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737 GPS
737 GPS
Chartplotter Operations Manual
Chartplotter Operations Manual
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531438-1_A - 737_EnglishOnly.qxd 9/25/2005 7:51 PM Page 2 Thank You! Table of Contents Thank you for choosing Humminbird®, America's #1 name in fishfinders. Humminbird® has built How Sonar Works 1 its reputation by designing and manufacturing top-quality, thoroughly reliable marine equipment. Your Humminbird® is designed for trouble-free use in even the harshest marine QuadraBeam™ Sonar............................................................................................................
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531438-1_A - 737_EnglishOnly.qxd 9/25/2005 7:51 PM Page 4 Table of Contents Table of Contents Navigation X-Press™ Menu (optional-purchase GPS receiver, navigation views only) 47 Key Functions 29 POWER/LIGHT Key ................................................................................................................................................ 29 Waypoint [Name] (Only with an active cursor on a waypoint) .................................................................... 48 VIEW
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531438-1_A - 737_EnglishOnly.qxd 9/25/2005 7:51 PM Page 6 Table of Contents Table of Contents North Reference............................................................................................................................................................ 68 Temp Offset (Advanced) ........................................................................................................................................ 85 Speed Calibration (Advanced, with Temp/Speed only) .............
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531438-1_A - 737_EnglishOnly.qxd 9/25/2005 7:51 PM Page 8 The sound pulses are transmitted at various frequencies How Sonar Works depending on the application. Very high frequencies (455kHz) Sonar technology is based on sound waves. The 700 Series™ Fishing System uses sonar to locate are used for greatest definition but the operating depth is and define structure, bottom contour and composition, as well as depth directly below the limited. High frequencies (200kHz) are commonly used on tran
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531438-1_A - 737_EnglishOnly.qxd 9/25/2005 7:52 PM Page 10 QuadraBeam™ Sonar WideSide® Sonar (with optional-purchase WideSide® transducer) Your 700 Series™ Fishing System supports QuadraBeam™ sonar. QuadraBeam™ sonar Your 700 Series™ Fishing System also supports provides an extremely wide 90° area of WideSide® sonar with the purchase of an additional coverage. QuadraBeam™ starts with two 45° 455 WideSide® transducer. The WideSide® transducer is a kHz beams for a continuous 90° of specialized
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531438-1_A - 737_EnglishOnly.qxd 9/25/2005 7:52 PM Page 12 Your 700 Series™ supports Navionics® Gold, HotMaps™ and HotMaps™Preimium on MMC or SD How GPS and Cartography Work card media. (with optional-purchase GPS Receiver) NOTE: Your 700 Series™ does not support Navionics® Classic Charts, only Navionics® Gold, With the purchase of an additional GPS Receiver, your 700 Series™ Fishing System also HotMaps™, and HotMaps™ Premium. supports GPS and chartplotting. With a GPS Receiver, your 737 u
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531438-1_A - 737_EnglishOnly.qxd 9/25/2005 7:52 PM Page 14 What’s On the Display The 700 Series™ Fishing System can display a variety of useful information about the area under and adjacent to your boat, including the following items: 83 kHz, Wide Beam Hollow Fish Symbol Depth - water depth; can be set to alarm Cursor - available in Freeze Frame and can be positioned in the Sonar View to provide when the water becomes too shallow. depth of a sonar return and bottom depth below the cursor. Sp
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531438-1_A - 737_EnglishOnly.qxd 9/25/2005 7:52 PM Page 16 Views Sonar View The views available on your 700 Series™ Fishing System are: Sonar View presents a historical log of sonar returns. Depth is always displayed. Readouts for temperature and speed are automatically displayed if the appropriate accessory is connected. The Sonar views: Navigation views: most recent sonar returns are charted on the right side of the window; as new information is received, the older information is moved acr
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531438-1_A - 737_EnglishOnly.qxd 9/25/2005 7:52 PM Page 18 Understanding Sonar History Bottom Presentation It is important to understand the significance of the 700 As the boat moves, the unit charts the changes in depth on the display to create a profile of the Series™ Fishing System display. The display does NOT show a Bottom Contour. The type of bottom can be determined from the return charted on the display. A literal 3-dimensional representation of what is under the water. Hard Bottom s
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531438-1_A - 737_EnglishOnly.qxd 9/25/2005 7:52 PM Page 20 Inverse is a method where weak returns are shown with dark Sonar Zoom View pixels and strong returns with lighter pixels. This has the benefit Sonar Zoom View increases the displayed resolution to separate sonar returns that are very close of ensuring that weak signals will be clearly visible on the together, such as those caused by fish suspended close to the bottom or within structure. In Zoom display. View, the display is split
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531438-1_A - 737_EnglishOnly.qxd 9/25/2005 7:52 PM Page 22 200/83 kHz Split Sonar View Big Digits View Split Sonar View displays sonar returns from the 83 kHz wide beam on the left side of the screen Big Digits View provides digital data in a large, easy-to-see format. Depth is always displayed. and displays sonar returns from the 200 kHz narrow beam on the right side of the screen. Depth Readouts for temperature, speed and Triplog information are displayed automatically if the is always dis
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531438-1_A - 737_EnglishOnly.qxd 9/25/2005 7:52 PM Page 24 Screen Snapshot View Side Beam View When Screen Snapshot is enabled (from the Accessories menu tab), pressing the MARK key Side Beam View shows sonar information from both the left and right 90° 455 kHz beams and the creates a saved screen capture (when you have an optional-purchase MMC/SD card installed). 200 kHz down-looking beam in one view. The top portion of the display presents a historical log of sonar returns from the 200 kH
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531438-1_A - 737_EnglishOnly.qxd 9/25/2005 7:52 PM Page 26 WideSide® View (with optional-purchase WideSide® transducer) Bird’s Eye View (with optional-purchase GPS receiver) WideSide® View is only available if you have purchased and connected an optional-purchase Bird's Eye View - This view is only available if you have purchased and connected a GPS Receiver, WideSide® transducer accessory and when Transducer Select is set to WideSide® (see Sonar Menu and shows a 3-D perspective view of the t
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531438-1_A - 737_EnglishOnly.qxd 9/25/2005 7:52 PM Page 28 Chart View (with optional-purchase GPS receiver) Combo View (with optional-purchase GPS receiver) Chart View - This view is only available if you have purchased and connected a GPS Receiver, and Combo View - This view is only available if you have purchased and connected a GPS Receiver, and shows cartography from the built-in World Map or an optional MMC map for the area surrounding is displayed as a split screen, with Chart View on t
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531438-1_A - 737_EnglishOnly.qxd 9/25/2005 7:52 PM Page 30 Nearest Current Station: Current information for the nearest current station to your present Viewing Cartography (with optional-purchase GPS receiver) position will be displayed. This includes the position of the station and the current changes for In the Chart or Combo Views (available when you have purchased and connected a GPS Receiver), today. Two graphs are also presented that show the time, direction and flow speed of the curren
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531438-1_A - 737_EnglishOnly.qxd 9/25/2005 7:52 PM Page 32 fields, use the UP and DOWN Cursor keys to change the letter or number. All upper and lower case Routes link two or more waypoints together to create a path for navigation, and are used in trip letters are available, as well as digits 0-9 and some punctuation characters. In the Waypoint Icon planning. You can link individual waypoints together by using the GOTO key. A route represents field, use the UP and DOWN Cursor keys to change t
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531438-1_A - 737_EnglishOnly.qxd 9/25/2005 7:52 PM Page 34 Create a route: From the Routes submenu, select Create and press the RIGHT Cursor key. A Route Add a Waypoint Target or Trolling Grid Edit screen will be displayed with an empty route. You can name the route, add waypoints to the (with optional-purchase GPS receiver) Waypoint Target route from the list of all waypoints, and order the waypoints in the route using the Cursor keys. Add or Remove a Waypoint Target: From the Waypoints Edit
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531438-1_A - 737_EnglishOnly.qxd 9/25/2005 7:52 PM Page 36 Edit Track dialog box appears, use the Cursor keys to move between fields. In the Track Name field, VIEW Key the UP and DOWN Cursor keys change the letter or number. All upper and lower case letters are The VIEW key is used to cycle through all available views. Press the VIEW key to available, as well as digits 0-9 and some punctuation characters. You can exit the Track Name field advance to the next view. Repeatedly pressing VIEW cy
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531438-1_A - 737_EnglishOnly.qxd 9/25/2005 7:52 PM Page 38 Main Menu - Press the MENU key twice for the tabbed Main Menu System. The Main Menu GOTO Key System is organized under tabbed headings to help you find a specific menu item quickly: Alarms, If the Cursor is active, pressing the GOTO key while in any view creates a waypoint Sonar, Navigation, Chart, Setup, Views and Accessories tabs are part of your tabbed Main Menu and starts navigation towards that waypoint. If the Cursor is not acti
