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Standard Horizon FF525 Operation Manual

Standard Horizon FF525 Operation Manual

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  • Page 2 - Because we frequently update our software and applications, the pictures shown through this Owner’s Manual may be slightly different from what you see. WARNING - When plugging in or unplugging a transducer to the FF525 make sure power is turned off. WARNING - This Owner' Manual is for GPS Chart Plotters with software version 16.50 and later.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    1. INTRODUCTION ........................7 CONVENTIONS USED ..................7 CHART PLOTTERS ..................7 GENERAL INFORMATION ................7 Product Support Inquiries ................. 7 2. CONNECTING THE FF525 ....................8 CP180/CP180i/CP190i ..................8 CP300/CP300i/CP390i ..................9 CPV350 ......................9 CP500/CP590 ....................10 CPV550 ......................10 SOFTWARE SETUP ..................
  • Page 4 4.7.0 Color Settings ..................25 4.7.1 Scrolling Speed .................. 25 4.7.2 White Line ..................25 4.7.3 Fish Symbols ..................25 4.7.4 A-Scope ....................25 4.7.5 Water Temperature ................25 TRANSDUCER SETUP .................. 26 4.8.0 Keel Offset ..................26 4.8.1 Calibrate Water Speed ............... 26 4.8.2 Calibrate Water Temp ................

  • Page 5: Introduction

    1. INTRODUCTION This manual provides basic information in becoming familiar with the advanced functions of the FF525 before you start using it combined with the STANDARD HORIZON GPS Chart Plotters. CONVENTIONS USED Please refer to the legend below: [MENU] If you see brackets around a bold and capital letter word this refers to a key press.

  • Page 6: Connecting The Ff525

    2. CONNECTING THE FF525 The FF525 must be properly installed according the following instructions to get the best possible performance. For more information on installation please see the FF525 Installation Manual. CP180/CP180i/CP190i Switch Fuse BATTERY Black Accessory cable Green NMEA Common...

  • Page 7: Cp300/Cp300I/Cp390I

    Port1 Output Gray Port2 Input Note: Port2 Output White Gray and White wires should not be connected Yellow Port3 Output to other devices when the FF525 is connected. CPV350 Switch Fuse BATTERY Black Accessory cable FF525 Fish Finder Black Green...

  • Page 8: Cp500/Cp590

    Port1 Output Gray Port2 Input Note: White Port2 Output Gray and White wires should not be connected Yellow Port3 Output to other devices when the FF525 is connected. CPV550 Switch Fuse BATTERY 1 RAM 2 Black VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2...

  • Page 9: Software Setup

    SOFTWARE SETUP NOTE On software version 16.00.00R or later, port 2 of the GPS Chart Plotter has been set to FF525 by default. If the software in the GPS Chart Plotter is earlier than 16.00.00R, follow the steps below. 1. From the Chart page, press [MENU], move the ShuttlePoint knob to highlight SETUP MENU and press [ENT].

  • Page 10: Operation

    3. OPERATION UNDERSTANDING THE FISH FINDER PAGE The display on STANDARD HORIZON GPS Chart Plotters shows a history of time of the echoes received by the transducer. The STANDARD HORIZON GPS Chart Plotters have a menu that allows adjustments to receiver sensitivity, depth range and scrolling speed of the Fish Finder display.
  • Page 11 Colored scale located on the left side of the screen that shows the colors used in the Fish Finder page to represent the echoes strength. The color on the top of the bar FF525 represents the maximum echo strength, while the color on the bottom of the bar represents the minimum echo strength.

  • Page 12: Understanding The Fish Finder Display

    Generally, the term “structure” is used to identify objects like wrecks and weeds rising from the bottom. Bottom Echo Profile Bottom profile recorded by the FF525. When the echo sounder is set in Auto Range mode, the bottom is kept in the lower half in the display. DISPLAYING THE FISH FINDER PAGE This section explains how to show and customize the selection of the Fish Finder display pages.

  • Page 13: Auto Full Page

    3.2.0 Auto Full Page When this page is selected, the FF525 automatically changes the transmit frequency to show depths. Automatic switching occurs when depth of water is less than 400Ft (200kHz) and greater than 400Ft (50kHz).

  • Page 14: 200 Khz And 50 Khz Zoom

    3.2.2 200 kHz and 50 kHz Zoom Pages Allows the user to zoom into the 200kHz or 50kHz Fish Finder display to show detail of the area selected by the VDM (Variable Depth Marker). Referring to Figure 4.2.2, the left display shows the zoomed display and the right display shown the unzoomed display.

  • Page 15: Radar Pages (Except Cp180/Cp180I/Cp190I)

    To move the focus to a different window follow the procedure: 1. Press any Soft Key. The Soft Key labels appear on the bottom of the screen. 2. Press [Focus]. A popup window appears where the active focus window label is highlighted. CP and FF525 Operation Manual Page 17...

  • Page 16: Soft Key Operation (Except Cp180/Cp180I/Cp190I)

    Figure 3.2.4.2 - Example of Combo Page with [F ] shown on CP390i OCUS 3. Move the ShuttlePoint knob to highlight the desired window and press [ENT]. The red boarder is moved to the focused window. SOFT KEY OPERATION (except CP180/CP180i/CP190i) 1.

  • Page 17: Fish Finder Setup Menu

    Allows you to choose the Fish Finder color between 16 and 256 colors. Figure 4.0 - Fish Finder Color menu PRESETS To simplfy menu selections, the FF525 has two presets that can be easily selected for Fishing or Cruising: CP and FF525 Operation Manual...

  • Page 18: Frequency

    Figure 4.1 - Presets menu (left) and table (right) NOTE For Gain and Gain Offset settings refer to Sensitivity menu (see Par. 4.3). For Range and Shift settings refer to Range menu (see Par. 4.4). FREQUENCY Allows you to choose the frequency among Auto, 50 kHz, 200 kHz or 50&200 kHz. Figure 4.2 - Frequency menu GAIN MODE Figure 4.3 - Gain Mode menu...

  • Page 19: Auto Mode

    Auto Mode Allows the Fish Finder to automatically adjust receiver Gain depending on water depth. 4.3.1 Manual Mode Allows the user to change the Gain manually to fine tune the FF525’s receiver. RANGE MENU Figure 4.4 - Range menu 4.4.0 Range Mode Selects among Manual, Auto Range and Bottom Lock.

  • Page 20: Interference Rejection

    Figure 4.4.2 - Example of Depth and Shift INTERFERENCE REJECTION Turns On or Off a filter to remove noise from other Fish Finder or Depth Sounders. Figure 4.5 - Interference Rejection menu SENSITIVITY MENU All settings in the Sensitivity menu are related to the selected Fish Finder transmit frequency (50 or 200kHz).

  • Page 21: Stc (Sensitivity Time Control)

    STC is set to LONG or MID when the bottom is shallow. This issue may be resolved by adjusting the STC value to SHORT or even to OFF in very shallow waters. CP and FF525 Operation Manual Page 23...

  • Page 22: Surface Noise Filter

    When in DEEP WATER the Fish Finder display is showing a very shallow bottom or digital readout this may happen because in conditions of strong Surface Clutter the Fish Finder may erroneously look on to the Surface Clutter. To solve this situation try to increase the STC to LONG or to CUSTOM increasing the STC length and strength.

  • Page 23: Scrolling Speed

    Shows the real time display of the echo from the bottom. 4.7.5 Water Temperature Allows selection between: a. the temperature sensor in the depth transducer b. an external temp sensor connected to the Optional Connection wires. TRANSDUCER SETUP CP and FF525 Operation Manual Page 25...

  • Page 24: Keel Offset

    This menu allows you to calibrate the speed through the water, water temperature and the keel/prop offset of the transducer. Figure 4.8 - Transducer Setup menu 4.8.0 Keel Offset The keel offset can be set to cause the Fish Finder to display an offset depth below the keel or the actual water depth from the surface.

  • Page 25: Shallow Water

    This option saves the complete set of Fish Finder settings to an optional User C-CARD. This is useful to avoid the user having to retune up Fish Finder after a RAM Clear operation or a software update. CP and FF525 Operation Manual Page 27...

  • Page 26: Load Settings From User C-Card

    Figure 4.10 - C-Card - Save settings 4.11 LOAD SETTINGS FROM USER C-CARD This option loads the complete set of Fish Finder settings from the User C-CARD (Memory Card that may be used to backup the User Points and Tracks too). Figure 4.11 - C-Card - Load settings 4.12 RESTORE CURRENT PRESET DEFAULTS...

  • Page 27: Operation Tips

    (since in shallow waters the sound bounces more times back and forth the surface to the bottom). Try decreasing the STC value to SHORT in shallow waters or to switch it to VERY SHORT or OFF. CP and FF525 Operation Manual Page 29...
  • Page 28 Auto Range fails, and the digital depth readout displays a very shallow reading. What should I do? This usually happens if the STC is off or is set to a low value causing disturbance from Surface Clutter to be stronger than bottom echoes. Try increasing the STC value. As general rule STC has to be set as in shallow waters and LONG in depth waters.
  • Page 29 5.15 GPS Chart Plotter shows no data when viewing the Fish Finder page This may be due to the FF525 having an issue. To confirm, listen to the depth transducer for the transmit pulse. If the pulse is not heard the FF525 is defective.

  • Page 30: Index

    INDEX echo ..............25 A-Scope ........... 13, 25 Alarms menu ........... 26 Anchor Alarm ..........27 factory settings ..........26 Auto ..............15 FCC ..............4 Auto Gain ............29 FIND ..............16 Auto Mode ............21 Fish ........... 14, 27, 29 Auto Range ..........
  • Page 31 Soft Key ......... 7, 16, 17, 18 White Line ..........14, 25 STC ............23, 29 Structures ............14 Surface Clutter ......... 14, 30 Zoom ............... 16 Surface Noise Filter ......... 24 Zoom Full page ..........16 CP and FF525 Operation Manual Page 33...
  • Page 32 Product or part(s) therein which, upon examination by STANDARD HORIZON, appear to be defective or not up to factory specifications. STANDARD HORIZON may, at its option, repair or replace parts or subassemblies with new or reconditioned parts and subassemblies.

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