Simrad EK15 User Manual

SimradEK15
2Powerupthecolourdisplay.
Ifrequired,refertotheinstructionsprovidedbythedisplaymanufacturer.
3PoweruptheProcessorUnit(computer).
Waitfortheoperatingsystemtostartup.
4Double-clicktheEK15icononthedesktoptostarttheprogram.
5Waitwhiletheprogramstartsonthecomputer.
6Chooseusersettings.
Duringtheprogramload,adialogboxappearstoletyouchoosefromthecurrent
usersettingsavailableontheEK15.
Thedialogboxisonlyvisibleafewseconds.Y oudonotneedtomakeachoice
here.YoucanselectusersettingatanytimebymeansoftheUserSettingsdialog
boxontheMainmenu.
7Observethattheprogrampresentationllstheentirescreen.
Important
WhentheEK15programhasstarted,theiconfortheOperationmenuwillash
toremindyouthat“pinging”isdisabled.Thisisforsafetyreasons.Youmust
manuallystart“pinging”bymeansofthePingbutton.
8Chooseoperationalmode.
→Settingoperationalmode'Normal'tostart'pinging'onpage24
9ObservethattheEK15starts.
TheEK15startsupusingthesameoperationalparametersasthelasttimeyouused
it.Iftheseparametersareacceptable,continueoperation.Ifyouwishtoalterbasic
operationalparameters,seethededicatedprocedures.
WhentheEK15starts,itisveryimportantthatitdetectsthebottomcorrectly.In
mostcasesthiswilltakeplaceautomatically.However,wehaveexperiencedthat
largeschoolsofshordifcultbottomconditionshavedeceivedtheEK15todisplay
thewrongdepth.Inthesecasesthesoundermaydisplaythebottomat0,0meters.In
ordertoaidtheEK15tolocatethecorrectdepth,observethededicatedprocedure.
PoweringdowntheEK15
Purpose
ThisprocedureexplainshowtopowerofftheSimradEK15.
Note
YoumustneverswitchofftheEK15onlybymeansoftheon/offswitchon
thecomputer .Thismaydamagethesoftwareortheinterfaceparametersfor
externaldevices.YoumustALWAYSusethisprocedure.
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Simrad EK15 Specifications

General

Brand	Simrad
Model	EK15
Category	Marine Equipment
Language	English