Raymarine c95 - Sonar Troubleshooting

28.5Sonartroubleshooting
Problemswiththesonarandtheirpossiblecausesandsolutionsaredescribedhere.
ProblemPossiblecausesPossiblesolutions
Unitpowersupplyfault.Checktheunitpowersupplyandcables.
Otherunitfault.Refertotheinstructionssuppliedwiththeunit.
CheckthattheunitiscorrectlyconnectedtoaRaymarinenetwork
SeaTalk
hs
switchorcrossovercoupler(asapplicable).
CheckthestatusoftheRaymarinenetworkswitch(ifapplicable).
SeaTalk
hs
/RayNetnetworkproblem.
CheckthatSeaTalk
hs
/RayNetcablesarefreefromdamage.
Sonardatanotavailableon
multifunctiondisplay.
Softwaremismatchbetweenequipment
maypreventcommunication.
ContactRaymarinetechnicalsupport.
GainorFrequencysettingsmaybe
inappropriateforpresentconditions.
Checkthesonarpresets,gainandfrequencysettings.
UnitpowersupplyfaultCheckthevoltagefromthepowersupply,ifthisistoolowitcanaffect
thetransmittingpoweroftheunit.
Unitcablefault.
Ensurethatthepower,transducerandallothercablestotheunitare
properlyconnectedandfreefromdamage.
Checkthatthetransducerismountedcorrectlyandisclean. Transducerfault
Ifyouhaveatransom-mounttransducer,checkthatthetransducer
hasn'tkickedupduetohittinganobject.
Otherunitfault.Refertotheinstructionssuppliedwiththeunit.
Vesselstationary
Fisharchesarenotdisplayedifthevesselisstationary,shwillappear
onthedisplayasstraightlines.
Highvesselspeed
Turbulencearoundthetransducermaybeconfusingtheunit.
Problematicdepthreadingsorsonar
image.
Scrollspeedsettozero
Adjustscrollspeed
PaddlewheelfaultCheckthatthepaddlewheelisclean.
NospeedoffsetsetAddspeedoffset.
Incorrectspeedreading
IncorrectcalibrationRe-calibrateequipment
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