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Wide Side Operation
The Wide Side transducer is a specialized "side-looking" transducer
which is extremely useful for bank fishing or looking for bait fish in open
water. The Wide Side transducer uses 3 different sonar elements which
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 sidelooking elements 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 is available as a trolling motor mount, a
transom mount, or a portable mount.
Note: The Wide Side transducer can be connected directly to the Tour
Series or used in conjunction with the standard transducer through a
transducer switch. When used with a switch in conjunction with the TriBeam transducer, the Tour Series
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. There are four basic views available when the Wide Side transducer is in use:
both, left, right, and down. 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 displayed on-screen. The digital depth of the water beneath your 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 greater display resolution can be achieved by
viewing only one side.
To change the view, use the MENU button to bring the View menu
onscreen. Use the ARROW buttons to select one of the four possible
views. The Down view is similar to the traditional view when using the
standard transducer, however there is no Tribeam 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,
30, 60 and 120 feet are available. Also, Zoom is not possible in Wide
Side mode, and the Zoom menu is not available.
Experiment with the Wide Side transducer while operating it in a familiar
area to learn how to maximize use of the information displayed.
Remember that if you are using a trolling motor mount, the information
displayed is controlled by the direction the trolling motor is pointing, not
necessarily the direction the boat is traveling.
To return to normal "down" operation using the Tri-beam transducer, simply change the switch setting if
you are using in conjunction with a transducer switch, or reconnect the Tri-beam transducer. The Tour
Series will reconfigure the screen automatically.