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SONAR ALARMS then itshowsechoesfrom both.

The X-55A has three

different

types

of sonar alarms. The first is the Fish

Alarm. It sounds when the Fish l.D. feature determines an echo or

group

of echoes is afish. Anotheralarm isthe ZoneAlarm which consists of a bar.

Any

echo that

appears

inside this bar

triggers

the alarm. The last alarm is

called the

Depth

Alarm.

Onlythe

bottom

signal

will

trigger

this alarm. This

is useful as an anchor

watch,

a shallow water

alert,

or for

navigation.

adjust

alarm,

first

press

the ALARM

key.

The screen shown below

appears.

Pressthe

key

nextto the desired alarm's label to

adjust

itorto turn

it on.

FISH ALARM

Use the fish alarm for a distinc-

five audible alarm when fish or

other

suspended objects

are

detected

the Fish 1.0. fea-

ture. A differenttone sounds for

each fish

symbol

size shown

on the

display.

To usethis

alarm,

simply pressthe key

nexttothe

"TURN FISH ALM ON" label.

SET DEPTH 4LARNS

SET ZONE 4LPM

jTLJKN

FISH

ALF1LII

ZONE ALM

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ZONE ALARM

The zone alarm consists of a bar that

appears

on the

right

side of the

screen.

Any

echo that

appears

on the screen between

the

top

and bottom

of the zone alarm's bar will

"trip"

the zone alarm.

(Note:

The zone alarm

isn't available in the Windows

mode.)

To set the zone

alarm,

press

the ALARM

key.

Now

press

the

key

next to

the "Set Zone Alarm" label. A screen similar to the one shown below

appears.

_________

Thezone alarm

barappears

the

right

side of the screen.

Use the arrow

keys

to move the

bottom

of the bar

higher

lower. To move the

top

of the

bar,

first

press

the

key

next to

_____________________

the "CHANGE TO UPPER" la ____

bel. Now use the arrow

keys

move the

top

of the bar

higher

or lower. When

you

have the

When either the left or

right

transducerelements are in

use,

the

display

scrolls the echoes

from the

top

of the

display

to the

bottom,

instead of from

right

left. On the

example

screens on

the

previous page ,

both the

right

and left transducer ele-

ments are in use. The bottom

echo shows on the far left side

of the left element's

display

and

the far

right

side of the

right

element's

display.

The closer a

target

is to the

zero

line,

the closer the

target

is to

your

boat.

Whenthe Fish

ID feature is

on,

Fish ID

symbols appearon

the screenwhen

the unit's

computerthinks

targets

are fish. If the FishTracklM feature is

on,

the

distance from the boat to the

symbol

shows beneath the fish

symbol.

(Note:

Fish ID and FishTrackTM

only

workwhen the automatic mode is on.

These features are not available when the sonar unit is in the manual

mode.)

The label atthe

top

of the screen shows which transducer element

is in use and the

range.

In the

example

screen on the

previous page,

the

range

is 60 feet and the unit is

using

both the left and

right

transducer

elements.

change

elements,

press

the WINDOWS

key,

then

press

the

or down arrow

key

until the desired screen

appears.

The X-55A can

show left and

down, right

and

down,

or both left and

rightviews

atthe same

time.

AUTOMATIC

vs MANUAL OPERATION

Your sonar unit can use the BroadViewTM transducer in either the auto-

matic or manual mode. The above screen shows a screen with automatic

and

Fish ID on. The screen shown below shows a much differentviewwith

automatic and Fish ID off. This

view shows the scattered

sig-

nals

(called

"surface

clutter)

near the surface and actual so-

nar returns from

objects

in the

water, structure,

and the bot-

tom.

To switch between automatic

and manual

modes,

press

the

AUTO

key

to view the

auto-

matic/manual

menu,

then

press

IMSMTII

SET ZONE

IILOWER LIMIT

(CHANGE

TO UPPER

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