User manual FURUNO FCV-600L OPERATORS MANUAL

[. . . ] C Your Local Agent/Dealer 9-52, Ashihara -cho, Nishinomiya, Japan Telephone: Telefax: 0 7 9 8 - 6 5 - 2111 0798-65-4200 All rights reserved. Printed in Japan FIRST EDITION H3 : : A P R. O M E -2 3 6 2 0 ( DAMI ) FCV-600L SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS WARNING Do not open the equipment. Immediately turn off the power at the switchboard if water leaks into the equipment. Immediately turn off the power at the switchboard if the equipment is emitting smoke or fire. [. . . ] The color deleted disappears from the color bar and is replaced with dark-blue color. Press the MENU ESC key. Weak echoes 60 49. 6 80 Figure 1-24 How to measure depth with the VRM Signal level adjusted Figure 1-23 How SIG LEV works 9 1. 12 A-scope Display This display shows echoes at each transmission with amplitudes and tone proportional to their intensities, on the right 1/3 of the screen. It is useful for estimating the kind of fish school and bottom composition. 0 200k 0. 0 1. 13 User Menu The User menu has several functions which require adjustment according to operating conditions. Press the MENU ESC key to display the User menu. NOISE LIMITER OFF NL1 NL2 NL3 CLUTTER AUTO 0 16 MARKER VRM WHITE MARKER HUE 1 19 GAIN ADJ 200kHz 0 -20 +20 GAIN ADJ 50kHz 0 -20 +20 vw : ts : Normal display 10 20 30 32. 3 40 To select item To set condition A-scope display Figure 1-27 User menu 2. As you operate v or w, the selected item and its current setting are displayed in yellow. Press the MENU ESC key to close the menu. Figure 1-25 A-scope display 1. The A-SCOPE selection display appears. A-SCOPE v OFF w ON Figure 1-26 A-scope selection display 2. Press the MENU ESC key. 10 1. 14 Suppressing Interference Interference from other acoustic equipment operating nearby or other electronic equipment on your boat may show itself on the display as shown in Figure 1-28. Press t or s to select degree of suppression desired; OFF, NL1, NL2 or NL3. Note that weak echoes may not be displayed when the clutter circuit is on. Press the MENU ESC key. Figure 1-29 Clutter appearance 1. 16 Selecting Background and Echo Colors 1. (You can see the result of your selection behind the menu. ) Table 1-2 shows hue no. , echo color and background color. 1 16 color 8 color 16 color 8 color 16 color 8 color 16 color 8 color Background Color Medium-blue Medium-blue Dark-blue Dark-blue White White Black Black Interference from other sounder Electrical inteference Figure 1-28 Forms of interference Turn the noise limiter circuit off when no interference exists, otherwise weak echoes may be missed. 1. 15 Suppressing Low Level Noise Light-blue dots may appear over most of screen. When the automatic mode is on, the clutter suppression setting is fixed at AUTO. To suppress low level noise in manual sounder operation do the following: 1. Press the MENU ESC key. 11 1. 17 Alarms Bottom alarm The bottom alarm sounds when the bottom is within the alarm range set. The bottom-lock fish alarm sounds when fish are within a certain distance from the bottom. The normal fish alarm sounds when fish are within the preset alarm range. Water temperature alarm There are two types of water temperature alarms: IN and OUT. The IN alarm sounds when the water temperature is within the range set; the OUT alarm sounds when the water temperature is higher than the range set. Press the ALARM key to display the alarm setting display and select alarm desired. BOTTOM OFF ALARM ZONE 0 RANGE FISH (NORMAL) OFF ALARM ZONE 0 RANGE FISH (B/L) OFF ALARM ZONE 22 RANGE ON 5 5 ON 5 5 ON 21 1 Table 1-3 Alarm width data Alarm Bottom Alarm Width (m) 1-99 Default Setting (m) 5 5 1 5 5 Fish-Normal 1-99 Fish-B/L Temp IN Temp OUT 1-B/L value 1-99 1-99 Figure 1-30 Alarm mode display 2. Press sto select ON. F/NM Alarm zone Alarm zone marker (Fish, bottom alarms only) Figure 1-31 Alarm zone 3. [. . . ] Check the transducer face for cleanliness each time the boat is dry-docked. Carefully remove any marine life with a piece of wood or fine-grade sandpaper. Power cable, transducer cable plug Display unit ground Ship's mains voltage 4. 4 Replacing the Fuse The fuse on the power cable protects the system from reverse polarity of the ship's mains and equipment fault. Using the wrong fuse will damage the unit and void the warranty. WARNING Use only a 3A fuse. Use of a wrong fuse can result in equipment damage and void the warranty. 21 4. 5 Troubleshooting The table below provides simple troubleshooting procedures which you may follow to restore normal operation. [. . . ]