Furuno TS-331A User Manual

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOREWORD ...........................................iii
SYSTEM CONFIGURATION ...................iv
OPERATIONAL INFORMATION ..............v
1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW.................1
1.1 Surface Processor Unit........................... 1
1.2 Underwater Unit...................................... 2
1.2.1 Components of the underwater
unit...........................................2
1.2.2 Trawl system............................ 2
1.2.3 Mounting the underwater unit
on the trawl............................... 3
1.3 Starting Up, Shutting Down..................... 4
1.3.1 Starting up................................4
1.3.2 Shutting down ..........................4
1.4 Catch Sensor CS-400 (option)................ 5
1.5 Screen Layout......................................... 6
1.5.1 Menu bar.................................. 7
1.5.2 Toolbars................................... 7
1.6 Display Indications.................................. 9
1.7 Pop-up Windows................................... 10
2. SONAR OPERATION .........................11
2.1 Choosing a Sonar Mode........................11
2.1.1 Polar mode ............................ 11
2.1.2 Sector mode........................... 12
2.1.3 Locked mode ......................... 13
2.2 Adjusting the Sonar Image from the
Vertical Sonar Settings Dialog Box........ 14
2.2.1 Choosing the display range .... 14
2.2.2 Adjusting gain ........................ 15
2.2.3 Choosing train angle .............. 15
2.2.4 Choosing scan sector............. 15
2.2.5 Choosing scanning speed ...... 15
2.2.6 Choosing sonar frequency...... 15
2.2.7
Freezing the display............... 15
2.2.8
Reversing the scan direction .. 15
2.3 Monitoring Trawl Position...................... 16
2.4 Drawing Lines and Symbols................. 18
2.4.1 Drawing a symbol................... 18
2.4.2 Drawing a line........................ 18
2.4.3 Choosing line/symbol color..... 19
2.4.4 Clearing line/symbol art.......... 19
2.5 Finding Range and Bearing from Own
Ship to a Point........................................ 20
2.6 Zoom..................................................... 20
2.7 Choosing Display Color ........................ 21
2.8 Grid ....................................................... 22
2.9 Unit of Depth, Range Measurement..... 23
2.10 Noise Filter............................................ 23
2.11 Recording Sonar Data .......................... 24
2.12 Playing Back Sonar Data...................... 24
2.13 Saving, Loading System Configuration.26
2.13.1 Saving system configuration... 26
2.13.2 Loading system configuration . 26
3. ECHO SOUNDER OPERATION......... 27
3.1 Echo Sounder Image ............................27
3.2 Adjusting the Echo Sounder Image
from the Sounder Settings Dialog Box...28
3.2.1 Choosing the display range .... 28
3.2.2 Adjusting data gain................. 28
3.2.3 Adjusting echo sounder gain .. 28
3.2.4 Freezing the display............... 28
3.3 Using the Echo Sounder Image to
Monitor Trawl Location ...........................29
3.4 Drawing Lines and Symbols..................30
3.5 Grid........................................................30
3.6 Zoom .....................................................30
3.7 Colors....................................................30
4. DEPTH/TEMPERATURE DISPLAY.... 31
4.1 Unit of Temperature, Depth
Measurement..........................................31
4.2 Setting Depth/Temperature Limits.........32
4.3 Depth/Temperature Offset.....................32
4.4 Depth/Temperature Scale Text Size......33
5. MENU DESCRIPTION........................ 35
5.1 File Menu...............................................35
5.2 View Menu.............................................36
5.3 Communication Menu ...........................37
5.4 Sonar Menu...........................................37
5.5 Options Menu........................................38
5.6 Help Menu.............................................39
6. CATCH SENSOR OPERATION.......... 41
6.1 Catch Sensor Dialog Box......................41
6.2 Catch Sensor Window...........................42
6.3 Testing for Switch Activation..................43
6.4 Flashing LED Sequence .......................43
6.5 Catch Sensor Transmission Frequency 43
6.6 Installing the Batteries and O-ring.........44
7. MAINTENANCE &
TROUBLESHOOTING ........................... 47
7.1 General Maintenance............................47
7.2 Replacement of Fuse............................47
7.3 Replacement of Internal Battery............48
7.4
Testing the Underwater Unit..................48
7.5 Troubleshooting.....................................50
7.6 Diagnostic Test......................................51
7.6.1 Executing the diagnostic test.. 51
7.6.2 Diagnostic test description......52
MENU TREE.......................................... 53
SPECIFICATIONS.............................. SP-1
INDEX ..................................................IN-1

Furuno TS-331A Specifications

General

Brand	Furuno
Model	TS-331A
Category	Sonar
Language	English