OPERATOR'S MANUAL

COLOR SOUNDER
MODEL

FCV-30

www.furuno.co.jp

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FURUNO Authorized Distributor/Dealer 9-52 Ashihara-cho, Nishinomiya, 662-8580, JAPAN Telephone : +81-(0)798-65-2111 Fax : +81-(0)798-65-4200

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A : FEB . 2005 E : OCT . 20, 2009

Pub. No. OME-23730-E (DAMI ) FCV-30

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IMPORTANT NOTICES
General
The operator of this equipment must read and follow the descriptions in this manual. Wrong operation or maintenance can cancel the warranty or cause injury. Do not copy any part of this manual without written permission from FURUNO. If this manual is lost or worn, contact your dealer about replacement. The contents of this manual and equipment specifications can change without notice. The example screens (or illustrations) shown in this manual can be different from the screens you see on your display. The screens you see depend on your system configuration and equipment settings. Save this manual for future reference. Any modification of the equipment (including software) by persons not authorized by FURUNO will cancel the warranty. All brand and product names are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their respective holders.

How to discard this product

Discard this product according to local regulations for the disposal of industrial waste. For disposal in the USA, see the homepage of the Electronics Industries Alliance (http://www.eiae.org/) for the correct method of disposal.

How to discard a used battery

Some FURUNO products have a battery(ies). To see if your product has a battery(ies), see the chapter on Maintenance. Follow the instructions below if a battery(ies) is used. In the European Union The crossed-out trash can symbol indicates that all types of batteries must not be discarded in standard trash, or at a trash site. Take the used batteries to a battery collection site according to your national legislation and the Batteries Directive 2006/66/EU. In the USA The Mobius loop symbol (three chasing arrows) indicates that Ni-Cd and lead-acid rechargeable batteries must be recycled. Take the used batteries to a battery collection site according to local laws. In the other countries There are no international standards for the battery recycle symbol. The number of symbols can increase when the other countries make their own recycling symbols in the future.

Cd

Ni-Cd

Pb

SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
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 FURUNO agent for service. Do not disassemble or modify the equipment. A heater can melt the equipment's power cord, which can cause fire or electrical shock. Use the proper fuse. Fuse rating is shown on the equipment. Use of a wrong fuse can result in damage to the equipment. Do not operate the equipment with wet hands. Electrical shock can result.

WARNING
Keep heater away from equipment.

Warning Labels
Fire, electrical shock or serious injury can result. Do not place liquid-filled containers on the top of the equipment. Fire or electrical shock can result if a liquid spills into the equipment. Immediately turn off the power at the switchboard if the equipment is emitting smoke or fire. Continued use of the equipment can cause fire or electrical shock. Contact a FURUNO agent for service. Make sure no rain or water splash leaks into the equipment. Fire or electrical shock can result if water leaks in the equipment.
DANGER
Electrical shock hazard. Do not remove cover. No user-serviceable parts inside. Turn off power before servicing. And wait until charge lamp (green) goes off and then remove cover.

Warning labels are attached to the equipment. Do not remove the labels. If a label is missing or damaged, contact a FURUNO agent or dealer about replacement.
WARNING
To avoid electrical shock, do not remove cover. No user-serviceable parts inside.

Name: Warning Label (1) Type: 86-003-1011-1 Code No.: 100-236-231 Location: Processor Unit, Junction Box

Name: Danger Label Type: 10-079-6144 Code No.: 100-310-880 Location: Transceiver Unit

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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 gain properly. No picture appears if the gain setting is too low, and noise appears when the gain is too high. If the gain is set improperly, the depth indication may be wrong, resulting in a potentially dangerous situation if the vessel is navigated by monitoring the depth indication.

Gain too high

Proper gain

Gain too low

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOREWORD ....................................................................................................... vii SYSTEM CONFIGURATION.............................................................................. viii 1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW......................................................................... 1-1
1.1 Controls........................................................................................................................1-1 1.2 Menu Operation ...........................................................................................................1-2 1.2.1 How to use the main menu...............................................................................1-2 1.2.2 How to show the title bar.....................................................................................1-4 1.2.2 How to use the pop-up menus..........................................................................1-5 1.3 Turning the Power On/Off ............................................................................................1-7 1.4 Transmitting, Receiving................................................................................................1-8 1.5 Displays .......................................................................................................................1-9 1.5.1 Choosing a display ...........................................................................................1-9 1.5.2 Split-beam display ..........................................................................................1-10 1.5.3 Three-beam display........................................................................................ 1-11 1.5.4 Split-beam + two-beam display ......................................................................1-12 1.5.5 User 1, User 2, User 3 display........................................................................1-13 1.6 Choosing a Display Range.........................................................................................1-14 1.6.1 Changing display range selection method......................................................1-14 1.6.2 Manual range selection ..................................................................................1-16 1.7 Shifting the Display Range.........................................................................................1-17 1.7.1 Selecting the display shift mode .....................................................................1-17 1.7.2 Manual shift ....................................................................................................1-17 1.8 Adjusting the Gain......................................................................................................1-18 1.9 Find Depth and Position of a Fish Echo.....................................................................1-19 1.10 Inscribing Lines ..........................................................................................................1-20 1.11 Fish Size Histogram ...................................................................................................1-20 1.12 Setting Measuring Area for Fish Size Histogram .......................................................1-22 1.12.1 Measuring fish in a specific location ...............................................................1-22 1.12.2 Measuring fish in all areas..............................................................................1-23 1.12.3 Measuring fish in a specific depth range ........................................................1-23 1.12.4 Measuring bottom fish ....................................................................................1-23 1.13 Suppressing Low Level Noise (Clutter suppression) .................................................1-25 1.14 Eliminating Weak Echoes ..........................................................................................1-26 1.15 Suppressing Unwanted Noise....................................................................................1-26 1.16 Picture Advance Speed ..............................................................................................1-27 1.17 A-scope Display .........................................................................................................1-29 1.18 Alarms ........................................................................................................................1-30 1.18.1 Alarm description............................................................................................1-30 1.18.2 Enabling, disabling an alarm ..........................................................................1-31 1.18.3 Setting audio alarm volume ............................................................................1-32 1.19 Function Keys ............................................................................................................1-32 1.19.1 Using the function keys ..................................................................................1-32 1.19.2 Programming the function keys ......................................................................1-32

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1.20 Saving, Recalling User Settings ................................................................................ 1-33 1.20.1 Saving user settings ...................................................................................... 1-33 1.20.2 Loading user settings..................................................................................... 1-34 1.21 Recording, Replaying Data........................................................................................ 1-36 1.21.1 Choosing where to record data...................................................................... 1-36 1.21.2 Recording data............................................................................................... 1-38 1.21.3 Converting recorded data to HAC format....................................................... 1-39 1.21.4 Playing back data........................................................................................... 1-40 1.21.5 Saving screen shot ........................................................................................ 1-42 1.21.6 Loading a screen shot ................................................................................... 1-43

2. WINDOW DISPLAYS..................................................................................... 2-1

2.1 Turning on Window Displays ....................................................................................... 2-1 2.2 Interpreting the Window Displays ................................................................................ 2-2 2.2.1 Status window .................................................................................................. 2-2 2.2.2 Fish size histogram window ............................................................................. 2-5 2.2.3 Target graph window........................................................................................ 2-8 2.2.4 V-temperature graph window ........................................................................... 2-9 2.2.5 Zoom windows ................................................................................................2-11 2.2.6 Bottom discrimination graph .......................................................................... 2-14

3. CHANGING SETTINGS ................................................................................ 3-1

Mode Dialog Box ......................................................................................................... 3-1 Display Item Dialog Box .............................................................................................. 3-3 Echo Image Dialog Box ............................................................................................... 3-4 Beam Dialog Box......................................................................................................... 3-7 Temp Dialog Box ......................................................................................................... 3-8 Color Dialog Box ......................................................................................................... 3-9 Unit Dialog Box...........................................................................................................3-11 Target Sphere Calibration Dialog Box ....................................................................... 3-12 External Echo Sounder ............................................................................................. 3-14 3.9.1 Displaying image from external echo sounder............................................... 3-14 3.9.2 File menu ....................................................................................................... 3-15 3.9.3 Disp menu...................................................................................................... 3-15 3.9.4 Setting menu.................................................................................................. 3-17 3.9.5 System menu ................................................................................................. 3-19 3.10 Dual Monitor .............................................................................................................. 3-23 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9

4. MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING ................................................... 4-1

4.1 Maintenance................................................................................................................ 4-1 4.1.1 Check points .................................................................................................... 4-1 4.1.2 Cleaning........................................................................................................... 4-1 4.1.3 Replacing fuses ............................................................................................... 4-2 4.1.4 Transducer....................................................................................................... 4-2 4.1.5 Trackball .......................................................................................................... 4-3 4.2 Troubleshooting........................................................................................................... 4-4 4.3 Restoring Default Settings........................................................................................... 4-5 4.4 Finding Software Version............................................................................................. 4-6

APPENDIX ...................................................................................................... AP-1

Menu Tree ......................................................................................................................... AP-1 Screen Division ................................................................................................................. AP-7

SPECIFICATIONS........................................................................................... SP-1 INDEX............................................................................................................... IN-1

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FOREWORD
Introduction
FURUNO Electric Company thanks you for considering and purchasing the FCV-30 Color Sounder. We are confident you will discover why the FURUNO name has become synonymous with quality and reliability. For over 60 years FURUNO Electric Company has enjoyed an enviable reputation for quality and reliability throughout the world. This dedication to excellence is furthered by our extensive global network of agents and dealers. Your equipment is designed and constructed to meet the rigorous demands of the marine environment. However, no machine can perform its intended function unless properly installed and maintained. Please carefully read and follow the operation and maintenance procedures set forth in this manual. We would appreciate feedback from you, the end-user, about whether we are achieving our purposes. Thank you for considering and purchasing FURUNO.

Features
The FCV-30 is a high-performance echo sounder designed for fishing as well as oceanographic research. Its newly developed multi-beam transducer provides multi-directional and long-range detection. Consisting of a processor unit, control unit, transceiver unit and transducer, the FCV-30 provides high definition underwater images on the monitor of your choice. The main features of the FCV-30 are

Stabilization compensation in all directions (all directions 20) provides stable images in rough seas. Fish distribution and size can easily be found using the fish histogram display. Detection in multi-direction or desired direction to help find density of a school of fish. Target graph lets you monitor fish movement. Bottom hardness and roughness graph provides intuitive data on bottom composition. User programmable display (three types) divides the screen in two, three, four or five displays. Various alarms: bottom, bottom fish, fish, temperature, vertical temperature. (Temperature alarms requires appropriate sensor. The vertical temperature alarm additionally requires a net sonde or trawl sonar.) USB port provided to save data to USB hard disk.

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SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
Control Unit CV-301 Processor Unit CV-300 Monitor Unit MU-151C/MU-201C (option) OR commercially available monitor

F1 F2 F3 F4

POWER

100-240 VAC 1, 50/60 Hz Transceiver Unit CV-302

Navigator Satellite Compass Net Sonde Hard Disk USB Memory

100-120/200-240 VAC 1, 50/60 Hz Network Sounder ETR-30N

Junction Box (option) CV-304

Transducer CV-303

System configuration .

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1.1

OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW
Controls
Scrollwheel Shifts cursor position in setting window.

Left button Confirms menu selection.

Turns the power on/off. User-programmable function keys. F1 F2 F3 F4

Right button Displays pop-up menu.

Trackball Moves trackball pointer.

Control unit

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1.2

Menu Operation
All menu options are contained in pull-down menus. Contains most frequently used menu functions.

The FCV-30 is controlled from a menu system. Two types of menus are available: Main menu: Pop-up menu:

1.2.1
Menu bar

How to use the main menu

Menu bar appears when you put trackball pointer at screen top.

Trackball pointer

Menu bar 1. Roll the trackball to choose the menu desired (File, Disp, Setting, System, etc.) from the menu bar at the top of the screen. Click your selection with the left button to show its menu.

Ellipsis indicates presence of a dialog box

Setting menu 2. Roll the trackball to choose menu item desired and then click it with the left button. A menu item which contains an ellipsis () indicates the presence of a dialog box, like the Beam dialog box shown below.

Tenkey button

Beam dialog box, SPLIT tab

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3. Change settings as appropriate, referring to the information below. 4. After changing settings, roll the trackball to place the pointer on the OK button and then push the left button to save settings and close the dialog box. (See Note 3 below.) Note 1: To restore previous settings, click the Cancel button instead of the OK button at step 4. Note 2: To see the result of a change without closing a dialog box, click the Apply button. Note 3: Unless otherwise noted, the phrase click means to click with the left mouse button. Changing setting using radio buttons

Enabled

Disabled

Radio buttons Click the item desired. A black dot appears when the item selected is enabled. Changing setting using a list box
Normal

List box 1. Click in the list box or click the box itself to show a list of options. 2. Click the desired setting. Changing setting using a spin box

Spin box A setting may be changed from a spin box two ways: Method 1: Click arrow in spin box Click or successively in the spin box to choose the setting desired. Each click increments the setting downward or upward depending on the arrow clicked. Method 2: Enter value with tenkey panel Use the scrollwheel to place the cursor in the spin box. Place the pointer on the tenkey button ( ) at the lower left-hand corner then push the left button to show the tenkey panel.
Cursor

Spin box

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Tenkey

Close

Tenkey panel
Place the cursor on the desired numeric key then push the left button. Repeat to enter all data required.

Changing setting using a check box

Bottom alarm

Enabled (check mark)

Disabled (no check mark)

1. Place the pointer on the check box of the item you want to enable or disable. 2. Push the left button to remove or insert the check mark as appropriate. An item is enabled when the check mark is present. Changing setting using a toggle button

Enabled (highlighted in blue)

Disabled (grey)

1. Click the item desired. 2. Each click enables or disables your selection alternately. When the item selected is enabled it is highlighted in dark blue and when disabled it is colored gray.

1.2.2 How to show the title bar

The title bar shows equipment name, date and time. Set the cursor at the bottom left-hand corner to show the title bar.

FCV-30

Monday June 21, 2009 15:01

Equipment name

Title bar

Date, time

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1.2.3

How to use the pop-up menus

Pop-up menus are provided for general use and with window displays. This procedure shows how to operate the general use pop-up. See the next page for a description of all pop-ups. 1. Right-click anywhere on the screen, and the general pop-up menu appears.
Arrow indicates presence of an options window

General use pop-up menu 2. Click the item desired. An item with indicates the presence of an option window. A menu item with (ellipsis) is a setting window. Current selection is marked with a filled circle.
Current selected marked with filled circle. Option window for "Mode".

Slider bar Track bar

Close button

Pop-up menu and option window, shift setting window 3. Do one of the following according to item selected. Operation from an options window Roll the trackball to execute appropriate operation and then push the left button. Operation from a setting window There are three setting methods: Drag the slider bar: Place the pointer on the slider bar and hold down the left button while rolling the trackball. Place the pointer on the track bar and then click with the left button. With the track bar selected, spin the scrollwheel downward to increment figure upward; upward to increment figure downward. If the drag bar is not selected, place the pointer on it and push the left button. Finally, put the cursor on the Close button and left-click.

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Pop-up menus Pop-up How to display Put cursor anywhere on screen (except a window, menu bar, title bar) and right-click. See paragraph; 1.2.3

Put cursor on fish histogram window and right-click.

1.11, 2.2.2

Put cursor on status window and right-click.

Status ALARM GAIN PICTURE SHIFT TIMER COURSE HEAVE

2.2.1

00:10
TEMPERATURE

275.0 deg
SPEED

-32.77m
ROLL PITCH

15.3 C
DEPTH

17.8
LATITUDE LONGITUDE

1.6 deg
R/B TD

2.1 deg

40.6
Target graph

34 21.5912' N 136 08.4732' E

32.7m 265.1deg 13234.5 32234.7

Put cursor on target graph and right-click.

2.2.3

Put cursor on V-temp graph and right-click.

2.2.4

Put cursor on a zoom window and right-click.

10 6 4 2 0

2.2.5

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1.3

Turning the Power On/Off

Turning on the power 1. Turn on the monitor. switch. The power 2. Open the power switch cover on the Control Unit and push the comes on, Windows starts up, the FCV30 application launches and then the last-used display appears.

Note that the Windows Help feature is not available with this equipment. Turning off the power There are two methods to turn off the power. a) Press the switch. Do not press the switch more than four seconds; last-used settings will not be memorized. b) Click the close button ( quit.
Confirmation Are you sure to quit? [Yes]-> Shutdown [No ]-> Cancel
Yes No

). The following window appears. Then, click the Yes button to

Shutdown confirmation window Note: Power is automatically turned off anytime the processor unit is disconnected from the control unit.

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1.4

Transmitting, Receiving

Follow the procedure below to start transmitting and receiving, after turning on the power. 1. Click File.

File menu 2. Click TX start. Transmission starts and images from underwater appear. To stop transmission, choose TX stop at step 2. It is recommended that, after stopping transmission, wait three seconds before using the menu.

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1.5
1.5.1

Displays
Choosing a display

Six display modes are available. Choose the display mode which matches your current needs. 1. Click Disp.

Disp menu 2. Click Mode.

Mode dialog box 3. From the Display mode list box, choose the mode you wish to use. See the next several sections for display mode descriptions. To select screen division method, go to step 4. Otherwise go to step 5.

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4. From the Screen Layout list box, select the layout to use. The Preview window shows the results of your selection. Note that the split-beam display cannot be divided.

5. Click the OK button to finish.

1.5.2

Split-beam display

The split-beam display shows the underwater images captured with the split-beam. With display of appropriate window you can discern single fish distribution (with the fish size histogram) and monitor fish movement (with the target graph).
Timer marker (each 30 sec.) Measuring range Elapsed time and postion of vertical VRM
0

Mode indicator Color bar

TS

0.0 -2.0 -4.0

4.0 2.0

00:00:28 34 42.616' N 135 19.740' E

Zero line Temperature graph

20

Net marker

Temperature scale Horizontal VRM Depth of horizontal VRM marker Depth

Bottom echo Fish echo

40

Depth scale Vertical VRM

60

60

54.8 m
Split-beam display

80

Note: When the display range for the split-beam presentation is 500 m or higher, the indication Deep mode appears in the menu bar. If the deep mode activation method (set with "Deep mode" on the Echo image menu) is "Auto", no further action is necessary. If the method is "Manual", turn the deep mode ON or OFF with Deep mode on the menu bar. The default deep mode range is 500 m. For further details, contact your dealer.
Menu for turning deep mode on or off

Deep mode detection options

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1.5.3

Three-beam display

The three-beam display shows the images captured from the port, downward and starboard directions.
* Beam direction B: Bearing (angle from bow direction) T: Tilt angle (angle from downward direction)
0 B:270 T: 10
<3>

0 B: 0 T: 0 B: 90 T: 10
<0>

Horizontal range from transducer

20

20

20

15<3>

Dividing line

40

40

40

60

60

60

35.1 m

80

80

80

* Beam direction can be shown with an icon ( ). See paragraph 3.2.

Beam 3 (Port)

Beam 2 (Downward)

Beam 1 (Starboard)

Three-beam display Changing width of each display The width of each display can be adjusted as follows: 1. Place the trackball pointer on a dividing line between displays, and the pointer changes to a double-ended arrow ( ). 2. Hold the left button while dragging the double-ended arrow with the trackball to adjust width.
0 0 0

20

20

20

40

40

40

40

60

60

60

35.1 m

80

80

80

Beam 2 picture width widened Beam 1 picture width decreased

Beam 3

Beam 2

Beam 1

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Note:

Normally, pulses are fired from beam 1, beam 2 and beam 3 in that order and displayed on the screen as the port, downward and starboard images. When the display range of the 3-beam display is higher than 1000 m, the menu bar shows Simul. TX. To fire pulses from beam 1 3 simultaneously click the Simul TX indication to show ON. When this is done the picture advance speed quickens. However, the display becomes susceptible to unwanted echoes. The default Simul TX detection range is 1000 m. This value can be set between 100 and 5000 m. For further details, see page 3-6.
Menu for turning simultaneous transmission on or off

Simultaneous transmission options

1.5.4

Split-beam + two-beam display

The split-beam + two-beam display provides a split-beam plus images captured from the port and starboard sides.
Split-beam display
0

TS

20 40 60 80 0 0

B:270.0 T: 10.0

20 40 60

B: 90.0 T: 10.0

20 40 60 80

42.3 m
Beam 2 (Port)

80

Beam 1 (Starboard)

Split-beam + two-beam display

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Note:When the display range for the split beam + two beam presentation is 500 m or higher, Deep Mode appears in the menu bar and when it is 1000 m or higher, Simul. TX appears. If the deep mode activation method (set with "Deep mode" on the Echo image menu) is "Auto", no further action is necessary. If the method is "Manual", turn the deep mode ON or OFF with Deep mode on the menu bar. To enable simultaneous transmission, click Simul. TX on the menu bar followed by clicking ON.
Deep mode, Simul. TX

Menu bar

1.5.5

User 1, User 2, User 3 display

These displays show the product of displays created with Display mode change button in the Mode window. The default settings are as follows: User 1: Split beam display User 2: 3-beam (port, starboard and downward directions) User 3: Split beam + two-beam (port and starboard directions) For how to customize the User displays see paragraph 3.1.

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1.6
1.6.1

Choosing a Display Range

Changing display range selection method

The range can be selected automatically or manually. Turn on Bottom search in the Echo image dialog box to enable this function. 1. Click Setting. 2. Click Echo image.

Erase color

Echo image dialog box 3. Click on the Auto range / shift box. 4. Select appropriate option, referring to the description below. OFF: Manually select range, among 12 choices. Auto range: Automatically adjust range to display the bottom echo within the specified range (gray dashed lines). (Range and shift boxes are inoperative.) 5. Click the OK button. If you selected Auto range at step 4, two gray dashed lines appear on the display. To change the area where to show the bottom echo, go to step 6. If you selected OFF, go to section 1.6.2 to select the range manually.

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0 TS 20

40

Bottom echo displayed within this range

Line 1 (gray dashed line)

60

60

54.8 m

80

Line 2 (gray dashed line)

6. Use the trackball to put the trackball pointer on Line 1 or Line 2. The trackball pointer becomes a double-ended arrow. 7. Drag the line to the location desired then push the left button. Note: With auto range active, the minimum range is set according to the pulse length as shown below. Pulse length Minimum range Short 20 m Medium 40 m Long 60 m

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1.6.2

Manual range selection

Choose the detection range (from the transducer to the bottom), in 12 preset choices. The default ranges are shown in the table below. Display ranges
Unit m Display Range 1 10 2 20 3 40 4 80 5 150 6 300 7 500 8 1000 9 1500 10 2000 11 2500 12 3000

Note: You may preset ranges as desired. For further details, see Chapter 3. 1. 2. 3. 4. Click Setting. Click Echo image. Click the list box for Auto range/shift and select OFF. Click in the Range box.

Range options 5. Click the range you wish to use. For example, choosing 80, the display will show underwater conditions from the transducer down to 80 m. 6. Click the OK button.

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1.7

Shifting the Display Range

The basic range and range shifting functions used together give you the means to select the depth you can see on the screen. The basic range can be thought of as providing a "window" into the water column and range shifting as moving the "window" to the desired depth.

Shift the start depth to watch shallow or deep

Picture

Shift principle.

1.7.1

Selecting the display shift mode

The shift feature works automatically or manually. Select a method as follows: 1. 2. 3. 4. Click Setting. Click Echo image. Click the list box for Auto range/shift. Select OFF or Auto shift. OFF: Manually shift the display range. Auto shift: The display range is automatically shifted to put the bottom echo within the specified display area (gray lines). For example, if the depth to the bottom is 350 m and the display range is set for 0 100 m, the bottom is searched automatically and the display range is shifted. (Shift box is inoperative.) 5. Click the OK button. If you selected Auto shift at step 4, two gray lines appear. To change the display area do the procedure in section 1.6.1 from step 6. If you selected OFF, go to section 1.7.2. Note: The basic range is automatically set to 40 meters in auto shift if the basic range is less than 40 m.

1.7.2
1. 2. 3. 4.

Manual shift

Click Setting. Click Echo image. Click the list box for Shift and click or to set shift value. Click the OK button.

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1.8

Adjusting the Gain

The Gain control adjusts the sensitivity of the receiver. Generally, use a higher setting for deep waters and a lower setting for shallow waters. In any case, adjust the control so that a slight amount of noise remains on the screen.

CAUTION
Use the proper gain setting. Incorrect gain may produce wrong depth indication, possibly resulting in a dangerous situation.

1. Click Setting. 2. Click Echo image. 3. Click or in the Gain box to choose the gain setting desired.

Gain too high

Gain proper

Gain too low

Examples of gain settings and resulting pictures 4. Click the OK button.

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1.9

Find Depth and Position of a Fish Echo

You may measure the depth to a school of fish or bottom with the horizontal line marker, called the horizontal VRM (Variable Range Marker). Further, you may measure elapsed time with the vertical VRM. For example, you can measure how many minutes before the current time a fish echo appeared.
Elapsed time and postion* to vertical VRM
0 TS
00:00:28 34 42.616' N 135 19.740' E

20

Horizontal VRM Depth to horizontal VRM

40

40

Vertical VRM
60

54.8 m

80

* Position shown in red when position data is lost.

Measuring depth, elapsed time and position with the VRMs Measuring depth 1. Roll the trackball to place the pointer on the horizontal VRM. The shape of the pointer changes to ( ). 2. Hold down the left button while rolling the trackball upward or downward to place the horizontal VRM on the object that you wish to measure the depth. 3. Read the depth indication on the horizontal VRM. Measuring elapsed time 1. Roll the trackball to place the pointer on the vertical VRM. 2. Hold down the left button while rolling the trackball leftward or rightward to place the VRM on the object that you wish to find position. 3. Read the elapsed time and position on the vertical VRM. Note 1: The color of the VRMs can be changed. See paragraph 3.5. Note 2: You may change the location of the depth indication on the horizontal VRM. For further details see paragraph 3.2.

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1.10

Inscribing Lines

You may inscribe vertical lines on the display to mark schools of fish, shoals, etc. When an echo of interest appears, click Marker line on the menu bar to inscribe a vertical line on the display. If TIMER is turned on in the Status window, elapsed time is counted from the moment the mark is inscribed. Note that color of the marker line can be changed. For details, see paragraph 3.5.

1.11

Fish Size Histogram

The fish size histogram display shows the length of individual fish within the area measured. You may show this display as follows: 1. Display the split-beam display. See paragraph 1.5. 2. Click Disp. 3. Click Display Window.

Display window dialog box 4. Click Fish size histogram to show it in blue (ON state). 5. Click the OK button. The fish size histogram appears and measuring begins.

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Measuring area 0 00:00:28 34 42.616' N 135 19.740' E 20 Fish size histogram window 40

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Fish size histogram window Note 1: The fish size histogram window can be moved as desired. See "Moving windows" on page 2.2. Note 2: When the fish size histogram window is closed, all data measured for it is deleted. For how to interpret the fish size histogram, see paragraph 2.2.2.

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1.12

Setting Measuring Area for Fish Size Histogram

There are four ways to set the measurement area for the fish size histogram: Measure fish at specific location Measuring depth shallower than bottom in all directions Measure specific depth range Measure bottom fish

1.12.1

Measuring fish in a specific location

1. Click Setting. 2. Click Fish size.

Fish size dialog box, measurement tab selected 3. Click the Measurement tab. 4. Click in the Measuring area box.

Measuring area options 5. Click Manual.

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6. Click or in the Manual Area (Vertical) box to set the vertical width of the area marker. (Setting range: 10-100(%)). Represents the percentage of the vertical width of the fish histogram display. 7. Click or in the Manual Area (Horizontal) box to set the horizontal width of the area marker. (Setting range: 10-100(%)). Represents the percentage of the horizontal width of the fish histogram display. 8. Click the OK button. 9. Use the trackball to place the pointer on the area marker (yellow frame). The shape of the pointer changes to ( ). 10. Hold down the left button while using the trackball to position the marker.

1.12.2
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Measuring fish in all areas

Click Setting. Click Fish size. Click in the Measuring area box. Click All. Click the OK button.

1.12.3
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

Measuring fish in a specific depth range

Click Setting. Click Fish size. Click in the Measuring area box. Click Specific range. Click the OK button. Use the trackball to place the pointer on the measurement area boundary line. Hold down the left button while rolling the trackball upward or downward to position the boundary line where desired.

1.12.4
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Measuring bottom fish

Click Setting. Click Fish size. Click in the Measuring area box. Click Bottom trace. Click in the Bottom trace area box.

6. Click measurement range desired. The measurement range starts from the bottom trace. 7. Click the OK button. Measurement range markers (1) and (2) appear as in the figure at the top of the next page.

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Measurement range marker(2) ashed yellow vertical line)

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20

40

40

Range of measurement Bottom

Measurement range marker(1) (Short yellow horizontal dashes)

60

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80

Measurement range markers on the fish size display 8. Place the cursor on the measurement range marker(2) (yellow vertical line). The shape of the cursor changes from a single arrow ( ) to a double-ended arrow ( ). 9. Using the left button, drag the measurement range marker(2) to the location desired and the release the left button. Measurement range marker(1) (short yellow horizontal dash) automatically traces the bottom.

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1.13

Suppressing Low Level Noise (Clutter suppression)

Light-blue dots may appear over most of screen. This is mainly due to dirty water or noise. This noise can be suppressed by adjusting the Clutter suppression function.

Appearance of clutter on the display 1. Click Settings. 2. Click Echo image. 3. Click in the Clutter curve box.

Clutter curve options 4. Click the setting desired, referring to the description below. Standard: With high clutter level setting, strong colors are untouched while weak echo colors are suppressed. Straight: With high clutter level setting, weak-to-strong echoes are suppressed by averaging. OFF: Clutter suppression function is disabled. 5. Click in the Clutter box.

Clutter options 6. Click the setting desired. 7. Click the OK button.

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1.14

Eliminating Weak Echoes

Sediments in water or reflections from plankton may be painted on the display in green or light-blue. These weak echoes may be erased with the erase color function. 1. Click Settings. 2. Click Echo image. 3. Click or in the Erase color box to choose the echo strength you wish to erase. The higher the number the stronger the echo that will be erased. 4. Click OK button.

1.15

Suppressing Unwanted Noise

Noise from other echo sounders or electrical interference on your ship may show itself on the screen as in the illustration below. Use the noise limiter to suppress these types of noise.

Interference from other sounder

Electrical interference

Examples of noise 1. Click Setting. 2. Click Echo image. 3. Click in the Noise limiter box.

Erase color

Noise limiter options 4. Click the setting desired. The higher the number the greater the degree of suppression. Choose OFF when no noise exists, so as not to miss small targets. 5. Click the OK button.

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1.16

Picture Advance Speed

The picture advance speed determines how quickly the vertical scan lines run across the screen. When selecting a picture advance speed, keep in mind that a fast advance speed will expand the size of the school of fish horizontally on the screen and a slow advance speed will contract it. The illustration below shows this concept.

FAST

SLOW

The advancement speed may be set independent of or synchronized with ships speed. 1. Click Settings. 2. Click Echo image. 3. Click in the Picture advance box. The fractions in the window denote the number of scan lines produced per transmission. For example, 1/8 means one scan line is produced every eight transmissions. STOP freezes the display and it is convenient for observing an echo. SYNC advances the picture according to ships speed. See the next page.

Erase color

Picture advance options 4. Click the setting desired. 5. Click the OK button.

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Speed-dependent picture advance (SYNC) The speed-dependent picture advance (SYNC) uses speed data from a speed-measuring device to advance the picture according to ship's speed. As shown in the figure below the horizontal scale of the display is not influenced by the change of ships speed, thus the speed-dependent picture advance permits judgment of the size and abundance of a school of fish at any ship's speed. Note: This feature is available with ships speed between 2 and 20 knots. If ships speed is above or below those values, the picture is advanced using the upper or lower speed in that range, whichever is closest to the actual ships speed.
School of fish shrinks as ship speed is increased; expanded as ship speed is decreased.

Same size schools of fish

Normal Mode

Speed

FULL SPEED

HALF SPEED

Actual Movement

Schools of fish are shown same size regardless of ship s speed.

Speed-Dependent Picture Advance (SYNC)

How the speed-dependent picture advance works

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1.17

A-scope Display

The A-scope display shows echoes at least at each transmission with amplitudes and tone proportional to their intensities. It is useful for estimating fish specifies and bottom composition. 1. Click Disp. 2. Click Mode. 3. Click the list box for A-scope then select desired setting. OFF: Deactivate the A-scope display. Small: A-scope display shown on right 1/10 of the screen. Standard: A-scope display shown on right 1/8 of the screen. Large: A-scope display shown on right 1/6 of the screen. 4. Click the OK button.
0 TS
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A-scope display Weak reflection (small fish or noise) Strong reflection (fish school) Strong reflection (bottom)

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A-scope display To turn off the A-scope display, choose OFF at step 3 in the above procedure.

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1.18

Alarms

This sounder has five alarms: fish alarm, bottom alarm, bottom fish alarm, water temperature alarm and vertical temperature alarm. When the bottom echo or fish echo comes into the alarm range or the water temperature is within or out of the range of the temperature value set, the equipment generates audio and visual alarms to alert you. If Alarm is enabled on the Status window, the offending alarm is shown in red, in reverse video. To silence the audio alarm, press any function key. The audio and video alarms will be released anytime the alarm conditions are violated.

1.18.1

Alarm description

Bottom alarm The bottom alarm alerts you when the bottom echo enters the alarm area. When the alarm is violated, the audio alarm sounds and the visual alarm BOTTOM appears (flashing) in red reverse video. Fish alarm The fish alarm alerts you when fish echoes enter into the set alarm range. When the alarm is violated, the audio alarm sounds and the visual alarm FISH appears (flashing) in red reverse video. This alarm is useful when targeting a specific fish specie, since each fish specie is known to inhabit certain depths. Bottom fish alarm The bottom-fish alarm sounds when a fish echo is within a predetermined distance from the bottom. When the alarm is violated, the audio alarm sounds and the visual alarm BL-FISH appears (flashing) in red reverse video. Temp alarm (requires temperature sensor) There are two types of temperature alarms: within range and out of range. When the alarm is violated, the audio alarm sounds and the visual alarm TEMP appears (flashing) in red reverse video. The temperature alarm may be used to target specific fish species, as each fish specie is know to inhabit certain temperature ranges. V-temp alarm (requires net sonde or trawl sonar) There are two types of v-temp alarms: within range and out of range. When the alarm is violated, the audio alarm sounds and the visual alarm V-TEMP appears (flashing) in red reverse video.

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1.18.2

Enabling, disabling an alarm

1. Click Settings. 2. Click Alarm.

3. 4.

5. 6. 7.

Alarm dialog box Check the box in Bottom alarm, Fish alarm, Temp alarm or V-temp alarm as appropriate. For the Fish alarm, choose alarm type with the radio buttons Fish or Bottom fish. For the Temp alarm or V-temp alarm, choose alarm type with the radio buttons Out of range or Within range. Click or in the Alarm depth box (for bottom alarm or fish alarm) or Temp limit box (for temperature alarm or v-temp alarm) to set alarm depth (or temperature limit). Click or in the Alarm zone box to set the width of the alarm from the starting point. Click the OK button.
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Starting point Alarm marker Green: Bottom alarm Orange: Fish alarm, Bottom fish alarm Purple: Temperature alarm (Temperature graph turned on from DIsplay item dialog box)

Alarm range
40
50

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Alarm marker The alarm marker appears at the right edge of the display, and the color is green for the bottom fish alarm and orange for the fish alarm. To disable an alarm, remove the check mark from the box at step 3 in the above procedure.

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1.18.3

Setting audio alarm volume

You may set the volume of the audio alarm as follows: 1. 2. 3. 4. Click Settings. Click Alarm. Click in the Volume box. Click the setting desired. (setting range: 0-7). The higher the setting the louder the alarm. 5. Click the OK button.

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Function Keys

The function keys on the control unit provide for one-touch access to the setting window of your choice.

1.19.1

Using the function keys

The default program for each function key is as shown in the table below. Press the appropriate function to access the setting window programmed for it.
Function key F1 F2 F3 F4 Default program displays; Echo image dialog box Shift dialog box Gain dialog box Mode dialog box

1.19.2

Programming the function keys

1. Press the appropriate function key until the menu title looks something like the one shown below.
Pressed function key
FCV-30 [F1 Key Registration] File Disp Setting System Window

2. Click the item on the menu bar which you want to use. For example, Alarm in the Setting menu. Note that neither Load user setting nor Save user setting (in the File menu) can be used.)
Confirmation

Assign the [ Alarm...] menu to the [F1] key?

Yes

No

3. Click the Yes button. The item selected at step 2 appears. 4. Click the OK button.

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1.20

Saving, Recalling User Settings

You may save echo sounder settings, and recall them when desired. This is useful when you want to set up the equipment quickly for a specific objective; for example, certain fish species.

1.20.1

Saving user settings

User settings can be saved to the internal memory or a file. The procedure below shows how to save them to a file. 1. Adjust settings according to targeted fish or objective. 2. Click File. 3. Click Save user settings followed by clicking To file.

Selected (dark blue)

Save area

Scroll bar

Save user settings 4. Click the or button to choose an empty save area. The chosen save area is highlighted in dark blue. You also may the scroll bar to choose a save. Note: If 20 areas are already saved, choose an unnecessary one to write over it. 5. Click the Save button.

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1.20.2

Loading user settings

User settings can be loaded from the internal memory or a file. The procedure below shows how to load them from a file. Note that you cannot load user settings while transmitting. 1. Click File. 2. Click Load user settings followed by clicking From file.

This window shows chosen display settings

Thumbnail of display settings

Read display 3. Click the or button to choose the display settings you wish to display. The chosen display setting is highlighted in dark blue.

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Note: You may use the Details button to display detailed information about the chosen display settings.
Asterisk indicates saved display settings

This window shows display settings in detail

Details button

Read display, details shown 4. Click the Read button to activate chosen settings.

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1.21

Recording, Replaying Data

The USB port on the processor unit connects to a USB 2.0 hard disk (user supplied) to record and replay raw data and picture data.

USB Processor Unit

Hard Disk (USB 2.0)* Power * USB 1.1 Cannot be used.

Connecting a hard disk

1.21.1

Choosing where to record data

1. Connect a USB hard disk to the USB port on the processor unit. 2. Click Setting. 3. Click Record.

Not displayed during TX or RX.

Record dialog box

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4. Click the Reference button.

Volume (E):

5. Choose location of data recording and then close the Reference window. 6. Click or successively in the Recording time box to set recording time (1-24 hours). 7. Click or successively in the Recording free space box to set required free space (512-32767 MB). 8. Click the OK button. Data recording information Data recording information can be confirmed in the Record info sub window. In Data view in the Record info sub window, choose file to find its size or recording time by clicking its check box to show the check mark (9). The size or recording time for the file selected appears in the Disk space info sub window. To change the display content, click Time or Size at Unit in the Disk space info sub window. Deleting recorded data Data can be deleted from the Record window as follows: 1. In the Data view sub window, check the data you wish to delete. To delete all files, click the Select all button. To deselect all files, click the Release all button. 2. Click the Delete button. A confirmation window asks if it is OK to delete files. 3. Click the Yes button. 4. Click the Yes button. The bar at the bottom of the window now reads 100%.

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1.21.2

Recording data

1. Connect a USB hard disk to the USB port on the processor unit. 3. Click File.

File menu 3. Click Record. When a file is recorded it is automatically assigned a file name comprised of date and time of the recording plus the extension .lst. An example file name is shown below.
2005_03_01_05_50_32.lst Extension Seconds Minutes Hours Day Month Year

To stop recording data, choose Stop at step 3 in the above procedure.

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1.21.3

Converting recorded data to HAC format

Recorded data can be converted to HAC format data, the standard archiving and playback format for fisheries acoustics data. This HAC format is nonrestrictive and independent of the computer platform. It can accommodate most echo sounders. Note that this feature is not available when transmitting or receiving. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Connect USB hard disk to the USB port on the processor unit. Click File. Click TX stop. Click File. Click Convert to HAC format.

Convert to HAC format dialog box 6. Click the Reference button 7. Choose the file (LST file) you wish to convert. 8. Click the Open button.
Total no. of pings in .lst file

Location of LST file

C:\Documents and Settings\FCV30\2005_03_01_05_50_32.lst C:\Documents and Settings\FCV30\2005_03_01_05_50_32.hac

Location of HAC file

Progress bar (Blue bar extends rightward as conversion progresses.)

Left figure: Ping number Right figure: Recording time

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9. With the slider bars, choose start position and end position. 10. Click the Start button to start the conversion. The progress bar extends rightward as the conversion progresses. When the conversion has been completed, the message End of conversion appears. Click the OK button to finish. 11. Click the Close button.

1.21.4
1. 2. 3. 4.

Playing back data

Connect a USB hard disk to the USB port on the processor unit. Click File. Click TX stop. Click Play.
File location box
Open

E: Removable disk

File box

Choosing file to replay 5. Click in the file location box. 6. Click the hard disk drive connected to the FCV-30. Folder(s) showing year, month and as folder name appear. 7. Double-click desired folder, and EchoData folder appears. 8. Double-click the EchoData folder, and hour, minute, second folder appears. 9. Double-click the hour, minute, second folder you wish to playback. A list of LST files appears. 10. Click an LST file to show file name in reverse video. Chosen LST file appears in the file box.

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11. Click the Open button to start playback.

Playback start point slider bar Play mode Select recording settings. Auto: Recording's settings Manual: User settings Play interval slider bar

Date of recording Current time in recording Current ping no./ Total no. of pings recorded

Check to repeat playback.

Play dialog box Notes on playing back data

Use the Play mode Auto and Manual radio buttons to change setting data: Auto: Use settings used in the recording. Manual: Apply current settings. To playback from a specific location, use the playback start point slider bar to choose the location then click the Restart button. To adjust playback speed, use the Play interval slider bar. Slide the bar rightward to slow playback. The indication below "Play interval" is the interval between pings. For example, "500 ms" means that there is a 500 ms delay between pings. To pause playback, use the Pause button. To restart playback, use the Restart button. To stop playback, use the Stop button.

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1.21.5

Saving screen shot

You may take a screen shot to save the current window. Compared to raw data, the size of the screen shot is small, thus loading time is much shorter. 1. Connect a USB hard disk to the USB on the processor unit. 2. Click File.

3. Click Save the screen shot. The screen shot is saved to the location designated at step 5 in paragraph 1.21.1. This data is automatically assigned a file name and extension as below.

05_50_32.jpg

Extension Seconds Minutes Hours

File name for screen shot

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1.21.6

Loading a screen shot

1. Connect hard drive to the USB on the processor unit. 2. Click File. 3. Click Load the screen shot.
File location box
Open

E: Removable disk

2006_04_10

File box

Image(*.jpg)

4. Click in the file location box. 5. Click the hard disk drive connected to the FCV-30. Folder(s) showing year, month and as folder name appear. 6. Double-click desired folder, and ImageData folder appears. 7. Double-click the EchoData folder, and hour, minute folder appears. 8. Double-click the hour, minute folder you wish to playback. A list of JPG files appears. 9. Click a JPG file to show file name in reverse video. Chosen JPG file appears in the file box. 10. Click the Open button to load the screen shot.

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11. To erase the screen shot, click the Close button.

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WINDOW DISPLAYS

The FCV-30 has eight window displays: status, fish size histogram, target graph, V-temp graph, bottom zoom, bottom lock, marker zoom, and bottom discrimination. You may locate these windows anywhere on the screen. Further, right clicking at the upper right side of a window displays associated pop-up menu.

2.1

Turning on Window Displays

1. Click Disp.

Disp menu 2. Click Display window.

One zoom window may be activated.

Display window dialog box 3. Choose item(s) to activate or deactivate in the Display item window and then push the left button. Items which are activated are highlighted in blue and those which are deactivated are gray. Note: Only one among bottom lock, bottom zoom and marker zoom may be activated. 4. To change size of bottom lock, bottom zoom and marker zoom windows, click appropriate radio button in the Zoom window size window. 5. Click the OK button.

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Automatically arranging windows 1. Click Window on the menu bar.

2. Click Auto arrange to relocate windows to their default locations. Moving windows 1. Use the trackball to place the pointer in the window. 2. Roll the trackball while holding down the left button to move the window.

2.2
2.2.1

Interpreting the Window Displays

Status window

The Status window shows current settings and data input from external sensors. You may choose the items to display in the Status window by selecting them from the status setting window. Depth is indicated at the lower left-hand corner regardless of Status window presence or absence.
Status ALARM GAIN PICTURE SHIFT TIMER COURSE HEAVE

00:10
TEMPERATURE

275 deg
SPEED

-32.7m
ROLL PITCH

15.3 C
DEPTH

17.8
LATITUDE LONGITUDE

1.6 deg
R/B TD

2.1 deg

40.6
DEPTH GAIN TIMER COURSE SHIFT TD ALARM

34 21.591' N 136 08.473' E

32.7m 265.1deg 13234.5 32234.7

PICTURE

LATITUDE

LONGITUDE

TEMPERATURE HEAVE

40.6
SPEED

34 21.591' N
R/B ROLL

136 08.473' E
PITCH

17.8

00:10

275 deg

13234.5 32234.7

32.7m 265.1deg

1.6 deg

2.1deg

-32.7m

Status windows (Top: Enabled with Status in Display Window, Bottom: Fixed at screen bottom) How to setup the Status window 1. Click Settings. 2. Click Status.

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R/B

This window shows which indications are currently displayed.

Status dialog box 3. Click items in the Display Item window as appropriate. Enabled items are highlighted in blue. Note 1: Default restores default Status window items; Select all enables all items; Release all disables all items. Note 2: You may change the location of items in the Status window freely: 1) Click the item in the Layout window which you want to change its location. 2) Click the box in the Layout window which corresponds to the location where you want to location the item clicked at step 1. 4. To change the transparency of the Status window, choose Opaque or Transparent from Window. 5. To choose Status window type, choose Window or Fixed at bottom in the Display window. Choose Window to get a moveable window, or Fixed at bottom to anchor the Status display at the bottom of the screen. 6. To choose the size of the characters for the Status window, click Small, Standard or Large in the Font size window. 7. To display the draft indication, click ON in the Draft indication window. 8. After setting up the Status window, click the OK button.

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Data display description

Item Picture advance Shift Alarm Gain Timer Temperature Description Show current picture advance setting. Show current shift value. Show current alarm content. Show current gain setting. Choose Marker line from the menu bar and push the left button. The timer then counts up the number of minutes (max. 99 min. 59 sec.) since the left button was pushed. Water temperature data, fed from external temperature sensor, is shown. Temperature range: -99.9C to 99.9C Position data, fed from a navigator, is shown. Latitude and longitude range: Latitude: 9000.000S to 9000.000N Longitude: 18000.000W to 18000.000E Speed, fed from speed log, is shown. Speed range: 0.0 kt to 99.9 kt Course, fed from a navigator, is shown. Course range: 0-359 Roll angle, fed from appropriate sensor, is shown. Roll angle range: -90.0 to 90.0 Pitch angle, fed from appropriate sensor, is shown. Pitch angle range: -90.0 to 90.0 Heave, fed from a satellite compass, is shown. Heave range: -99.m to 99.0 m Range and bearing to a TO waypoint, fed from a navigator, is shown. Range and bearing: 0-360 Time difference, fed from a Loran C navigator, is shown Time difference range: 00000.0 to 99999.9 Draft calibration method is shown; below surface or below transducer.

L/L

Speed Course Roll Pitch Heave Range/Bearing Time difference Draft

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2.2.2

Fish size histogram window

The fish size histogram is a bar graph that shows fish length and distribution within the selected measuring area. The SPLIT (split beam) display must be active to show the fish size histogram window.
Percentage of fish of the mean length within vertical axes markers Mean length of fish within vertical axes markers Vertical axis Number of fish within vertical axis Number of fish within measuring area

Unit of length measurement (cm)

Vertical axis marker

Horizontal axis

Fish size histogram window How to find mean length, percentage of fish having mean length To find the mean length of fish within a specific length range, set the vertical axes markers to that range. Place the trackball pointer on an axis marker then push the left button while rolling the trackball to position the marker. In the example above, the vertical axes markers are positioned to get the mean length of fish of 4 100 cm in length. How to read the fish histogram The bar graph shows length (vertical axis) and distribution (horizontal axis) of fish in the measuring area, and the mean length of fish and percentage of fish of at least the mean length. In the fish size histogram display above, the following information is shown. Mean length of fish within vertical axes markers: 44 cm Percentage of fish of mean length within vertical axes markers: 100% Number of fish within vertical axis: 13 Number of fish within measuring area: 28

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Setting up the fish size histogram dialog box 1. Click Setting. 2. Click Fish size.

Fish size histogram dialog box Note: If the Target graph dialog box appears, click the Fish size histogram tab. Description of Fish size dialog box
Menu item Display tab Description Choose the horizontal axis scale, from 10-100(%). Choose the vertical axis scale from 1-6. Choose the vertical zoom rate for the fish histogram display from 100, 200 or 400(%). Choose center position of vertical zoom on the fish histogram display among 1-7. 1 is the shortest, 7 is the longest. Turn the white mark on or off. When turned on, the bar graph within the white mark range is displayed in white if the background is black, or black if the background is white. Choose the minimum and maximum range of the white mark. The setting range is 2-1000(cm) Turn peak display on or off. When turned on, the representative peak value on the bar graph is displayed. Select the size of the fish histogram. The higher the number, the larger the fish histogram. Select the radius scale for the target. The higher the number the larger the radius.

Horizontal axis scale Vertical axis area Vertical zoom rate

Vertical zoom area White mark

White mark area (Min and Max) Peak Window size Radius

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(Continued from previous page) Menu item Description Measurement tab Fish gain The strength of the returning echo varies with fish species. Adjust the fish gain according to fish species to get actual fish length distribution on the fish histogram display. Measurement threshold Set measurement threshold (2-20(cm)) for the fish histogram display. For example, if you do not want to measure fish less than 10 cm in length, enter 10. Measuring area Select how to measure fish. The choices are Manual, All, Specific location and bottom trace. Manual area (vertical) For manually setting measurement area. Manual area (horizontal) For manually setting measurement area. Bottom trace area. For bottom trace, set the distance to measure from the bottom. Calibration value Set TS (echo strength of individual fish) value. If a calibration sphere was used its value is shown. This value may be fine tuned. For further details, see paragraph 3.8. The larger the calibration figure the longer the length of individual fish, even if received signal is the same. Unit tab Unit Selects the units of measurement. TS: Displays echo strength from single fish. L(cm): Displays fish length in centimeters. L(inch): Displays fish length in inches. W(g): Displays weight of fish.

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2.2.3

Target graph window

The target graph window plots fish echo position (latest three scans). It is available when the SPLIT display is active.
Target graph

Radius scale

Own ship

Latest three data are shown. Color of circle indicates strength of individual fish echo. (Large circle): latest data
(Medium circle): 2nd latest data

(Small circle): 3rd latest data

Target graph window Setting up the target graph window 1. Click Setting. 2. Click Fish size followed by clicking the Display tab.

Display dialog box Radius scale sets the width of the area in degrees (2-5) to display below the transducer (beam center). The larger the figure, the greater the area in which a single fish can be tracked.

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2.2.4

V-temperature graph window

The V-temperature graph window plots depth and water temperature data fed from a net sonde or trawl sonar. (Max. 6 units.) Water temperature is plotted on the horizontal axis; depth on the vertical axis. You may adjust the minimum and maximum horizontal axis figures on the Net dialog box. Further, the temperature/depth line color may be chosen on the Color dialog box. A pop-up window lets you adjust the horizontal axis figures (with slider bars) and reset data. Click the v-temp graph window with the right button to show the pop-up window.

Horizontal axis (depth)

Horizontal axis (temperature)

V-temperature graph

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Setting up the v-temp graph 1. Click System. 2. Click Net.

Input data: Choose the format of data fed from net sonde or trawl sonar. CIF: Water temperature and net depth fed from net sonde. NMEA: Water temperature and net depth fed from trawl sonar Horizontal axis Min and Horizontal axis Max: These set the minimum and maximum temperature scale, and the range is 5 to 35(C).

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2.2.5

Zoom windows

Three types of zoom windows are available: bottom-lock, bottom zoom, and marker zoom. The zoom window can be located anywhere desired, by dragging it to the desired location, or fixed at the bottom of the screen. The zoom window location can be selected with Zoom location on the Mode dialog box. You can select the zoom window type, size of the window (small, medium and large), zoom range, and activate and deactivate the window from the menu and the zoom pop-up. Setting zoom range: 1. Click Setting. 2. Click Echo image. 3. Click in the Zoom range list box and push the left button.

Zoom range options 4. Click the zoom range to use. 5. Click the OK button. Bottom lock zoom window The bottom lock zoom window zooms echoes within the user-set distance from the bottom. Since the bottom is shown as flat, this window is useful for discriminating bottom fish from the bottom echo.
0 TS
00:00:28 34 42.616' N 135 19.740' E

School of fish
30

20

40

60
10 8 6

Bottom displayed as flat

44.9 m
Zoomed fish

4 2 0

Alarm marker

Bottom lock zoom window

Bottom lock zoom window

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Bottom zoom window The bottom zoom window expands bottom and bottom fish echoes by the zoom range selected. It is useful for determining bottom hardness. A bottom displayed with a short echo tail usually means it is a soft, sandy bottom. A long echo tail means a hard bottom.
0 TS
00:00:28 34 42.616' N 135 19.740' E

School of fish
30

20

40

60
41 43 45

44.9 m

47 49 51

Bottom zoom window

Bottom zoom window

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Marker zoom window The marker zoom window zooms echoes within the expansion marker (blue dashed line). This marker is operated the same as the horizontal VRM.
0 TS
5
00:00:28 34 42.616' N 135 19.740' E

Expansion marker School of fish

30

20

40

60

Marker change button

Marker pos change

30 32 34 36 38 40

44.9 m
Zoomed school of fish

Marker zoom window

Marker zoom window Note: With the Split+2 Beam display active, you can select which beam to show in the zoom window, with the Marker change button. Click the button to move the expansion marker onto the desired display, and that display is zoomed in the zoom window. Note that this feature is not available when the beam window is active.

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2.2.6

Bottom discrimination graph

The bottom discrimination graph plots bottom nature, hardness and/or roughness, and it can be plotted on any of the zoom windows. Right click the zoom window to show the pop-up menu then select (check) Hardness and/or Roughness from the menu to show the related graph. "H appears at the left side of the zoom window when the Hardness graph is active, R when the Roughness graph is active. The graph is scrolled across the screen from the right position to the left position, and the data at the right side of the screen is the latest. The hardness, roughness scale shows the estimated hardness, roughness of the bottom. The higher the value, the harder, rougher the bottom. The color of the graphs may be selected with "Bottom discrimination" on the Color dialog box. The color of the icon (H, R) indicates the current color of the related graph. The location of the scale may be selected with "Bottom discrimination scale" on the Display Item dialog box. The default location is the left edge.
Bottom discrimination (hardness)
10.0 8.0

Icons
H R

6.0 4.0 2.0 0.0

10 8 6 4 2 0

Bottom discrimination (roughness)

Bottom discrimination graph

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CHANGING SETTINGS

This chapter provides the information necessary for changing equipment settings. For details about specific dialog boxes, see the table below. Dialog box Display window Status Record Fish size Alarm External output, calibration, comm. settings, date Net See para.; 2.1 2.2.1 1.21 2.2.2 1.18 Installation manual 2.2.4

3.1

Mode Dialog Box

The Mode dialog box lets you choose display mode, screen layout, A-scope format, beam window and zoom window location. The procedure below describes how to choose what settings to display on the User1 - User3 displays. 1. Click Disp. 2. Click Mode.

* For use with dual monitors. See section 3.10.

Display mode change button

Mode dialog box 3. At the Display mode list box, select USER1, USER2 or USER3 as appropriate.

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4. Click the Display mode change button.

Shows direction of detection beam.

Display mode change dialog box 5. In the Display Item window, blue-highlight the display(s) you wish to use. In the Beam information window you may set the tilt angle and bearing for beams 1 through 5. 6. Click or successively in a Tilt box to set tilt angle (0-degree is vertical). 7. Click or successively in a Bearing box to set bearing (0-degree is ships bow). 8. Repeat steps 6 and 7 to set tilt and bearing for other beams. 9. You can change the location of a display screen as follows: a) In the Layout window, blue-highlight the display you want to change. b) Blue-highlight the location in the Layout window where you want to move the display selected at a). 10. Click the OK button to close the display mode change dialog box. 11. If you want to change screen layout format, choose Vertical, Horizontal or Combination from the Screen layout window. 12. To choose the size of the A-scope display, choose OFF, Small, Standard or Large from the A-scope window. 13. Click the OK button.

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3.2

Display Item Dialog Box

The Display Item dialog box lets you choose what indications to display. 1. Click Disp. 2. Click Display item.

Display item dialog box 3. In the Display Item window, blue-highlight the items you wish to display. 4. Click the OK button. Display item dialog box description Normal display: Choose items to show or hide: V-VRM, H-VRM, Color bar, Time marker, Alarm marker, Mode indicator, Beam direction, White line (marks bottom position), Net mark (requires net sonde or trawl sonar), Temp graph. Zoom display: (bottom discrimination graph): Show Hardness and/or Roughness of bottom on the bottom discrimination graph. One of the zoom displays must be active to use this feature. H-VRM depth: Choose where to display the horizontal VRM depth indication: Left, Left-Mid, Center, Right-Mid, Right.

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Temp graph scale: Choose where to display the temperature graph scale: Left, Left-Mid, Center, Right-Mid, Right. Bottom discrimination scale: Choose where to display the bottom discrimination scale: Left, Left-Mid, Center, Right-Mid, Right. Beam direction: Choose how to show beam direction: Letters, Figures or Letters + Figures.
Line length: Shows default angle. 10 deg: Radius of inner circle 20 deg: Radius of outer circle Line direction: Shows bearing.

Light-blue line

3.3

Echo Image Dialog Box

The Echo Image dialog box provides for control of echo sounder functions. 1. Click Setting. 2. Click Echo image.

Erase color

Echo image dialog box

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Echo image dialog box description Auto range/shift: Set up for automatic bottom tracking. "Bottom search" must be on to use auto range or auto shift. OFF turns off automatic range and automatic shift. Auto range automatically changes the range with depth change. Auto shift automatically places the bottom echo at the bottom of the screen without changing the basic range. Range: If the factory-prepared display ranges or zoom ranges are not to your liking, you may use your own ranges, by doing as follows: 1. Click the User Setting button below the Range box or Zoom range box.

User range dialog boxes 2. Click or successively in the appropriate Range box to set range. Note: To restore factory-prepared ranges, click the Default button. To sort ranges in order of low to high, click the Sort button. 3. Click the OK button. TX rate: 20 TX rates are available. Normally, the highest rate (20) is used. When in shallow waters second reflection echoes may appear between surface and actual bottom echo. In this case, lower the rate. STC: STC is useful for suppressing surface noise (plankton or bubble, etc.) The setting range is 0-10; the higher the setting the greater the extent of suppression. Setting 10 suppresses noise up to 5 m. Turn off the STC when there is no noise on the screen, otherwise weak echoes may be missed. TVG curve: Choose the TVG curve to use. The higher the numeric the higher the gain with depth.

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User TVG setting: Effective when TVG curve is set for Manual. This allows you to set a different TVG from those provided. Noise threshold: Adjusts noise present on long range (deep depth). The larger the figure, the more noise is erased. Color resolution: Effective when Clutter curve is turned off. You may set display width dB for colors. Set display width dB for one color. Line interpolation: Smoothes picture when picture advance speed is 2/1, 4/1 or 8/1. Echo smoothing: When echoes look spotty, adjust this setting. The higher the setting the greater the smoothing. Ping setting: Chooses source of keying pulse, external (for use only when external echo sounder is used) or internal. Bottom search: Turns the bottom detection feature on or off. When turned off, -.- appears as the depth indication in the status window. Turn this feature ON to use auto range or auto shift. Deep mode: When the range is 500 m or higher, the deep mode (see the Note on page 1-10) can be automatically turned on. Select Auto here to get automatic activation of the deep mode. Select Manual to activate the deep mode manually, from the menu bar. Bottom tracking: The bottom tracking feature sets how to show the bottom echo after the range is changed or the display is shifted. ON shows the bottom echo as a continuous echo regardless of whether the range is changed or display is shifted. OFF clearly indicates when the range is changed or shifted. See the examples below.

Bottom Tracking ON (continuous echo)

Bottom Tracking OFF (echo redrawn at range change)

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3.4

Beam Dialog Box

This Beam dialog box sets up the multi-beam display. 1. Click Setting. 2. Click Beam.

Beam dialog box, SPLIT and Multi beam tabs SPLIT tab description TX pulse length: Pulse length can be changed. The Short pulse offers better resolution, while the Middle and Long pulses are useful for middle- and long-range detection, respectively. Note that the Long pulse is not available when the range is 10 m. The message "Stop transmission. Error found at TX pulse check stage." is displayed. Select a longer range to restore normal operation. Multi beam tab description TX frequency: Sets TX frequency, and the choices are Low, Standard and High. For normal use, choose Standard. When interference exists because your vessel is near another vessel whose echo sounder operates on the same frequency as the FCV-30, choose Low or High as appropriate to remove this interference. TX pulse length: Pulse length is automatically changed with display range and shift. The Standard pulse offers better resolution, while the Long pulse is useful for long-range detection. TX power: Sets output power. The higher the number the greater the output power. Depth/Distance: This function compensates for depth difference between the picture from the downward beam and beams from other directions when the sonar beam is oriented in a direction other than downward. Depth: Compensation applied (range scale shows depth) Distance: No compensation (range scale shows distance from transducer) Simul. TX start Range: Sets start range for simultaneous transmission. The setting range is 100-5000 m. Note however that simultaneous transmission is not available with the 5000 m range.

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3.5

Temp Dialog Box

The temp dialog box sets up temperature data (fed from temperature sensor). With connection of a temperature sensor, temperature change over time can be plotted on a graph. 1. Click System in the menu bar. 2. Click Temp.

Temp dialog box description Temp input: Choose the data format of temperature data. CIF: Temperature data fed from net sonde NMEA: Temperature data fed from temperature sensor. Temp adjust: An offset may be applied CIF temperature data to correct it. Offset range: -20.0C - +20.0C, -4F - +68F

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3.6

Color Dialog Box

The Color dialog box lets you set the colors to use. 1. Click System. 2. Click Color.

Color dialog box Day/Night Chooses window background color. Daytime color provides a white background; Nighttime color a black background.

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Hue You may adjust colors to meet various operating environments. User1 and User2 let you custom-adjust colors to suit your needs. 1. Choose User1 or User2 as appropriate. 2. Click the Change button corresponding to the color you want to adjust.
Color Basic colors:

Custom colors

Define Custom Colors >> OK Cancel

Standard color choices 3. Choose a color from the Basic colors. If the color is suitable to you, go to step 7. To further customize the color, go to the next step. 4. Click the Define Custom Colors button.
Place pointer here.
Color

Custom colors 5. Place the pointer on the arrow at right-hand side of the window. 6. Hold down the left button while dragging the arrow to choose color desired. 7. Click the OK button. The window closes and the color selected at step 2 is changed. Note: To restore all default colors for a User color set, click the Default button. 8. Click the OK button.

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Marker line: Choose color of marker line. The procedure is the same as for Hue. VRM: Choose the color of the VRM. Temp graph: Choose the color of the graph line in temperature graph. Bottom discrimination: Choose the color of the graph line in bottom discrimination graph. Net: Choose the color of the color of each net sonde or trawl sonar marker. Pane: Choose the color of the border around windows.

3.7

Unit Dialog Box

The Unit dialog box lets you choose various units of measurement. 1. Click System on the menu. 2. Click Unit.

Unit dialog box Unit dialog box description Depth: Choose unit of depth measurement from among meters, feet, fathoms, hiro, and passi/braza. Temperature: Choose unit of temperature measurement between C and F. Speed: Choose unit of speed measurement among knots, km/h and mph. Bearing: Choose bearing format between True and Magnetic.

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3.8 Target Sphere Calibration Dialog Box

To accurately analyze fish distribution, it is necessary to calibrate target strength using a calibration sphere. The calibration is done to jibe the target strength (TS) value displayed in the fish histogram dialog box with the TS of the calibration sphere. Follow the procedure below to perform the calibration. 1. Suspend a calibration sphere at least 3 m directly below the transducer. 2. Open the fish histogram dialog box. 3. While observing the echo sounder image, adjust the area marker (yellow rectangle) to place the echo of the calibration sphere within the area marker. (See paragraph 1.12.1 for details.) Set the marker at the right edge of the screen in order to measure with most recent data. It is recommended to make the measuring area as small as possible to keep unwanted echoes out of the measuring area, however the calibration can be performed with any size measuring area. 4. Note the TS value in the fish histogram dialog box. There is no problem if the TS value and the TS value of the calibration sphere do not agree. Ideally, it is desirable if the distribution graph in the fish histogram window shows only one bar for the calibration sphere, however the calibration can be executed regardless of distribution. 5. Confirm that the echo from the calibration sphere appears in the area marker in consecutive scans. 6. Click System on the menu bar. 7. Click Test/Initialization.

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8. Click Target sphere calibration.

9. In the Target sphere TS box, use or to set the TS value (fixed value) of the target sphere. 10. Click the Start measurement button. The TS value of the calibration sphere inside the area marker is calculated and is displayed in the Setting value box. 11. If necessary you may fine tune the found value. 12. Click the OK button to finish.

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3.9

External Echo Sounder

This equipment can show the image from an external FURUNO echo sounder, such as the ETR-30N.

3.9.1

Displaying image from external echo sounder

1. Click File on the menu bar. 2. Click ETR. The ETR-30N starts transmitting and the image from it appears in the external echo sounder window. The message ETR connection confirmed appears at the top of the window until transmission starts.
Time marker (every 30 seconds)
0
LF HF

Mode marker*
0

Transmission line

Color bar Horizontal VRM

10

10

Vertical VRM 20
20

20

20

Depth to horizontal VRM

30

30

Depth

25.8 m

40

40

* HF: High frequency LF: Low frequency B/L: Bottom lock B/Z: Bottom zoom M/Z: Zoom marker

Note: A pop-up menu for the external echo sounder display is available by right clicking that display. See the next several paragraphs for menus available with the external echo sounder display.

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3.9.2

File menu

Click File on the external echo sounder windows menu bar.

Load user setting: Load saved user settings. For details, see paragraph 1.20.2 Save user settings: Three sets of user settings can be saved. For further details, see paragraph 1.20.1. Close: Stop TX/RX by ETR-30N and close external echo sounder window.

3.9.3

Disp menu

Click Display on the external echo sounder windows menu bar.

ETR setting window

Display mode: Choose display mode among High frequency-single, Low frequency-single, Dual frequency, High frequency-zoom and Low frequency-zoom. Zoom mode: Choose the zoom mode among Bottom lock, Bottom zoom and Marker zoom. The display mode must be high frequency zoom or low frequency zoom, otherwise this feature is inoperative.

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Screen layout: Show the external echo sounder image in horizontal or vertical split. The low frequency-zoom, high frequency-zoom display or dual frequency display must be active, otherwise this feature is inoperative. A-scope: Turn the A-scope display on or off. ETR display item dialog box Show or hide Color bar, Time marker, Mode indicator, V-VRM, H-VRM and Depth indication.

Display item: Choose to display or hide color bar, time marker, mode indicator, horizontal VRM, vertical VRM and depth. Display size: The size of the external echo sounder window may be set to small, medium or large.

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3.9.4

Setting menu

1. Click Setting on the echo sounder windows menu bar. 2. Click Echo image.

Erase color

Range: Choose display range among eight ranges. Display range is automatically chosen when the Auto mode (Fishing or Cruising) is active. Shift: Set amount of display range shift. Gain: Set gain. Gain is automatically chosen when the Auto mode (Fishing or Cruising) is active. TVG level: Compensate for propagation attenuation of the ultrasonic waves. It does this by equalizing echo presentation so that schools of fish of the same size appear in the same density in both shallow and deep waters. The higher the figure, the lower the gain on near range. TVG distance: Set effective range of TVG. Bottom level: If the depth indication is unstable in automatic or manual gain adjustment, adjust bottom level to get stable depth indication.

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STC: Help distinguish surface fish from surface echoes. The setting range is 0-10; the higher the setting the greater the extent of suppression. Setting 10 suppresses noise up to 5 m. Turn off the STC when there is no noise on the screen, otherwise weak echoes may be missed. Range details: If the factory-set ranges are not to your liking, you may change them as desired. Zoom range: Set zoom ranges. Zoom range details: f the factory-set zoom ranges are not to your liking, you may change them as desired. Clutter: Adjust to suppress on-screen clutter. The higher the figure, the stronger the amount of clutter suppression. 0 turns off the clutter feature. Clutter is automatically adjusted when the Auto mode (Fishing or Cruising) is active. Picture advance: Choose the speed of picture advancement. Noise limiter: Turn on to reject noise. The settings are OFF, NL1, NL2 and NL3, and NL3 provides the highest degree of noise suppression. Echo smoothing: Adjust this item when echoes appear spotty. The higher the setting the greater the smoothing. Erase color: Sediment in water or reflections from plankton may be painted on the display in green or light-blue. These weak echoes may be erased with this function. TX rate: Choose the interval between transmissions. The smaller the figure the longer the time between transmissions and thus the longer an image remains on the screen. Ping setting: Interference from another echo sounder or a scanning sonar may be suppressed by synchronizing transmission with the offending echo sounder or scanning sonar. Choose External to synchronize transmission. Select Internal when no echo sounder or scanning sonar is connected, or to synchronize and transmit with the TX signal from this equipment. Auto mode: Turn the auto mode ON or OFF. When activated display range, gain and clutter are automatically adjusted, for virtually hands-free operation. Display range: Adjusted to display bottom echo on the screen. Gain: Adjusted to display the bottom echo in reddish-brown color. Clutter: Adjusted to suppress weak echoes (such as those from sedimented water). Two auto modes are available: Cruising and Fishing. Cruising suppresses weak echoes to show the bottom echo clearly. Fishing displays weak echoes clearly. Target echo: The default setting is Standard, which is useful for general fishing. If the objective is whitebait, choose Surface.

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3.9.5

System menu

1. Click Setting on the menu bar 2. Click System.

ETR TX/RX dialog box Click TX/RX on the System menu to show this dialog box.

Gain adjustment: Compensate for too high or too low gain and adjust gain balance of low and high frequency. Setting range: -50 to 50. Freq adjustment: Fine tune the TX frequency when interference cannot be rejected otherwise. Setting range: -10.0 to 10.0. TX power reduction: This setting is normally OFF. However, if an echo sounder of the same frequency as your own is being operated nearby, interference may appear on your display. In this case, both parties should lower their TX power to remove the interference. Turn this item ON to lower TX power. TX pulse length: Pulse length is automatically selected according to display range and display shift settings. For manual selection, choose a short pulse when resolution is important and choose a long pulse when long-range detection is your objective. To improve resolution on zoom displays, choose the pulse length setting Short1, Short 2 or Manual. Short1: Detection resolution is improved, however detection range is shorter (1/4 of standard) compared to Short2. Short2: Detection resolution is improved, however detection range is shorter (1/2 of standard). Standard: Use for general fishing operations.

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Detection resolution is lower, however detection range is longer (2x normal). Depending on the range, the TX rate is 1/2 of the normal. Manual: Operator chooses pulse length. TX pulse length (Manual): Operative when TX pulse length is set to Manual. The pulse length range is 0.2-5(ms). The smaller the figure, the better the resolution, however the detection range is shorter. Conversely the larger the figure, the better the detection but the lower the resolution. ETR Compensation dialog box

Long:

Draft: To get depth from the sea surface (rather than the transducer), enter ships draft. Setting range: -15.0-60.0(m). Sound velocity: Adjust the sound velocity of the TX pulse if the depth indication is incorrect. Setting range: 200-2000(m/s).

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ETR Color dialog box

Day/Night: Choose background color of the echo sounder window. Choose Day for white background; Night for black background. Hue: Choose color arrangement for the echo sounder image. The procedure is the same as that shown in paragraph 3.6. VRM: Choose color for the horizontal and vertical VRMs.

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Unit menu Choose unit of depth measurement. Test/Initialization menu

Simulation: The simulation mode provides simulated echo sounder operation to help acquaint with the features of this equipment, without the need for connecting the transducer. The echo sounder image stored in the memory is played back on the echo sounder window. Demo appears on the title bar of the echo sounder window when the simulation mode is active. Self test: Display the program no. of the ETR-30Ns ROM, RAM and E2PROM and the depth.

0252310-XX.XX OK OK OK OK

Default setting: Restore the ETR-30Ns default settings.

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3.10

Dual Monitors

Dual monitors can be used by connecting a monitor to the USB port on the processor unit with a USB-VGA (or SVGA) adapter. For monitor connection and display setting, see your dealer. Do the procedure below to use dual monitors. 1. 2. 3. 4. Click Disp on the menu bar. Click Mode. Click in the Display mode box. Click USER1, USER2 or USER3. The Beam window box becomes active. For the USER display, set two displays among SPLIT and BEAM1 BEAM5. See page 3-2.

Mode setting window (USER2 selected) 5. Click in the Beam window box then select ON. The Zoom location box becomes active and the display within the Preview window changes according to the selection done at at step 4. If the user display includes the SPLIT display, the SPLIT display appears on the main monitor. If you only set beams, the display at right in the Preview window (selected from the Display mode box) appears on the main monitor.

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Shown on main monitor

Shown on sub monitor

6. To change the display position of the bottom zoom, bottom lock and marker zoom window, click in the Zoom location window and choose Manual or Fixed. Manual: Move zoom window in main or sub monitor. Fixed: Fix main or sub monitor at bottom of the display. 7. Click the OK button to finish. Main and sub monitors

To select the display position for the displays in the sub monitor, right click the top of the screen to show the pop-up menu shown below. Select Fixed or Manual as appropriate.

The windows described in Chapter 2 are also available to the sub monitor. The menu bar and title bar are only shown on the main monitor. The "auto arrange" (Window menuAuto arrange) synchronizes the display window arrangement between the main and sub monitors.

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Maintenance

4.1

Regular maintenance is important for maintaining good performance. Follow the recommended procedures to keep the equipment in good working order.

WARNING
Do not open the equipment. Hazardous voltage which can cause electrical shock exists inside the equipment. Only qualified personnel should work inside the equipment.

4.1.1

Check points

The items to check on a regular basis are tabulated below. Check point Cabling Connectors on units Ground on units Action, remedy Check for damage. Replace if damaged. Check for tight connection. Reconnect as necessary. Check for corrosion. Remove corrosion as necessary. Frequency Monthly Monthly Monthly

4.1.2

Cleaning

Dust on the equipment should be removed with a soft, dry cloth. For stubborn dirt, water-diluted mild detergent may be used. DO NOT use chemical cleaners to clean the equipment; they can remove paint and markings.

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4.1.3

Replacing fuses

Fuses protect the processor unit and transceiver unit from overvoltage and internal fault. If a fuse blows find the cause before replacing it. If it blows again after replacement, request service.

WARNING
Use the proper fuse. Use of a wrong fuse can result in damage to the equipment or cause fire.

Unit

Location of fuse

How to replace Unscrew the fuse holder (on rear panel) and replace fuse. Screw in fuse holder Open the power switch cover at bottom of unit. Unscrew the fuse holder and replace fuse. Screw in fuse holder

Rating

Code No.

Processor unit

In fuse holder

FGMB 5A AC250V

000-148-280

100 VAC: FGMB 10A 250 VAC 200 VAC: FGMB 5A AC125V

100 VAC: 000-104-815

Transceiver unit

In fuse holder

200 VAC: 000-148-280

4.1.4

Transducer

Remove marine life and growth from the transducer face, using a piece of wood. DO NOT paint the transducer face. Handle the transducer carefully.

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4.1.5

Trackball

If the trackball does not roll smoothly it may require cleaning. Do the following to clean the trackball. 1. Turn the ring on the trackball 45.

Trackball Ring

Trackball 2. Clean the ball with a soft lint-free cloth, and then blow carefully into the ball-cage to dislodge dust and lint. 3. Look for a build-up of dirt on the metal rollers. If dirty, clean the rollers using a cotton swab moistened lightly with isopropyl-rubbing alcohol. 4. Make sure that fluff from the swab is not left on the rollers. 5. Replace the ball and retainer ring. Be sure the retainer ring is not inserted reversely.

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4.2

Troubleshooting

The section provides information which the user can follow to restore normal operation. If normal operation cannot be restored, do not attempt to check inside any unit. Any repair work is best left to a qualified technician. Troubleshooting Symptom No echo sounder image or depth scale Cause Battery may be dead. Fuse may have blown. Power cable may have become disconnected. Picture advance may have been stopped. Transducer cable may have become disconnected. Display start position may have been shifted.
Marine life is adhering to transducer face. Vessel is in heavily sedimented water Bottom is too soft to return an echo.

Remedy Check battery voltage. Check fuse in processor and transceiver units. Connect power cable firmly.

No echo sounder image but characters and markers appear. Echo sounder image appears but no zero line. Sensitivity is low.

Set picture advance speed to other than STOP. Reconnect transducer cable.

Set scale to show zero line.

Gain setting is too low. Raise the gain.

Clean the transducer face. No remedy available. No remedy available Change the range in order to display the bottom echo. Turn on Bottom Search, in the Echo image dialog box. Relocate the transducer. Reconnect earth. Contact the vessel and request that they lower the gain on their sounder. Activate the noise limiter. Reconnect cable

No depth indication.

Bottom is off the screen. Bottom search is turned off.

Heavy noise and interference.

Transducer located too close to engine. Earth connection has loosened. Same-frequency echo sounder being operated nearby.

Position is wrong or is not shown (external input of said data).

Connector from navigator may have become disconnected. Navigator may be malfunctioning

Check navigator.

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4.3

Restoring Default Settings

You may wish to restore all default settings to start operation afresh or to clear stray data. If you want to restore your previous settings, jot them down and restore them after clearing the memory. 1. Click System.

System menu 2. Click Test/Initialization.

3. Click Default settings.

Yes

No

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4. Click the Yes button.

Yes

No

5. Click the Yes button to restore all default settings.

4.4

Finding Software Version

1. Click System > Test/Initialization > Version Information.

0252349-XX.XX 0252336-XX.XX 0252337-XX.XX 0252338-XX.XX 0252339-XX.XX X X X X X X X X X X

X = Board version no. XX.XX = Version and version no.

Version information 2. Click the Close button to quit.

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APPENDIX
Menu Tree
Menu bar File TX Start TX Stop Record Play Stop Pause Load the screen shot Save the screen shot Load user settings (From internal memory, From file) Save user settings (To internal memory, To file) Convert to HAC format ETR Quit Mode Display 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) information Bearing (0-359) Screen layout (Vertical, Horizontal, Combination) A-scope (OFF, Small, Standard, Large) Beam window (ON, OFF) Zoom location (Manual, Fixed) Normal display (V-VRM, H-VRM, Color bar, Time marker, Alarm marker, Mode indicator, Beam direction, White line, Net mark, Temp graph) Zoom display (Bottom discrimination (Hardness, Roughness)), Layout H-VRM depth (Left, Left-Mid, Center, Right-Mid, Right) Temp graph scale (Left, Left-Mid, Center, Right-Mid, Right) Bottom discrimination scale (Left, Left-Mid, Center, Right-Mid, Right) Display switch (Letters, Fig, Letters + Fig) Status, Fish size histogram, Target graph, V-temp graph, Bottom lock, Bottom zoom, Marker zoom Zoom window size (Small, Medium, Large) Auto range/shift (OFF, Auto shift, Auto range) Range (10m, 20m, 40m, 80m, 150m, 300m, 500m, 1000m, 1500m, 2000m, 2500m, 3000m) User setting Range1 (10-5000) Range2 (10-5000) Range3 (10-5000) Range4 (10-5000) Range5 (10-5000) Range6 (10-5000) Range7 (10-5000) Range8 (10-5000) Range9 (10-5000) Range10 (10-5000) Range11 (10-5000) Range12 (10-5000)

Disp

Display Item

Display window

Setting

Echo image

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3 Zoom range (2m, 5m, 10m, 20m, 40m) User setting Range1 (2-200) Range2 (2-200) Range3 (2-200) Range4 (2-200) Range5 (2-200) Shift (0-5000; 0m) Gain (0.0-10.0; 5.0) TX rate (0-20; 20) STC (0-10; 0) User TVG setting (0-40) TVG curve (10, 20, 30, 40, manual) Noise threshold (-30 - +30) Clutter curve (Standard, Straight, OFF) Clutter (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) Color resolution ( OFF (0.1-3.0) Picture advance (STOP, 1/8, 1/4, 1/2, 1/1, 2/1, 4/1, 8/1, SYNC) LIne interpolation (OFF, ON) Noise limiter (OFF, NL1, NL2, NL3) Erase color (0-14) Echo smoothing (OFF, 1, 2, 3, 4) Ping setting (Internal, External) Bottom search (ON, OFF) Deep mode (Manual, Auto) Bottom tracking (OFF, ON) SPLIT TX pulse length (Short, Middle, Long) Multi-beam TX frequency (Low, Standard, High) TX pulse length (Standard, Long) TX power (Level1, Level2, Level3, Level4, Level5) Depth/distance (Depth, Distance) Simul. TX start Range (100-5000) Display item (ADVANCE, SHIFT, ALARM, GAIN, TIMER, TEMP, L/L, SPEED, COURSE, ROLL, PITCH, HEAVE, R/B, TD) Window (Opaque, Transparent) Display (Window, Fixed at bottom) Font size (Small, Standard, Large) Draft indication (OFF, ON) Fish size histogram Horizontal axis scale (10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80 90, 100) Vertical axis area (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) Vertical zoom rate (100, 200, 400) Vertical zoom area (7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1) White mark (OFF, ON) White mark area (Min) (2-1000m) White mark area (Max) (2-1000m) Peak (OFF, ON) Target graph Radius scale (2, 3, 4, 5) 6

Beam

Status

Fish size (Display)

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5 (Measurement)

6 Fish gain (-12.0-12.0) Measurement threshold (2-20) Measuring area (Manual, All, Specific range, Bottom trace) Manual area (Vertical) (10-100) Manual area (Horizontal) (10-100) Bottom trace area (2m, 5m, 10m, 20m, 50m, 100m, 200m) Calibration value (-30.0-30.0) Unit (TS, L(cm), L(inch), W(g)) Volume (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) Bottom alarm Alarm depth (0-10000) Alarm zone (1-10000) Fish alarm Alarm depth (Fish: 0-10000) Alarm depth (Bottom fish: 0.0-200.0) Alarm zone (Fish: 1-10000) Alarm zone (Bottom fish: 1.0-200.0) Temp alarm Temp limit (Within range, Out of range: -5.0-35.0) Alarm zone (Within range, Out of range: 0.1-30.0) V-temp alarm Temp limit (Within range, Out of range: -5.0-35.0) Alarm zone (Within range, Out of range: 0.1-30.0) Recording setting Recording location Recording time (1-24) Required free space (512-32767) Record info Data view Disk space info (Time, Size) TLL (OFF, ON) Bottom discrimination (OFF, ON) NMEA version (Version 1.5, Version 2.0, Version 3.0) Stabilization (OFF, ON) Heave (OFF, ON) Sound veolocity (1400-1600) Draft (-6.0-60.0; 0.0m) Roll offset (-10.0-10.0) Pitch offset (-10.0-10.0) Motion sensor (SC, Internal sensor) SC-TD in longitudinal dir (-100.0-100.0) SC-TD in port/stdb dir (-100.0-100.0) SC-TD in up/down dir (-100.0-100.0) Internal sensor in bow dir (0-360) Temp input (CIF, NMEA) Temp adjust (-20.0 to 20.0) Input data (CIF, NMEA) V-temp graph Horizontal axis (Min) (-5.0-35.0) Horizontal axis (Max) (-5.0-35.0)

(Unit) Alarm

Record

System

Output

Compensation

Temp Net

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8 Color Day/Night (Day, Night) Hue (Standard, Mono, USER1, USER2) Marker line (Change color.) VRM (Change color.) Temp graph (Change color.) Bottom discrimination (Change color of Hardness and Flatness graph lines.) Net (Change color of Net marks 1-6.) Pane (Change color of window border.) Unit Depth (m, ft, fa, hiro, P/B) Temperature (C, F) Speed (kt, km/h, mph) Bearing (TRUE, Magnetic) Communication Network IP address (192. 168. 2. 3) Port (5001-30000; 10000) NMEA Port (COM1, NMEA1, NMEA2, CIF) Baud rate (4800 Bps, 9600 Bps, 19200 Bps, 38400 Bps) Bit rate (7 Bit, 8 Bit) Stop bit (1 Bit, 1.5 Bit, 2 Bit) Parity bit (None, Even, Odd) SC Port (COM1, NMEA1, NMEA2, CIF) Baud rate (4800 bps, 9600 bps, 19200 bps, 38400 bps) Bit rate (7 Bit, 8 Bit) Stop bit (1 Bit, 1.5 Bit, 2 Bit) Parity bit (None, Even, Odd) CIF Port (COM1, NMEA1, NMEA2, CIF) Baud rate (600 Bps, 1200 bps, 2400 bps, 4800 bps) Bit rate (7bit, 8bit) Stop bit (1 Bit, 1.5 Bit, 2 Bit) Parity bit (None, Even, Odd) Date (Year/Month/Day/Hr/Min/Sec) Test/ Version information Initialization Target sphere calibration Default settings

Window Auto arrange Deep mode Simul. TX Marker line

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ETR File Load user settings Save user settings Close Mode Display mode (HF single, LF single, Dual freq, HF zoom, LF zoom) Zoom mode (Bottom lock, Bottom zoom, Marker zoom) Screen layout (Vertical, Horizontal) A-scope (OFF, ON)

Disp

Display item ETR display item (Color bar, Time marker, Mode indicator, V-VRM, H-VRM, Depth) Window size (Small, Medium, Large) Setting Echo image Low/High freq. Range (5m, 10m, 20m, 40m, 80m, 150m, 300m) Shift (0-1200) Gain (0.0-10.0) TVG level (0-9) TVG distance (30-1000) STC (0-100) TVG curve (10, 20, 30, 40, Manual(User setting) Range details User settings Range 1 (2-10) Range 2 (5-20) Range 3 (10-40) Range 4 (30-80) Range 5 (40-150) Range 6 (80-300) Range 7 (150-1200) Range 8 (300-1200) Zoom range (2m, 5m, 10m, 20m, 40m) Zoom range details User settings Range 1 (2-120) Range 2 (2-120) Range 3 (2-120) Range 4 (2-120) Range 5 (2-120) Clutter (0-16; 9) Picture advance (Stop, 1/8, 1/4, 1/2, 1/1, 2/1, 4/1) Noise limiter (OFF, NL1, NL2, NL3) Echo smoothing (OFF, 1, 2, 3, 4) Erase color (0-14) Tx rate (0-20) Ping setting (Internal, External) Auto mode (OFF, Fishing, Cruising) Target echo (Standard, Surface)

Common

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9

System

TX/RX

Low/High freq.

Gain adjustment (-50-50) Freq adjustment (-10.0-10.0) TX power reduction (OFF, ON) TX pulse length (Short1, Short2, Standard, Long Manual) TX pulse length [Manual] (0.2-5.0)

Draft (-15.0-60.0) Sound velocity (200-2000) Day/Night (Day, Night) Hue (Standard, Mono, USER1, USER2) VRM (Change color of VRM.) Unit (m, ft, fa, hiro, P/B) Test/Initialization Simulation (OFF, ON) Self test Default settings

Compensation Color

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Screen Division
A-scope display ON

PIC1

PIC1 A-scope

PIC1 PIC2 PIC1

PIC1 A-scope

PIC1 A-scope

PIC2

PIC2 A-scope

PIC1 PIC3 PIC2 PIC1

PIC1 A-scope

A A PIC3

PIC1

PIC1 A-scope

PIC2

PIC3

PIC2

PIC2 A-scope

PIC1 PIC2 PIC4 PIC3 PIC2 PIC1

PIC1 A-scope

A PIC1 A A PIC4 PIC3 PIC2 A

PIC2 A-scope PIC1 A-scope

PIC3 PIC4

P I C 1
PIC5 PIC4 PIC3PIC2 PIC1 A S C O P E

PIC1 PIC2 PIC3 PIC4 PIC5

A PIC1 A A A A PIC5 PIC4 PIC3 PIC2

PIC2 A-scope PIC1 A-scope

Division: Left, Right

Division: Up, Down

Division: Combination

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A- scope display OFF

PIC1

PIC1 PIC2 PIC1 PIC2

PIC1 PIC3 PIC2 PIC1 PIC2 PIC3 PIC3

PIC1

PIC2

PIC1 PIC1 PIC2 PIC3 PIC4 PIC4 PIC1 PIC2

PIC5 PIC4 PIC3 PIC2 PIC1 PIC4 PIC3 PIC2 PIC1

PIC3

PIC2

PIC1

PIC3 PIC4 PIC5 PIC5 PIC4 PIC3 PIC2

Division: Left, Right

Division: Up, Down

Division: Combination

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FURUNO SPECIFICATIONS OF THE COLOR VIDEO SOUNDER FCV-30

1. DISPLAY
Optional supply or commercial monitor XGA (1024x768), SXGA (1280x1024) 1.2 Display Range 1.3 Display Mode 1.4 Display Window Range: 10-5000 m, Shift: 0-5000 m, Zoom range: 2-200 m SPLIT, 3 beam, SPLIT + 2 beam, User1, User2, User3

FCV-30

1.1 Display

Status, Fish size histogram, Target position graph, V-temp graph, Bottom lock, Bottom zoom, Marker zoom, Bottom discrimination graph

1.5 Display Advance Speed 8 settings (Freeze, 1/8, 1/4, 1/2, 1/1, 2/1, 4/1, 8/1, SYNC) 1.6 Alarm 1.7 A-scope 1.8 Record Bottom alarm, Fish alarm, Bottom fish alarm, Temperature alarm, V-temp alarm Display selectable among 1/6, 1/8 or 1/10 of screen width. Each transmission is displayed on A-scope. Raw data, image data

2.

TRANSCEIVER
4 kW Max. 600 pulse/min 38 kHz Bow, stern, port, starboard within 20

2.1 Output Power 2.2 TX Rate 2.3 TX Frequency 2.4 Beam Control Range

3.

DATA I/O
NMEA, CIF, USB (2.0), LAN (10 BASE-T/100BASE-TX) IEC61162-1, NMEA 0183 Ver. 2.0/3.0 BWC, GGA, GLC, GLL, GNS, GTD, MTW, RMA, RMB, RMC, VHW, VTG, ZDA, att, hve

3.1 I/O Port 3.2 NMEA Input Sentences

3.3 CIF Input Data

Water temperature, Net depth, Sonde number SDDBS, SDDBT, SDDPT, SDTLL, YCMTW, SDvrm, SDbtm

3.4 NMEA Output Sentences IEC61162-1, NMEA 0183 Ver. 1.5/2.0/3.0

4.

POWER SUPPLY
100-240 VAC: 3A-2A 100-120/200-240 VAC: 5A-3A

4.1 Processor Unit 4.2 Transceiver Unit

SP - 1

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FURUNO
5. ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION
Processor Unit Transducer Transceiver Unit Control Unit 5.2 Relative Humidity 5.3 Water Resistance Processor Unit Control Unit Transceiver Unit IP20 (not waterproof) Front panel: IP22, Other than front panel: IP20 Not waterproof (max. acceleration at 13.2 Hz is 7m/s2) 13.2 Hz to 100 Hz: Max. acceleration 7m/s2 (fixed) 0C to +40C -5C to +35C -15C to +45C (with Motion Sensor) -15C to +55C (no Motion Sensor) -15C to +55C Less than 95% (at 40C)

FCV-30

5.1 Useable Temperature Range

5.4 Vibration (IEC60945 Ed. 4) From 2 Hz-5 Hz to 13.2 Hz: Amplitude 1 mm 10%

6.

COATING COLOR
2.5GY5/1.5 2.5GY5/1.5 N2.0

6.1 Processor Unit 6.2 Transceiver Unit 6.3 Control Unit

SP - 2

E2373S01E

INDEX
A Alarms audio volume .................................. 1-31 bottom alarm .................................. 1-29 bottom fish alarm............................ 1-29 enabling, disabling.......................... 1-30 fish alarm ........................................ 1-29 temperature alarm .......................... 1-29 vertical temperature alarm.............. 1-29 A-scope display.................................. 1-28 B Beam dialog box .................................. 3-7 Bottom alarm...................................... 1-29 Bottom discrimination graph .............. 2-14 Bottom fish alarm ............................... 1-29 Bottom lock zoom window ..................2-11 Bottom zoom window......................... 2-12 C Cleaning ............................................... 4-1 Clutter................................................. 1-24 Color dialog box ................................... 3-9 Control description ............................... 1-1 Control unit........................................... 1-1 D Deep mode......................................... 1-10 Default settings .................................... 4-5 Depth measurement .......................... 1-18 Display item dialog box ........................ 3-3 Display mode ....................................... 1-9 Dual monitors ..................................... 3-23 E Echo image dialog box......................... 3-4 Elapsed time measurement ............... 1-18 F Fish alarm .......................................... 1-29 Fish size histogram displaying........................................ 1-19 measuring area .............................. 1-21 setting up .......................................... 2-6 Function keys ..................................... 1-31 Fuse replacement ................................ 4-2 G Gain ................................................... 1-17 L Line marking ...................................... 1-19 Loading user settings......................... 1-33 M Main menu ........................................... 1-2 Maintenance check points ..................................... 4-1 cleaning ............................................ 4-1 fuse replacement.............................. 4-2 trackball ............................................ 4-3 transducer ........................................ 4-2 Marker zoom window......................... 2-13 Menu tree...........................................AP-1 Mode dialog box .................................. 3-1 N Noise limiter ....................................... 1-25 P Picture advance ................................. 1-26 Pop-up menu ....................................... 1-5 Power on/off......................................... 1-7 R Range basic range..................................... 1-15 shift range....................................... 1-16 Receiving ............................................. 1-8 Recording choosing data to record.................. 1-35 recording data ................................ 1-37 Replaying data ................................... 1-39 S Saving user settings .......................... 1-32 Screen shot loading............................................ 1-42 saving ............................................. 1-41 Signal level......................................... 1-25 Simul TX ............................................ 1-12 Software version .................................. 4-6 Split beam display.............................. 1-10

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INDEX

Status window.......................................2-2 System configuration .............................viii T Target graph window ............................2-8 Temperature alarm .............................1-29 Three-beam display............................ 1-11 Trackball maintenance .........................4-3 Transducer maintenance......................4-2 Transmitting ..........................................1-8 Troubleshooting....................................4-4 U Unit dialog box.................................... 3-11 Units of measurement ........................ 3-11 User display........................................1-13 V Vertical temperature alarm .................1-29 VRM....................................................1-18 V-temperature window..........................2-9 W Window displays auto arrange......................................2-2 bottom discrimination graph............2-14 bottom lock zoom window............... 2-11 bottom zoom window ......................2-12 fish size histogram window ...............2-5 marker zoom window ......................2-13 moving ..............................................2-2 status window ...................................2-2 target graph window..........................2-8 turning on/off .....................................2-1 V-temperature window ......................2-9

IN-2

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