Simrad EK80 - Starting normal EK80 operation

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Note
IfyoupowerdowntheEK80bymeansoftheon/offswitchontheProcessorUnityoumay
damagethesoftwareprogramandtheinterfacesettingsusedtocommunicatewithexternal
devices.
Rulesfortransducerhandling
Atransducermustalwaysbehandledasadelicateitem.Wrongfulactionsmaydamagethe
transducerbeyondrepair.Observethesetransducerhandlingrules:
•Donotactivatethetransducerwhenitisoutofthewater.
•Donothandlethetransducerroughly,avoidimpacts.
•Donotexposethetransducertodirectsunlightorexcessiveheat.
•Donotusehighpressurewater,sandblasting,metaltoolsorstrongsolventstoclean
thetransducerface.
•Donotdamagetheouterprotectiveskinonthetransducerface.
•Donotliftthetransducerbythecable.
•Donotsteponthetransducercable.
•Donotdamagethetransducercable,avoidsharpobjects.
Relatedtopics
Supportinformation,page38
Networksecurity,page37
Systemdescription
TheSimradEK80isthemostmodern“highend”splitbeamscienticechosounder
inthescienticmarket.Basedonmorethan60yearsofresearchanddevelopmentin
closecollaborationwithleadingmarinescientiststhiswidebandechosoundersystem
hassucceededthefamousEK60,whichbecameaninternationalstandardforshstock
assessment.
TheSimradEK80isthenaturalchoiceformodernresearchvesselsandenvironmental
monitoringinstallationsrequiringhighqualityscienticdataforresourcemanagement
andcuttingedgeresearch.
TheEK80supportshullmountingtransducers,butitisalsowellsuitedforportableuse.
Pulsessweepingoverawidefrequencyband(FM)andthetraditionaldiscretefrequencies
(CW)areavailable.Widebandsweepsprovidelongrangewithoutcompromisingtarget
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