Furuno FCV-30 User Manual

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APPENDIX AP-4 7 8Color Day/Night (Day, Night) Hue (Standard, Mono, USER1, USER2)

APPENDIX AP-5ETRFile Load user setting (1-3)Save user setting (1-3)CloseDisp Mode Display mode (HF single, LF single, Dual freq, HF zoom, LF zoom)Zoo

APPENDIX AP-6 System TX/RX Low/High freq. Gain adjustment (-50-50; 0)Freq adjustment (-10.0-10.0; 0)TX power reduction (OFF, ON)TX pulse length (Shor

APPENDIX AP-7Screen Division A-scope display ON PIC1PIC1PIC2PIC3 PIC2 PIC1PIC2PIC1AAAAPIC1PIC2PIC3PIC4PIC5PIC3PIC1PIC2PIC1PIC1Division: Left, Right D

APPENDIX AP-8 A- scope display OFF PIC2PIC3PIC1PIC1PIC1PIC2PIC2PIC1PIC1PIC3PIC2PIC1PIC2PIC3PIC4PIC4PIC3PIC2PIC1PIC4PIC3PIC2PIC1PIC5PIC1PIC2PIC3PIC4PI

FURUNO FCV-30 SP - 1 E2373S01E 060414 SPECIFICATIONS OF THE COLOR VIDEO SOUNDER FCV-30 1. DISPLAY 1.1 Display Optional supply or commercial mon

FURUNO FCV-30 SP - 2 E2373S01E 060414 5. ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION 5.1 Useable Temperature Range Processor Unit 0°C to +40°C Transducer -5°C to +3

IN-1INDEX A Alarms audio volume ...

INDEX IN-2 T Target graph window ... 2-8 Temperature alarm ... 1-28 Three-beam display...

Furuno Electric Co., Ltd. Terms (EULA) • You have acquired a device (“DEVICE”) that includes software licensed by Furuno Electric Co., Ltd from an

1-11. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1.1 Controls F1F3F4F2Turns the poweron/off.User-programmablefunction keys.Left buttonConfirms menu selection.Right button

 Internet-Based Services Components. The SOFTWARE may contain components that enable and facilitate the use of certain Internet-based services. Yo

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1-2 1.2 Menu Operation The FCV-30 is controlled from a menu system. Two types of menus are available: Main menu: All menu o

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1-33. Change settings as appropriate, referring to the information below. 4. After changing settings, roll the trackball to

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1-4 TenkeyClose Tenkey panel Place the cursor on the desired numeric key and then push the left button. Repeat to enter all d

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1-51.2.2 How to use the pop-up menus 1. Right-click anywhere on the screen, and a pop-up menu appears. Indicates an option

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1-6 1.3 Turning the Power On/Off Turning on the power 1. Turn on the monitor. 2. Open the power switch cover on the Contro

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1-71.4 Transmitting, Receiving Follow the procedure below to start transmitting and receiving, after turning on the power. 1

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1-8 1.5 Displays 1.5.1 Choosing a display Six display modes are available. Choose the display mode which matches your current

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1-91.5.2 Split-beam display The split-beam display shows the underwater images captured with the split-beam. With display of

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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1-10 1.5.3 Three-beam display The three-beam display shows the images captured from the port, downward and starboard directio

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1-11Note: Normally, pulses are fired from beam 1, beam 2 and beam 3 in that order and displayed on the screen as the port, d

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1-12 Deep mode, Simul. TX Menu bar 1.5.5 User 1, User 2, User 3 display These displays show the product of displays created

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1-131.6 Choosing a Display Range Choose the detection range (from the transducer to the bottom), in 12 preset choices. The d

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1-14 3. Click ▼ in the Range box. Range options 4. Click the range you wish to use. For example, choosing “80”, the display

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1-151.7 Shifting the Display Range You may shift the display in order to look at a shallower or deeper depth without changin

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1-16 1.8 Adjusting the Gain Adjust the gain according to signal strength. Adjust so noise just disappears from the screen.

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1-171.9 Find Depth and Position of a Fish Echo You may measure the depth to a fish school or bottom with the horizontal line

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1-18 1.10 Inscribing Lines You may inscribe vertical lines on the display to mark fish schools, shoals, etc. When an echo of

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1-19Area of measurement Number of fish within measuring areaVert. axis Number of fish within vertical axis2040608004000:00:

iIMPORTANT NOTICES • No part of this manual may be copied or reproduced without written permission. • If this manual is lost or worn, contact your

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1-20 1.12 Setting Measuring Area There are four ways to set the measurement area for the fish size histogram: • Measure fish

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1-215. Click ◄ or ► in the Area Vertical box to set the vertical width of the area marker. (Setting range: 10-100(%)). Repres

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1-22 40Measurement range marker(2)ashed yellow vertical line)204060800Measurement range marker(1)(Short yellow horizontal das

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1-231.13 Suppressing Low Level Noise (Clutter suppression) Light-blue dots may appear over most of screen. This is mainly du

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1-24 1.14 Eliminating Weak Echoes Sedimented water or reflections from plankton may be painted on the display in green or lig

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1-251.16 Picture Advance Speed The picture advance speed determines how quickly the vertical scan lines run across the screen

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1-26 Ship’s speed dependent picture advance With speed data provided by a speed-measuring device, picture advance speed may b

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1-271.17 A-scope Display The A-scope display shows echoes at least at each transmission with amplitudes and tone proportional

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1-28 1.18 Alarms This sounder has four alarms: bottom alarm, bottom fish alarm, water temperature alarm and vertical temper

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1-291.18.2 Enabling, disabling an alarm 1. Click Settings. 2. Click Alarm. Alarm dialog box 3. Check the box in Bottom al

ii SAFETY INSTRUCTIONSWARNINGELECTRICAL SHOCK HAZARDDo not open the equipment.Only qualified personnelshould work inside theequipment.Immediately tu

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1-30 7. Click the OK button. 2040608005000:00:28 34 42.616' N135 19.740' EAlarm markerAlarm rangeStarting pointGr

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1-311.19 Function Keys The function keys on the control unit provide for one-touch access to the setting window of your choic

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1-32 1.20 Saving, Recalling User Settings You may save echo sounder settings, and recall them when desired. This is useful w

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1-331.20.2 Loading user settings Note that you cannot load user settings while transmitting. 1. Click File. 2. Click Load

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1-34 Note: You may use the Details button to display detailed information about the chosen display settings. This windowshows

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1-351.21 Recording, Replaying Data The USB port on the processor unit connects to a USB 2.0 hard disk (user supplied) to rec

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1-36 4. Click the Reference button. Volume (E): 5. Choose location of data recording and then close the Reference window.

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1-371.21.2 Recording data 1. Connect a USB hard disk to the USB port on the processor unit. 3. Click File. File menu 3. Cli

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1-38 1.21.3 Converting recorded data to HAC format Recorded data can be converted to HAC format data, the standard archiving

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1-399. With the slider bars, choose start position and end position. 10. Click the Start button to start the conversion. The

iiiCAUTIONDo not transmit when the transducer isout of water.The transducer may become damaged.The picture does not advance when thepicture advance

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1-40 11. Click the Open button to start playback. Sliding barCheck torepeatplayback. Play dialog box Notes on playing back

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1-411.21.5 Saving screen shot You may take a screen shot to save the current window. Compared to raw data, the size of the sc

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1-42 1.21.6 Loading a screen shot 1. Connect hard drive to the USB on the processor unit. 2. Click File. 3. Click Load the

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1-43 11. To erase the screen shot. click the Close button.

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2-12. WINDOW DISPLAYS The FCV-30 has eight window displays: status, fish size histogram, target graph, V-temp graph, bottom zoom, bottom lock, marke

2. WINDOW DISPLAYS 2-2 Automatically arranging windows 1. Click Window on the menu bar. Window currentlydisplayed. (Clickto bring windowto front.) 2

2. WINDOW DISPLAYS 2-32.2 Interpreting the Window Displays 2.2.1 Status window The Status window shows current settings and data input from external

2. WINDOW DISPLAYS 2-4 This window shows which indications are currently displayed. Status dialog box 3. Click items in the Display Item window as a

2. WINDOW DISPLAYS 2-5Data display description Item Description Picture advance Show current picture advance setting. Shift Show current shift value

iv TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD ... vi SYSTEM CON

2. WINDOW DISPLAYS 2-6 2.2.2 Fish size histogram window The fish size histogram shows fish size within the selected measuring area. The SPLIT (split

2. WINDOW DISPLAYS 2-7Note: If the Target graph dialog box appears, click the Fish size histogram tab. Description of Fish size dialog box Menu item

2. WINDOW DISPLAYS 2-8 2.2.3 Target graph window The target graph window plots fish echo position (latest three scans). It is available when the SPL

2. WINDOW DISPLAYS 2-9 Fish size dialog box, Display tab Note 1: If the Measurement or Unit dialog box appears, click the Display tab to open the Dis

2. WINDOW DISPLAYS 2-10 2.2.4 V-temperature graph window The V-temperature graph window plots depth and water temperature data fed from a net sonde o

2. WINDOW DISPLAYS 2-11Setting up the v-temp graph 1. Click System. 2. Click Net. Input data: Choose the format of data fed from net sonde or trawl

2. WINDOW DISPLAYS 2-12 Setting bottom lock zoom range 1. Click Setting. 2. Click Echo image. 3. Click ▼ in the Zoom range box and push the left but

2. WINDOW DISPLAYS 2-132.2.7 Marker zoom window The marker zoom window zooms echoes within the expansion marker (blue dashed line). This marker is o

2. WINDOW DISPLAYS 2-14 2.2.8 Bottom discrimination graph window The bottom discrimination graph plots bottom nature, and it can be plotted on the b

3-13. CHANGING SETTINGS This chapter provides the information necessary for changing equipment settings. For details about specific dialog boxes, se

v1.21.3 Converting recorded data to HAC format... 1-38 1.21.4 Playing back data ...

3. CHANGING SETTINGS 3-2 4. Click the Display mode change button. Shows direction of detection beam. Display mode change dialog box 5. In the Displ

3. CHANGING SETTINGS 3-33.2 Display Item Dialog Box The Display Item dialog box lets you choose what indications to display. 1. Click Disp. 2. Clic

3. CHANGING SETTINGS 3-4 Temp graph scale: Choose where to display the temperature graph scale: Left, Left-Mid, Center, Right-Mid, Right. Bottom dis

3. CHANGING SETTINGS 3-5User ranges If the factory-prepared display ranges or zoom ranges are not to your liking, you may use your own ranges, by fol

3. CHANGING SETTINGS 3-6 Color resolution: Effective when “Clutter curve” is turned off. You may set display width dB for colors. Set display width d

3. CHANGING SETTINGS 3-7Depth/Distance: This function compensates for depth difference between the picture from the downward beam and other that from

3. CHANGING SETTINGS 3-8 3.6 Color Dialog Box The Color dialog box lets you set the colors to use. 1. Click System. 2. Click Color. Color dialog b

3. CHANGING SETTINGS 3-9Basic colors:Custom colorsDefine Custom Colors >>OK CancelColor Standard color choices 3. Choose a color

3. CHANGING SETTINGS 3-10 Temp graph: Choose the color of the graph line in temperature graph. Bottom discrimination: Choose the color of the graph

3. CHANGING SETTINGS 3-113.8 Target Sphere Calibration Dialog Box To accurately analyze fish distribution, it is necessary to calibrate target stren

vi FOREWORD Introduction FURUNO Electric Company thanks you for considering and purchasing the FCV-30 Color Sounder. We are confident you will disco

3. CHANGING SETTINGS 3-12 8. Click Target sphere calibration. 9. In the Target sphere TS box, use ◄ or ► to set the TS value (fixed value) of the

3. CHANGING SETTINGS 3-133.9 External Echo Sounder This equipment can show the image from the FURUNO echo sounder ETR-30N. 3.9.1 Displaying image

3. CHANGING SETTINGS 3-14 3.9.2 File menu Click File on the external echo sounder window’s menu bar. Load user setting: Recall saved user settings.

3. CHANGING SETTINGS 3-153.9.3 Display menu Click Display on the external echo sounder window’s menu bar. ETR setting window Display mode: Choose d

3. CHANGING SETTINGS 3-16 ETR display item dialog box Show or hide Color bar, Time marker, Mode indicator, V-VRM, H-VRM and Depth indication. Displa

3. CHANGING SETTINGS 3-173.9.4 Setting menu 1. Click Setting on the echo sounder window’s menu bar. 2. Click Echo image. Range: Choose display ran

3. CHANGING SETTINGS 3-18 STC: Help distinguish surface fish from surface echoes. The setting range is 0-10; the higher the setting the greater the e

3. CHANGING SETTINGS 3-193.9.5 System menu 1. Click Setting on the menu bar 2. Click System. ETR TX/RX dialog box Click TX/RX on the System menu to

3. CHANGING SETTINGS 3-20 Tx pulse length (Manual): Operative when TX pulse length is set to Manual. The pulse length range is 0.2-5(ms). The smaller

3. CHANGING SETTINGS 3-21ETR Color dialog box Day/Night: Choose background color of the echo sounder window. Choose “Day” for white background; “Nig

viiSYSTEM CONFIGURATION POWERF1F4F3F2Processor UnitCV-300Control UnitCV-301100-240 VAC1φ, 50/60 Hz100-120/200-240 VAC1φ, 50/60 HzTransceiver UnitCV-

3. CHANGING SETTINGS 3-22 Unit menu Choose unit of depth measurement. Test/Initialization menu Simulation: The simulation mode provides simulated e

4-14. MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING 4.1 Maintenance Regular maintenance is important for maintaining good performance. Follow the recommended pr

4. MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING 4-2 4.1.3 Replacing fuses Fuses protect the processor unit and transceiver unit from overvoltage and internal f

4. MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING 4-34.1.5 Trackball If the trackball does not roll smoothly it may require cleaning. Do the following to clean th

4. MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING 4-4 4.2 Troubleshooting The section provides information which the user can follow to restore normal operation.

4. MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING 4-54.3 Restoring Default Settings You may wish to restore all default settings to start operation afresh or to

4. MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING 4-6 4. Click the Yes button. Yes No 5. Click the Yes button to restore all default

AP-1APPENDIX Menu Tree Display Mode Display Mode (SPLIT, 3 BEAM, SPLIT + 2 BEAM USER 1, USER 2, USER 3)Display mode DIsplay Itemchange (SPLIT, BEAM1

APPENDIX AP-2 Zoom range (2m, 5m, 10m, 20m, 40m)User setting Range1 (2-200: 2m)Range2 (2-200: 5m)Range3 (2-200: 10m)Range4 (2-200: 20m)Range5 (2-200:

APPENDIX AP-3 Alarm Volume (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)Bottom alarm Alarm depth (0-10000; 0m)Alarm zone (1-10000: 1m)Fish alarm Alarm