Humminbird Fish Finder User Manual

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Thank You! Stationary Float: The RSS™ can be used as a float in a
stationary location to monitor the area below, giving you a
Thank you for choosing Humminbird ® , America's #1 name
live update as fish approach your bait.
in fishfinders. Humminbird ® has built its reputation by
designing and manufacturing top-quality, thoroughly
reliable marine equipment. Your Humminbird ® is designed Activating the Wrist Mounted Display
for trouble-free use in even the harshest marine
Battery
environment. In the unlikely event that your Humminbird ®
When you first use the RF35 SmartCast
does require repairs, we offer an exclusive Service Policy-
Display you will need to activate the display battery. Use a
free of charge during the first six months after purchase,
coin to remove the battery door on the back of the Wrist
and available at a reasonable rate after the six month
Mounted Display, then remove the plastic strip located in
period. For complete details, see the warranty information
the battery compartment.
at the end of this manual. We encourage you to read this
operations manual carefully in order to get the full benefit
from all the features and applications of your Humminbird ®
product.
The RF35 SmartCast ® product should have:
• One Advanced Remote Sonar Sensor - RSS™
• One Wrist Mounted Display with installed 2450 CR
battery
• One extra 2450 CR battery
• This RF35 SmartCast ® Operations Manual.
If any of these components are missing, please contact our
Customer Resource Center at either 1-800-633-1468 or
visit our website at www.humminbird.com.
NOTE: The RF35 also comes in an International version that is operation. Operation in cold weather will significantly reduce the
CE-compliant.
life of the battery.
WARNING! Disassembly and repair of this electronic unit should
NOTE: Your RF35 will start up in Watch mode after the battery is
only be performed by authorized service personnel. Any
installed initially. See Powering the Display ON and OFF and
modification of the serial number or attempt to repair the original Watch Mode for more information.
equipment or accessories by unauthorized individuals will void the
warranty. Handling and/or opening this unit may result in
Attaching the RSS™
exposure to lead, in the form of solder.
The line coming from your reel can be tied off to the front
WARNING! This product contains lead, a chemical known to the
hole in the Remote Sonar Sensor (RSS™). If you also wish
state of California to cause cancer, birth defects and other
to use the RSS™ as a conventional float, use the second
reproductive harm.
hole to attach your hook using a lighter weight line. A snag
WARNING! The bottom of the RSS™ should not be handled will break the lighter line if you have to break free. Slip line
during sonar operation, as this may cause physical discomfort techniques are not recommended because of the higher
and may result in personal injury in the form of tissue damage.
risk of losing the RSS™. If you do use the slip line
Handle the RSS™ only by the antenna tower when it has been
method, use a lighter weight line after the lower stop,
in the water.
enabling retrieval of the RSS™ if the lower line with hook
breaks away.
WARNING! The RSS™ (Remote Sonar Sensor) is not intended
for use by children younger than 6 years old without adult
supervision as the RSS™ may represent a choking hazard to
small children.
Using the SmartCast ®
To scan an area, cast and then reel in at a
slow, steady rate with your rod tip up.
The SmartCast ® is a first-
of-its-kind wireless fish-
finder that is incredibly
easy to use. Simply
attach the Remote Sonar CAUTION: You will increase the possibility of breaking your line if
you use light test pound line on your reel. The RSS™ is positively
Sensor (RSS™) to the
buoyant (is buoyant under its own weight plus 0.2 ounces or 5.7
end of your fishing line
g of bait and lead weight.) The maximum amount of weight for
and cast it into the water
any attachment to the RSS™ is approximately
as you would a normal
(5.3 g to 5.8 g), and includes the combined weight of any hook,
float or lure. Then power
line, weight, swivel/snap swivel and bait that is attached to the
on the SmartCast ® RF35 and you are ready to fish. The
RSS™. The RSS™ itself weighs 1 ounce (28 g), and therefore
SmartCast ® system uses sonar technology to send sound
light test line might break.
waves from the RSS™ into the water. The returned
"echoes" are transmitted with wireless technology to the
NOTE: Store the RSS™ in a dry, non-metallic container, such as
RF35 and plotted on the display. New information appears
a tackle box, in a separate compartment, and isolated from any
on the right. As this information moves to the left a very
metallic devices.
accurate picture of the underwater world is created,
including objects such as the bottom, fish, and structures,
RSS Power
as well as the depth of the bottom.
The Remote Sonar Sensor (RSS™) has a separate, non-
NOTE: The RF35 display is designed to be used with polarized
replaceable lithium battery that has a shelf life of three
sunglasses only when the user is looking straight at the screen.
years and will last for approximately 500 hours of in-water
You may not be able to read the display from other angles when
use (when the nighttime LED is turned off). Discard the
wearing polarized sunglasses.
used RSS in compliance with local laws as you would any
electronic component or battery.
WARNING! The electronic parts in the Remote Sonar Sensor
(RSS™) are made to withstand use when casting into water.
The RSS™ will turn on its Sonar Transmitter/Receiver
Because shock from abrupt contact with rocks can damage your
automatically when it is immersed in the water. Once
RSS™, we do NOT recommend using your RSS™ in water that
immersed, the RSS™ will begin transmitting the sonar
is less than one foot (0.3 m) deep.
information via radio frequency (RF) to the Wrist Mounted
Display. The RSS™ automatically stops using power a few
Operational Modes
seconds after being pulled out of the water.
The RSS™ can be used in two distinct ways:
WARNING! Do not place the RSS™ in a wet area when not in
use as this will turn on the RSS™ and shorten its usable life. Store
Sonar Graph: The RSS™ can be used to create a sonar
the RSS™ in a dry area when not in use to conserve power.
graph of the bottom. Cast the RSS™into the water beyond
Never place the RSS™ in a wet area of a boat or on a metal
an area of interest, then reel in the RSS™ at a slow and
surface that could accidentally power it on.
steady rate. The digital display will provide precise
information for bottom contour, depth and structure below
NOTE: If the RSS™ was used in salt water, rinse it with fresh
the RSS™. Fish and bait fish will be displayed when
water before storing it.
detected.
Present
Depth
Temp
Fish
Icon
Bottom
Depth
Range
® Wrist Mounted
the selected Depth Range (see Depth Range). The display
varies as the area under the RSS™ changes.
Underwater conditions vary greatly, so some experience
Make sure that the O-ring in
and interpretation is needed to realize all the benefits of the
the battery compartment is
SmartCast ® – use the diagram as a guide to the most
present, positioned correctly in
common conditions and practice using the SmartCast
the grooves, and free of debris
over known bottom types.
before re-installing the battery
door.
The SmartCast ® can also display the time and date.
Press the RIGHT Cursor button to momentarily view the
NOTE: Replace the Wrist Mounted
time and date.
Display battery only with a 2450
CR-type battery. These batteries
can be purchased from most
electronics retailers.
LEFT
Cursor
NOTE: Under normal use you
Button
should expect the life of the display
battery to last up to 40 hours of
Display
POWER-
MENU Button
Your RF35 has three power states:
• Off - Display is turned off
• Normal Fishing Mode - used for fishing
• Watch Mode - low-power, continuous time display.
To turn the RF35 on, press the POWER-MENU button; the
Start-Up screen will appear, then automatically change to
Normal Fishing mode if you take no further action. To turn
the RF35 off, press the POWER-MENU button until you
hear a beep (indicating that you are in Watch mode), then
press the RIGHT Cursor button to shut down the display.
NOTE: If you leave the RF35 in Normal Fishing mode for more
than 10 minutes while it is waiting for a signal, the unit will timeout
automatically and enter Watch mode in order to save power.
Handle the RSS TM by the antenna tower
when it has been in water.
Use a heavy test line, standard
knots, and tackle such as a
swivel.
The second leader hole is for using the RSS TM
as a
float. Connect a lighter weight hook line to this hole.
Do not over-weight the hook line as this will
submerge the RSS TM
, causing signal loss.
Time
Date
then release. The time and date will be continuously
to ounces
displayed, indicating that the RF35 is in Watch mode. You
can press the POWER-MENU button again to return to
Normal Fishing mode.
Start-Up in Normal Fishing
Mode
After pressing the POWER-MENU
button to turn on the Wrist Mounted
Display, you will see the Start-Up
screen. The Start-Up screen will
disappear automatically after two seconds have passed,
without further action from you. In Normal Fishing mode,
the screen will either display sonar information or the RF35
®
SmartCast screen will appear, indicating that no sonar
information is currently available.
When you have powered on the Wrist
Mounted Display and have cast the
RSS™ into the water, returned sonar
data will start to be displayed. A
vertical line will appear first, followed
by a bottom depiction and possible fish
locations if fish are sensed.
Start-Up in Simulator
Mode
To enter Simulator mode, press the
POWER-MENU button to turn on the
RF35, wait until you see the Start-up
screen, then quickly press the RIGHT
Cursor Button. Once you are in Simulator mode, the display
will show the word Simulate, and then, after two seconds,
will show simulated data. To exit Simulator mode, you must
power down the RF35.
What's On the Start-Up in Setup Mode
Display
Use Setup to set the Time and Date. To
enter Setup mode, press the POWER-
The SmartCast ® displays
MENU button to turn on the RF35, wait
underwater information in an
until you see the Start-Up Screen, then
easy-to-understand format.
quickly press the RIGHT Cursor Button
The top of the display
twice. Once you are in Setup mode,
corresponds to the water
the display will briefly flash the word Setup, then show the
surface, and the bottom of
Time and Date.
the display corresponds to
Changing the Time and Date
To change the Time and Date, enter Setup Mode (see
Start-Up in Setup Mode). When you see the Time and
Date display, the Hour digit will flash first, indicating that
® you can change the hour. Once you change the hour, you
must perform all of the following steps to get to the end of
Setup mode.
NOTE: The flashing numeral or digit is the one that can be edited.
1. When you first enter Setup mode, press the RIGHT
or LEFT Cursor buttons repeatedly to change the
Powering the
hour. Make sure that you have selected the correct
hour for the time of day (AM or PM). When the
Display ON and
RIGHT
Cursor
desired hour is displayed, press the POWER-MENU
OFF
Button
button to begin editing the minutes.
NOTE: If you have just
2. Press the RIGHT or LEFT Cursor buttons repeatedly
taken the RF35 out of
to change the Minutes. When the desired minutes
the box, see Activating
are displayed, press the POWER-MENU button to
the Wrist Mounted
begin editing the month.
Display Battery.
3. Press the RIGHT or LEFT Cursor buttons repeatedly
to change the month. When the desired month is
displayed, press the POWER-MENU button to begin
editing the day.
4. Press the RIGHT or LEFT Cursor buttons repeatedly to
change the day. When the desired day is displayed,
press the POWER-MENU button to begin editing the
year.
5. Press the RIGHT or LEFT Cursor buttons repeatedly
to change the year. When the desired year is
displayed, press the POWER-MENU button to exit
Setup Mode.
Activating the Backlight
Use the backlight for night fishing or low light conditions.
Watch Mode
NOTE: The display contrast may require adjustment for optimal
Watch mode provides a
viewing in low light conditions when the backlight is activated.
continuous time display.
To enter power-saving
Press the LEFT Cursor Button to activate the backlight.
Watch mode, start from
The backlight will automatically turn off after approximately
Normal Fishing mode,
3 seconds.
press and hold the
NOTE: The backlight can only be activated if the LEFT Cursor
POWER-MENU button
Button is not currently being used (i.e. being used to alter a menu
until you hear a beep,
setting).
Viewing the Time
Pressing the RIGHT Cursor Button will display the Time and
Date. If the RF35 is currently scrolling sonar information,
the Time and Date will be displayed, and then the unit will
automatically switch back to Sonar mode. If the RF35 is
waiting for sonar information, the Time and Date will be
displayed when the RIGHT cursor button is pressed, and
then the unit will automatically switch back to waiting for
sonar information.
Menu Features
A simple menu system accesses the adjustable features of
the SmartCast ® RF35. To activate the menu system, press
the POWER-MENU button; the first time you do this after
power up, the Sensitivity menu choice will appear. Once
the RF35 has been powered on, pressing the POWER-
MENU button will display the last menu choice viewed.
Press the POWER-MENU button repeatedly to access
other SmartCast ® menu choices, one at a time. When a
menu choice is on the display, use the RIGHT and LEFT
Cursor buttons to adjust the menu settings. Menus are
automatically removed from the display after several
seconds.
Sensitivity
Press the POWER-MENU button
until SENSITIVITY appears. Select a higher number to show
weaker sonar returns on the display, or a lower number to
remove clutter from the display. Adjusting Sensitivity also
affects how sonar returns are identified as Fish ID Symbols
- more fish will be detected at the highest setting of 10,
fewer at the lowest setting of 0. (1 - 10, Default = 5)
Depth Range NOTE: Please read this and the next section BEFORE you try to
program the Advanced RSS using the wet switch contacts.
Press the POWER-MENU button
Specific step-by-step procedures to turn on the light and to
until DEPTH RANGE appears. Auto is the default setting.
change the channel follow this section. You will find it easier to
When in automatic, the lower range will be adjusted by the
perform these steps once you have grasped the way the
unit to follow the bottom. Selecting a manual depth range
programming mode works.
locks it to the setting you select. (Auto, 10, 15, 20, 30, 60
or 120 feet [3, 5, 6, 10, 20, or 40 meters], Default = Auto) The programming mode allows you to:
• turn on the blinking light
NOTE: In manual operation, if the water depth is greater than the
depth range setting, the bottom will not be visible on the display.
• switch the Advanced RSS Channel from A to B.
Select Auto to return to automatic operation.
The SmartCast
Depth scale changes or signal loss
user feedback to help you make the correct selections. The
will cause lines with missing detail
temperature readout will change on the Control Head to
and/or abrupt changes in the
40°F (4°C), 45°F (7°C), 50°F (9°C) or 55°F (12°C) to
graphed bottom. When the Depth
signify the following settings.
Range is set to Auto, the depth is set
to keep the bottom in the lower third
NOTE: If the temperature readout is set for degrees Celsius then
of the screen. The screen image
the temperature readout will change on the Control Head to
jump shown here is due to an
4,7,9 or 12 to signify the following settings.:
automatic change in depth. New returns graphed at a
different scale will not match up with the historic data
Light setting:
already graphed at a higher or lower scale. Vertical lines
can also occur as the radio signal from the RSS™ is lost Temp changes to... Means that...
and then regained in rough water conditions.
40°F (4°C)
Fish Alarm 45°F (7°C)
Press the POWER-MENU button
until FISH ALARM appears. Select Off for no fish alarm, or
On for fish alarm. Fish ID must be set to On for Fish Alarm
Channel setting:
to work. (Off,On, Default = Off)
Temp changes to... Means that...
Fish ID
50°F (9°C)
Press the POWER-MENU button
Fish ID Raw Sonar
until FISH ID appears. Select
55°F (12°C)
either Off to view "raw" sonar
returns, or On to view fish
IMPORTANT: The SmartCast
symbols. Fish ID uses advanced signal processing to
and the CHANNEL SELECT SetUp menu on the Control Head
interpret sonar returns and will display a Fish Symbol when
must be set to Channel A (even if the RSS is set to Channel B)
very selective requirements are met. Fish Alarm does not
before you can see the feedback on the Control Head
sound if Fish ID is turned off. (On, Off, Default = On) temperature readout.
NOTE: The Advanced RSS programming mode will time out
Channel
after 20 seconds of no user activity, display the Start-Up screen,
and return the RSS to normal operation.
Press the POWER-MENU
button until CHANNEL appears. Select either A or B to
NOTE: If the temperature display returns to a normal reading, or
match your RSS™. See Channel A and B RSS™
the Start-Up screen appears on the display, you are no longer in
Units. (A, B, Default = A)
programming mode.
Contrast How the Wet Switch™ Works
Press the POWER-MENU button
In the following sections, you will use the wet switch
until CONTRAST appears. Select a setting from 1 through
contacts on the bottom of the Advanced RSS to enter
10. (1 to 10, Default = 5) programming mode and to change the Light and Channel
settings. Before you try these procedures for the first time,
please read through this section to familiarize yourself with
Channel A and B RSS Units
the way the Wet Switch™ works.
Your SmartCast ® unit comes with an Advanced RSS. This
Advanced RSS may be programmed to either Channel A or
Channel B. This A/B Channel option gives you the flexibility
to switch to a different channel if another angler is using a
SmartCast ® unit within 150 feet of your RSS to reduce
possible interference. See Changing the Channel on
the Advanced RSS for details on selecting either Channel
A or Channel B.
NOTE: RSS units, regardless of channel, may generate erratic
depth readings as a result of sonar interference when used in
Your finger should be moist, but not dripping, before you
close proximity (closer than 40 feet) to each other or to other
touch the Wet Switch™. You can achieve the correct
sonar devices.
dampness by dipping your finger in water, then dabbing
your finger twice on a towel.
Understanding the Advanced RSS
A "touch" means touching both wet switch contacts at the
The Advanced RSS provides the following functionality:
same time with your moistened finger, using medium
pressure. The time between touches needs to be one
• Water Surface Temperature
second or less.
• Blinking Light for nighttime use
NOTE: Your finger must make contact with both of the wet switch
• A/B Channel Select. pins simultaneously in order to tap them successfully.
See the procedures that follow for specific instructions
Water temperature will be displayed automatically on the
on turning the light on or off or changing the channel
screen.
from A to B.
You must manually program the Advanced RSS in order to
turn the light on or off or to change the RSS channel
Turning on the Advanced RSS
setting to A or B.
Blinking Light
Default settings on new products are Light = OFF and
To turn on the blinking nighttime fishing light:
Channel = A.
1. Wet your finger and tap the wet switch on the
Advanced RSS three times (the time between
RSS Programming Mode
touches needs to be one second or less) to enter
You may change the light setting or the channel type on
the Light programming mode. The temperature
the Advanced RSS using a programming mode that is
reading on the Control Head will change to show
accessed by touching the wet switch contacts on the
a temperature reading of 40°F (4°C) (blinking
bottom of the RSS.
light OFF).
® Control Head temperature readout provides
Blinking light is OFF (factory default)
Blinking light is ON (but only blinks
when the Advanced RSS is in the
water)
RSS is set to CHANNEL A (factory
default)
RSS is set to CHANNEL B
® Control Head must be turned on