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SimradEK80
Widebandscienticechosounder
InstallationManual
Thismanualprovidesyouwiththebasicinformationrequiredtoinstall
theSimradEK80Widebandscienticechosounder.Themanualis
intendedfortechnicalpersonnel;suchasskilledshipyardworkers,
electricians,qualiedengineersandnavalarchitects.
TheEK80softwaresupportsseveraldifferenttransceiverunits.The
informationismainlypreparedforEK80installationsonavessel.
ForinstallationofothertransceiverssupportedbytheEK80,seethe
relevantpublications.
ForinformationaboutthepracticaluseoftheEK80,refertotheEK80
ReferenceManualand/ortheEK80contextsensitiveOn-linehelp.
Caution
YoumustneversettheEK80to"ping"unlessthetransduceris
submergedinwater.Mosttransducersaredamagedbeyondrepair
iftheytransmitinopenair.PreventinadvertentuseoftheEK80
wheneveratransducerisnot
submerged.
Additionalend-userdocumentsrelatedtotheEK80canbefound
onourwebsite.Thisincludespublicationsthataretranslatedto
otherlanguages.SelectedpublicationsarealsoprovidedonIETM
(InteractiveElectronicTechnicalManual)formats.
•https://www.kongsberg.com/ek80