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Installation Menu, Keel Offset - reset

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Settings To select a Fishing Mode: 1. Select Fishing Mode from the Sonar Settings menu and press Enter. 2. Use the keypad to select the desired mode and press enter. Reset Fishing Mode Resets selected fishing mode to default settings. That is useful when you want to clear settings adjustments made while using a fishing mode. To restore fishing mode defaults, select Reset Fishing Mode and press ENTER Installation Menu Controls unit settings like Keel Offset, Water Speed Calibration and Transducer Type only for components connected to this display unit through the blue sonar connector. You can not adjust settings of network components through the Installation menu. To access the Installation menu, highlight Installation on the Sonar Settings menu and press ENTER. Sonar Installation menu Keel Offset All transducers measure water depth from the transducer to the bottom. As a result, water depth readings do not account for the distance from the transducer to the keel or from the transducer to the water surface. You can use Keel Offset to factor those distances into the unit's depth calculations. Transducer Keel Keel Offset (-3.5 feet) Accounting for the distance from the transducer to the keel will prevent you from striking underwater objects or running aground, which could damage the keel. Offsetting the distance from the transducer to the water surface will give you a more precise depth reading. 81

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Settings
To select a Fishing Mode:
1. Select
Fishing Mode
from the Sonar Settings menu and press
ENTER
.
2.
Use the keypad to select the desired mode and press
ENTER
.
Reset Fishing Mode
Resets selected fishing mode to default settings. That is useful when you want to
clear settings adjustments made while using a fishing mode. To restore fishing mode
defaults, select
Reset Fishing Mode
and press
ENTER
Installation Menu
Controls unit settings like Keel Offset, Water
Speed Calibration and Transducer Type only
for components connected to this display unit
through the blue sonar connector.
You can not
adjust settings of network components through
the Installation menu.
To access
the Installation menu,
highlight
Installation
on the Sonar Settings menu and
press
ENTER
.
Keel Offset
All transducers measure water depth from the transducer to the bottom. As a result,
water depth readings do not account for the distance from the transducer to the keel
or from the transducer to the water surface. You can use Keel Offset to factor those
distances into the unit’s depth calculations.
Accounting for the distance from the transducer to the keel will prevent you from
striking underwater objects or running aground, which could damage the keel.
Offsetting the distance from the transducer to the water surface will give you a more
precise depth reading.
Sonar Installation menu
Keel
Transducer
Keel Offset (-3.5 feet)