2 Operation
2-1 Turn on and off
Turn the unit on and off with the auxiliary power switch
on the boat. The unit does not have its own power
switch. When you turn it off, any settings you have
made are retained.
If the word SIM flashes at the bottom, right of the
display, then the unit is in simulate mode (see
section 2-5).
2-2 Basic operation
The keys
The unit has four keys, labelled
In this manual:
Press means to push the key for less than one
second.
Hold for two seconds means to hold the key
down for two seconds or more.
Press one key + another key means to push
both keys together.
Set backlight level for screen and keys
You can set the backlight to one of four brightness
levels or off. Press
backlight level, press
Change the items displayed
The display can show two values at once, one in the
top part of the screen and one in the bottom. If an
item displays as dashes (— —) then it means that
the value is outside the range, for example the depth
might be too deep or unknown.
To change what is displayed in the top part of the
screen, press
one or more times to select:
Speed.
Avg speed.
Max speed.
Trim speed.
Depth.
Temperature.
6
and
once to display the current
again to change the level:
Backlight
Level 2
To change the value displayed in the bottom part of
the screen, press
Speed.
Depth.
Trip log (distance).
Total log (distance).
Battery voltage.
Countdown timer.
2-3 Change units
To change the speed and log units, press
until SPEED is displayed, then hold
.
units change; if necessary, hold
the units change again.
To change the depth units, press
DEPTH is displayed, then hold
units change; if necessary, hold
units change again.
To change the temperature units, press
until the temperature is displayed, then hold
until the units change.
2-4 Alarms
The MULTI 3100 can be set to sound an alarm when
the water is too deep or too shallow (see sections
5-2 and 5-3). When the alarm sounds, the internal
beeper sounds, the
and any external beepers or lights operate.
Press
to mute the alarm. The alarm stays muted
until the depth becomes returns to the pre-alarm
condition or is within the alarm parameters. The
alarm will sound if the depth becomes too deep or
too shallow again.
2-5 Simulate mode
Simulate mode allows you to become familiar with
the unit off the water. In Simulate mode, the MULTI
3100 functions normally except that the transducers
are ignored and the unit generates this data internally.
The word SIMULATE flashes at the bottom, right
corner of the screen.
To turn Simulate mode on or off:
1
Turn the power off.
2
Hold down
one or more times to select:
symbol on the display flashes
while you turn the power on.
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