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Diagnostic can be used to evaluate the health of the batter by showing the current
voltage.
Total Time. The total time category indicates the total time the unit has been in use
since shipped from the factory. It is normal for some hours to appear in the total time
when the unit is new due to factory testing. While this is often of interest to the user, it
is primarily a diagnostic tool for the repair technician should the unit need service.
Using Alternative Transducer
Wide Side Operation
The Wide Side Transducer is a specialized “side-looking”
transducer that is extremely useful for bank fishing or looking
for bait fish in open water. The Wide Side transducer uses
three different sonar elements that transmit signals to the left,
right and straight down from your boat. The downward beam is
200 KHz with a 24-degree area of coverage. This beam
maintains a continuous digital depth readout from the bottom
directly beneath your boat. The side beams are 455 KHz with a
16-degree area of coverage. The side-looking element can be
used independently, or together to locate targets near the
surface of the water on either side of your boat.
The Wide Side transducer can be connected directly to the 300TX or used in
conjunction with the standard transducer through a transducer switch. When used with
a switch in conjunction with the Tri-Beam transducer, the 300TX recognizes which
transducer is connected whenever the switch position is changed.
When a Wide Side transducer is connected, the screen display
changes to display the information from the side-looking
elements. The Wide-Side transducer has four views available:
Left, Right, Down, and Both. These views are controlled by the
View Menu, which is only present when operating in Wide Side
mode. The default view is both, in which information from both
the left and right elements are display in screen. The digital
depth of the water beneath you r boat is always present.
Viewing both left and right sides simultaneously gives you an
excellent tool when searching for bait fish in open water, or
when following a creek bed. However, you will have a greater display resolution if you
view only one side.
The down view is similar to the traditional view using the standard transducer, however
there is no Tri-Beam information available, such as fish location.
When operating in Wide Side mode, the range must be adjusted manually, since the
bottom is often not visible on-screen. Ranges of 15’ (5m), 30’ (10m), 60’ (20m) and
120’ (40,) are available. Also, Zoom is not possible in Wide Side mode, and the Zoom
menu is not available.