Lowrance StructureScan HD Operation Manual

Lowrance StructureScan HD Manual

Lowrance StructureScan HD manual content summary:

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    StructureScanTM HD Sonar Imaging Operation Manual
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    Copyright © 2012 Navico All Right Reserved. No part of this manual may be copied, reproduced, republished, transmitted or distributed for any purpose, without prior written consent of Navico. StructureScan™ is a trademark and Lowrance® and Navico® are registered trademarks of Navico, Inc. Navico may
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    manual. Please contact your nearest distributor if you require any further assistance. It is the owner's sole responsibility to install and use the instrument and transducers LAW. Governing Language: This statement, any instruction manuals, user guides and other information relating to the product (
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    and Downscan 6 Screen Configurations 6 Overlay Downscan 7 Overlay Transparency 8 StructureScan Menu 9 Contrast...9 Range...9 View...10 Structure Options 11 Structure Surface Clarity 11 Structure Noise Rejection 11 Stop Sonar 13 Log sonar 13 Viewing Structure History 14 Save Waypoints 15
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    key to resume normal operation. StructureScan Consists of two powerful sonar views: Sidescan and Downscan. Used in conjunction with the built-in broadband sounder, StructureScan gives you an underwater panoramic view. Sidescan Sidescan Broadcasts a sonar beam to each side of your boat allowing you
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    side of the boat • Review history • Measure the size of underwater objects and the distance from one object/location to another object/location using live Sidescan returns or Sidescan history • Create sonar • Review history and create sonar logs • Overlay Downscan imaging on the sonar page 4
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    Trees Sidescan Downscan 5 Water column between boat and where sidescan signal makes contact with the bottom Transducer Transmit Burst Built-in Broadband sounder Trees Underwater terrain
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    , press Menu from a StructureScan page or from an active StructureScan panel. Screen Configurations StructureScan can be shown with other pages in various screen configurations including: splitscreen, tri-screen and quad screen (HDS-8/10 only). Selecting Structure + Sonar from the Structure menu
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    Press the keypad up/down to select the desired combination of panels and press enter. Structure + Structure Splitscreen Structure + Structure + Sonar + Chart Quadscreen (HDS -8/10 only). NOTE: To switch the active panel on a multi-screen display, hold down the Pages key until the orange border
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    the keypad to highlight Overlay. 4. Press the keypad left/right to decrease/increase overlay transparency. StructureScan Options Softkey If you have an HDS-8 or HDS-10, you will notice the Stop Sonar softkey is replaced with the Structure Options softkey when Overlay Downscan is turned on. That
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    used on the display. Structure menu To make adjustments, highlight Contrast on the StructureScan menu and press the keypad left/right to decrease/increase the contrast level. Range Used to adjust the width of a sidescan image and controls the section of the water column shown when downscan is the
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    StructureScan data. In a multi-panel display, you can select different views for each StructureScan panel. To select a View: View menu 1. Select View from the StructureScan To select a Palette: 1. Select Palette from the StructureScan menu and press enter. 2. Use the keypad to select the desired
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    To make adjustments to StructureScan display settings, highlight Structure Options on the StructureScan menu and press Enter. sidescan/downscan onscreen display. If the transducer is installed with the cabled end pointing away from the back of your boat (Direct Step Mount) or pointing away from the
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    Cabled end of transducer That will ensure that what is on the left or right side of your boat underwater, will be shown on the corresponding side depth of sonar targets (Downscan) or distance from sonar targets (Sidescan : 1. Press Menu from a StructureScan page. 2. Highlight Measure Distance and
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    highlight Stop Sonar on the Structure menu and press enter. Log sonar Records sonar logs, allowing you to review StructureScan and broadband sonar data with non-HDS units. Time Remaining Recording time left until memory storage runs out To input a filename: 1. Highlight the Filename text box and
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    button and press Enter. Source Red circle indicates sonar log is being recorded; All Channels are being logged in this example Selects the transducer data that will be shown by a your display unit when there is more than one StructureScan transducer connected to an ethernet network. To select
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    Blue history tracking bars To view history: 1. From a StructureScan page, press the keypad down (Sidescan) or to the left (Downscan). The blue history tracking bar a waypoint by moving the cursor into the desired position and pressing Enter or the Wpt key from the StructureScan or Sonar pages. 15
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    to your position and aids the user in interpreting sidescan sonar images. Same structure shown in each panel StructureMap SideScan Viewing StructureMap overlay from the Chart menu, or by using the Overlay softkey (HDS-8/10). StructureMap data will start to appear on the Chart screen as soon
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    or the unit's internal memory. Live mode Displays the last few minutes of the Side Imaging history as a trail behind the vessel icon. The length of this trail will vary depending on the Side Imaging and Down Imaging range settings. The higher the range settings the longer Vessel icon History trail
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    is lost. You must have Structurescan installed on your boat to use Live mode. Saved mode Displays StructureMap (.smf ) files that have been created from structure sonar log (.sl2) files. Saved mode is used to view a map of the underwater environment that can be reviewed and examined either on or
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    to the Converts sonar log files to structuremap format Manual conversion Automatic conversion NOTE: Keep the size of your sonar logs to 100MB a file is being converted. limited size of the HDS internal memory. To have structure sonar log (.sl2) files automatically converted to StructureMap file
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    SD card and used on other GPS capable HDS Gen 2 units without the need for the StructureScan module. Scanning Fishing areas With the Structure Source set to the default Live mode, steer the boat over the desired location to scan the area. When conducting a side-by-side scan of an area, you will get
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    thirdparty charting cards compatible with HDS units. To view StructureMap data with other mapping card data on an HDS-8 or HDS-10, place the mapping card in files Copy StructureMap Place file into sonar logs (.smf ) file from card Refer to your operation manual for more information about copying
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    it easier to distinguish suspended objects from the background. • Noise Rejection - Monitors the effects noise (boat pumps, water conditions, engine ignition systems, etc.) has on your display, and then filters out undesired signals. • Source - Selects StructureMap Source, Live mode or Saved mode
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    Accessory Ordering Information store.navico.com/lowrance is the accessory source for sonar and GPS products manufactured by Lowrance Electronics. To order Lowrance accessories, please contact: 1) Your local marine dealer or consumer electronics store. To locate a Lowrance dealer, visit the web site,
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