Yachting Electronic Co. FC60X User manual

FC60X
www.goyachting.cn
FC60X WIRELESS
MENU
EXIT
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FREECAST
Wireless Fishfinder
User’s manual

Introduction
Introduction
Thank you for choosing FC60X Fish Finder. and welcome
to the innovations of Yachting Electronic Co., Ltd! We has
been committed to fish finder R&D activities all the way
and its products have been reputed for their cutting-edge
technologies and reliable performance.
FC60X is designed to facilitate fishing on the bank, along
the seashore,and on-board in a variety of water areas.
We offer one year charge-free main-tenance against any
damages induced by non-human factors; and damages
beyond the six months are handled with reasonable charges
based on concrete situations. For details regarding maint-
enance service, please refer to the warranty explanations.
To familiarize yourself better with the product’s operation
and maximize the utilization, we invite you to read the
User’s Guide carefully.
For any possible problems you may encounter during the
operation, please switch to the Trouble shooting section
for reference.
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Packing list
Packing list
The following items are included in FC60X:
1) A FREECAST wireless remote sonar sensor
2) A handheld with 3” Dot matrix LCD
3) A copy of FC60X User’s Guide
In the event that any of the items listed is found missing,
call us immediately or log on to our website at
www.goyachting.cn. Clients located in other parts of the
world may also refer to their respective local distributors.
General attention
General attention
War
War
ning
ning
: Disassembly and maintenance are only to be
performed by professionals designated by the Company.
Any of the following situations can void the remainder of
your warranty: unauthorized disassembly or maintenance,
damage or alteration to the production serial number, etc.
Warning:
Warning:
Children under six may not use the sensor without
an adult’s watch.
Warning:
Warning:
Although FC60X is designed waterproof, it is
strongly warned not immerge it into in water, whcih may
cause damage of inner electronic part.
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1. Turn the screw anti-clockwise with a screw driver.
Then slide the Battery Door towards the bottom of the
unit and remove it from the main housing.
2. Install 4 “AAA” batteries. Be certain that the batteries
are aligned as per the diagram within the battery
compartment.
3. Slide the Battery Door towards the top of the unit until
it is completely closed. Then turn the screw clockwise
To take off the battery
cover, put and slide it
with some strenth
Warning:
Warning:
do not split the battery cover
with strength in the vertical directiion!
Installing the battery
Installing the battery

with a screw driver until snug before continuing. Be
certain not to over-tighten it.
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This product is designed with user-friendliness in mind.
Attach the sensor to the fishing thread’s extreme and
throw them into water as you do with float and lure.
After switching on the main unit’s power,you are ready
to fish. With sonar technologies employed, the FC60X
sensor transmits ultrasonic waves to water, and the

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microprocessor inside the principal machine applies
wireless technologies, filtering the signals fed-back. As
the filtered signals have been analyzed and processed, they
are illustrated on the display. Newly-detected information
is displayed at the very right of the screen and disappears
at the very left. Showed between precisely are sea bottom
contours, water depth, fish size, and location etc.
Note:
Note:
Due to limitations of LCD characteristics, you may
have to view the readings with an angle perpendicular to
the screen, for with an inclined visual angle, you may not
be able to read them normally.
Warning:
Warning:
While the sensor is working, do not hold it at the
bottom; otherwise, deformations may occur to the product
and damage to internal structures and elements can ensue.
To pick up the sensor working in water, take hold of the
antenna post at the sensor’s top.
Warning
Warning
:FC60X is designed to work durably in normal
s ervice. However, in water areas where there are significant
water level fluctuations, the sensor may be subject to
collision with rocks, which will result in damages to the

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evice. Therefore, for water areas with depth less than
1 foot (0.3m), we recommend that you avoid using this sensor.
Operational modes
Operational modes
FC60X features two operational modes:
1) Sonar Graphic Mode
FC60X renders real -time conditions at the sea bottom with
sonar graphic. Cast the sensor into water, drag it slowly and
at stable speed, and you can view accurate information
displayed on the screen, including sea bottom contour,
structure, depth, fish location, size, etc.
2) Stationary Float Mode
Cast the sensor into water and let it undisturbed. It will float
on the water surface, monitoring submarine developments
in a real-time manner. Information will be automatically
updated on the screen once fish approach your bait.

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Instruction of Freecast sensor
Instruction of Freecast sensor
1. Power
1. Power
supply
supply
The FC60X sensor is provided with a separate, built-in, and
irremovable lithium battery that has a continuous service
time of 550 hours in normal operation. When the battery’s
service life ends and becomes out of service, it should be
handled in a way compliant with local provisions regarding
discarding used batteries and relevant electronic products.
2.
2.
Electronic switch
Electronic switch
There are three pins on the bottom of cover, which is used
to switch between power on / power off.
At the moment the sensor is put in water, the sonar trans-
mitter/receiver is automatically turned on and transmits
ultrasonic signals. As the principal machine receives the
signals, related information about the sea bottom will be
showed on the screen. After a few seconds elapse since the
sensor is taken out of water, the built-in power will be switch
off automatically and transmission of sonar signals termi-
nated

Three pins for electronic switch
Warning:
Warning:
do not place your Freecast sensor in a wet area
when not using, the dampness may cause the sensor to turn
on the built-in power automatically, thus shortening its
useful life. Likewise, avoid placing it on board or on a metal
surface for the same reason.
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1) When the sensor is casted into water, with the three pins
touching water, the sensor begin working.
2) When the sensor is droped out from water, after wiping
off the remained water on pin surface, the sensor stop
working automatically.

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Note:
Note:
store it in a dry, nonmetal container!
A toolbox, for
example, may be used for storage and placed in a separate
room far away from any metal equipment.
Note:
Note:
Rinse its surface with fresh water after the sensor has
worked in salt water for some time.
3. Ch
3. Ch
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Your Freecast sensor was designed with 2 channels:
Channel-1 and Channel-2. Which provide you flexibility
to switch to a different channel if there is another angler
who is using the Freecast sensor nearby ( within 140feet ).
When use two Freecast sensor of the same channel in a
close region(within 120feet), a severe electronic interference
will generate, which may cause the product not working
normally, erratic depth reading and other sonar infomation
will be displayed.
Note:
Note:
to switch to a appropriate channel, please refer to the
Channel Menu Instruction.
Channel Menu Instruction.

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U
U
sing the Freecast sensor
sing the Freecast sensor
The two holes at the FC60X front end is for tying fishing
thread. If you desire to use it in the Stationary float Mode,
bind the fishing hook with light threads to the second hole.
However, be informed that if the sensor encounters barriers
when being dragged, the fishing thread can easily break.
Hence, for this practice, we advise you not to pull the thread
if unnecessary, for fear that you may be unable to regain
your sensor due to the broken thread.
Alternatively, in case you wish to drag the sensor as you
see fit, you may tie the f irst hole with another light thread,
therefore preventing the failure of retrieving your sensor.
See the following instruction:

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Handle the sensor by the
antenna post when trying
to draw it out from the water
Use a thread tied to the first
hole, tackled to be rotatable
Use the second hole in the Stationary float Mode,
bind the fishing hook with light threads to the second
hole. Be caution of not over-weight the hook line, thus
will be likely to submerge the sensor, causing the signal
terminate.
Caution
Caution
: Using light threads to tie the sensor and the fishing
hook can increase likelihood of break-up. The sensor in
water is supported by natural buoyancy force (which equals
its own weight plus 5.8g lure plus the weight of lead). All
accessories attached to the sensor, including the hook,
fishing thread, and lure etc., can total up to 5.4~5.9g. With
the sensor’s weight of 34g joining, the break-down becomes
very likely.

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Operational Panel Basic
Operational Panel Basic
(1) Transducer plug
(For NAKI8850B model)
(2) Depth Reading
(3) Water surface line
(4) Temperature Reading
(5) Fish Icon
(6) Bottom
(7) Depth Range
(8) Sensitivity Reading
(9) Battery Strength
(10) Power Key
(11) Ent Key
(12) Menu and Exit Key
(13) Down Arrow Key.
(14) Up Arrow Key
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Display
Display
1. Understand
1. Understand
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Depth reading
Temperature
reading
Bottom
Battery strength
Depth range
Fish icon
Sensitivity
Water surface
line
(1) Depth reading: indicate water depth
(2) Temperature reading: indicate atmosphere temperature
(3) Sensitivity: the curren sensitivity setting
(4) Water surface line: display the position of water surface
(5) Fish icon: a fish symbol to display the detected target
(6) Bottom: indicate the bottom condition
Sonar information
scroll from right to
left

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(7) Depth range: the current Depth range setting
(8)
Battery strength: indicate the remained battery strength
The detection graph is shown from the right corner from
top to down. It would scroll forwards to left continuously.
The most present and newest signals are displayed on the
rightmost screen. And the leftmost are those of 16 seconds
ago.
2. D
2. D
epth rang
epth range
The unit will automatically adjust the depth range according
to water conditions. It always keeps the bottom displayed
in the lower portion of the screen.
When the depth unit is set to feet, this fish finder has the
following depth ranges: 10, 15, 30, 50, 60, 80, 100
and feet.
When the depth unit is set to meter, the fish finder has the
following depth ranges: 3, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, and 40m.
Depth range changes or signal loss will cause lines with
missing detail and / or abrupt changes in the graphed bottom.
The screen image jump shown here is due to an automatic

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change in depth.
New returns graphed at a different scale will not match up
with the historic data already graphed at a higher or lower
scale.
3. Water surface line
3. Water surface line
The water surface line indicate the displayed position of
water surface on the screen, which is very helpful for you
to estimate the depth of
detected fish.
For example,
the current depth reading
is 18m, and the position
of 1-fish icon(B) is about
1/3 of total depth( A), thus
the 1-fish lies on the position
about (18.6*1/3=)6.2m deep
from water surface.
Accordingly, you could estimate the 2-fish lie about 1/2 of
the A total depth, which is (18.6*1/2=)9.3m.

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Underwater conditions vary greatly, so some experience is
needed to get the most benefits of FC60X. Use the message
displayed in the screen as a helpful tools for your judgment,
thus you could exert the full function of FC60X.

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Operation
Operation
Menu O
Menu O
peration Instr
peration Instr
uction
uction
The menu setting of FC60X is convenient and friendly.
You can get various function setting by simle operation.
1. Power key: Power on / Power off
Note:
Note:
to shut off the unit, press the Power key and keep it
for 3s, then release it.
2. Ent key: To confirm a setting / hold the screen.
Note:
Note:
when the unit is
working, pressing Ent key will
“freeze” the screen, which is
helpful for you to carefully
study the underwater condition.

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Note:
Note:
when you enter into some a menu setting, pressing Ent
key, then you are able to change the settingthen the frame
line of current menu will look thicker then non-setting. see
following:
To exit the setting condition, press ENT key again.
3. MENU & EXIT key: to enter or exit menu setting.
4. Up arrow / down arrow key: to increase / decrease the
setting value.
setting
non-setting
thicker

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Sensitivity
Sensitivity
Sensitivity determines how echoes will be displayed on the
screen.
Increasing the sensitivity will make you see more details
on the screen. In such situations when you see too much
clutter on the screen, decreasing the sensitivity will play
an effect. The larger the sensitivity is, the more relatively
strong sonar returns the screen will display. If the sensitivity
is decreased too low, most sonar returns (which maybe fish)
will not be displayed.
In situation while water is clear or very
deep, try increasing the sensitivity,
which will let you see even the very
weak returns.
However in situation while water is
turbid, try decreasing the sensitivity,
which will make only the useful echo
be showed on the screen and the noise will be omitted.
To set the Sensitivity: