Humminbird 798c User manual

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798c and 798ci SI Combo
Operations anual
798c and 798ci SI Combo
Operations anual
531691-1_A

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How onar Works 1
Side Imaging®Sonar.................................................................................................. 3
ualBeam PLUS™ Sonar .......................................................................................... 3
QuadraBeam PLUS™ Sonar
(with optional-purchase QuadraBeam PLUS™ transducer).............................................. 4
Universal Sonar 2 ...................................................................................................... 5
How GP and Cartography Work 6
What’s On the ide Imaging ® Display 8
Understanding the Side Imaging®isplay ............................................................ 10
Side Imaging®Technology: How It Works.............................................................. 12
Side Imaging®: For Best Performance .................................................................... 13
What’s On the onar Display 18
Understanding the Sonar isplay .......................................................................... 20
Real Time Sonar (RTS™) Window .......................................................................... 21
Freeze Frame and Cursor ........................................................................................ 22
Bottom Presentation ................................................................................................ 23
Views 25
Side Imaging®View ................................................................................................ 28
Sonar/Side Combo View.......................................................................................... 30
Sonar View .............................................................................................................. 31
Sonar Zoom View ....................................................................................................32
200/83 kHz Split Sonar View .................................................................................. 33
Big igits View ........................................................................................................ 34
Circular Flasher View .............................................................................................. 35
Snapshot and Recording View................................................................................ 36
Side Beam View (with optional-purchase QuadraBeam PLUS™ transducer).................... 46
Bird's Eye View ........................................................................................................ 50
Chart View................................................................................................................ 51
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Chart/Sonar Combo View...................................................................................... 53
Chart/Side Combo View ........................................................................................ 54
Introduction to Navigation 58
Waypoints, Routes and Tracks.............................................................................. 59
Save, Edit or elete a Waypoint .......................................................................... 60
Navigate to a Waypoint or Position...................................................................... 62
Add a Waypoint Target or Trolling Grid ................................................................ 64
Save, Edit or elete a Route ................................................................................ 66
Save or Clear a Current Track................................................................................ 67
Edit, elete or Hide Saved Tracks ........................................................................ 67
Man Overboard (MOB) Navigation ...................................................................... 68
Using Your 700 eries™ Control Head 70
Key Functions 71
POWER/LIGHT Key .............................................................................................. 71
VIEW Key .............................................................................................................. 71
INFO Key ................................................................................................................ 72
MENU Key ............................................................................................................ 72
4-WAY Cursor Control Key .................................................................................. 73
MARK Key .............................................................................................................. 74
GOTO Key................................................................................................................ 74
ZOOM (+/-) Key...................................................................................................... 75
VIEW PRESET Keys ................................................................................................ 75
EXIT Key ................................................................................................................ 76
Multi-Media Card (MMC)/ D lot 77
Adding Maps to Your Fishing System ................................................................ 77
Updating Software ................................................................................................ 78
Exporting Navigation ata .................................................................................... 79
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Accessory Bus 80
Powering On the Unit 81
The Menu ystem 82
tart-Up Options Menu 83
Normal Operation .................................................................................................... 84
Simulator ................................................................................................................ 84
System Status ........................................................................................................ 86
Self Test .................................................................................................................... 86
Accessory Test.......................................................................................................... 87
GPS iagnostic View .............................................................................................. 88
PC Connect (with PC Connect cable only) .................................................................... 88
X-Press™ Menu 89
Main Menu 90
Quick Tips for the Main Menu ............................................................................ 91
User Mode (Normal or Advanced) ................................................................................ 92
ide Imaging X-Press™ Menu (Side Imaging®views only) 94
SI Side ...................................................................................................................... 95
SI Sensitivity ............................................................................................................ 95
SI Enhance................................................................................................................ 96
SI Range .................................................................................................................. 97
Chart Speed.............................................................................................................. 98
SI Colors .................................................................................................................. 98
onar X-Press™ Menu (Sonar views only) 99
Sensitivity .............................................................................................................. 100
Upper Range (Advanced: Sonar, Split Sonar, Big Digits and Circular Flasher views only).... 101
Lower Range ........................................................................................................ 102
Chart Speed .......................................................................................................... 103
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Quad Layout (with optional-purchase QuadraBeam PLUS™ Transducer,
Side Beam View only) .......................................................................................... 103
Bottom Lock (Sonar Zoom view only) ...................................................................... 104
Bottom Range (Sonar Zoom view only when Bottom Lock is On) .............................. 104
Cancel Navigation (only when navigating).............................................................. 105
Navigation X-Press™ Menu ( avigation views only) 106
Waypoint [Name] (Only with an active cursor on a waypoint) .................................. 107
Cursor To Waypoint (Chart or Combo View only) .................................................... 108
Save Current Track .............................................................................................. 108
Clear Current Track .............................................................................................. 109
Save Current Route (only when Navigating) .......................................................... 109
Skip Next Waypoint (only when Navigating) .......................................................... 110
Cancel Navigation (only when Navigating) ............................................................ 110
Cancel MOB Navigation (only when MOB Navigation is activated).......................... 111
Remove Target (only if Target is Active) .................................................................. 111
Remove Grid (only if Grid is Active).......................................................................... 112
Sonar Window (Combo View only) ........................................................................ 112
Waypoint [Name] (Most recently-created waypoint) ................................................ 113
napshot and Recording X-Press™ Menu
(Snapshot and Recording View, optional-purchase MMC/SD card only) 114
Start Recording
(optional-purchase MMC/SD Card, Snapshot and Recording View only) .................... 115
Stop Recording (optional-purchase MMC/SD Card).................................................. 115
elete Image
(optional-purchase MMC/SD Card, Snapshot and Recording View only) .................... 116
elete All Images
(optional-purchase MMC/SD Card, Snapshot and Recording View only) .................... 116
elete Recording
(optional-purchase MMC/SD Card, Snapshot and Recording View only).................... 117
elete All Recordings
(optional-purchase MMC/SD Card, Snapshot and Recording View only).................... 117
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Pings Per Second
(optional-purchase MMC/SD Card, Snapshot and Recording View only) ...................... 118
Playback Speed (optional-purchase MMC/SD Card, Snapshot and Recording View only)...... 118
Stop Playback (optional-purchase MMC/SD Card) ...................................................... 119
Alarms Menu Tab 120
epth Alarm .......................................................................................................... 121
Fish I Alarm.......................................................................................................... 121
Low Battery Alarm ................................................................................................ 122
Aux. Temp. Alarm (with optional-purchase temp. probe or Temp/Speed only) .............. 122
Temp. Alarm .......................................................................................................... 123
Off Course Alarm.................................................................................................... 124
Arrival Alarm .......................................................................................................... 124
rift Alarm.............................................................................................................. 125
Alarm Tone ............................................................................................................ 125
onar Menu Tab 126
Beam Select .......................................................................................................... 127
Fish I +™ .............................................................................................................. 128
Fish I Sensitivity .................................................................................................. 129
Real Time Sonar (RTS™) Window ........................................................................ 129
Bottom View .......................................................................................................... 130
Zoom Width............................................................................................................ 130
83 kHz Sensitivity (Advanced).................................................................................. 131
455 kHz Sensitivity (Advanced: with QuadraBeam PLUS™ transducer)........................ 132
epth Lines (Advanced) .......................................................................................... 133
Surface Clutter (Advanced) ...................................................................................... 134
Noise Filter (Advanced) ............................................................................................ 135
Max epth (Advanced) ............................................................................................ 135
Water Type (Advanced) ............................................................................................ 136
Transducer Select .................................................................................................. 136
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Navigation Menu Tab 137
Current Track........................................................................................................ 138
Saved Tracks ........................................................................................................ 138
Waypoints ............................................................................................................ 140
Routes .................................................................................................................. 142
Chart Orientation ................................................................................................ 144
North Reference .................................................................................................. 144
Waypoint ecluttering ........................................................................................ 144
Grid Rotation........................................................................................................ 145
Trackpoint Interval .............................................................................................. 145
Track Min istance (Advanced) ............................................................................ 146
Track Color Range................................................................................................ 146
Map atum (Advanced) ........................................................................................ 147
Course Projection Line ........................................................................................ 147
Export All Nav ata (Advanced) ............................................................................ 147
elete All Nav ata (Advanced) ............................................................................ 148
Continuous Navigation Mode ............................................................................ 148
GPS Receiver Override ........................................................................................ 149
Chart Menu Tab 150
Chart etail Level ................................................................................................ 151
Map Borders ........................................................................................................ 152
Lat/Lon Grid.......................................................................................................... 153
Spot Soundings ....................................................................................................153
Navaids on Bird’s Eye View ................................................................................ 153
Shaded epth ...................................................................................................... 154
Set Simulation Position (Advanced) ...................................................................... 154
Set Map Offset (Advanced) .................................................................................. 155
Clear Map Offset (Advanced) ................................................................................ 155
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etup Menu Tab 156
Units - epth.......................................................................................................... 157
Units - Temp ( nternational only) .............................................................................. 157
Units - istance...................................................................................................... 157
Units - Speed.......................................................................................................... 158
User Mode ............................................................................................................ 158
Language ( nternational only).................................................................................... 158
Triplog Reset .......................................................................................................... 159
Restore efaults .................................................................................................... 159
Select Readouts (Advanced, Sonar view only) .......................................................... 160
epth Offset (Advanced).......................................................................................... 161
Aux. Temp. Offset (Advanced).................................................................................. 162
Temp. Offset (Advanced) .......................................................................................... 162
Speed Calibration (Advanced, with Temp/Speed only)................................................ 163
Local Time Zone (Advanced) .................................................................................... 163
aylight Saving Time (Advanced)............................................................................ 164
Position Format (Advanced) .................................................................................... 164
Time Format (Advanced, nternational only)................................................................ 165
ate Format (Advanced, nternational only)................................................................ 165
igits Format (Advanced) ........................................................................................ 166
NMEA Output (Advanced) ...................................................................................... 166
Sonar ...................................................................................................................... 167
Views Menu Tab 168
Accessories Menu Tab 169
Using Screen Snapshot ........................................................................................ 170
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Troubleshooting 173
Fishing System oesn’t Power Up...................................................................... 173
Fishing System efaults to Simulator with a Transducer Attached ................ 173
isplay Problems ................................................................................................ 174
Finding the Cause of Noise ................................................................................ 175
700 eries™ Fishing ystem Accessories 176
pecifications 178
Glossary 179
Contact Humminbird® 198
OTE: Entries in this Table of Contents which list ( nternational Only) are only
available on products sold outside of the U.S. by our authorized nternational
Distributors. t is important to note that products sold in the U.S. are not intended for
resale in the international market. To obtain a list of authorized nternational
Distributors, please visit our website at www.humminbird.com or contact our
Customer Resource Center at 1-800-633-1468 to locate the distributor nearest you.
OTE: Entries in this Table of Contents which list (with PC Connect Cable only) or
(with Temp/Speed only) require the purchase of separate accessories. You can visit
our website at www.humminbird.com to order these accessories online or contact
our Customer Resource Center at 1-800-633-1468.
OTE: Some features discussed in this manual require a separate purchase, and
some features are only available on international models. Every effort has been
made to clearly identify those features. Please read the manual carefully in order to
understand the full capabilities of your model.
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How Sonar Works
Sonar technology is based on sound waves. The 700 Series™ Fishing System
uses sonar to locate and define structure, bottom contour and composition, as
well as depth directly below the transducer.
Your 700 Series™ Fishing System 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.
Sonar is very fast. A sound wave can travel from the surface to a depth of
240 ft (70 m) and back again in less than 1/4 of a second. It is unlikely that your
boat can “outrun“ this sonar signal.
SONAR is an acronym for SOund and
NAvigation Ranging. Sonar utilizes precision
sound pulses or “pings“ which are emitted
into the water in a teardrop-shaped beam.
The sound pulses “echo“ back from objects
in the water such as the bottom, fish, and
other submerged objects. The returned
echoes are displayed on the LC screen.
Each time a new echo is received, the old
echoes are moved across the LC , creating a
scrolling effect.
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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 depth capability.
The power output is the amount of energy
generated by the sonar transmitter. It is commonly
measured using two methods:
• Root Mean Square (RMS) measures power
output over the entire transmit cycle.
• Peak to Peak measures power output at the
highest points.
The benefits of increased power output are the
ability to detect smaller targets at greater
distances, ability to overcome noise, better high
speed performance and enhanced depth capability.
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Side Imaging®Sonar
Your 700 Series™ Fishing System uses
Side Imaging® sonar to provide a wide
yet precise survey of a large area of
water, including detailed bottom
topography and fish-attracting structure
orientation. The Side Imaging®
transducer returns are processed into
an image similar to an aerial
photograph. Typically, the Side
Imaging® sonar searches an area that
is 240 feet wide to each side, 480 feet
total side coverage, with a depth
limitation of 150 feet. See What’s on
the Side Imaging®Display for more
information.
DualBeam PLUS™ Sonar
Your 700 Series™ Fishing System uses a 200/83
kHz ualBeam PLUS™ sonar system with a wide
(60°) area of coverage. ualBeam PLUS™ sonar
has a narrowly focused 20° center beam,
surrounded by a second beam of 60°, expanding
your coverage to an area equal to your depth.
In 20 feet of water, the wider beam covers an
area 20 feet wide. ualBeam PLUS™ sonar
returns can be blended together, viewed
separately, or compared side-by-side. ualBeam
PLUS™ is ideal for a wide range of conditions -
from shallow to very deep water in both fresh
and salt water. epth capability is affected by
such factors as boat speed, wave action, bottom
hardness, water conditions, and transducer
installation.
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QuadraBeam PLUS™ Sonar
(with optional-purchase QuadraBeam PLUS™
transducer)
Your 700 Series™ Fishing System also
supports QuadraBeam PLUS™ sonar with
the purchase of an additional QuadraBeam
PLUS™ transducer. QuadraBeam PLUS™
sonar provides an extremely wide 90° area
of coverage. QuadraBeam PLUS™ starts
with two fan-shaped 35° 455 kHz Side
Structure locating sonar beams to spot fish,
bait, and structure to the left and right of
the boat over an area of the bottom that’s
always equal to twice your depth. For a
detailed view below the boat, QuadraBeam
PLUS™ uses ualBeam PLUS™ technology,
with precision 20° and wide 60° beams.
QuadraBeam PLUS™ finds more fish faster
and can even tell you where to put your bait
by showing if fish are to the left, right, or
directly beneath your boat.
90° Total Coverage
Bottom Coverage = 2 x Depth
35° 60° 20° 35°
455 kHz 455 kHz
83 kHz
200 kHz
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Universal Sonar 2
(compatible w/ optional-purchase Minnkota trolling motors)
Your 700 Series™ Fishing System supports Universal Sonar 2, a state-of-the-
art, integrated and protected transducer that is built into the lower unit of
Minnkota trolling motors. With Universal Sonar 2, all wiring is concealed inside
the indestructible composite shaft—out of sight and out of harm’s way, with
no clamps, ties, or exposed wires. Universal Sonar 2 features new temperature
sensing and the performance of ualBeam PLUS™ technology (available with
all Humminbird® ualBeam PLUS™ models). An expanded view and greater
bottom detail gives you a totally new perspective of the water below, along
with optimal sonar performance to help you find fish.
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How GPS and Cartography Work
Your 700 Series™ Fishing System also supports GPS and chartplotting. It uses
GPS and sonar to determine your position, display it on a grid, and provide
detailed underwater information. The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a
satellite navigation system designed and maintained by the U.S. epartment of
efense. GPS was originally intended for military use; however, civilians may
also take advantage of its highly accurate position capabilities, typically within
+/- 4.5 meters, depending on conditions. This means that 95% of the time, the
GPS receiver will read a location within 4.5 meters of your actual position. Your
GPS Receiver also uses information from WAAS (the Wide Area Augmentation
System), EGNOS (the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service), and
MSAS (the MTSAT Satellite Augmentation System) satellites if they are
available in your area.
GPS uses a constellation of over 24 satellites that
continually send radio signals to the earth. Your
present position is determined by receiving signals
from up to 16 satellites and measuring the
distance from the satellites.
All satellites broadcast a uniquely coded signal
once per second at exactly the same time. 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 each satellite. With distances known, the GPS receiver
mathematically triangulates its own position. With once per second updates,
the GPS receiver then calculates its velocity and bearing.
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The GPS Receiver included with your 700 Series™ Fishing System allows you
to combine easy-to-use FishingGPS® chartplotter and navigation capabilities
with advanced fishfinding.
The following GPS functionality is currently supported by the 700 Series™
Fishing System when it is connected to the included GPS receiver:
• View current position
• View current track (breadcrumb trail)
• View precision speed and heading from your GPS receiver
• Save tracks, waypoints, and routes
• Travel a route and navigate from one waypoint to the next.
Your 700 Series™ supports Navionics® Gold, HotMaps™ and HotMaps™
Premium on MMC or S card media. You can insert optional-purchase cards in
the (MMC)/S slots on your control head to access additional detailed maps.
See Multi-Media Card (MMC)/SD Slot for more information.
OTE: Your 700 Series™ supports Navionics® Gold, HotMaps™, and HotMaps™
Premium. Your 700 Series™does not support Navionics® Classic Charts or Platinum™
Cartography.
Your unit also comes with a built-in UniMap™ with a more detailed map of
North America ( omestic models) or a more detailed map of Europe and
Southeast Asia, including Australia and New Zealand (International models).
Your 700 Series™ uses the GPS Receiver to determine the position of the boat
automatically, and it uses the zoom level settings on a particular view to select
the best chart to display. See Chart View: Viewing Cartography for more
information.
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What’s on the Side Imaging®Display
Depth - water depth; can be set to alarm
when the water becomes too shallow.
What’s on the Side Imaging®Display
Side Imaging® displays a number of easily recognizable features that allow for
bottom composition determines the intensity of the sonar return. For example,
their relative density. Upward slopes that face the transducer reflect sonar
a number of easily recognizable features on the Side Imaging® display that
following items:
Top of the Display - nformation from
the side beams are displayed at the top
of the screen. As new information is
received, the historical data scrolls down
the screen. For the most current
information, watch the top of the screen.
Topography Changes - The light part
of the screen shows where the beam is
hitting hard bottom or rising terrain. The
dark part of the screen indicates soft
bottom (sand, mud) or descending
terrain.
Bottom Return - hard bottom
Clouded Area - may indicate a bait ball
and White Streaks may indicate fish.
Freeze Frame & Zoom - Use the 4-WAY
Cursor Control key to move the cursor to
an area on the screen, and press the
ZOOM+ key to see the sonar returns in
greater detail.