Garmin ECHOMAP Plus 43cv Owners Manual PDF - Page 30

Adjusting the Color Intensity You can adjust the intensity of colors and highlight areas of interest on the sonar screen by adjusting the color gain for traditional transducers or the contrast for Garmin ClearVü and SideVü/ClearVü transducers. This setting works best after you have adjusted the level of detail shown on the screen using the gain or brightness settings. If you want to highlight smaller fish targets or create a higher intensity display of a target, you can increase the color gain or contrast setting. This causes a loss in the differentiation of the high intensity returns at the bottom. If you want to reduce the intensity of the return, you can reduce the color gain or contrast. 1 From a sonar view, select MENU. 2 Select an option: • While in the Garmin ClearVü or SideVü sonar view, select Contrast. • While in a Panoptix LiveVü sonar view, select Color Gain. • While in another sonar view, select Sonar Setup > Appearance > Color Gain. 3 Select an option: • To increase or decrease the color intensity manually, select Up or Down. • To use the default setting, select Default. Sonar Recordings Recording the Sonar Display NOTE: Not all models support sonar recording. 1 Insert a memory card into the card slot. 2 From a sonar view, select MENU > Record Sonar. 15 minutes of sonar recording uses approximately 200 MB of space of the inserted memory card. An individual recording automatically ends after it reaches 4 GB in size. You can record sonar data until the card reaches capacity. Stopping the Sonar Recording From a sonar view, select MENU > Stop Recording. Deleting a Sonar Recording 1 Insert a memory card with sonar recordings into the card slot. 2 Select Sonar > Sonar Recordings. 3 Select a recording. 4 Select Delete. Playing Sonar Recordings Before you can play back the sonar recordings, you must download and install the HomePort™ application and record sonar data onto a memory card. 1 Remove the memory card from the device. 2 Insert the memory card into a card reader attached to a computer. 3 Open the HomePort application. 4 Select a sonar recording from your device list. 5 Right-click the sonar recording in the lower pane. 6 Select Playback. Traditional, Garmin ClearVü, and SideVü Sonar Setup NOTE: Not all options and settings apply to all models, sounder modules, and transducers. From a sonar view, select MENU > Sonar Setup. Depth Line: Shows a quick-reference depth line. Scroll Speed: Sets the rate at which the sonar scrolls from right to left. In shallow water you might want to slow the scroll speed to extend the length of time the information is displayed on screen. In deeper water you can increase the scroll speed. Range Lines: Shows the vertical lines indicating the distance to the right and left of the boat. This setting is available for SideVü sonar view. Color Scheme: Sets the color scheme of the sonar view. This setting might be available in the Appearance menu. The high contrast color schemes provide darker color assignments to the low intensity returns. The low contrast color schemes provide color assignments to the low intensity returns that are similar to the background color. Appearance: See Sonar Appearance Settings, page 25. Overlay Numbers: Sets the data shown on the sonar screen. Advanced: See Advanced Sonar Settings, page 25. Installation: Restores the default sonar settings. Setting the Zoom Level on the Sonar Screen 1 From a sonar view, select MENU > Zoom. 2 Select an option: • To set the depth and zoom automatically, select Auto. TIP: You can select for more options. • To set the depth range of the magnified area manually, select Manual > , select View Up or View Down to set the depth range of the magnified area, and select Zoom In or Zoom Out to increase or decrease the magnification of the magnified area. • To magnify one particular area of the screen, select Magnify. TIP: You can drag the magnification box to a new location on the screen. • To zoom in on the sonar data from the bottom depth, select Bottom Lock. To cancel the zoom, deselect the option. Setting the Scroll Speed You can set the rate at which the sonar image moves across the screen. A higher scroll speed shows more detail until there is no additional detail to show, at which point it starts stretching out the existing detail. This can be useful while moving or trolling, or when you are in very deep water where the sonar is pinging very slowly. A lower scroll speed displays sonar information on the screen longer. For most situations, the Default setting provides a good balance between a quickly scrolling image and less distorted targets. 1 From a sonar view, select MENU > Sonar Setup > Scroll Speed. 2 Select an option: • To adjust the scroll speed automatically using speed-overground or water speed data, select Auto. The Auto setting selects a scroll rate to match the boat speed, so targets in the water are drawn with the correct aspect ratio and appear less distorted. When viewing Garmin ClearVü or SideVü sonar views or searching for structure, it is recommend to use the Auto setting. • To scroll faster, select Up. • To scroll more slowly, select Down. Adjusting the Range of the Depth or Width Scale You can adjust the range of the depth scale traditional and Garmin ClearVü sonar views and the range of the width scale for the SideVü sonar view. 24 Sonar Fishfinder