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Thank You! Thank you for choosing Humminbird®, America’s #1 name in fishfinders. Humminbird® has built 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 environment. In the unlikely event that your Humminbird® does require repairs, we offer an exclusive Service Policy - free of charge during the first year after purchase, and available at a reasonable rate after the one-ye
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WEEE compliance may not be required in your location for electrical & electronic equipment (EEE), nor may it be required for EEE designed and intended as fixed or temporary installation in transportation vehicles such as automobiles, aircraft, and boats. In some European Union member states, these vehicles are considered outside of the scope of the Directive, and EEE for those applications can be considered excluded from the WEEE Directive requirement. This symbol (WEEE wheelie bin) on product i
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Table of Contents Power On the Unit 1 How Sonar Works 2 DualBeam Sonar ........................................................................................................ 4 How GPS Works 5 What’s On the Sonar Display 6 Understanding the Sonar Display ............................................................................ 8 Real Time Sonar (RTS™) Window ............................................................................ 8 Freeze Frame and Active Cursor..........................
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Table of Contents What’s on the 500 Series™ Control Head 33 Key Functions 34 POWER/LIGHT Key .............................................................................................. 34 VIEW Key .............................................................................................................. 35 INFO Key ................................................................................................................ 35 MENU Key ....................................................
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Table of Contents Sonar X-Press™ Menu (Sonar views only) 49 Sensitivity ................................................................................................................ 50 Upper Range (Advanced: Sonar and Big Digits views only).............................................. 51 Lower Range .......................................................................................................... 51 Chart Speed .........................................................................
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Table of Contents Sonar Menu Tab 62 Surface Clutter ...................................................................................................... 63 TVG ........................................................................................................................ 63 Fish ID+™ .............................................................................................................. 64 Fish ID Sensitivity ......................................................................
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Table of Contents Set Simulation Position (Advanced) .......................................................................... 75 Set Map Offset (Advanced)........................................................................................ 75 Course Projection Line ............................................................................................ 76 Clear Map Offset (Advanced) .................................................................................... 76 Export All Nav Da
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Table of Contents Views Menu Tab 85 Troubleshooting 86 Fishfinder Doesn’t Power Up ................................................................................ 86 Fishfinder System Defaults to Simulator with a Transducer Attached .............. 86 Display Problems .................................................................................................. 87 Finding the Cause of Noise .................................................................................. 88 500 Series™ Fish
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Power On the Unit Follow the instructions below to power on your Humminbird® control head. 581i Combo Title Screen 1. Press the POWER/LIGHT key. 2. When the Title screen is displayed, press the MENU key to access the Start-Up Options Menu. 3. Use the 4-WAY Cursor Control key to select Normal (if there is a transducer attached to the control head), or Simulator (if there isn’t a transducer attached to the control head). NOTE: See Start-Up Options Menu for more information. • If a functioning tran
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How Sonar Works Sonar technology is based on sound waves. The 500 Series™ Fishfinder uses sonar to locate and define structure, bottom contour and composition, as well as depth directly below the transducer. Your 500 Series™ Fishfinder 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. S
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When all the echoes are viewed side by side, an easy to interpret “graph“ of the bottom, fish, and structure appears. The sound pulses are transmitted at various frequencies depending on the application. Very high frequencies (455 kHz) are used for greatest definition but the operating depth is limited. High frequencies (200 kHz) are commonly used on consumer sonar and provide a good balance between depth performance and resolution. Low frequencies (83 kHz) are typically used to achieve greater
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DualBeam Sonar Your 500 Series™ Fishfinder uses a 200/83 kHz DualBeam sonar system with a wide (60°) area of coverage. DualBeam sonar is optimized to show the greatest bottom definition using a narrow (20°) beam yet can still indicate fish found in the wide (60°) beam when the Fish ID+™ feature is turned on. DualBeam is ideal for a wide range of conditions - from shallow to very deep water in both fresh and salt water. Depth capability is affected by such factors as boat speed, wave action, bott
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How GPS Works Your 500 Series™ Fishfinder also supports GPS (Global Positioning System) and chartplotting. It uses GPS and sonar to determine your position, display it on a grid, and provide detailed underwater information. GPS uses a constellation of satellites that continually send radio signals to the earth. The GPS receiver on your boat receives signals from satellites that are visible to it. Based on time differences between each received signal, the GPS receiver determines its distance to
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What’s On the Sonar Display The 500 Series™ Fishfinder can display a variety of useful information about Depth - Water depth; can be set to alarm when the water becomes too shallow. Speed - If a Temp/Speed accessory or GPS Receiver is attached, the Fishfinder can display the speed of the boat and can keep a Triplog of nautical or statute miles traveled. Temperature - Water surface temperature. Timer - Elapsed time with Temp/Speed Accessory or GPS Receiver. Distance - Distance traveled with Temp/
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the area under your boat, including the following items: Bait Ball Hollow Fish Symbol (83kHz, Wide Beam) Fish - The Fishfinder displays fish as arches and/or fish icons, and can be set to alarm when a fish of a certain size is detected. When a target is detected, a Fish ID+™ symbol appears on the display with the depth displayed above it. The size of the symbol indicates the intensity of the sonar return. The unit will clearly show schools of Bait Fish as "clouds" of different shapes and sizes,
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U Un nd de er rs st ta an nd di in ng g t th he e S So on na ar r D Di is sp pl la ay y It is important to understand the significance of the 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 part
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F Fr re ee ez ze e F Fr ra am me e a an nd d A Ac ct ti iv ve e C Cu ur rs so or r Freeze Frame & Active Cursor - Press any arrow on the 4-WAY Cursor Control key, and the screen will freeze and a cursor will be displayed. Use the 4-WAY Cursor Control key to move the cursor over a sonar return, and the depth of the sonar return will be displayed at the bottom of the screen in the cursor information box. The RTS Window™ continues to update in Freeze Frame. Pressing EXIT will exit Freeze Frame
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B Bo ot tt to om m P Pr re es se en nt ta at ti io on n 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. Bottom Contour Profile w
