Furuno csh8l SONAR User Manual


 
1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW
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1.6.2 Sonar menu description
Description of sonar menu
Item Description Ref. page
DISPLAY MODE Chooses the display mode among, [COMBI-1] (NORM
+ Audio), [NORM] (Sonar) and [COMBI-2] (NORM +
Echosounder).
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TX OUTPUT Adjusts transmitter power. 2-4
PULSE LENGTH Chooses pulse length. 2-3
TX CYCLE Removes interference caused by other sonars operat-
ing nearby.
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TVG NEAR Adjusts receiving gain within 300 m. 2-1
TVG FAR Adjusts receiver gain beyond 300 m. 2-1
AGC Automatically reduces the receiver gain only against
strong echoes such as the bottom or a large fish school,
to suppress bottom tail.
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2ND AGC Suppresses bottom echo. 2-3
NOISE LIMITER Suppresses unwanted reflections caused by sediments
in water, plankton or ship's noise.
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COLOR CURVE Adjusts echo presentation color curve against strong
reflections. In setting "1," for example, weak to strong
signals are averaged and displayed to obtain a bal-
anced picture. The larger the setting the better the res-
olution on weak signals.
COLOR RE-
SPONSE
Adjusts color level against strong reflections. The high-
er the setting, the more the red color is displayed and
weak level colors are displayed as is, thereby giving the
appearance that the gain has been raised.
DELETE COLOR Erases desired echo level from the display. 2-7
ECHO AVER-
AGE
Specifies how long to leave afterglow on the screen. 2-7
INT REJECT Rejects random noise and sea surface reflections in
rough sea conditions.
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HOR BEAM-
WIDTH
Sets horizontal beamwidth for wide or narrow. 2-7
VER BEAM-
WIDTH
Sets vertical beamwidth for wide or narrow. 2-7
COLOR Chooses display colors for the sonar and audio dis-
plays, among four choices. Choose a display color to
match your environment or fishing objective.
ERASE MARKS Chooses the mark type to erase collectively, from track,
own ship, event and fish. For track, 10% of the oldest
track is erased.
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