SimradEK15
Gettingstarted
ThischapterdescribeshowtogetstartedwiththebasicoperationoftheEK15.
Itcontainsabriefoverviewofthebasicsystemoperationandprocedures.Ifyouarea
rsttimeuser,werecommendthatyoureadthroughthischapterwhileoperatingthe
EK15sothatyoucanfamiliarizeyourselfwiththemenus,dialogboxesanddisplay
presentations.
AreyougoingtopoweruptheSimradEK15forthersttime?
IfyouareabouttoswitchonyourSimradEK15systemfortheveryrsttime,seerst
Installationonpage287.Itprovidesrelevanthardwareandsoftwareproceduresfor
initialstart-upandconguration.
Haveyouinstalledatleastonefrequencychannel?
ThischapterassumesthattheSimradEK15hasatleastonefrequencychannel
(transceiverandtransducer)readilyconnected.Ifthisisnotthecase,observethe
dedicatedprocedureinchapterInstallation;Installingfrequencychannelsonpage290.
Topics
•Poweron/offproceduresonpage21
•Startingnormaloperationonpage23
•Operatingprinciplesonpage33
•Presentationoverviewonpage35
•Contextsensitiveon-linehelponpage42
Relatedtopics
•Operationalproceduresonpage43
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