SECTION 3
OPERATION
3.1 GETTING STARTED
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The V8010 Color Echosounder combines the operations of Fishfinding
with those of Navigation. This Chapter of the manual provides the descrip-
tions and instructions for
aU
of the operations of the Fishfinder, Tracking
Plotter, and Navigation sections.
To keep the operation of the
V8010
simple and as automatic as possible,
the
V8010
uses many on-screen menus, messages, and prompts to help
guide you through various operations. You should master the unit very
quickly and the approach you should take while becoming familiar with the
operations is one of relaxed confidence.
This section begins by describing the keypad layout and the various display
screens
ofthe
V8010.
Operations that control the Fishfinder portion
ofthe
unit appear immediately following the display screen descriptions. The
Tracking Plotter and Navigation operations follow later in this section.
As you read through this section of the manual you will notice that when
operations
caU
for keys to be pressed to
complete entries, the ke
s
are highlighted in
key shaped boxes, i.e. ENTER
,m,
etc. in
I5
the instructions. In addition, the
V8010
in-
cludes a built-in echo
sounder/GPS
simula-
tor that can produce examples of the
fishfinding and navigation displays without
being connected to a transducer or an an-
tenna. AU you will need is the
V8010,‘with
its power cord, and a 12 VDC
battery
or
DC
power supply. If DC power is hooked up to
the unit, you can activate this simulator as
follows:
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