Simrad EK15 User Manual

SimradEK15
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Procedure
1ObservetheMainmenu.ItisnormallylocatedontherighthandsideoftheEK15
presentation.
2ObservetheGainbuttonontheMainmenu.
3Method1
aClick[+]or[-]tochoosegain.
4Method2
aClickthemiddleoftheGainbutton,holdthemousebuttondepressed.
bDragthecursorleftorrighttoincreaseordecreasethegain.
5Method3canonlybeusedifyouhaveakeyboard
aClickthemiddleoftheGainbuttontoopenthesubmenu.
bTypetherequestedgainvalue.
AdjustingtheTVGgainontheActivemenu
Purpose
ThisprocedureexplainshowtochangetheTimeVaried
Gain(TVG).
TheTVGcanbechosenusingtheEchogramdialog
box,orwiththeTVGbuttonontheActivemenu.This
secondmethodisdescribedinthisprocedure.
Description
TVGmeansTimeV ariedGain.
ThewholeideawithTVGisthatechoesfromshshallhavethesameecholevel(colour)
independentoftheirdepths.
TheEK15hasaTVGrangedownto15000meters,whichforallpracticalpurposesis
unlimited.TheEK15doesnothaveaTVGcompensatedreceiverlikemostotherecho
sounders.IntheEK15theTVGismadeinsoftwareaftertheechoesfromthereceiver(s)
havebeenconvertedtodigitalformat.Inordertomakethisworkthereceivermust
haveverylargedynamicrange.
ThefollowingTVGsettingsareavailable:
aPower(NoTVG)
TVGgainisnotimplemented.Thissettingishardlyeverused.
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Simrad EK15 Specifications

General

Brand	Simrad
Model	EK15
Category	Marine Equipment
Language	English