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How Sonar Works 1
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WideSide Sonar (With Optional-Purchas
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Table of Contents GOTO Key ...................................................................................................................................................................... 26 ZOOM (+/-) Key ............................................................................................................................................................ 26 EXIT Key .......................................................................................................................
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Table of Contents WideSide Sensitivity (Advanced, with WideSide Transducer) .......................................................................... 46 Depth Lines (Advanced) .............................................................................................................................................. 47 Surface Clutter (Advanced) ........................................................................................................................................ 48 Noise Fil
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Table of Contents User Mode...................................................................................................................................................................... 66 Language (International Only).................................................................................................................................. 66 Triplog Reset .............................................................................................................................
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How Sonar Works Sonar technology is based on sound waves. The Matrix Fishing System uses sonar to locate and define structure, bottom contour and composition, as well as depth directly below the transducer. Your Matrix Fishing System sends a sound wave signal and determines distance by measuring the time between the transmission of the sound wave and when the sound wave is reflected off of an object; it then uses the reflected signal to interpret location, size, and composition of an object. So
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WideSide Sonar (with Optional-Purchase WideSide Transducer) Your Matrix 97 Fishing System also supports WideSide sonar with the purchase of an additional WideSide transducer. The WideSide transducer is a specialized "side-looking" transducer that is extremely useful for bank fishing or looking for bait fish in open water. The WideSide transducer uses three different sonar elements that transmit signals to the left, right and straight down from your boat. The downward beam is 200 kHz with a 24°
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Your Matrix Fishing System supports Navionics® Gold Chart TM marine cartography and Navionics® HotMaps 2004 Gold for inland fishing. NOTE: Your Matrix Fishing System does not support Navionics® Classic Charts, only Navionics® Gold Charts and Navionics® TM HotMaps 2004 Gold Charts. Your unit also comes with a built-in World map with a more M97 Combo View Showing detailed map of North America (Domestic models) or a more Detailed Map detailed map of Europe and Southeast Asia, including Australia
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What’s On the Sonar Display The Matrix Fishing System can display a variety of useful information about the area under and adjacent Depth - water depth; can be set to alarm Cursor - available in Freeze Frame and can be positioned and bottom depth below the cursor. when the water becomes too shallow. Speed - if a Temp/Speed accessory or GPS Receiver is attached, the Matrix Fishing System can display the speed of the boat, and can keep a Triplog of nautical or statute miles traveled. T
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to your boat, including the following items: in the Sonar View to provide depth of a sonar return 200 kHz Orange Fish Symbol 83 kHz Blue Fish Symbol Fish - fish are displayed as arches and/or fish icons, and the unit can be set to alarm when a fish of a certain size is detected. When a TM target is detected and Fish ID+ is on, a Fish TM ID+ symbol with depth is displayed. The size of the symbol shows the intensity of the sonar return. The unit will clearly show schools of Bait Fish as
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Views The views available on your Matrix Fishing System are: Sonar views: Navigation views: • Sonar View • Bird’s Eye View • Zoom View • Chart View • 200/83 kHz Split Sonar View • Combo View • Big Digits View • Side Beam View • WideSide View TM NOTE: Side Beam View and WideSide View require the purchase of the QuadraBeam transducer for the Side Beam View and the WideSide transducer for the WideSide View. You can visit our website at www.humminbird.com to order these accessories online or con
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Sonar View 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 most recent sonar returns are charted on the right side of the window; as new information is received, the older information is moved across the display to the left. A Digital Depth Readout is displayed in the upper left corner. A scale with Upper and Lower Depth Range readouts appears along the
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Understanding Sonar History It is important to understand the significance of the Matrix Fishing System display. The display does NOT show a literal 3-dimensional representation of what is under the water. Each vertical band of data received by the control head and plotted on the display represents something that was detected by a sonar return at a particular time. As both the boat and the targets (fish) may be moving, the returns are only showing a particular segment of time when objects were d
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Bottom Presentation As the boat moves, the unit charts the changes in depth on the display to create a profile of the Bottom Contour. The type of bottom can be determined from the return charted on the display. A Hard Bottom such as compacted sediment or flat rock appears as a thinner line across the display. A Soft Bottom such as mud or sand appears as a thicker line across the display. Rocky Bottoms have a broken, random appearance. The sonar returns from the bottom, structure and fish can be
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Sonar Zoom View Sonar Zoom View increases the displayed resolution to separate sonar returns that are very close together, such as those caused by fish suspended close to the bottom or within structure. In Zoom View, the display is split to show a narrow slice of the full range view on the right and the zoomed view on the left. The full range view on the right also contains the Zoom Preview Box that shows what part of the full range view is shown in zoom view on the left; the Zoom Preview Box tr
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200/83 kHz Split Sonar View Split Sonar View displays sonar returns from the 83 kHz wide beam on the left side of the screen and displays sonar returns from the 200 kHz narrow beam on the right side of the screen. Depth is always displayed in the upper left hand corner. You can use the Split Sonar View to make side by side comparisons between the sonar returns from the 83 kHz wide beam and the 200 kHz narrow beam. The digital readouts in the Split Sonar View cannot be customized; therefore, info
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Side Beam View TM Side Beam View is only available if you have connected a QuadraBeam transducer accessory and when Transducer Select is set to QuadraBeam™ (see Sonar Menu Tab: Transducer Select). The QuadraBeam™ transducer requires a separate purchase. This view shows sonar information from both the left and right 90° 455 kHz beams and the 200 kHz down-looking beam in one view. The top portion of the display presents a historical log of sonar returns from the 200 kHz down-looking sonar. The bot
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WideSide View WideSide View is only available if you have connected a WideSide transducer accessory and when Transducer Select is set to WideSide (see Sonar Menu Tab: Transducer Select). The WideSide transducer requires a separate purchase. The WideSide View displays information from the 455 kHz SideView transducer. Three views are available: Left, Right and Both. The default view is Both. Information from both the left and right beams are displayed simultaneously. The depth of the water beneat
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Bird’s Eye View Bird's Eye View - This view shows a 3-D, perspective view of the track and the chart’s land contour from a point above and behind the boat (the eye point). As the boat turns, the eye point moves to follow the boat. When you press the 4-WAY Cursor key in the Bird’s Eye View, the position of the eye point will shift. This allows you to move and turn the eye point so that you can look off to the sides, or even behind the boat. Pressing the RIGHT or LEFT arrow keys on the 4-WAY Curso
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Chart View Chart View - This view shows cartography from the built-in UniMap or an optional MMC map for the area surrounding your current position. The current track (also known as the position history or breadcrumb trail) showing where the boat has been, along with saved tracks, waypoints, and the current route (when navigating), are overlaid on the chart. You can use the 4-WAY Cursor Control key to shift/pan the chart to another area. You can use the ZOOM (+/-) keys to zoom in and out. You
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View Orientation Both Chart and Combo views allow you to choose the orientation of the view. When North-Up orientation is selected, True North is shown at the top of the display. In other words, objects located to the north of the boat are drawn above the boat. When Course-Up orientation is selected, the direction of motion of the boat is shown at the top of the display. In other words, objects ahead of the boat are drawn above the boat. In both orientations, the view pans automatically, so that
