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491 Echo Sounder Operations Manual Page 15
Introducing the displayed information
The following information can be displayed on the ECHO
screen.
Echo sounding
echo sounder data
echo sounder frequency in use (50 or 200 kHz or both)
A-scope
automatic mode indicators (fishing or cruising)
manual operation indicator
echo colors in use (the “color bar” at the far left)
SoundTrac’s position marker for scrolling to old echoes
Depth and
temperature
water-depth digital display (on the left side of the screen)
depth scale (on the right side)
depth marker (press the CURSOR PAD to scroll the
marker down)
water-temperature digital display (if temperature sensor is
connected; can be turned off)
water temperature graph (if temperature sensor is con-
nected; can be turned off)
Navigation
vessel’s current lat/lon (on the SOUNDTRAC screen, this
lat/lon indicates the position marker’s location)
vessel’s SOG and COG
active waypoint, if any, and graphic steering indicator
vessel’s Speed Through the Water (if speed sensor is con-
nected; can be turned off)
Status tabs
To help you use the echo sounder’s functions, many of the
key’s labels on the right edge of the screen show the status of
that key’s function in a tab directly under the label.