Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product GP-7000F Furuno
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SAFETY INSTR UCTIONS Do not disassemble or modify the equipment. Fire, electrical shock or serious injur y can result. Do not open the equipment. Immediately turn off the po wer at the switc hboard if the equipment is emitting smoke or fire. Continued use of the equipment can cause electrical shock.
iii FOREWORD Congr atulat ions on y our choi ce of the F URUNO GP-7000F CO LOR GPS /PLOTT ER/S OUNDER. We are c onfi dent y ou wi ll see w h y the FURUNO name h as becom e sy nonymous wi th quality and reli ability .
iv T ABLE OF CONTENTS SYSTEM CONFIGURA TION .............................................................................. viii 1. OPERA TIONAL OVERVIEW ......................................................................... 1-1 1.1 Display Unit Controls .
v 4. W A YPOINT ..................................................................................................... 4-1 4.1 Entering W aypoints ........................................................................................................ 4 -1 4.
vi 8.3 ADV ANCED Menu .......................................................................................................... 8-6 8.4 INFO Menu ........................................................................................................
vii 1 1.5. 1 R AM m enu .................................................................................................... 1 1 - 5 1 1.5. 2 Dim menu.....................................................................................................
viii SYSTEM CONFIGU R A TION TRANSDUCER Speed/Water Temp Sensor (option) Distributor MB-1000* * Required when using 1 kW transducer . Power Source 12-24 VDC : Option : Standard : User Supply NMEA1 and NMEA2 ports: Radar, autopilot, video sounder, temperature indicator, etc.
1-1 1. OPERA TIONAL OVER VIEW This chapter acquai nts you with the basics of your unit–f rom turning on t he power to the soft key menu operat ion. 1.1 Display Unit Controls CLEAR BRILL POWER GOTO WPT SAVE MOB DISP TO ENTER PUSH MENU RANGE Soft ke ys Card slot Cursor pad RANGE ke y ENTER knob See below .
1. OPERA TIONA L OVERVIEW 1-2 1.2 Loading an SD TM Cha rt Card Y our uni t reads C-M AP NT + /N T MA X TM chart s, stored on SD TM card s. I nse rt the appr opriat e chart card for y our area before turni ng the pow er on to s how c hart dat a automat ic ally .
1. OPER A TION AL OVE RVIEW 1-3 1.3 T urning the Pow er On/Off T urning the power on Press the [POW ER/BRILL] key until you hear a click and a bee p. W hen the unit is turned on, it proceeds in the sequence sho wn in t he figure below . In about 30 seconds the last-used displa y appears.
1. OPER A TION AL OVE RVIEW 1-4 1.4 Adjusting Brillian ce and Con trast Y ou can adjust display brilli ance and contrast as shown below . 1. Press t he [POW ER/BRILL] key mom entarily . The BACKLIGHT w indow appears. BA CKLIGHT ENTER T O SET Backlight window 2.
1. OPERA TIONA L OVERVIEW 1-5 1.5 Selectin g a Display Fourt een scre en displ ays ar e avail able as show n fi gure i n below . 1. Press the [DI SP] ke y to show the DISP LA Y MODE sc reen. DISPLAY MODE TURN KNOB TO SELECT DISPLAY MODE AND PRESS KNOB TO ENTER.
1. OPER A TION AL OVE RVIEW 1-6 1.7 MOB Mark 1.7.1 Entering the MOB mark, setting MOB as destination The MOB (Man Overbo ard) mark functions t o mark man overboard position. Y ou can inscribe this m ark from any mode. Man overboad Range, bearing Current position MOB mark MOB MOB 162.
1. OPER A TION AL OVE RVIEW 1-7 1.7.2 Deleting the MOB mark 1. Operate t he cursor pad to place the cursor on the MOB m ark, and then press the STOP so ft key to cancel the navigat ion to the MOB m ark. 2. Press t he DELETE soft key to show the confirmat ion window .
1. OPER A TION AL OVE RVIEW 1-8 English Italiano F rancais Deutsch Espanol Norsk Svensk P or tuguese Language opt ion windo w 4. Rotat e the [ENT ER] knob to choose the option desired an d then press the [ENTER] knob. T o cancel, pr ess the [CLEAR] key .
1. OPER A TION AL OVE RVIEW 1-9 English Italiano F rancais Deutsch Espanol Norsk Svensk P or tuguese Language opt ion windo w 4. Press ▼ to choose an option and then pr ess ► to close t he window . T o cancel, press ◄ . 5. T o close all menus and option windows, press the [MENU] key .
1. OPER A TION AL OVE RVIEW 1-10 Note: Y ou ca n return the value t o zero by pressing the CLR F LD soft key . 8. Ent er SPEED, DA TE and TIME. 9. Rotat e the [ENT ER] knob to choose CURSOR CONTRO L and then pu sh the [ENTER] knob. 10. Rotate the [ ENTER] knob to choose On or Off as appropriate and t hen push the [ENT ER] knob.
2-1 2. PLOTTER DISPLA YS 2.1 Presen t ation Modes The plotter displa y mainly sho ws chart, ship’ s track, waypoints, and navigation data. Three types of display presentations are pro vided for the norm al plotter display: north-up, course-up and auto course-up.
2. PLOT TER DISPLA Y 2-2 2.1.2 Course-up Press the COURSE UP so ft key to show the course-up display . When destination is set, it is at the top of the screen and the north mark appears at the upper right side of the screen and points t o north.
2. PLOT TER DISPLA Y 2-3 2.2 Curso r 2.2.1 T ur ni ng on the cursor , shifting the cursor Press the cursor pad to turn the cursor on, and the cursor appears at the own ship’s position. Operate the cursor pad to shift the cursor . The cursor moves i n the direction of the arrow or diagonal pressed on t he cursor pad.
2. PLOT TER DISPLA Y 2-4 2.2.3 Display ing data Besides its fundamental f unctions of providing p osition data, t he cursor can also provide data for chosen caut ion area, depth are a, source of data, etc. Further , you can displa y inform ation about an icon by pl acing the cursor on it .
2. PLOT TER DISPLA Y 2-5 2.4 Na vigation Dat a Display The navigatio n data displa y provides gener ic navigation data, and it is sho wn in combination displ ays. Appropriate sensors are required. Bars (- -) appear when correspondin g sensor is not connected.
2. PLO TTER D ISPLA Y 2-6 2.5 C omp ass D isplay T he comp ass displ a y , sho w n in c ombinati on display s, pr ov ides s teering inf ormati on. T he comp ass rose show s t w o tri an gles: the red .
2. PLO TTER D ISPLA Y 2-7 2.6 High w a y Displa y T he highw a y di splay , show n in combi nation di splay wi th the pl otter s creen, pro v ides a gr aphic present ati on of shi p’s t rack along i ntended co urse. I t is us eful for m onitori ng ship’ s progre ss tow ard a w a ypoi n t.
2. PLOT TER DISPLA Y 2-8 2.7 GPS St atus Displa y The GPS status display provides data on the GPS sat ellites. 33 18.426N 12:09 AM 1.00 Apr/02/04 ACQUIRING LONGITUDE LATITUDE HDOP SOG Kts DATE TIME 131 48.608W 12.5 07 14 25 31 -- -- 01 11 20 28 -- -- 07 01 11 14 25 31 28 Position DOP value Receive signal level: Bars show satellite signal level.
2. PLOT TER DISPLA Y 2-9 2.8 Celestial Dis p l a y Y our plotter pro vides for calculat ion of t he tide heights f or any date. Add itional ly it displays the tim e of sunrise, sunset, moonrise and moonset .
2. PLOT TER DISPLA Y 2-10 2.9 Graph Display Four graphs can be displa yed alternat ely on the half -screen of the LCD: depth, wind, water tem perature and SOG (speed). Press the GRAPH TYPE so f t key to choose display graphs in the sequ ence shown below .
2. PLOT TER DISPLA Y 2-1 1 2.10 Wind Display Y our plotter can sho w the graphical wind indic ator when the appropriate data is input. WIND TRUE HEAD 7º M - - - - - - Kts 0 30 60 90 120 150 180 150 120 90 60 30 Wind display Selectin g the wind di rection indicati on format The wind directio n can be selected to true or apparent.
2. PLOT TER DISPLA Y 2-12 2.1 1 N A VD A T A Window The second soft key fr om the left functions to control the NA VDA T A w i ndo w . Each press of the key changes this soft key label in the seque nce of NA V DA T A, NA V+CUR and OFF . NA VDA T A window Custom izing the NA VD A T A w indow 1.
3-1 3. TR A CK Y our ship’ s trac k is pl otted on the scr een usi ng navigat ion dat a fed from the int ernal G PS navigator . T h is chapt er show s y ou w hat you c an do w ith track , from turni ng it on or of f to changi ng it s pl otting i nterval .
3. TRACK 3-2 5. Rot ate the [E NTE R] knob to choos e ACTI VE T R ACK and the n push t he [ENT ER] knob. 6. Rot ate the [ENT ER] knob to choose the desi red number of ow n ship tracks to use, f rom amon g 1 to 5. 7. Pre ss the SA VE sof t ke y . 8. Press t he [M ENU] key t o close t he menu.
3. TRAC K 3-3 3.5 Hidin g the T rack The track lines can be hidden (b ut recorded). This funct ion is useful when there are too many tracks to distinguish on the screen and it is hard to distinguish one fr om another . 1. Choose TRACK fr om the PLOTTE R menu and then push the [ENTER] knob.
3. TRAC K 3-4 3.6.2 T rack plotting interv al 1. Choose TRACK fr om the PLOTTE R menu. 2. Choose DI ST ANCE or TIME as appropriate and then push the [ ENTER] knob. 0.01 0.05 0.1 0.5 1.0 2.0 5.0 10.0 1sec 5 sec 10 sec 30 sec 1 min 5 min 10 min 30 min 1 h Distance window Time window Interval windows 3.
4-1 4. W A YPOI NT I n nav igat ion ter minol ogy , a w a ypoi nt is a p arti c ular l ocati on on a v oyage w hether it be a st arting, i ntermedi ate or dest ination poi nt. A w a ypoi nt is the si mplest piece of inf ormati on your equipment r equir es to get y ou to a dest inati on, in t he shortest dist ance poss ible.
4. WA YPOINT 4-2 4. Rot ate the [E NTE R] knob to choos e the desi red alphanum eric char acter . Y ou can cl ear all di gits in th e fiel d by pres sing t he CLR F LD s oft k ey . 5. Pr ess ► to mov e th e c ur sor to th e ne xt d igit, an d th e n r otate th e [E NTER] knob to c hoose the c haract er desi red.
4. WA YPOINT 4-3 4.1. 2 Enteri ng a wa ypoi nt fr om th e wa ypo i nt li s t Y ou can manuall y enter w aypoi nt posit ion fr om the w a y point li st as foll o w s. 1. Press t he [M ENU] key t o sho w the menu bar . 2. Rot ate the [E NTE R] knob to choos e PLOTT ER and the n push the [ENT ER] knob to s how the PLOT TE R menu.
4. WA YPOINT 4-4 4.1. 3 Enteri n g a wa ypoi nt/MOB mar k wit h an exter n al e vent swit ch If the equipment is equi pped w ith an exter nal event s wi tch y ou may choose w hat mark i s ins cribed on t he screen w hen the sw it ch is pres sed. T he choic es are Waypoint, MOB ma rk o r Off (n o ev en t s witch is c onnec ted).
4. WA YPOINT 4-5 4.2 Editing W a y point Dat a Way poi nt dat a may be edited f rom the w a ypoi nt li s t or di rectly f rom the pl otter display . 4 . 2.1 Ed i t ing way poin t dat a fro m the way poi nt li st 1. Press t he [M ENU] key t o sho w the menu bar .
4. WA YPOINT 4-6 4.3 Erasing W a y point s Way poi nt s can be eras ed from the w a ypoi nt li st or direct ly f rom the pl otter display . 4.3. 1 Er asing a wa ypo in t dir ec tl y from the plo tt er dis pla y 1. Press t he cursor p ad to pl ace the c ursor o n the w aypoi nt you w ant to del ete.
4. WA YPOINT 4-7 4.4 Searching , Sorting W a y point s Y ou can search and sort w aypoi n t s on the w a y point li st as foll o w s. Sea r ching by w ay point na me 1. Open the WA Y POI N T L IST . 2. Rot ate the [ENT ER] knob t o choose SEARCH at the bott om of the screen.
4. WA YPOINT 4-8 4.5 Ot her W a y point List Functio ns T h is s ection s ho w s you how to execut e the vari ous functi ons a v ail able on the WA Y PO IN T LIST . 4.5. 1 Filter in g wa ypoints by m ark sha p e Y ou ma y fil ter w a ypoi nts in the w a ypoi nt list b y mark shap e.
4. W A YPOINT 4-9 4.5.2 Hiding or showing wa ypoi nts W aypoints can be sho wn or hidden individually or collect ively on the plotter display as below . 1. Open the W A YPOINT LIST . 2. Press the cursor pad ( ▲▼ ) to choose the way point you want to show or hide.
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5-1 5. ROUTE Of ten a t r ip f rom one place t o another i nvol v es s everal cour se chan ges, requi ring a seri es of rout e point s (w aypoi nt s) w h ich y ou navigate t o, one af ter another . T he sequenc e of w aypoi nts leadi ng to the ulti mate dest inati on is cal led a route.
6. ROU TE 5-2 CANCEL COORD TYPE SAVE 1 34 41.895 ’ N 135 21.109 ’W 34 43.776 ’ N 135 17.883 ’ W 34 46.007 ’ N 135 19.521 ’ W 34 80.398 ’ N 135 35.
5. ROU TE 5-3 5.3 Connec ting Routes T wo routes which you have created can be connect ed as f ollows to form a new route. 1. O pen the route m enu. 2. Rotat e the [ENT ER] knob to choose CONNECT at the bot tom of screen and then push the [E NTER] knob.
6. ROU TE 5-4 5.4 Inserting W aypoint s Waypoints can be inserted in a route as follows: Inserting a way point from the ro ute list 1. Sho w the route list. 2. Press the cursor pad ( ▲▼ ) to choose a route. 3. Rotat e the [ENT ER] knob to choose EDIT at the bottom of screen and then push the [ENT ER] knob to sho w the route menu.
5. ROU TE 5-5 Inserting a way point from the plotter display Y ou can insert a waypoint in a route direct ly on the screen. 1. Press t he cursor pad to place the cursor on the desired line bet ween waypoints in a route. The window below appears. ROUTE: 1 [0001RT] 0001WP - 0002WP DST: 4.
6. ROU TE 5-6 5.6 Informa tion on Route Repo rt The route report provid es various inf ormat ion about routes, such as time distance and necessary fuel t o go to a waypoint in rout e. 1. O pen the route list . 2. Press the cursor pad ( ▲▼ ) to choose the route desired.
5. ROUTE 5-7 Ent eri ng th e speed fo r TIME colu mn Enter speed t o be use d for TIM E calc ulation. 1. Show the rout e report. 2. Rot ate the [ENT ER] knob to c hoose SPEED at the bot tom of screen and then pus h the [ ENT ER] knob to show t he SPEED wi ndo w .
6. ROU TE 5-8 5.8 Search ing Rou tes Y ou can search f or a route through the route lis t or on the plott er display . Searching a route th rough th e rou te list 1. O pen the route list . 2. Rotat e the [ENT ER] knob to choose SEARCH at the bott om of screen.
6-1 6. NA VIGA TI ON This chapter shows you ho w to get to a desired destinat ion by using “quick points”, waypoints, port services and routes. 6.1 Nav igating to Quic k Point s The quick points f eature allows you to navigate to a cursor-select ed location.
6. NA VIIGA TION 6-2 Naviga ting a quick route 1. Press t he cursor pad to place the cursor at the position where you want to enter a waypoint . 2. Press the [R OUTE] key to show th e new waypo i nt wi ndow . 3. If necessary , arrange th e waypoint data.
6. NA VIGA TION 6-3 Na viga ting t o ports, por t s er vic e C- M AP NT + /NT M AX TM chart cards ha ve a port s ervic e li st w h ich s how s services avai labl e at port s and harbors . Y ou can use t he lis t to set desti nation as f ollow s. 1. Press t he [M ENU] key t o sho w the menu bar .
6. NA VIIGA TION 6-4 6.2 Nav igating to W aypoint s Y ou can select an e xisting waypoint as destinati on by cursor , by nam e or through the WA YPOINT LIST . T o cancel t he navigatio n, locate t he cursor on the destinat ion waypoint, and then press the STOP soft ke y .
6. NA VIGA TION 6-5 6.3 Follo w ing a R oute Y ou can f ollow a route as follo ws. Setting a comp l ete route as desti nation This m ethod enables you to navi gate f rom the first waypoint of a route. 1. Press t he cursor pad to place the cursor at the location not occupied b y waypoint.
6. NA VIIGA TION 6-6 Skipping route waypoint s In some inst ances you may want to “skip” waypoint s while following a route. In the figure below , for example, the vessel ha s decided to navigate from waypoint 05 to 03, skipping waypoint 0 4.
6. NA VIGA TION 6-7 6.5 A ffecting the Dest ination Set at Pr imar y Unit to Secondary W he n mult ipl e GP-7000 seri es plot ters are c onnect ed, the C-LI NK feat ure may be acti vated t o dupli cate at t he secondary pl ott e r the desti nati on set at t he pri mary pl otter .
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7-1 7. ALARMS The plotter sect ion has seven conditions which generate both a udio and visual alarm s: arrival, XTE, temperat ure, depth, anchor , ST W and grounding alarm s. W hen an alarm is violated both audi o and visua l alarms are released. Y ou may silence the audio al arm with the [CLEAR] key .
7. ALARM 7-2 7.1 A udible Alarm On/Off Audi o and visual alarm s are releas ed w henever an alarm s etti ng is viol ated. Y ou can en able or di sable t he audio al arm as f oll o ws: 1. Press t he [M ENU] key t o sho w the menu bar . 2. Rot ate the [E NTE R] knob to choos e ALARM S and then p ush the [ ENTE R] knob to s how the ALARM S menu.
7. ALARM S 7-3 7.3 XTE (Cross-T rack Er ro r) A l arm The XTE alarm warns you when your boat is off its intended course. Note that t his alarm is available only when a de stination is set . : Alar m Destination wa ypoint Own ship position Alarm setting Intended course How to XTE alarm works 1.
7. ALARM 7-4 7.4 T emperatur e Alarm Note: This alarm requires water tem perature data. There are t wo types of water alarms: W ithin Range and Out of Range. The W ithin Range alarm sounds when the water temperature is within the range set, and the Out of Range sounds when the water temperature is higher or lo wer than the range set.
7. ALARM S 7-5 7.5 A nchor A l arm The anchor alarm inform s you that your boat is m oving when it should be at rest . : Alarm Own ship's position Setting range How the anchor watch alar m works 1. Open the ALARMS m enu. 2. Rotat e the [ENT ER] knob to choose ANCHO R ALARM and the push th e [ENTER] knob .
7. ALARM 7-6 7.7 Depth A larm The depth alarm sounds when the depth is within the alarm range set. 1. Open the ALARMS m enu. 2. Rotat e the [ENT ER] knob to choose DEPTH ALARM and then push th e [ENTER] knob. Off Depth 0000.0 Ft Range 0010.0 Ft 3. Conf irm t hat the cursor is located at t he top line, and t hen push the [E NTER] knob.
7. ALARM S 7-7 7.8 G rounding A larm T he grounding al arm sou nds w hen there i s an object on chart dat a w h ic h is wit hin the r ange and depth s et. Further , y ou can know what k ind of obj ect i s causi ng the alar m w hen it ent ers in the range.
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8-1 8. CUST OM IZING YOUR UNIT T h is c hapter descri bes the v arious opti ons w hich al low y ou to custom ize the plot ter sect ion to s uit y our needs.
8. CUST OMIZING YO UR UNIT 8-2 DA TE F OR MA T Choos es date n otat ion; M M-DD-Y Y or DD-M M-YY . A UTO INF O Choos es w hat dat a is availabl e w ith the c ursor; O ff , On Poi nt s or On All. On Poi nt s: Dat a for selec ted chart s ymbol , for exampl e, li ghthouse or har bor .
8. CUST OMIZING YO UR UNIT 8-3 PERSPECTIVE VIEW Chart dat a is proj ected i n perspecti ve mod e, f or 3D simul ati on, duri ng navi gation. DYNA MIC NA V - AI DS Show s t he f lash f rom the li ghthouse/b uoy wi th the act ual int erval .
8. CUST OMIZING YO UR UNIT 8-4 DA NGERS Show n i n red w hen the GROUNDI NG alarm det ect s the hi gh-ris k object (list ed in the grou nding r epor t) w hen the G ROUNDI NG alarm i s turned on. CA UTIONS Show n i n red w hen the GROUNDI NG alarm det ect s the l o w -r is k object w hen the GRO UNDING alarm i s turned on.
8. CUST OMIZING YO UR UNIT 8-5 M A P C ONFIGU R A T ION DISP L A Y MODE Choos es the ma p to dis play ; Full , Medi um, Lo w , T ides or Custom . “Ful l” s ho w s a ll dat a in the chart card. Not e that data c an be arran ged onl y w hen Custom is chosen h ere.
8. CUST OMIZING YO UR UNIT 8-6 Set ting de tails DEPTH SETTINGS I tem Setti ngs DEP TH RANGE On , O ff DEP TH RANGE MIN 0-4 921 1 ft DEPTH RAN GE M AX 0- 4921 2 ft ROC KS MI N 0-32 804 ft ROC KS MAX 0.
8. CUST OMIZING YO UR UNIT 8-7 8.3 A D V ANCED Menu T he ADV ANCED m enu cali brates dat a. FIX Item S ettin gs FIX CORRECT IO N GPS -generat ed posi tion m ay be of f by some seconds because of various factors. In thi s ca se, you can automat ical ly c orrect GPS posi ti on b y selecti n g On.
8. CUS T OMIZING Y OUR UNIT 8-8 NA V IG A TE Item S ettin gs COO RDI NA TE SY S T E M Choose the c oo rdi nat e di spl ay method am on g ddd mm ss, ddd mm.
8. CUST OMIZING YO UR UNIT 8-9 8.4 INFO Menu T h is m enu show s the det ailed i nformat ion for t h e locat ion sel ected by the cursor . Choos e a locat ion, and then o pen the I NFO me nu and sel ect i tem.
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9-1 9. DA T A TR A N SFER T h is c hapter pro v ides i nformat ion for saving an d repl ayi ng dat a to and from memory cards, and uplo ading an d dow nloadi ng dat a. 9.1 Memory Card Oper ations T he memory cards st ore these dat a: w aypoi n t s, routes an d track.
9. DA T A T R ANSF ER 9-2 9. 1.2 F ormatt i ng me m ory ca rds Befor e y ou can use a me mory card i t must be f ormat t ed. T h is prep ares the c ard for us e w it h the sy st em. Not e t hat for mat ti ng a memory card erases al l dat a fr om the car d.
9. DA T A T R ANSF ER 9-3 9. 1.4 Pl ay ing ba ck dat a fro m a me m ory card Dat a (track , w aypoi n t s , routes) c an be l oaded fr om a memory card and dis pl ay ed on t he s c r een. T his feat ure is us ef ul for obser ving pa st dat a. 1. I nsert th e me mor y card to pla y ba ck into th e s ele cte d slo t.
9. DA T A T R ANSF ER 9-4 4. W he n r ec ei v ing dat a, f oll ow steps s how n below . a) C hoose NM EA 1 I NPU T , NM EA 2 IN PUT or RS 232 3 INPU T ap pro pri ately , and t hen p ush t he [ENT ER] kn ob. b) C ommunic atio n form at be tween this unit and PC (or GP-70 00/F) s houl d b e the sam e.
9. DA T A TRANSFER 9-5 9.2. 2 Sen din g/re cei vi ng r o ute s da t a Y ou ma y s ending/rec eiving ro utes as f oll o w s. W hen sendi ng dat a, set t he conne cted eq uipment f or recei ving. Note : Al l w a ypoi nts in a rout e can be transp orte d w ith the rout e.
9. DA T A TRANSFER 9-6 N NAME LENGTH WAYPOINTS FIND NEW EDIT RENAME COMMENT PLOT DELETE REVERSE COLOR SEARCH SEND RECEIVE CONNECT SELECT REPORT ROUTE LIST Route li st 7. For sendi ng, press the cu rsor p ad ( ▲▼ ) to cho ose the r oute desi red. 8.
10-1 10. VIDEO SOUNDER OPERA TION This chapter covers video sound er operation. The procedures in t his chapter assume that a full screen video sounder displa y is selected.
10. V IDEO SOUNDER OPER A TION 10-2 10.1 Sounde r Display 10.1.1 Description of sounder displ a y Color bar Depth scale Tx frequency Depth 50 30 Te m p scale W ater temp graph 50.
10. V IDEO SOUNDER OPER A TION 10-3 1. Press the [DISP ] key to sh ow the DISPL A Y MOD E menu. DISPLAY MODE TURN KNOB TO SELECT DISPLAY MODE AND PRESS KNOB TO ENTER. Display mode menu 2. Rotat e the ENTER knob to choose the icon. 3. Push the [E NTER] knob.
10. V IDEO SOUNDER OPER A TION 10-4 AUTO MODE PRESET MANUAL DISPLA Y MODE NORMAL FREQUENCY 50 KHz PICTURE AD V ANCE 1/1 TEMPERA TURE GRAPH On ZOOM MARKER On A-SCOPE Off SOUNDER SETUP SENSOR SETUP Sounder menu 3. Rotat e the [ENT ER] knob to choose FREQUENC Y and t hen push the [ENTER] knob.
10. V IDEO SOUNDER OPER A TION 10-5 Bottom loc k, Bottom z oom, Marke r zoom, Bottom discriminati on Using the so ft key 1. Press the DISP MODE soft key to show the display mode window . NORMAL BO TT OM LOCK BO TT OM ZOOM MARKER ZOOM BO TT OM DISCRIMINA TION Display mode window 2.
10. V IDEO SOUNDER OPER A TION 10-6 Bottom-lock d ispla y The bottom -lock display provides a com pressed normal pict ure on the right half of the screen and a 15 or 30 f eet (5 or 10 meter) wide layer in contact with the bottom is expanded onto the left half of the screen.
10. V IDEO SOUNDER OPER A TION 10-7 Mark er-zoom display The marker-zoom display expands a selected area of the normal sounder picture to full vertical size of the screen on t he left-half window . Y ou m ay specify the portion to expand by operating t he VRM (V ariable Rang e Marker), which you can shift with the [ENT ER] knob.
10. V IDEO SOUNDER OPER A TION 10-8 A- scope dis play The A-SCOPE display , which can be enabl ed or disabled on t he SOUNDER menu, sho ws echoes at each transm ission with am plitudes and tone pr oportion al to their intensit ies. It is usef ul for estimat ing fish specifies and seabed composition.
10. V IDEO SOUNDER OPER A TION 10-9 10.2.2 T y pes of automatic sounder mode T wo types of automat ic sounder modes are availabl e: CRUISE and F ISH. CRUISE is for tracking the bot tom , and FISH is for searching f ish schools.
10. V IDEO SOUNDER OPER A TION 10-10 10.3 Manual Soun der Opera tion Manual operation is use f ul for observing fish schools an d bottom using a fixed gain setting. The gain, range an d range shift f unctions used toget her give you t he means to select the depth you ca n see on the screen.
10. V IDEO SOUNDER OPER A TION 10-1 1 10.3.3 A djusting the gain Normally , set the gain to t he point where exces sive noise does not appear on the screen. Use a higher gain sett ing for great er depths and a lower setting for sh al lo we r wa t er .
10. V IDEO SOUNDER OPER A TION 10-12 10.4 Measu ring De p th, Time The VRM measures t he depth and the t ime marker , t ime. 1. Rotate the [ENTER] kn ob to shift the VRM; cou nterclockwise to shift it upward, clockwise t o shift it downward. Y ou may also use the cursor pad ( ▲▼ ) to shi ft the VRM .
10. V IDEO SOUNDER OPER A TION 10-13 10.5 Redu cing Interference Interference f rom other acoustic equipm ent operating nearb y or other electr onic equipm ent on your boat m ay show itself on the display as shown belo w . Interference from other sounder Electrical interference T ypes of interf erence T o reduce int erference, do the f ollowing: 1.
10. V IDEO SOUNDER OPER A TION 10-14 10.6 Reducing L ow Lev el Noise Light-blue dots m ay appear over most of the screen. This is mainly due to sedim ent in the water , or noise. This noise can be suppressed by adj usting CLUTTER on t he SENSITI VITY m enu.
10 . VIDE O SOUNDE R O PERA TIO N 10-15 10.7 Er asing W eak Echo es Sedi m ent s in the w ater or r ef lecti ons f rom plank t on may be p aint ed on t he dis pl ay in green or l ight -blue. T hese w eak echo es may be erased as b elow . W eak echoes Appea r anc e of w eak echoes 1.
10. V IDEO SOUNDER OPER A TION 10-16 10.8 Wh ite Marker The white m arker functions to display a particular echo color in white. For example, you may want t o display the bott om echo in white t o discrim inate fish echoes near the bottom . 1. Push the [EN TER] knob to sh ow the SEN SITIVITY window .
10. V IDEO SOUNDER OPER A TION 10-17 10.9 Picture A d van ce S peed The picture advance sp eed determ ines how quickly the vertical scan lin es run across the screen.
10 . VIDE O SOUNDE R OPERA TIO N 10-18 10.10 A larms T he sounder sect ion has tw o condit ions w h ich gener ate audi o and v isual alarm s: fi sh (normal ) and fi sh (bottom lock) al arms. Y ou ma y s et up the sounder al arms o n the ALARM S menu, w hich may be dis play ed by choosi ng ALARM S from the menu bar .
10. V IDEO SOUNDER OPER A TION 10-19 10.10.2 Fish alarm The fish alarm sounds when a fish echo is within the preset alarm range. Note that the sensit ivity of the fish alarm can also be set. 1. Open the ALARMS m enu. 2. Rotat e the [ENT ER] knob to choose FISH ALARM and then push the [ENTER] knob twice.
10. V IDEO SOUNDER OPER A TION 10-20 10.1 1 W ater T emper atu re G raph The water temperat ure graph (appropriate sens or required) plots water temperat ure on the sounder displ ay . It can be turned on or off as below . 1. Open t he SOUNDER menu. 2.
10. V IDEO SOUNDER OPER A TION 10-21 10.13 Displa ying Nav Dat a Y ou can show the na vigat ion data at the left-hand side of t he screen by pressing the NA VDA T A ON soft key . Depth 50 30 50.0 200k 40 0 50 100 150 0'30" 34 40.209N 135 17.
10 . VIDE O SOUNDE R OPERA TIO N 10-22 10.1 4 SOUNDER SETUP M e nu T he SOUNDER S ETUP menu set s up the soun der secti on. 1. Press t he [M ENU] key t o sho w the mai n menu. 2. Rot ate the [ ENT ER] k nob to choose SO UNDER and then p ush the [E NTER] knob to s how the SOUNDE R menu.
10 . VIDE O SOUNDE R OPERA TIO N 10-23 ECHO O FFS E T (50 kHz , 200 kHz) If the on-screen ec ho lev el appe ars to be too w e ak or in m anual oper ation t oo str ong and the l evel c annot be adj usted sat isfac tori ly with t he gain cont rol on the dis play unit, adj ust echo of fset to compens ate f or too w eak or t oo str ong echoes.
10. V IDEO SOUNDER OPER A TION 10-24 10.15 Interpre ting the Sounder Display This section provides, u sing typical e xamples, inf ormation necessary f or interpreting the dis play .
10. V IDEO SOUNDER OPER A TION 10-25 Zero li ne The zero line represents t he transducer ’s position. It m oves of f the screen when a shifted range is used, or is sho wn at draft depth when ship’s draft is entered.
10. V IDEO SOUNDER OPER A TION 10-26 Bottom nature The nature of the bottom is known from the intensity and lengt h of the bottom tail. Generally , when observing t he bottom nature, the lower sounding f requency is used, the pulsel ength is set to long, and t he gain setting is not disturbed.
10. V IDEO SOUNDER OPER A TION 10-27 Fish sc hool densi t y If t wo schools appear with t he same color at different depth, the one in deeper water is denser because the ult rasonic wave at tenuates as it propagat es and the fish school in deep water tends to be displa yed in a weaker color .
10. V IDEO SOUNDER OPER A TION 10-28 Surface noi se W hen the sea is rough or the ship passes over a w ak e, surf ace noise may appear at the top of the screen. Surf ace noise Surface noise Aerated water W hen the sea is rough or the ship makes a quick turn, gaps in the bot tom echo on the screen may appear .
11 - 1 11. MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING 1 1.1 Maintenance Regular m aintenance is important f or continued perf ormance. Im portant points to be checked from time to tim e are shown below . Do not open the equipment. Hazardous v oltage which can cause electrical shock e xists inside the equipment.
1 1. MA INTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOT ING 11 - 2 1 1.2 Replacement of Fuse Use the correct fuse. Use of a wrong fuse can cause fire or damage the equipment. CA UTION The fuse on the po wer cable protects the system from reverse polarit y of the ship’s mains and equipm ent f ault.
1 1. MAIN TENANCE & TROUBLESHOOT ING 11 - 3 1 1.4 Simple T rouble shooting This section provides si mple tr oubleshooting procedures which the user can follo w to restore normal operatio n. If you cannot rest ore norm al operation do not attem pt to check inside the unit .
1 1. MA INTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOT ING 11 - 4 Sounder troublesho otin g If … Then … check if STOP is not selected at PICTURE ADV ANCE on the SOUNDER m enu. check for loosened tran sducer connector . picture does not m ove although m arks and characters appear on SOUNDER SETUP menu, set TRANSMISSION PO W ER to High.
1 1. MAIN TENANCE & TROUBLESHOOT ING 11 - 5 1 1.5 Diagnostic s This section provides th e procedures for t esting the equipm ent f or proper operation. Four tests are provided: RAM m enu, Dim menu, Cart ridges and Serial ports. T o access the test menu, do the follo wing: 1.
1 1. MA INTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOT ING 11 - 6 1 1.5.2 Dim men u The Dim m enu checks the contrast and backlig ht control circuits for proper operation. 1. Rotat e the [ENTER] knob to choose “Dim menu” on the SYSTEM TEST . 2. Push the [ENTER] knob to show th e Dim win dow .
1 1. MAIN TENANCE & TROUBLESH OOTING 11 - 7 1 1.5 .4 S erial por t s Y ou can confi rm the signal input . 1. Rot ate the [E NTE R] knob to choos e Serial port fr om the SY S T E M TEST . 2. Push the [ ENT ER] knob t o show the Seri al port window .
1 1. MAIN TENANCE & TROUBLESH OOTING 11 - 8 1 1.7 Clearing th e Memory T he memory can be cl eared to rest art operat ion wi th defaul t settings. All tracks, w a y point s and routes are del eted and al l def ault menu sett ings are r estor ed. 1.
A P-1 A PPEN DIX Menu T ree Plotter LANGUAGE ( English , others) KEYPAD BEEP (Off, On ) PALETTE ( Normal , SunLight, Night, NOAA) TIME LINE ( Infinite , off, 2 min, 10 min, 30 min, 1 hour, 2 hours) TIME REFERENCE ( UTC , -19:30 to +19:30 (in 30 min.
APPEND IX AP - 2 AUDIBLE ALARM ( Off , Internal, Internal+External) ARRIVAL ALARM ( Off , 0.00 to 5.39 nm) XTE ALARM ( Off , 0.00 to 5.39 nm) TEMPERATURE ALARM ( Off , MAX/MIN: -004.00 to +103.98 F) DEPTH ALARM ( Off , Depth/Range: 0 to 9999.9 ft) ANCHOR ALARM ( Off , 0.
APPEND IX A P-3 GPS SIMULATION SIMULATION MODE ( Off , On) COURSE ( 0 to 359 ) SPEED (0 to 539 kt, 1.0 ) DATE TIME CURSOR CONTROL ( Off , On) SELECT POSITION 3 ECHO SOUNDER SIMULATION ( Off , On) SYST.
APPEND IX AP - 4 Sounder GENERAL (See page AP-1.) AUTO MODE PRESET ( MANUAL , FISH, CRUISE) DISPLAY MODE ( NORMAL , BOTTOM LOCK, BOTTOM ZOOM, MARKER ZOOM, BOTTOM DISCRIMINATION) FREQUENCY ( 50 kHz , 200 kHz) PICTURE ADVANCE (STOP, 1/16, 1/8, 1/4, 1/2, 1/1 .
APPEND IX A P-5 What is W AA S? WAAS, availab le in Nor th Amer ica, is a provider in t he worldwide SBAS (Satellite Based A ug mentat ion System) navigation system.
APPEND IX AP - 6 Wo r l d Tim e Ch a r t.
SP - 1 E4429 S00A SPECIF ICA TIONS OF GPS PLOTTER/SOUNDER GP-7 000 F 1 GE NER A L 1.1 Di spl ay 7-i nch w ide c ol or TF T color LC D, 480 (W ) x 234 (H ) dots 1.2 Proj ect ion Mer cat or 1.3 Usab l e Ar ea 80° l ati tude or b elow 1. 4 Dis play Mode Plot ter, Nav Dat a, High w ay displa y, Co mpass d isplay 1.
05/04 /26 SP - 2 E4429 S00A 4 INT E RF A CE 4.1 Inp ut dat a sent enc es IEC6116 2- 1 an d N MEA 018 3 Ver 1. 5 DBT , DPT , MT W , TL L, W PL, VHW, HDT , HDG, DS C, M W V 4.
IN-1 INDEX A alarm s .............................................. 7-1, 10-18 anchor ...................................................... 7-5 arriv al ....................................................... 7-2 audib l e ...........................
IN-2 N nav data ................................................... 10-21 navi gate ....................................................... 8-5 navi gation .................................................... 6- 1 canceling............................
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