Using Alternative Transducers - Humminbird Wide Portrait Operation Manual

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USING ALTERNATIVE TRANSDUCERS

The Wide Portrait is designed to operate with the Tri-Beam transducer included standard with the
product. The standard transducer can be mounted on the transom of the boat, or bonded to the
inside of most fiberglass hulls. Tri-beam transducers are also available in trolling motor mounts,
and bronze thru-hull type mounts.
The Wide Portrait also has the ability to work with two additional transducers: Dual Beam and
Wide Side. See Available Accessories for selection of the transducer.
Wide Side Operation
The Wide Side transducer is a specialized "side-locking" transducer which is extremely useful for
bank fishing or looking for bait fish in open water. The Wide Side transducer uses 3 different
sonar elements which transmit signals to the left, right, and straight down from your boat. The
downward beam is 200 kHz with a 24-degree area of coverage. This beam maintains continuous
digital depth readout from the bottom directly beneath your boat.
The side beams are 455kHz with a 16-degree area of coverage. The side-locking elements can
be used independently or together to locate targets near the surface of the water on either side of
your boat.
The Wide Side transducer is available as a trolling motor mount, a transom mount, or a portable
mount.
Note: The Wide Side transducer can be connected directly to the Wide Portrait or used in
conjunction with the standard transducer through a transducer switch. When used with a switch in
conjunction with the Tri-Beam transducer; the Wide Portrait recognizes which transducer is
connected whenever the switch position is changed.
When a Wide Side transducer is connected, the screen display changes to display the
information from the side-locking elements. There are four basic views available when the Wide
Side transducer is in use; both, left, right, and down. These views are controlled by the VIEW
button. The default view is both, in which information from both the left and right elements are
displayed on-screen. The digital depth of the water beneath your boat is always present.
Viewing both left and right sides simultaneously gives you an excellent tool when searching for
bait fish in open water, or when following a creek bed, however greater display resolution can be