FLIR Raymarine CPT-S Transom User Manual

5.3Mountingthetransducer
Thetransducermustbemountedonthetransom
usingthemountingbracketprovided.Thesteps
belowdescribetheinitialmountingstepsrequired
inordertotestyourtransducersperformance.
Aftertestingthetransduceryoumustnishthe
mountingfollowingtheinstructionsintheFinishing
thetransducermountingsection.
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1.Feedthetransducercablebetweenthepostson
themountingbracketasshown.
2.Slidetheratchetarmintotheguideonthetopof
thetransducer,ensuringitlocksinplace.
3.Holdtheratchetplateinplaceontheratchetarm
asshown.
4.Inserttheratchetarmbetweenthemounting
bracketposts,aligningthecenterholewiththe
holesintheposts.
5.SlidetheM5washerandthenthecompression
washerontotheratchetbolt.
6.Slidetheratchetboltthroughthemounting
bracketassembly.
7.InserttheM5lockingnutintothecaptivehousing
onthemountingbracket.
8.Usinga4mmHexwrench(allenkey)tighten
theratchetboltuntiltheratchetmechanismis
engagedbutcanstillbeadjustedbyhand.
9.Positionthetransducersothatthebottomfaceof
thetransducerwillbeparallelwiththewaterline
andtightentheratchetbolt.
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Thetransducerpositionwillbeadjustedfurther
duringtesting.
5.4Testingandadjustingthe
transducer
Oncetheinitialmountingprocedureshavebeen
carriedout,thetransducermustbetestedpriorto
nishingthemounting.
Thetestingshouldbecarriedoutwithyourvessel
inthewater,withadepthgreaterthan0.7m(2.3
ft)butlessthanthemaximumdepthrangeofthe
transducer.
1.OpentheSonarapplicationonyourdisplay.
Afterafewsecondsthebottomshouldbevisible
onscreenandadepthreadingdisplayed.
2.Startmovingyourvesselatalowspeed,ensuring
youhaveadepthreadingandaclearimageis
displayed.
3.Graduallyincreasethevesselspeedwhilst
checkingthedisplay,iftheimagebecomespoor
orthebottomismissingatlowerspeedsthenthe
transducerneedstobeadjusted.
4.Angleandheightadjustmentsshouldbemadein
smallincrementsandre-testedeachtimeuntil
youobtainoptimumperformance.
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5.Loosentheratchetarmbolttoadjustthe
transducerangle.
6.Loosenthe2mountingbracketscrewstoadjust
thetransducerheight.
7.Re-tightentheratchetarmboltandmounting
screwsbeforere-testing.
Note:
•Itmaynotalwaysbepossibletoobtaindepth
readingsathigherspeedsduetoairbubbles
passingunderthetransducer.
•Itmaybenecessarytomakeseveral
adjustmentstothetransducerbeforeobtaining
optimumperformance.
•Ifthetransducerrequiresrepositioningensure
alloldholesarelledwithmarinegradesealant.
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FLIR Raymarine CPT-S Transom Specifications

General

Brand	FLIR
Model	Raymarine CPT-S Transom
Category	Racks & Stands
Language	English