EQ42/50/52 Introduction and safety summary Chapter 1
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1.1 Introduction and system familiarization
Congratulations on your purchase of SIMRAD EQ42/50/52 MKII
Echosounder and Fishfinder. Great care has been taken to create this
innovative video sounder … both in design and performance.
The EQ42/50/52 MKII is a unique new slim-line product in the Simrad
Marine Line, and is available with a 10” ATFT (EQ42), 14” TFT
(EQ50), or 15” TFT (EQ52) large LCD display in color.
The echosounder system with selectable frequencies will provide an
impression of Bottom expansion, VRM expansion, A-scope and White
line.
DS42/50/52 Dual Station for the EQ42/50/52 is available in 10” ATFT
color, 14” or 15” TFT color.
How to use this manual? The manual is written for the products:
EQ42, EQ50 and EQ52, which all share the same type of software.
From hereon, these models are referred to as: EQXX.
It is a good idea if you make yourself familiar with the key functions,
menu structure and rotation of pages (screens) described in chapter 2
before you start out, and then proceed with section 2.5 Initial start-up.
For quick location of a certain term, please check the “Glossary of
terms” and the “Index” at the back of the manual.
How to interpret special marked key symbols, etc. in the manual:
+/-
Either the + (plus) or – (minus) key may be applied.
0-9
Alpha-numeric keys for insertion of figures.
A-Z
Alpha-numeric keys for insertion of letters.
)
Emphasizes important points.
3,7
Indicates that you should press the keys
[3]
and
[7]
to obtain what is
written in italic next to the keys.