Lowrance X-60 User manual

• X-60
INSTALLATION AND OPERATION
INSTRUCTIONS
LITHO INU.S.A. 988-0119-17 R9LOWRANCE ELECTRONICS, INC.
12000E.SKELLY DR., TULSA,OK 74128
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Copyright ©1990,Lowrance Electronics, Inc. Allrights reserved.
Allfeaturesand
specificationssubject
tochangewithoutnotice.
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MENU - PAGE 5
DIGITAL SONAR
WhentheX-60isturned onbrthefirsttime,thedigital depth display
shows atthescreen'stop 1St corner. Thisdisplaycomes froma.
separatedigital sonar built intotheX-60. Itdisplays only thebottom
depth. Ifitloses thebottom,the lastknowndepth willflashonthe
display. When thedigitalfindsthebottom, itwillautomatically display
thebottom depth again.
Tarn Oft'
Di9ital sonar
t'iARNINGl
TURNING OFF THE
DIGITAL WILL TURN
OFF ALL
AUTOMATIC
FEATURES
La • Select
A Tune
.4
YoU canturnthedigital sonar off, howeverthis alsoturns all automatic
features dffalso,suchas auto sensitivity, autoranging, and Fishl.D.
To turnthedigital sonar off,press theMENU key, thenthekey
adjacent tothe"More" labelfourtimes. Nowpress thekey adjacent
tothe'TURNOFFDIGITAL SONAR" label. Toturnitbackonagain,
repeat thesame stops.
TUNES
TheX-60hasseveral songs pre-recorded. Toplay them, press the
MENU key, then thekeyadjacent tothe"More" labelfourtimes. Now
press the key adjacent
to the "Select ATune"
label. Finally, press a
keyadjacent
tothedesired tune label.
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TABLEOFCONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
MOUNTING 1
POWERCONNECTIONS 2
TRANSDUCER 3
KEYBOARD 4
DISPLAY 5
AUTOMATIC 6
SENSITIVITY 6
GRAYLIN 8
RANGE
-Automatic g
RANGE -Manual 9
ZOOM 11
ZOOM-Aulomatlc 11
ZOOM-Manual 12
AL4RMS 13
DEPTH ALARMS 14
SHALLOWALARM 14
DEEP ALARM 15
ZONE
ALARM 16
FISHALARM 17
AUDIO
ALARM ON/OFF 17
MENUS 18
MENU-PAGE 1 18
CHARTSPEED 18
FISH LD 19
CHART
CURSOR 20
BACKLIGHTS 21
MENU-PAGE 2 21
CONSTRUCT DIGITALBLOCK 21
SELECT
DIGITAL SIZES 22
FASTRAK 23
DISPLAY CONTRAST 24
MENU-PAGES 25
SELECTUNITOF MEASURE 25
CLEAR DISTANCE LOG 26
SPEAKER VOLUME 26
MENU-PAGE4 26
NOISE REJECTION 26
STSURFACE CLARITY (5CC) 27
DISPLAY ZONE BAR 28
DISPLAY
ZOOM WINDOW BAR 29
MENU-PAGES 30
DIGITALSONAR 30
TUNES 30
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MENU - 4thPAGE
(AUTOMATIC OFF)
DISPLAY ZOOMWINDOW BAR
ZOOMADJUST MENU
(MANUAL MODE)
Thebarusedto adjust
the
zoomwindow in the manualmode normally
disappears aftersetting
thezoom window. YOU canturnitoncontinu-
ously, whichkeeps theunitinthe spht screen zoom mode. Toturn
thezoom window
baron,firstmake certaintheX-60 is in themanual
mode. Next, press
theMENU key,then thekey adjacent tothe
'More' labelthreetimes. Now
press
thekey adjacent tothe"DIS-
PLAYZOOM WINDOWBAR" label. Themenu screendisappears
and thezoom window
bardisplays onthe right side ofthescreen.
Thiswill also place theX-60inthesplit
screen zoom mode. Repeat
thesesteps
toturnthezoomwindow baroff.
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Set tloise
Rejection
A I
Li Set Stirface
Clarity
4 Display Zoiie
Alarm Bar
4
Lbisplay Zoom
Window Bar
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Themenu shown below appears. Simply press thekey adjacent to
thedesired5CClevel, either Off, Low, Medium, orHigh. TheX-6O
willclear thedisplay, return tothe chart mode
using
theSOC levelyou
entered.
Set Noise
Re
jebt
ion
A etSurfaoe
Clarity
.,Ihsplay
tone
Alarn Bar
4
MENU-4th PAGE
(AUTOMATICON)
: LoW
INTRODUCTION
TheX-60represents one ofthe bestvalues in sportfishing sonar
today, Itrivals othersonar unitscosting
muchmoreinfeaturesand
performance. With.its menus, theX-6Ooffers easy-to-use operation
atthetouchofabutton. Thewidescreen shows the underwater
world
with high resolution and detail. Withtheoptional combination
speedand temperature sensor, theX-60also displays boat speed,
surface water
temperature, anddistance
travelled
(distance log).
Although theX-60hasmany
features
andfunctions, the"softkey"
menu system
makes iteasy touse. Aboveall,don'tbeafraid totry
different features and functions ontheunit. Youcan'thurtit by
prssingbuttons!
9ead this manual andtakeitwithyouthefirst fewtimesyouuseyour
unit. Itmakesa
greatreferenceshould you need it. The more
you
knowwhen
yougettothewater, themoreyourX-60candoforyou!
DISPLAY ZONE BAR
Thebar used inthezonealarm
normally disappeasaftersetting the
alarm. You dan turnitoncontinu-
ously, ifdesired. Toturnthezone
alarmbaron,press theMENU key,
then
thekeyadjacenttothe"More"
tébetthreetimes. Nowpress the
key adjacent tothe"DISPLAY ZONE
BAR"label. Themenu screen
disappearsand
the.zonealarm bar
displays
ontheright sideofthe
screen. Thiswilt alsoturnthezone
alarmonifit wasn't already on.
Repeatthese stepstoturnthezone
larmbaroffor usetheALARM
menus. TurningtheZoneAlarmbar
offalso turns thezonealarm off.
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ZONE ALARM
ON
MQUNTING
Yqucan install theX-6O in anyconvenient location, provided there is
clearance behind theunit. Place itin position
firstandtiltitforthe
bestviewingangle. Thenmark the holes in thebracketbase. You
canusewoodscrews orthrough-bolts
toattachthebracket
tothe
boat. You may need toplace
apiece ofplywood onthebackofthin
fiberglass panels tosecure themounting hardware. Make certain
thGreis enough room behind the unittoattachthepowerand
trahducercables.
Thesmallest holethatwill pass one
powerortransducer
plugisone
inch. Afterdrilling the hole, passthetransducer connector
upthrough
theholefirst, then passthepowercabledown
through
it.
Afterroutingthecables, filltheholewith agoodmarine
sealing
compound. Offsetthebracket tocover thehole.
The Chart
Surface Clarity
Control Is
Low
Select
4
:inI
socADJUST
MENU
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POWER CONNECTIONS
TheX-60works fromatwelve-volt batterysystem only. You can
attachthepowercabletoanaccessoryorpower buss,
however
you
mayhaveproblems with electrical interference. Ifso, attach the
powercable
directly
tothebattery. Ifthecableisnot long enough,
splice#18gauge
wireonto it.
Thepowercablehasthreewires, red,white, and black. Red isth9
positivelead, black isnegative orground. Thewhite wireis not used.
Cut and tape
theendto prevent ashort. Machthe in-line fuseholder
asclosetothepowersOurceas possible. Inother
words,attach qne
endofthefuseholder
directly
tothe battery orpowerbuss. This will
protect
boththeunit andthe
powercableinthe event ofa short.
Splice
theotherendofthefuseholder tothered wire onthepower
cable.
To"p"
CONNECTOR
TO
OPTIONAL
SPEED/
TEMP
SENSOR
2
_ Set Noise
Reject
ion
4 Set Surface
t1aPit9
4
Display Zone
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1
iiQre
MENLJ-4thPAGE
(AUTOMATIC ON)
SET SURFACECLARITY (SCC)
Themarkings extending downwards fromthe
zeroline can extend
many feetbelowthe surface. Thesemarkingsare called surface
clutterandare caused bywaveaction, boat
wakes,temperature
inversions, andotheractivity.
Surface
Clarity Control
(SCC) reduces oreliminatesundesired signals
fromthedisplay. 5CCvaries
thesensitivity ofthereceiver, decreas-
ingit nearthesurfaceand gradually increasing itastherange in-.
creases. Typically, the maximum depththat5CCaffects is75%of
therange. Forexample, ona0-60footrange with maximum 5CC,
surface clutteris reduced fromthesurface toabout 45feet.
Thereare threelevelsof5CC; low, medium, and high. Notethat
SCC isnotavailable when
theFish l.D. feature is on. TheSCCmenu
doesn'tshow untilthe Fish l.D.featureisturnedoff.
Toadjust the5CClevel, firstmake certain thattheFish ID.featureis
off. Nowpress
theMENU key, thenthe key adjacenttothe"More",
labelthreetimes. Nowpressthekeyadjacenttothe"Set Surface
Clarity" label.
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The Chart Noise
Bejection Is
Norma1
4 Select
Inm!
NOISE REJECTION
MENU
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tLEARDISTANCE LOG
To resetthe
distance
log
tozero, press the MENU key, thenpressthe
key adjacent tothe"More" labeltwotimes. Nowpressthekey
adjacent tothe"ClearDistance Log" label. This resets thedistance
logand returns tothechart display.
SPEAKER VOLUME
Thespeaker
volume hastwosteps-low andhigh. Thespeaker
volume ishigh whentheunitisfirstturnedon. Tochangeit, first
press the MENU key,thenpress thekeyadjacent tothe"More" label
twotimes. Now press thekeyadjacent tothe"SetSpeaker
Volume
Low"label. Toswitch backtothe high volume, repeat the above
steps.
MENU - PAGE 4
NOISE REJECTION
TheX-60's noise rejection featureisaneffectivetool in cdmbating
noise. Insonarterms,noise isany undesired signal. Itiscaused by
electrical and mechanicalsources suchasbilgepumps, engine
ignition systems and wiring, airbubbles passing
overthefaceofthe
transducer, even vibration fromtheengine. In allcases, noise
pro-
ducesunwanted marksonthe display.
TheX-60hasatwostepniserejection system. Whed theunitis
turnedon, thenoiserejection isnormal. Ifyou havenoise problems
(identified byrandom lines ordotsonthedisplay),trychanging the
noise rejection leveltohigh.
Todothis, first press:the MENU key, thenthe
key adjacent tothe
"More" labelthreetimes. Nowpressthekeyadjacent tothe1Set
Noise Rejection" label. Thescreen below appears. Nowpress
the
keyadjacent tothe"High" label. Thescreen willclearandreturn to
thechartscreen. Thenoise
should clearfromthedisplay as new
echoes scroll across thescreen. If
it isn't, youmayhave aproblem
withelectrical wiring, engine, ortransducer installation. Check
with
yourlocal dealer, Lowranceservice
center, ortheLowrance factory
cu.tomerservice
departmentforhelp.
TheX-60has reverse polarity protection. Nodamage willoccurtothe
unitifthepower
wires are hooked upbackwards. However,
theunit
will notworkuntil youconnect the
wiringproperly.
Minimize electrical noise
by routing thepowercable
awayfromother
ppssible sources ofelectrical interference. Oneofthelargest noise
generators isthe engine's wiring harness. Forbestresults, keep
the
power
andtransducer cables away
fromthe engine wiring. Bilge
pumpsandtheirwiring canalsoradiate noise, sokeepthecables
awayfromthem, ifpossible.
VHFradio antennas and cables radiate RFenergy
athighpower
levels. Itisimportant tokeep the power
andtransducer cables away
fromthem, also.
Ifqntèrferencebegins atslowboatspeeds and getsworseasthe
speadincreases, thentheprobable causeis cavitation. Thisnoiseis
caused
by airbubbles passing overthefaceofthe
transducer-. It's
easytodetermine ifthisnoiseis electrical orcavitation. Stopthe
boat, put
the enginein neutral, and increase theRpm. Ifthe noise
increases, then it's electrical, Ifitdoesn'tshowonthedisplay,
then
theproblem iscavitation. Tosolvethis problem, movethetransducer
out
pftheturbulent waterflow. Adjust
thebracket so smooth water
flowsover
thetransducer's face atallboat speeds.
TRANSDUCER CONNECTIONS
See the
transducerowner's manual included with
theunitfor
transducer
installationinstructiops.
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KEYBOARD
Thekeyboard haskeysarranged intwo verticalcolumns.
the leftcolumnareusedformenu selections and numeric
keys in theright columnare forthebasic sonarfunctions.
keyactivates the firstmenu page.
SENS - Press this key toSjusttheunit's
sensitivity and GRAYLINE.
RANGE -This keylets youadjust
therange whentheunitis in the
manual mode.
MENU-PAGE 3
SELECTUNIT OF MEASIJRE
TheX-60candisplay
thewater depth in feet or meters, and
surface
water
temperature indegrees Fahrenheit or Celsius. Italso shows
speed inmilesperhourorknotsand distance (log) in miles ornautical
miles. Thismenu switchesalldisplaystothe metric/nautical versions
and backagain. Youcannot switch each display individually.
MENU- 3rdPAGE METRICIFEET SELECTION
MENU
ZOOM -The X-60gives you2Xand 4Xzoomcapability
withthis key.
AUTO
-Thisturns theautomatic featureoffandon.
Tochange
the unitsofmeasure, firstpresstheMENU key, thenpress
thekeyadjacent tothe"More"labeltwo times. Next,press
thekey
adjacent tothe"SELECT UNIJS OF MEASURE" label. Nowpress
thekeyadjacent tothe"Change To Meters,Celsius, Knots, Naut.
Miles"label. Theunitofmeasure will change tothe metric equivalent
Repeat thesamesteps
toswitch theunitsofmeasure again.
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[RANG [j
[ALARM ] [4u
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60 [j[ ON] A Select Units
Of Measure
CIeat'
Distance Log
Set Speaker
!Jo
lane Low
A
Thekeys in
entry. The
The thenu
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The Units OF
Heasure Are
FT (Feet)
°F (Fahrenheit)
NH-I (Miles/Hour)
MI (Miles)
Change To
A
I
4 More
(Meters)
(Celsius)
(Knots)
(Maut. Miles)
ALARM -Activate
andadjust thealarms through thiskey.
MENU -Pressthiskey toshowthemenus andgainaccess tomost
functions. I
ENTER -Thiskey is used toenterselections frommenus.
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Toturn FASTRAKon, press the menu key, thenpressthekey CLEAR
-Usethis keytoerase aprevious keystroke or menu.
adjacent tothe'More" label. Nowpressthekeyadjacent tothe'Turn
• OnFastrak" label. To turnitoft, repeat thesamesteps. The"Turn
OffFastrak" label
appears instead ofthe'Turn OnFastrak" label: ON -TheONkeyturnstheX-60on.
OFF-The Offkey turnstheX-60off.
H Cpnstr'uct
Djgita. B1OcI
4
I-' Select
Digital Sizes
4 Turn On
Fastrak
A Adjust
Displas
Contrast
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MENU-2ndPAGE
"Soft Keys" -Use thesekeys toselect menu itemsandturnother
featureson oroff. They're called this because thesamekeysarc
used formany differentfeatures.
DISPLAY- General
The lights areonforabout ten seconds when
youfirstturntheX-60
on. Menus appear atthesametime. Tokeepthe lights on, pressthe
keyadjacent totheLight label. Itcontrols thebacklighting usedon
the displayand keyboard. Ifyoudon'twantthe lights on,waitten
secondsandthe lights automatically turnoff. Themenus also disap-
pOarafterten seconds. Youcanturnthem offatanytimeby pressing
the CLEAR key.
theMetricmenu worksthesame
way. Press the keyadjacent
tothe
Metriclabeltochange thedepth fromfeetto meters. This also
changes the temperature display todegreesCelsius, speed toknots,
anølog
to kilometers.
DISPLAYCONTRAST
Theunit'sdisplaycontrastlis
adjustable tosuit different lighting
bonditions. Toadjust it, first
press
the MENU key,thenpressthekey
adjacent tothe"More" label. Now
press thekey adjacent tothe
'tAdjust Display Contrast." The
display contrast
arrowsappear.on
the left side ofthecreen. To
increase thecontrast, pressthe
keyadjacent tothe uparrdw. To
decrease
it, press thekeynextto
thedownarrow. PresstheClear
keytoerase themenu, orwait
about tenseconds and it automati-
callyclears.
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TheADd Display labellets youadjust thedisplay's contrastbrthe
• bestviewingangle. Pressingthiskeygives youthecontrast
adjust
menu. SeetheDisplay Contrast section formoreinformation onthis
feature.
Afterthemenus clear,thedisplay appears similartotheoneonthe
next page. Theword"AUTO" inthe display's upperleftcornermdi-
ca
testheautomatib featureison. Asmall notesymbol nexttothe
•"AUTO"
indicator meansthe alarm speaker isenabled. Thedigital
bottom
depthdisplays immediately beneaththeAUTO
indicator.
5
a tiimii
FASTRAK.ÔN
CONTRAST ADJUST
MENU
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AUTOMATIC
When theX-60isfirstturned on,theAutomatic fetureison. Thisis
shown bytheword"AUTO" atthe
topofthescreen. TheAuornatic
featureadjusts
thesensitivity and range sothebottomsignal always
showsinthelower
halfofthescreen.
ToturnAutomatic
off, simply press
theAUTOkey. Theword "MAN-
UAL"
appears, showing theunitis inthemanual mode. Toturn!
Automatic on, press theAUTO
keyagain.
Thelargedigital selection erasesthe
chartand'shows thedigital
displays inlarge numbers. Pressingthemenu keygivesonlyone
menu pagewhichisdifferent fromother
menus. Thismenu lets you
gobacktochart information,placing
the
digital display
backin the
medium size. Italsolets youselect digitaldisplèys and adjust the!
depth alarm. Returning tothe
chart restoresthenormal menu opera-
tioh.
SENSITIVITY
Thesensitivity keyontheX-60controls theabilityoftheunittopick
upechoes. Alowsensitivity level excludes much ofthebottom
information, fish signals, and othertargetinformation. High sensitivity
levelsenables youtoseethis detail, butitcan also clutterthe
ecrëen
with noise. Typically, the bestsensitivity level shows agood solid
bottom signal withGIRAYLINEand some surface clutter.
TheX-60adjusts
thesensitivity whenit's in the automatic mode. This
keeps
a solid bottom
signal displayed, plus thecapability toshowish.
!andotherdetail.
However,situationsoccur where itbecomes necessary toincrease
or
decreasethesensitivity. This typicallyhappens whenyouwishto.see
moredetail. Theprocedure toadjust
it isthesamewhethertheunitis
FASTRAK
Thisfeatureconverts all echoestoshort horizontal lines onthe
display's
farrightside. Thegraph continues tooperate normally.
FASTRAK gives youarapidupdate
ofconditions directly
underthe
boat. Thismakes ituseful forice fishing, orwhen
you'refishing at
anchor. Sincetheboat isnot moving, fishsignals arelong, drawnout
lineson a normal chart
display. FASTRAKconverts the graph toa
verticalbargraph that,withpractice, makes auseful addition tofishing
atastationary location.
NOTE:Fish I.D. isautomaticallyturnedoffwhenFASTRAK isturned
on.
soil
AUTOMATIC -. -
MODE ON
Snail
Iladiurri
Lr -l
Large
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in the automatic ormanual mode.
Tohdjust thesensitivity, press theSENS key. Thesensitivity adjust
menappears ontheleftside ofthescreen. TheSRAYLINE
adjust
rnnuisimmediately
beneath it.
Tesensitivity menu has upand downarrows, plus averticalbar
rph. Thegraphgives avisualindication ofthesensitivity level. The
numberabove theuparrow also showsthepercentage ofsensitivity
in use.
SELECTDIGITAL SIZES
Thedigital displays canshow in threedifferentsizes- small, medium,
cr large. WhentheX-60isturned on,thedigital depth shows in the
thedium
digital size. Tochange thesizeofthedigital display,
first
press theMENU key. Next,press thekeyadjacept tothe'More"
label. Nowpress
the key adjacenttothe"Select Digital Sizes"menu.
Thescreen shown below appears.
Asample
ofthedigit'alsizes appears atthetopofthedisplay.
Now simply press
thekey adjacent tothedesired label.For
example,
ifyou press thekeyadjacenttothe"SMALL" label, thedigitaldisplays
showin small numbers.
Toihcrease thesensitivity level, press the key adjacent
tothemenu's
uparrow ontheleftsideoftheunit. Asyoupressthekey, themenu's
bargraph willgrow
tallerand thepercentage will increase invalue.
Youcanalso seethedifference onthechartrecord asitscrolls.
Whenthe sensitivity isatth?desired level, release thekey.
Tqdec.rease thesensitivity level, press the key adjacent
tothedown
qrrow. Thebargraphand
percentage wilt decrease. When the
seisitivity is atthedesired level, release thekey.
When youreach either themaximum or minimum limit, the-speaker
willsoundanalert
tone.
Toturnthemenusoff, press thekeyadjacent totheCLEAR keyat
thebottomleft side ofthe unit.
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MENU
MENU-2nd PAGE DIGITAL BLOCKMENU
Nowpress the
keyadjacenttothedesireddisplay. For example, to
turnthetemperature displayon, press
thekeyadjacent tothe"Display
Temp."label. .Once youdothis,thedisplaywillshow the
temperature
and read"TEMP. ISON." Youcanturneachdisplay
onor offindi-
vidually.
You caneasilyswitch allofthedisplays
onoroff. Simplyprqssthe
keyadjacent tothe"DisplayAll"or"Remove All"label.
Press the CLEAR keytoexit fromthis menu orwait about tensec-
ondsand themenus willautomaticallyclear.
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GRAYLINE
GRAYLINE°letsyoudistinguish between strong
andweakechoes. It
"paints" gray ontargets
thatare stronger thanapreset value. This
allows
youtotell
thedifferencebetween ahardand softbottom. For
example, asoft, muddy orweedy bottomreturnsaweaker
signal
whichdisplays withanarrow ornograyline. Ahardbottom returnsa
strong
signal whichcauses awidegray line.
If
youhavetwo signals ofequal size, onewithgrayand theother
without,
the
targetwithgrayisthestronger signal. Thishelps distin-
guish
weeds fromtreesonthebottom, orfish fromstructure.
GRAYLINE ®isadjustable. SinceGRAYLINE®showsthedifference
between strong andweak signals, adjusting thesensitivity mayrequire
adifferent
GRAYLINE®level,also. Thelevelchosen
bythe X-60 at.
power
on is usually adequate for most conditions. Experiment with
yourunittofindtheGRAYLINE setting that'sbestforyou.
Toadjust
GRAYLINE,®pressthe SENS key. Thesensitivity mehu
appears in the
upperleftsideofthedisplay, whiletheGRAYLINE®
labelappears immediately beneath it. Nowpress
thekeyadjacent to
theGRAYuparrow toincrease thegraylevel. Press thekeyadjacent
tothedownarrow todecrease it. Thepercentage ofGRAYLINE®in
usechariges as you press thearrow keys. Thebachartalso givesa
graphical indication ofthe GRAYLINE®level.
BACKLIGHTS
AUTO F
46.6F1 — —T
\—irai
,
TheX-GOhasinternal lightsfQrthedisplay and keyboard. Toturn
theseon,firstpressthemenu key. Nowpress thekeyadjacent tothe
'TURN ONBACKLIGHT" label. Toturnthebthcklightsoff, repeat
the
same steps.
MENU -PAGE2
CONSTRUCT DIGITAL BLOCK
TheX-6Ocandisplay thedepth, speed, surface watertemperature,
anddistance
logontheupper leftportion ofthescreen. (Thespeed,
surface femprature, and logrequirestheoptional
speed/temperature
sensor.) WhentheX60 isfirstturned on,onlythe digitaldepth
shows. You canturn each digitaldisplayon or offasdesired.
Toselect
the
digitaldisplays, first press themenu key, thenpresthe
keyadjacent tothe"More" label. Next, press the key adjacent
toThe
"CONSTRUCTDIGITAL BLOCK"menu atthe
top ofthescreen. A
screen similartotheoneatthe
topofthe next pageappears.
• CHART
CURSOR
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8Th OJ
GRAVUNE®
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Chart:
Speed
A Turn.On
Fish—ID
A Twn On
Chart Cursor
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: More
Remember, youcan'tusetheFish 1.0.featurewhentheX-60isinthe
manual mode. IfyouturntheFishID.featureonwhentheX60 is in
manual, themicro-computer willturntheautomatic featureon. If
you
turnautomatic offwhen theFish1.0.featureison,theFish 1.0.
feature willbeturnedoffalso.
CHARTCURSOR
TheX-60hasachartcursorthat allows youtopinpoint atarget's
depth. Thecursoris simplyahorizontal linethat extends across
the
display fromlefttoright. ;A depthboxatthe end ofthelineonthe
rightside shows theline%2 depth. Intheexample atthe
topofthe next
page, thecursor (line) is at16.1 feet.
Todisplaythechart cursor, presstheMENU key. Nowpress thekey
adjacent to.the "Tutn OnChart Cursor"label. Ascreen sirililarto the
one below appears.
Usethekeys adjacent totheupanddown
arrow tomovethecursor
upordowntothedesired depth.
Toturnthechart dursoroff, press theMENU key. Nowpressthe key
adjacent tothe 'TurnOffChart Cursor"label. TheX-60returnstothe
sonarscreen withoutthechart cursor.
NOTE:You can'tusethe Chart Cursor whenFASTRAKisoh.
Yop canseethechange onthescreen (both ontheffienuand onthe
char record) asyoupress thekeys. Afteryou'vemade theadjust-
msnt, pressthe keyadjacent totheCLEARkeytoerase themenu.
RFANGE
-Automatic
When first turned on, theX-60automaticallyplaces theboftom
signa!
in.thelowerhalfofthescreen. Thisiscalled Auto Ranging and is part
ofthe.automaticfunction. Youcannot change therangewhiletheunit
is in automatic.
RANGE-Manual
TheX-60givesyoucontrol overthe range whenit'sin themanual
mode. Boththelowerandtheupper limitareadjustable.
Tochangethe range, firstmake certain theX-60is in themanual
mode. Ifnecessary, press theAUTO keytoswitchtothemanual
mode. Next, press theRANGE key. Twoarrows appearin the lower
leftcornerofthedisplay. Theseare the range adjustarrows. Press
thekeycorresponding totheShallower orDeeper arrow todecrease
orincrease therange. Theavailable rangesare0-5,10, 20, 40,60,
100,150,200, 300, 500,800,1000,1500,2000,3000,and 5000 feet.
(Mtricranges
are3,5, 10, 15, 20,30,40, 60, 100, 150,250,300,
400,600,1000, and1500 meters.) Afteryou've set thedesired
range, press theCLEAR keytoerase therangearrows.
RANGE
ADJUST
MENU
(MANUAL
MODE
ONLY)
20 9
AUTO J
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FISH LD. ON
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Adjust Range
Shallower
Deeper
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Toadjust
theupper orlower
limit, press the keyadjacent tothe.
"More' label. Themenus shown below appear. To adjust theupper
limit-pressthe key adjacent tothe Upper Limit"arrow. Anew rtienu
appears:
"EnterUpper Limit." Using thenumber keys attha
display's
leftside,enterthe
desired upperlimit. Inthisexample, weused21
feet. Ifyou make anerror,press theCLEAR key and start agêiri.
Nowpressthe ENTER key. TheX-8O
changes
theupperlimit
tothe
value
youentered.
Thechartspeed ispreset
tomaximum whentheX-6Oisfirstturned
oh.
To stopthechart, press thekeyadjacent tothe 'START/STOP" label.
Repeat thissteptostartthechart
again. Ifdesired, thechartcan be
stopped, then theCLEAR keypressed toerase themenus fromthe
screen. Thisgivesaclearviewofthedisplay.
pI:sH l.D.
TheFishID.featureidentifies targets that meetcertainconditions as
fish. Themicro-computer analyses all echoes)and eliminates surface
clutter, thermoclines, andother
signals thatareundes&able. In most
instances, remainingtargets are fish. The Fishl.D.featuredisplays
syhibols
onthescreen in place ofthe actual fishechoes. Thereare
foutfishsymbol
sizes: tiny, small, medium, anct.Iarga Theseshow
therelativesizebetween targets. Inotherwords, itdisplays
asmell
fishsymbol whenit thinks atargetis asmall fish, amediumfish
sythbol
on alargertarget, etc.
The,micro-computer is sophisticated,butitcanbefooled, Itcan't.
distinguish between fishand othersuspended objects suchastrot-
lines, turtles, submergedfloats, air
bubbles, etc. Individualtreelimbs
extending outwards froma
groupoflimbs isthe hardest object forthe
Fish l.D.featuretodistinguish from-fish. You maysee Fish ID.
symbols onthescreenwhen
actually, thereare no fish. Practice with
the.unit in both the Fish I.D. mode and withoutto become
more
familiarwith theFish l.D.feature.
WhentheX-60isturned on,the Fish ID.featureis off. Toturnthe
Fish ID.featureon,firstpress theMENU key. Nowpressthekey
adjacent
tothe"Turn On Fish-ID"label. Themenu immediately
disappears and thesonar screen returns. Echoeswill
continueto:
scroll across thescreen, however, thesUrfaceclutterno longer
shows. Anytargets
themicro-computer determines arefishshowas
fish symbols. Toturnthe Fish ID. feature offagain, firstpressthe
menu key. Next, pressthekey adjacent tothe "Turn OffFish-ID"
label. OrpresstheAUTO
key. This
turnstheFishID.featureand
automatic offatthesame
time.
a
0
flTfltth
UPPER/LoWER LIMITMENU
MaNUnLT
5O,14FT 21
?FOOT
WINDOW
(21 FEET
TO
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MENUS
TheX-60usesmenus extensivelytoguideyouthrough
thefunctions
andfeaturesofthe unit. Themenu key accesses many ofthese
features, allowingyou tocustomize theunittoyourparticular needs
andwaterconditions: Ifyouevergetlost ina menu, simplypress
CLEAR key. ThisreturnstheX-60tothesonar screen. Thereare
five menus, total. Allofthefollowing features are available through
the menu key.
MENU -PAGE-I
CHARTSPEED
Thelpwerlimitisadjustable in.thesame manner: You canchoose
anyUpper limit between zeroand 4995 feet. Thelowerlimitcan be
anyrange between 5and5000feet.
Thesmallest "window" ordistance between theupperandlowerlimit
isfivefeet. Forexample, an upper
limitof21 feetanda lowerlimitof
51 eetgives awindowof30feet. Upper andtower lirñits can beset
invariouscombinations toshow windows fromthesurfacetothe
bottoftiand anywhere inbetween.
NOTE: The depthcapability oftheX-6O
depends
onthe
transducer
installation, waterandbottom conditions, andotherfactors. Youcan
expect.o readdepthsmorethan35bfeet in bothfreshand saltwater.
Chartspeed istherateechoes scroll across the screen. It's adjust-
ablebyfirst pressing the menukey, thenpressing the key adjacent
to
the "ADJUST CHARTSPEED"label. Thechartspeed menuappears
ontheleftsideofthescreen. Increasethe
chartspeed by pressing
thekeyadjacent totheuparrow. Decrease itbypressing thekey
adjacent
tothedownarrow. Thepercentage ofchart speedinuse
changes asthearrowkeys are pressed. Thebarchart alsogivesa
graphical indication ofthechart speed. You canseethechange on
thescreen(both onthemenuandonthe
chartrecord) as youpress
thekeys. Afteryou'vemadetheadjustment, pressthekey adjacent
totheCLEAR key toerasethemenu.
TtpiOii
Fish—ID
• Tttvn On
ChaM Cursor
4
:!' Turn On.
llacI1i9ht
ZOOM
Enlarging or"zooming"
thepicture isacommon method usedtoshow
smalldetailand fishsignals. TheX-60givesyoutwodifferentzoom
sizes, plus asplit screen zoom option. Thezoomoperation and
adjustment
isdifferentin the automatic and manual modes.
ZOOM -AUTOMATICMODE
To zoom thedisplayin theautomatic mode, firstpresstheZOOM
key. AII
targetsonthedisplayare enlarged fourtimesnormalsize
automatically. Themenus shown below alsoappear.
ZOOM
1ENUS
(AUTOMATIC
MOOE)
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Adjust
Chart Speed
A
I
.MENu--IstPAGE
AUTOT 203
47SFT
ç
Splitiflhl Il
CHART SPEED ADJUSTMENU
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Toswitch
targetsbetween twice theirnormalsizeand fourtimes
normal)pressthe key adjacent tothe"2X14X"label.
Toswitchbetween thesplitscreenzoomandfullscreen zoom, prss
thekeyadjacent tothe"SPLIT/FULL" label. Thescreen instantly
splitsintotwosections. Alltargets ontheleftareshown atfour
tiniQs
thesizeoftheonesontheright. If
youswitchtothe2Xzoommodb,
echoesontheleft side ofthescreen areshown attwicethesize as
theonesontheright. Theechoes thatscroll across thescreen are
theexactsameechoes on bath sides ofthescreen. They're
siniIy
enlarged
ontheleft side. Thisfeature tracksthebottom, always
keeping itonthedisplay whiletheautomaticfeatureison. Once
you'vesetthezoomas desired,presstheCLEAR
keytoerasethe
menus.
ToturntheZoomfeature off, press theRANGE
key.
ZOOM MANUALMODE
When youpress
thezoomkey while theunitisin themanual mode,
thescreen shown below appears. The4Xzoommode automatically
appears. Fora2Xzoom, simply press thekeyadjacent tothe2X/4X
label. Fora split screen zoom, press
thekeyadjacent tOtheSPLIT/
FULLlabel. Remember,theX-60won'ttrackthebottom
signalwhile
it'sinthe manual mode.
FishAlarm
UseThefishalarmforadistinctive audible alarmwhenthe Fish ID
featuredetectsfish orothersuspendedobjects. To usethe Fish
Alarm feature, firstpresstheALARM keyt Now
presthekeyadja-
centtothe"Turn On"labelintheFish Alarmsection. Thescreen vill
clear. Each
timeafish symbol displaysonthescreen, atonewill
sound. Thiswill alsoturntheFish ID. feature on ifitwas'off.
Toturnthe FishAlarm off,again press
theALARM key. Nowpress
thekeyadjacent tothe'Turn Off'label. Thealarm is now disabled.
AudioAlarmOn/Off
WhentheX-8Oisfirstturned on,anote symbof
atthetop
fthe
screen shows theaUdioalarmisenabled.
Toturntheaudioalarm onoroff;press
theALARM key. Next, press
thekeyadjacent tothe'Turn Off'labelinthe"All Alarms" Section. To
turntheaudioalarm on, press
theALARM keyagain. Thelabelthat
was used toturnthesound offnow reads "Turn On." Pressthekey'-
adjacent tothislabeltoturnthesound on.
!?r_Alarms
1Shéti
, Zone Alarri
-t irrn._I
-4 '-tup*J4SSI
NOTE:Thewords
correspondingtothealarm in usewillstill flashat
thedisplay's
side whenthealarmistriggered even ifthespeaker
is
turnedoff. Forexample, thewords "ZONE ALARM"flashwhenthe
zonealarm trips.
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AUTO r
47,.6F1
SPLIT-ScREEN
ZOOM
(AUTOMATIC
MODE)
I
Lr --
--— - Ti On - -
Fish Alarm
--- Tan' On - -- -- I
ALL Alarms
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Zone Alarm
Toactivate theZoneAlarm, firstpress theALARM key. Next, press
thekeynext totheZoneAlarm'sADJUSTlabel. Thewords
:'ZONE
ALARM' show atthe screenstopright side,signifying theZone!
Alarm
isactive. Thezonebarshows immediately beneath t. Anyephothat
appears between the
top and boftom ofthisbarwilltriggerthealarm.
Thisalarm will sound onfish, structure, bottom echoes, etc.!
Toadjust thezonealarm bar press thekeyadjacent tothe upor down
arrows. Toadjust
the
topofthebarshallowerordeeper, pressthe
keyadjacent totheSetShaVDeep labeluntil thewordShalis high-
lighted. Toadjust theboftom ofthezonealarm bar,pressthe key
until the Deep label ishighlighted. Nowsimply press
thekey
adjacent
Jotheuparrowto movethe end ofthebarup. Pressthekeyadja-
centtothedownarrow tomove it down.
Once
you've
made theadjustments, press the key adjacent tothe
CLEARlabelto erasethemenus.
ToturntheZoneAlrmoff, firstpress
theALARM key. Thenpress
thekeyadjacent tothe 'Turn Off"label in theZoneAlarm section.
Toadjust
thezoom, press thekeyadjacent totheADJUSTlabel; A
screen similartotheoneatthe
upperrightappears. Azoombar ap-
pears atthe
top right sideofthescreen and adjust arrows appearat
theboftom left. Theechoes on
theleftsideofthescreenarethe
same onesthatappearbetween topandboftomofthezoombar.
Press the keys adjacent tothearrows tomovethezoombarupor
down. Asyou adjust the
zoombar,the echoes moveontheleft.side
ofthe screen atthesame time. Thezoomadjust menus andzoom
barautomatically erase afewseconds afteryou'vepressed
the last
key.
Tokeep thezoombaronthescreen, presstheMENU
keywhileithe
uhtis in themanual mode. Next, press thekeyadjacent tothe
"More" labelthreetimes. The"DisplayZoomWindowBar"menuS
ápjears atthebottomofthescreen. This menu onlyappears
when
the X-6Ois in themanual mode. Press thekeyadjacent tothis menu
tpdisplay thezoombar. Toerase thebar,press theRANGE
key.
ALARMS
TheX-60hasthreedifferent
typesofalarms. ThefirstistheFish
Alarm. Itsoundswhen
theFish ID.feature determines agroupof
echoes is afish. Anotheralarm istheZoneAlarm which consistsofa
bar. Anyechothatappears insidethisbartriggers
the alarm.The last
alarm.istheBottomAlarm. Only thebottom
signal will'Thp"this
ZONE
ALARM
MENU
SPLIT-ScREEN ZOOM ZOOM ADJUST MENU
(MANUAL
MODE) (MANUALMODE)
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alarm. Thisis usefulasananchor
watch,ashallow wateralert, brfor
navigation.
Allofthealarms have avisual andaudio
signal. Ifdesired, theaudio
signal canbeturnedoff
through theALARMmenu.
Depth Alarms
TheDepth Alarmsareonlytriggered fromthebottom
signal. Nobther
echowifl "trip"this alarm. Theshallow alarm souhds
a
warning tone
whenthebottom
signal goesshallowerthanthealarm set point. The
deepalarm soundswhen the
bottom
signal goesdeeperthanth
alarm setpoint. Use theshallow alarm towarnyouofshallow water.
Use the
deepalarm toalert youtodeeperwater, suchas adrop-off.
ShallowAlarm
TousetheShallow Alarm, firstpress
theALARM key. TheShallow
andDeep
Alarmmenus are tthe
topofthisscreen. Nowpressthe
keyadjacent tothe"SetShallow" label. Thescreen similar
tothe ohé
atthelowerright appears.
ALARMS.MENu
Alarms
Alarm
.
ptiiJ
Alarms
Depth
4 Zone
, UIQ
ALL
I
I
I
Fish Alarm I
Now
pressthekeyadjacent tothe "Enter Depth" arrow. Anew menu
appears "Enter ShalAlarm", asshown above. Nowsimplyenterthe
desired shallow
alarm depthusing
thekeys onthe leftside ofthe
screen. Thisexample usesashallow alarm setting oftenfeet. Ifthe
bottom
depthgoesshallowerthan tenfeet the alarm willsound. Now
pressthe Enter
key. Themenu automatically erases andthewords
"SHALALARM" appearin thescreen's lower
leftcorner, Thisauto-
matically turns theshallow alarmon. When thebottom
signal triggers,
thisalarm, atone sounds and thewords
"SHAL ALARM" flashonthe
display. Anarrowappearswith
theword"MUTE" inside.. Pressingthe
keyadjacent tothisarrow temporarilyturnsthealarm'ssound off.
Thenext timethealarm trips,the
tonewillsound again.
Toturntheshallow
alarmoff,firstpress theALARM key, Thenpress
thekeyadjacent tothe"Set Shallow" label. Now press thekey
adjacent totheON/OFF label. Another
way
toturntheshallow alarm
offistpsimplysettheshallow alarm depthtozero
DeepAlarm
Thedeep alarm adjusts
and activates exactly liketheshallowalarm
except the initialsetting. Whenyoufirst setthedeep alarm,
the initial
setting
is5000feet. Settingthe
deepalarmto5000 feetturnsitoff.
Theonlyotherdifference isthesoundthe
deepalarm makes when
thebottom
goes
deeperthan thealarm depth. Thistoneisdifferent
so youcantellbythe soundwhich alarm was triggered.
SHALLOW
ALARM
ENTRY
MENU
(set Shallow
.
Set Deep
SHALLOw
ALARMMENU
t\NSSuc
:r.. Adjust
La Tui,n Orb
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