Side Vision™overview
SideVision™transducersaresidelookingtransducersthatproduce2
wide-angleside-to-sidebeams,eachwithathinfore-to-aftbeamtobuildupa
detailedunderwaterviewasyourvesselmovesforward..Thecoverageof
theSideVision™beamsisanareatobothsideofyourvessel.
SideVision™beams
Thetransducerssendpulsesofsoundwavesintothewateroneachside
ofyourvessel,andrecordsthesoundwavesthatarereflectedoffobjects
suspendedinthewatercolumnandthebottom,,knownassonarreturns.
Thesonarimageisconstructedline-by-line ,similartothewayatelevision
pictureiscomposedofmanyhorizontallines.Eachsuccessivepingfrom
thetransduceraddsanewlineofimagedatatothetopofyourdisplay.
Eachnewlineshowssonarreturnsfromboththeportandstarboardsidesof
yourvessel.Asnewlinesareaddedwitheachsuccessiveping,olderdata
graduallyscrollsdownthedisplay,buildingupadetailedimageofthewater
columnandbottomtothesidesofyourvessel.Ifyourvesselmaintainsthe
samebearingandspeedforaperiodoftime,youcaninterprettheimageas
aplanofthebottomalongyourvessel’scourse.SideVision™iseffectiveat
lowervesselspeeds.
Note:
SideVision™doesnotprovidedirectdepthreadings.Thescaleshown
acrossthetopoftheimageindicatesthedistanceoffeaturesfromyour
vessel.
SideVision™screeninterpretation
1.Rangescale—Therangescaleindicatesdistance(range)toportand
starboardfromyourvessel.
2.Water—Usingthedefaultcolorpaletteblackindicatesnosonarreturns
i.e.:clearwater.
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