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echo™ 200, 300c, 500c and 550c
owner’s manual
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Introduction Manual Conventions Introduction In this manual, the term “select” is used to describe these actions: WarnIng • Highlighting an item in a menu and pressing ENTER. See the Important Safety and Product Information guide in the product box • Pressing a key, such as ENTER or MENU. for product warnings and other important information. When you are instructed to select menu items, small arrows (>) may appear ™ This manual includes information for the echo 200, the echo 300c, the echo
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Introduction Flasher Page ...................................................................................... 8 Table of Contents Opening the Numbers Page ............................................................... 8 Introduction .............................................................................. i Using the echo ........................................................................ 9 Registering Your Device ....................................................................
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Getting Started Turning On and Turning Off the Device getting Started Press . Keys Color or grayscale Display The echo 200 has a grayscale display. The echo 300c, echo 500c, and echo 550c have color displays. Configuring the Initial Device Settings When you turn on the device the first time, you must configure a series of initial settings. You must also configure these settings after restoring original factory settings (page 19). You can update each of these settings later. 1. Turn on the dev
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Getting Started adjusting the Color Scheme Setting the Color Mode Before you can adjust the color scheme, you must open the Full Screen page For the echo 300c, the echo 500c, and the echo 550c, you can select the (page 4), the Split Zoom page (page 5), the Split Frequency page (page 5), or color mode (for day or night use) of the sonar screen. the Flasher page (page 8). 1. From any page, select MENU > Setup > System > Color Mode. For the echo 300c, the echo 500c, and the echo 550c, you can sele
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Getting Started Menu Timeout If a menu is open for 15 seconds and no keys are selected, the menu closes and your previous screen is displayed. Using Quick adjust Before you can use quick adjust, you must open the Full Screen page (page 4), the Split Zoom page (page 5), the Split Frequency page (page 5), or the Flasher page (page 8). After adjusting a setting and returning to a page, you can quickly return to the setting options. After returning to the page, select or . echo 200, echo 300c,
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Viewing Pages Full Screen Page Viewing Pages The Full Screen page shows a full-view graph of sonar readings from a Pages allow you to view sonar information in different formats. transducer. • Three sonar pages From any page, select MENU > Pages > Full Screen. ◦ Full Screen page (page 4) ◦ Split Zoom page (page 5) ➊ ◦ Split Frequency page (page 5) ➋ • Log page for temperature or depth (page 6) ➍ ➌ • Flasher page (page 8) • Numbers page (page 8) Selecting a Page 1. From any page, select MENU > P
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Viewing Pages Increasing the Width of the Zoom Screen Split Zoom Page You can increase the width of the magnified portion of the Split Zoom page. The Split Zoom page shows a full-view graph of sonar readings on the right side of the screen, and a magnified portion of that graph on the left side of From the Split Zoom page , select MENU > Setup > Sonar Setup > the screen. Split Size > Large. From any page, select MENU > Pages > Split Zoom. Split Frequency Page On the Split Frequency page, the
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Viewing Pages Opening the Depth Log Page Log Pages The Depth Log page displays a graphic log of depth readings over time. You can view a log of depth readings (page 6) or water temperature readings (page 7) on the full screen. You can also view both logs simultaneously on 1. From any page, select MENU > Pages > Log. a split screen log (page 7). The graph scrolls to the left as information is 2. If the temperature log or the split screen log is shown, select MENU > received. Change Log > Dept
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Viewing Pages Viewing the Temperature Log Page Setting the Temperature Log Scale The Temperature Log page displays a graphic log of water temperature Before you can set the temperature-range scale, you must open the readings over time. temperature log (page 7) or the split screen log (page 7). 1. From any page, select MENU > Pages > Log. You can change the temperature-range scale on the temperature log. Increasing the temperature-range scale allows you to view more variations 2. If the temper
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Viewing Pages Flasher Page Opening the numbers Page The Flasher page displays sonar information on a circular depth scale, The Numbers page displays numeric information instead of a graph. indicating what is beneath your boat. It is organized as a ring that starts at From any page, select MENU > Pages > Numbers. the top and progresses clockwise. Depth is indicated by the scale inside the ring. Sonar information flashes on the ring when it is received at the depth resetting the Odometer to Zer
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Using the echo Zoom adjustments Using the echo You can adjust the zoom of the Full Screen page, the Split Zoom page, and the Split Frequency page manually, or you can allow the device to adjust the Sonar Screen Settings zoom automatically. The Full Screen page, the Split Zoom page, the Split Frequency page, Adjust the zoom manually by selecting the span (amount of sonar data that and the Flasher page are a visual representation of the area beneath your will be displayed in the zoomed window
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Using the echo adjusting the Zoom automatically Pausing the Sonar Screen Before you can adjust the zoom automatically, you must open the Full Before you can pause the screen, you must open the Full Screen page Screen page (page 4), the Split Zoom page (page 5), or the Split Frequency (page 4), the Split Zoom page (page 5), or the Split Frequency page (page 5). page (page 5). 1. Select MENU. When you set the zoom to Auto Zoom on one page, that setting does not 2. Select an option. affect the
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Using the echo 1. Select MENU > Pause/Rewind Sonar. Sonar History rewind When using the echo 200, the echo 500c, or the echo 550c, you can pause 2. Select or to scroll the screen and move the vertical line. the screen and then scroll the screen to view your sonar history. 3. Select or to adjust the horizontal depth line. Setting the Sonar Scroll Speed ➋ Before you can adjust the scroll speed of the depth scale, you must open the ➊ Full Screen page (page 4), the Split Zoom page (page 5), th
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Using the echo 2. To adjust the depth line, select or . • To show suspended targets as symbols with target depth information, select . Selecting a Frequency • To show suspended targets as symbols with background sonar Before you can select a frequency, you must open the Full Screen page information, select . (page 4), the Split Zoom page (page 5), or the Flasher page (page 8). • To show suspended targets as symbols with background sonar When using a dual-beam transducer, you can select a f
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Using the echo 2. Enter the value of the alarm setting (page i). Turning On the a-Scope From the Full Screen page (page 4), select MENU > Setup > Sonar 3. Select ENTER to accept the value. Setup > A-Scope > On. The alarm setting appears. 4. Select Done or Confirm. alarms Setting Fish alarms Setting the Shallow Water and Deep Water alarms You can set an alarm to sound when the device detects a suspended target. You can set an alarm to sound when the depth is shallower or deeper than a specified
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Using the echo NOTE: To set the gain on the Split Frequency page, you must set the 77 Setting the Drift alarm kHz and the 200 kHz screens separately. You can set an alarm to sound when variations in depth at your present location exceed the specified depth. 1. Select MENU > Gain > Manual. NOTE: Alarm settings are saved when the device is turned off. 2. Select to increase the gain setting until you begin to see noise in the water portion of the screen. 1. From any page, select MENU > Setup >
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Using the echo Setting noise rejection Sonar numbers Before you can set the noise rejection, you must open the Full Screen page You can adjust which numbers (water temperature, battery voltage, water (page 4), the Split Zoom page (page 5), or the Split Frequency page (page 5). speed, and water speed odometer) are displayed on the Full Screen page, the Split Zoom page, and the Split Frequency page. You can also adjust the size You can minimize the appearance of weak sonar returns by increasi
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Using the echo Showing the Battery Voltage Calibration Before you can show the battery voltage, you must open the Full Screen Setting the Keel Offset page (page 4), the Split Zoom page (page 5), or the Split Frequency page The keel offset compensates for the surface reading for the depth of a keel, (page 5). making it possible to measure depth from the bottom of the keel instead of 1. Select MENU > Setup > Sonar Numbers > Battery. from the transducer location. 2. Select Show. 1. Select an op
