om di scriminat ion scale: Cho ose w here to di splay the bott om disc rimi nation scal e: Lef t, Lef t-Mid, Cent er , Ri ght-Mi d, Right . Be am dir ec tion: Choos e how to show beam dir[...]

3. CHANGING S ET TING S 3-5 Us er r ange s If the fact or y- prepared di splay ranges or zo om ranges are not t o your l iki ng, y ou may use y our o w n ranges, by foll o wi ng the proced ure bel o w . 1. Cli ck t he User Sett ing butt on below the Range box or Zoom ran ge box. User range dialog b oxes 2. Cli ck ◄ or ► succ essively in the app[...]

3. CHANGING S ET TING S 3-6 Color re solut ion: Ef fective w hen “Cl utter c urv e” i s tur ned off . Y ou may set displ a y wi dth dB for c olors. Set di splay wi dth dB f or one color . Line inte r polati on: Smoot hes pict ure w hen picture ad vance sp eed i s 2/1, 4/1 or 8/1. Echo s m oothing: When echoe s look “ spotty ”, adjust thi s [...]

3. CHANGING S ET TING S 3-7 De pth/D istance: T his funct ion compensat es f or depth di ff erence betw een the pic ture from the dow n w ard beam and ot her that f rom other direct ions w hen the sonar b eam is or iented in a di rect ion other t han dow n w ard. Depth: Compe nsati on appli ed (range sc ale sho ws dept h) Dis tanc e: No compe nsati[...]

3. CHANGING S ET TING S 3-8 3.6 Color Dialog Box T he Color di alog box l et s y ou set the color s to use. 1. Cli ck System. 2. C lick Co lo r . Color dialog b ox Day/Ni ght Choos es wi ndow background col or . Day tim e color provi des a w hite bac kground; Ni ghtti me col or a black bac kground. Hue Y ou ma y adj ust c olors t o meet various ope[...]

3. CHANGING S ET TING S 3-9 Basic colors: Custom colors Define Custom Colors >> OK Cancel Color S tandard c olor choi ces 3. Choos e a color f rom the Bas ic col ors. I f the col or i s suit able to y ou, go to st ep 7. T o furt her custom ize t he color , go to the nex t step. 4. Cli ck t he Define Cust om Colors button. Place pointer here. [...]

3. CHANGING S ET TING S 3-1 0 T em p gr aph: Cho ose the col or of the gra ph li ne in t emperature gr aph. Bott om di scriminat ion : Choose t he color of th e graph l ine i n bottom di scrimi nation graph. Net : Ch oose th e color of the col or of each net s onde or tr awl sonar marker . Pane: Choose t he color of the bor der ar ound window s. 3.[...]

3. CHANGING S ET TING S 3-1 1 3.8 T arget Spher e Calibration Di alog Box T o accurat ely anal yze fi sh dist r ibut ion, it is nec essary to calibr ate t arget st rength usi ng a cal ibrat ion sphere. T he calibr ation i s done to ji be the t arget st rength (T S) value dis play ed in the f ish hi stogram di alog box w ith t he TS of the cal ibrat[...]

3. CHANGING S ET TING S 3-1 2 8. Cli ck T arget s phere cali brati on. 9. I n the T arget sphere T S box, use ◄ or ► t o set the T S value (fi xed val ue) of the t arget spher e. 10. Cli ck the S t art measurem ent butt on. T he T S v alue of the cal ibrat ion sphere i nside t he area mar ker i s cal culat ed and is dis play ed in the Sett ing [...]

3. CHANGING S ET TING S 3-1 3 3.9 External Echo Sou nder T h is equi pment can s how the image f rom the F URUNO ec ho sound er ET R-30N. 3.9. 1 D isp la y i n g im age fr om e xter nal ec h o sou nd er 1. Cli ck File on t he menu bar . 2. Cli ck ET R. The ET R-30N st art s trans mitti ng and t he image fr om it appear s in t he “ext ernal echo s[...]

3. CHANGING S ET TING S 3-1 4 3.9. 2 File me nu Cli ck File on t he external echo so under w indow ’s menu bar . Load us er se tt ing: Recal l s av ed user s etti ngs. Save use r setti ngs : T hree set s of user set tings can be sa ved. F or furt her det ails , see par agraph 1. 20.1. Clo se: S top T x/Rx by ET R-30N and clos e exter nal echo sou[...]

3. CHANGING S ET TING S 3-1 5 3.9. 3 Disp la y m e nu Cli ck Di sp lay on the ext ernal echo s ounder w indow ’s menu bar . ET R se tting w indow Disp lay mod e: Choose di splay mode amon g High f requency -si ngle, Lo w frequency -singl e, Dual f requenc y , Hi gh frequency -zoom and L ow frequency -zoom. Zoom m ode: Cho ose the zo om mode am on[...]

3. CHANGING S ET TING S 3-1 6 ET R dis pla y ite m dialog box Show or hide Col or bar , T ime m arker , Mode i ndicator , V -VRM, H-VRM and Depth indi cati on. Disp lay item : Choose to di spl ay or hi de color bar , time mar ker , mode i ndicat or , hori zontal VRM , verti cal VRM and depth. Disp lay size : The si ze of t he external echo sou nder[...]

3. CHANGING S ET TING S 3-1 7 3.9. 4 Setti n g m e nu 1. Cli ck Set t ing on t he echo so under w indow ’ s me nu bar . 2. Cli ck Echo i mage. Ra nge: Choos e displ ay range am ong ei ght ran ges. Di splay range is aut omatic ally chos en w hen the Aut o mode (Fi shing or Cr uisi ng) is active. Shif t: Set am ount of displ ay r ange shif t. Gain:[...]

3. CHANGING S ET TING S 3-1 8 STC: Hel p dis tingui sh surf ace fis h from surf ace echoe s. T he setti ng range i s 0-10; the higher the sett ing the gr eater the extent of suppr ession. Setti ng 10 suppres ses noi se up to 5 m. T urn of f the STC w hen there i s no nois e on the s creen, other w ise w eak echoes may be mi ssed. Ra nge de tails: I[...]

3. CHANGING S ET TING S 3-1 9 3.9. 5 S ystem m e nu 1. Cli ck Set ting on the menu b ar 2. Cli ck System. ET R TX /RX dialog box Cli ck T X/RX on the S yst em menu to show thi s dial og box. Gain a djust me nt: Compens ate for too high or t oo low gain and adj ust gai n balance of l ow and high f requenc y . Set ting r ange: -50 to 50. Freq adju st[...]

3. CHANGING S ET TING S 3-2 0 Tx puls e le ngth (M anua l): Op erative w hen TX pulse l ength is set to Manual . T he puls e lengt h range i s 0.2-5( ms). T he small er the figur e, the bet ter the res oluti on, how ev er the detect ion rang e is s horter . Con versely the l arger the f igure, t he better the detect ion but t he low er the r esolut[...]

3. CHANGING S ET TING S 3-2 1 ET R C olor dialog box Day/Ni ght: Choos e backgro und c olor of t he echo s ounder w indow . Choose “Day ” for w hite backgr ound; “Night ” for bl ack backgro und. Hue : Choose c olor arr angem ent for t he echo so under image. T he procedure i s the same as that show n in p aragraph 3. 6. VRM: Choose c olor f[...]

3. CHANGING S ET TING S 3-2 2 Unit m e nu Choos e unit of depth meas urem ent. T es t/Init ializa tion m e nu Simula tion: T he simul ation m ode provides simul ated echo so under op erati on to hel p acquai nt wi th the f eatures of this equipment, wi thout the ne ed for con necti ng the trans ducer . T he echo sound er image st ored i n the memor[...]

4-1 4. M AINTEN A N CE & TROUBLESHOO TIN G 4.1 Maint enanc e Regular maint enanc e is i mport ant for maintai ning good per form ance. Fol low the recomm ende d procedur es to k eep the equi pment in good w orking order . WARNING Do not open the equipment. Hazardous voltage which can cause electrical shock exists inside the equipment. Only qual[...]

4. MAIN TENANCE & TROUBLESHOO TING 4-2 4.1. 3 Repl aci n g f us es Fuses protect t he proc essor uni t and t ransceiv er uni t from ov ervol tage an d int ernal faul t. If a fuse bl ow s f ind t he cause bef ore replac ing i t. If it bl o w s again af ter r eplacement , request service. WARNING Use the proper fuse. Use of a wrong fuse can resul[...]

4. MAIN TENANCE & TROUBLESHOO TING 4-3 4.1. 5 T rack ba ll If the track ball does not roll smoothl y it may r equire cl eaning. Do the fol lowi ng to clean t he trac kball . 1. T urn the ring on the t rackbal l 45°. Ring T rackball T rackball 2. Clean t he ball w ith a sof t lint- free cl oth, and t hen blow c arefull y into the bal l-cage t o[...]

4. MAIN TENANCE & TROUBLESHOO TING 4-4 4.2 T roubleshootin g T he secti on provides i nformat ion w hi ch the user can fol low to r estore normal operati on. I f normal operat ion cann ot be rest ored, do not att empt to chec k insi de any uni t. Any rep air w ork is best lef t to a qual ified t echnici an. T roubles hooti ng Sympt om Cause Rem[...]

4. MAIN TENANCE & TROUBLESHOO TING 4-5 4.3 Restoring Default S ettings Y ou ma y wi sh to res tore all default settings to start operati on afres h or to cl ear stray data. If y ou w ant to res tore y our previ ous setti ngs, j ot them dow n and rest ore them af ter c leari ng the memory . 1. Cli ck System. Syst em m enu 2. Cl ick T est/I n iti[...]

4. MAIN TENANCE & TROUBLESHOO TING 4-6 4. Cli ck t he Y es button. Y es No 5. Cli ck t he Y es button to r estore al l defaul t set t ings . 4.4 Finding Sof tware V er s ion 1. Cli ck Sy stem > T est/I nitiali zation > V ersi on Inf or mati on. XX.XX = V ersion and v ersion no. X = Board version no . 0252337-XX.XX 0252338-XX.XX 0252339-XX[...]

A P-1 A PPEN DIX Menu T ree Display Mode Displa y Mode ( SPLIT , 3 BEAM, SPLIT + 2 BEAM USER 1, USER 2, USER 3) Display mode DIsplay Item change (SPLIT , BEAM1, BEAM2, BEAM3, BEAM4, BEAM5) Beam Tilt (0-20; 0 ) information Bearing (0-359; 0 ) Screen lay out ( V ertical , Horizontal, Combination) A-scope ( OFF , Small, Standard, Large) Display Item N[...]

APPEND IX AP - 2 Zoom range (2m, 5m, 10m , 20m, 40m) User setting Range1 (2-200: 2m ) Range2 (2-200: 5m ) Range3 (2-200: 10m ) Range4 (2-200: 20m ) Range5 (2-200: 40m ) Shift (0-5000; 0m ) Gain (0.0-10.0; 5.0 ) TX rate (0-20; 20 ) STC (0-10; 0 ) TV G cur ve (10, 20 , 30, 40, manual) Noise threshold (-30 - +30, 0 ) Clutter cur ve ( Standard , Straig[...]

APPEND IX A P-3 Alarm V olume (0, 1, 2, 3 , 4, 5, 6, 7) Bottom alarm Alarm depth (0-10000; 0m ) Alarm zone (1-10000: 1m ) Fish alarm Alarm depth (Fish: 0-10000; 0m ) Alarm depth (Bottom fish: 0.0-200.0; 0.0m ) Alarm zone (Fish: 1-10000; 1m ) Alarm zone (Bottom fish: 1.0-200.0; 1.0m ) T emp alarm T emp limit (Within range, Out of r ange: -5.0-35.0; [...]

APPEND IX AP - 4 7 8 Color Da y/Night (Day , Night ) Hue ( Standard , Mono , USER1, USER2) Marker line (Change color .) VRM (Change color .) T emp graph (Change color .) Bottom discrimination (Change color of Hardness and Flatness graph lines.) Net (Change color of Net marks 1-6.) P ane (Change color of window border .) Unit Depth ( m , ft, f a, hi[...]

APPEND IX A P-5 ETR File Load user setting (1-3) Sav e user setting (1-3) Close Disp Mode Displa y mode (HF single, LF single, Dual freq , HF zoom, LF z oom) Zoom mode (Bottom lock, Bottom zoom , Marker zoom) Screen la yout ( V ertical , Horizontal) A-scope (OFF , ON) Displa y item ETR display item (Color bar , Time marker , Mode indicator , V -VRM[...]

APPEND IX AP - 6 System TX/RX Lo w/High freq. Gain adjustment (-50-50; 0 ) F req adjustment (-10.0-10.0; 0 ) TX power reduction ( OFF , ON) TX pulse length (Shor t1, Shor t2, Standard , Long Manual) TX pulse length [Manual] (0.2-5.0; 0.2 (ms)) Comp- Draft (-15.0-60.0; 0.0 (m)) ensation Sound v elocity (200-2000; 1500 (m/s) Color Day/Night ( Day , N[...]

APPEND IX A P-7 Screen Div ision A-sc o pe di spl a y ON PIC1 PIC1 PIC2 PIC3 PIC2 PIC1 PIC2 PIC1 A A A A PIC1 PIC2 PIC3 PIC4 PIC5 PIC3 PIC1 PIC2 PIC1 PIC1 Division: Left, Right Division: Up, Do wn Division: Combination PIC1 A-scope PIC1 A-scope PIC1 A-scope PIC3 PIC2 PIC1 PIC4 PIC1 A-scope PIC3PIC2 PIC1 PIC4 PIC5 PIC1 A-scope PIC2 A-scope PIC1 PIC3[...]

APPEND IX AP - 8 A- sco pe d is pla y OF F PIC2 PIC3 PIC1 PIC1 PIC1 PIC2 PIC2 PIC1 PIC1 PIC3 PIC2 PIC1 PIC2 PIC3 PIC4 PIC4 PIC3 PIC2 PIC1 PIC4 PIC3 PIC2 PIC1 PIC5 PIC1 PIC2 PIC3 PIC4 PIC5 PIC3 PIC1 PIC2 PIC4 PIC1 PIC3 PIC2 PIC5 PIC1 PIC2 PIC4 PIC3 Division: Left, Right Division: Up , Down Division: Combination[...]

FURUNO FCV -30 SP - 1 E2373S01E 060414 SPECIFI CA TIO NS OF THE CO LOR VIDEO SO UNDER FCV -30 1. DI SPLA Y 1.1 D is p lay Op ti onal s up p ly or com m er ci al m oni tor XGA (1024x 768) , SXGA ( 1280x1024) 1.2 D is p lay R ang e Rang e: 10- 5000 m , Shif t: 0-5000 m , Z oom r ang e: 2- 200 m 1.3 D is p lay Mode SPLIT, 3 beam , SPLIT + 2 beam , U s[...]

FURUNO FCV -30 SP - 2 E2373S01E 060414 5. EN VIR ONM ENTA L CON DITI ON 5.1 U seab l e Tem p er atur e R ange Pro cesso r Unit 0 ° C to +40 ° C Transduc er -5 ° C to +35 ° C T ransce iver Unit -15 ° C to +45 ° C ( w i th M otion Sens or ) -15 ° C to +55 ° C (no M oti on Sensor ) Con trol Un it -1 5 ° C to +55 ° C 5.2 R elat iv e Hum idi t[...]

IN - 1 INDEX A Alar ms aud io v olum e .................................. 1-30 bot t om ala rm .................................. 1- 28 bot t om fish a lar m ........................... 1 -2 8 enab ling, d isa bling ......................... 1-29 fish a larm ........................................ 1 -2 8 tem p erature al arm ......................[...]

IND EX IN-2 T T a rget g rap h wind ow .......................... 2 -8 T e mp erat ure a larm ........................... 1- 28 Three- be am di splay ........................... 1-1 0 T ra ckba ll ma int enance ....................... 4-3 T ra nsduce r ma inte nance .................... 4-2 T ra nsmit ti ng ........................................ [...]

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