Sonar Appearance Settings
From a sonar view, select
.- Color Scheme
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Sets the color scheme.
- Color Gain
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Adjusts the intensity of colors (Adjusting the Color Intensity).
- A-Scope
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Displays a vertical flasher along the right side of the screen that shows instantaneously the range to targets along a scale.
- Depth Line
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Shows a quick-reference depth line.
- Edge
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Highlights the strongest signal from the bottom to help define the hardness or softness of the signal.
- Fish Symbols
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Sets how the sonar interprets suspended targets.
Shows suspended targets as symbols and background sonar information.
Shows suspended targets as symbols with target depth information and background sonar information.
Shows suspended targets as symbols.
Shows suspended targets as symbols with target depth information.
- Pic. Advance
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Allows the sonar picture to advance faster by drawing more than one column of data on the screen for each column of sounder data received. This is especially helpful when you are using the sounder in deep water, because the sonar signal takes longer to travel to the water bottom and back to the transducer.
The 1/1 setting draws one column of information on the screen per sounder return. The 2/1 setting draws two columns of information on the screen per sounder return, and so on for the 4/1 and 8/1 settings.
- Echo Stretch
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Adjusts the size of the echoes on the screen to make it easier to see separate returns on the screen.
When targets are difficult to see , echo stretch makes the target returns more pronounced and easier to see on the screen. If the echo stretch value is too high, the targets blend together. If the value is too low , the targets are small and more difficult to see.
You can use echo stretch and filter width together to obtain the preferable resolution and noise reduction. With echo stretch and filter width set to low, the display has the highest resolution, but is the most susceptible to noise. With echo stretch set to high and filter width set to low, the display has a lower resolution, but has wider targets. With echo stretch and filter width set to high, the display has the lowest resolution, but is the least susceptible to noise. It is not recommended to set echo stretch to low and filter width to high.
- Overlay Data
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Sets the data shown on the sonar screen.