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Owner’s Manual
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SystemCheck Commander
Speedometer/ Depth Sounder
Digital Speedometer with Analog Appearance
Digital displays for
Depth in Feet, Meter, or Fathoms
Shallow or Deep Water Alarms
Alarms are Audible and Visual
Programmable Keel Offset
Trip Log
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© 2003 Thomas G. Faria Corporation. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission. IS0163A ECR#3550 04/2003
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Installation Two Wire Connector Page 1 Four Wire Connector Page 1 Figure 1 Installation Diagram Page 1 Operation Speedometer Page 2 Description Trip Log Page 2 Reset Page 3 Units Page 3 Depth Sounder Page 3 Shallow Alarm Page 4 Deep Alarm Page 4 Keel Offset Page 4 Units Page 4 Loss of Signal Page 5 Calibration Page 5 Figure 2 Speedometer LCD Display Modes Page 6 Quick Reference Guide Set-Up Mode Page 6 Speedometer Scale Selection Page 7 Figure 3 Set- Up
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Used for all splices. 2 wire Wires Connector Note: For wiring diagram for the 2 wire Connector Two wire Connector Socket Heat Shrink Tube Socket see HN0357. (red or blue) Metal Butt Connector (red or blue). Used for all splices. 4 wire Connector Socket 4 wire Connector Note: For wiring diagram for the Four wire Connector Socket see HN0353. Figure 1 Use with: Four Wire Connector Socket Connections for Speed input, Ignition and SystemCheck® Commander™ Ground. Follow the wiring diagram
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display. Pressing and holding the “Mode” Operation button causes the display to change to the Speedometer “settings” sub menus (see Figure 2, page 6). The speedometer is a digital instrument with the appearance of an analog instrument. The speedometer is designed to be operated from a “paddle wheel” sensor. A microprocessor controlled stepper motor moves the pointer to display When the settings menus have been boat speed using a linear dial. selected, pressing the “Mode” button for a s
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calibration adjusted using the sub menus. miles (NM). Miles Pressing and holding the “Mode” button while the Trip Log is displayed will change the display to the “settings” menu (see Figure 2, page 6). Nautical Miles Trip Log “Settings” Menu There are three items in the Trip Log “Settings” Menu: Reset, Units, and Calibration. Briefly pressing the “Mode” Calibration button cycles through the menu items. This menu item is used to simultaneously The microprocessor will automatically adjust
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Setting the Deep Alarm to zero turns off the alarm. Depth Sounder “Settings” Menu There are four items in the Depth Sounder “Settings” Menu: Shallow Alarm, Deep Alarm, Keel Offset, and Units. Briefly pressing the “Mode” button cycles Keel Offset through the menu items. Pressing the “Up” or “Down” button The microprocessor will automatically changes the setting for the Keel Offset. record the new settings as you adjust them. Shallow Alarm Negative numbers indicate that the Depth Sounder t
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Quickly press the “Mode” button three (3) times to select and enter the Calibrate feet (FT), “settings menu”. meters (m), There are two methods of calibration; and fathoms (FA). 1) A GPS or radar gun can be used to obtain a fixed speed. While holding the boat at the selected speed press the “Up” or “Down” buttons to adjust the speedometer pointer reading to match the GPS or radar gun indicated speed. Loss of Signal When the Commander™ looses signal from the transducer, the LCD display
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Quick Reference Guide Speedometer LCD Display Modes - -Settings Menus- -Settings Menus- Figure 2 The display will show “*SETUP*”. Setup Mode The speedometer full scale deflection setting can be changed using the Setup Mode (see Figure 1). Use this option only if you have reason to believe that your setting is wrong. Setting an incorrect Briefly pressing the “Mode” button will value in this menu can result in extremely change the display to the setting menu. inaccurate performance of the
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The microprocessor will automatically full scale selections. record the new setting as you modify it. This is normally a factory setting that Pressing and holding the “Mode” button needs no adjustment. The setting adjusts sets the instrument to normal operation. the “full scale” operating range of the speedometer to match the dial on the instrument. Using the “Up” and “Down” buttons, Speedometer Full Scale Selection adjust the setting to match the maximum reading on the speedometer dial:
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Figure 4 Harness HN0353 Four Wire Connector To Commander™ Small Plug(CN0082) Pin A Purple +12 Ignition Power Pin B Purple +12 Ignition Power Pin C Black Ground Pin D White/Blue Speedometer Input ECR 1903 12/21/01 Shrink Tubing or Wrap Purple (Ignition) White Black w/ Blue Stripe Green Paddle Wheel Sender (Ground) Blue (Depth Sounder (Paddle Wheel Signal) Signal) Red (Paddle Wheel +12 vDc) Bare Black (Depth (Paddle Wheel Ground) Sounder Ground) Page 8
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Figure 5 Harness HN0357 Two Wire Connector To Commander™ Small Plug(CN0082) Pin A Blue Depth Sounder Signal Pin B Black Depth Sounder Ground Pin C Not Used Pin D Not Used ECR 1903 12/21/01 Black Blue (Ground) Black Blue Shrink Tubing (Depth (Depth or Wrap Sounder Sounder Ground) Signal) Page 9
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