Raymarine ST70 - Setting up Transducers; Speed Calibration

Menusavailable
DisplaysettingsBrightness,color,unitsandothersettingsassociated
withthedisplay.
Pagesettings
Customizethepagelayoutsandinformationdisplayed.
AdvancedoptionsLanguageandsystemsettings.
Alarms
Settingsassociatedwithsupportedalarmmessages.
Diagnostics
Instrumentinformationanddiagnostics.
Settinguptransducers
TheTransducersetupmenuisusedtocalibratethetransducersand
sensorswhicharethesourceofmuchoftheinstrumentdata.
1.PressMENU.
2.SelectAdvancedoptions>Transducersetup.
TheST70willsearchfortransducersconnectedtothesystem
anddisplaytheresultsofthesearchasalist.
3.PressENTERtoproceedandsetuptheparametersforthe
transducersfound.
Therearesettingsavailablefor:
•Depth
•Speed
•Wind
•Temperature
•DST(DepthSpeed,Temperaturesmarttransducers)
•DT(Depth,T emperaturesmarttransducers)
Speedcalibration
Speedcalibrationinvolvesaligningthelogspeed(SpeedThrough
Water)totheSpeedoverground(SOG),underzerotideconditions.
Theobjectofspeedcalibrationistoensurethatthespeedreadings
attheinstrumentsaretrueindicationsoftheboatspeed.
Speedtransducerperformanceisaffectedbyitspositionand
water-owcharacteristicsatdifferentspeeds.Itisadvisabletocarry
outcalibrationatvariousspeedsacrosstherangeofyourboat.
Calibratingspeed(conventionaltransducers)
•Youwillneedanaccuratespeedoverground(SOG)value,e.g.
determinedfromaGPSconnectedintoyourSeaTalksystem.
•Youwillneedtobeunderway,withsufcientspacetomaneuver
unhindered.
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