Note:
T oavoidpossibledamagetothetransducercable,useafiletoround-offtheedgesoftheholethat
thecablepassesthrough.
T estingandadjustingthetransducer
Oncetheinitialmountingprocedureshavebeencarriedout,thetransducermustbetestedbefore
lockingthetransducer’sposition.
Thetestingshouldbecarriedoutwithyourvesselinthewater,withadepthgreaterthan0.7m(2.3
ft)butlessthanthemaximumdepthrangeofthetransducer.
1.OpentheFishfinderapponyourdisplay,andselectthe
Sonarchannelfromthemenu.
Afterafewsecondsthebottomshouldbevisibleonscreenandadepthreadingdisplayed.
2.Startmovingyourvesselatalowspeed,ensuringyouhaveadepthreadingandaclearimageis
displayed.
3.Graduallyincreasethevesselspeedwhilstcheckingthedisplay,iftheimagebecomespooror
thebottomismissingatlowerspeedsthenthetransducerneedstobeadjusted.
4.Angleandheightadjustmentsshouldbemadeinsmallincrementsandre-testedeachtimeuntil
youobtainoptimumperformance.
Forbestperformance,youshouldensurethatthebottomhalfofthetransducerassemblyis
positionedsothatitislowerthanthelowestpointofthehullclosesttothetransducer.In
thefollowingillustrations,thedashedlineindicatesthelowestpointofthehullclosesttothe
transducer.
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