Transducer Installation; General Considerations - Interphase Vista Operation Manual

Transducer Installation

The VISTA comes standard with either a transom mount
or thru-hull style forward scanning transducer.
The VISTA'S transducer contains an 7 element ceramic
array in its front nose area and a single downlooking
element in the bottom area. The array is positioned so
that it can scan an ultrasonic beam from left to right
across the bow of the boat in a horizontal plane angled
downward at 15 degrees. The VISTA has an amazing
amount of capabilities, but it can not perform magic. It
can not see through objects such as your boat's hull.
Therefore, it is important to position the transducer so
that it has as clear a view as possible of the water
directly ahead and to each front side of you boat, as
indicated in the top right illustration.
The scanning transducer must be positioned properly so
that it scans in the proper direction (i.e. from the port to
the starboard side). The sketch at right shows the proper
orientation for both the transom mount or the thru-hull
transducer. Note that on the transom mount transducer,
the rounded side must point forward, and on the thru-
hull transducer, the more blunt area must also point
forward. THE BLUNT SIDE OF THE TRANS-
DUCER MUST BE POINTED FORWARD!

General Considerations

DO NOT CUT OR SPLICE YOUR PHASED
ARRAY TRANSDUCER CABLE OR REMOVE
THE 9-PIN CONNECTOR BECAUSE THE
SYSTEM PERFORMANCE MAY BE SERIOUSLY
DEGRADED. THIS ACTION WILL VOID YOUR
WARRANTY. NO EXCEPTIONS.
If you need a longer length cable than comes with the
transducer (33'), then purchase the optional 30'
extension cable, Interphase Part # 04-0014-008. It is
recommended that only one extension cable be used as
additional extensions will decrease the effective power
and depth range.
In addition to the above, the following considerations
should be observed:
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Side View showing VISTA scanning
directions.
Transom Mounted Transducer
Down
Thru-Hull Transducer
Down
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Forward
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