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OPERATIONS MANUAL
HE-777
ECHO SOUNDER / FISH FINDER

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  • Page 1 OPERATIONS MANUAL HE-777 ECHO SOUNDER / FISH FINDER...
  • Page 2 INTRODUCTION We thank you very much for purchasing HE-777. Please be sure to read this operations manual carefully and understand what it describes before you operate this unit in order to keep your safety. After you read this manual, please keep it at the place where you will not lose or break and so as to read soon when it necessary.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS CAUTION ON SAFETY (PLEASE MAKE SURE TO READ.) ....... 1 HANDLING OF UNIT ..................1 HANDLING OF CABLES ..................2 HANDLING OF TRANSDUCER AND WATER TEMPERATURE SENSOR ..3 CAUTION ON OPERATION ................... 4 GENERAL INFORMATION OF ECHO SOUNDER/FISH FINDER ......5 CHECK THE SUPPLIED UNIT AND ACCESSORIES ...........
  • Page 4 PICTURE ...................... 27 BACK GRD ....................28 COLOR ......................28 EXP RATE ....................28 B/L EXP ......................28 B/L POSI....................... 28 DIGIT ......................28 DIG POSI ..................... 28 SCALE UNIT ....................29 TEMP UNIT ....................29 TEMP ADJ ....................29 C-ECHO .......................

  • Page 5: Caution On Safety (Please Make Sure To Read.)

    CAUTION ON SAFETY (PLEASE MAKE SURE TO READ.) This section explains the important cautions in order to prevent the person who will use our product or other persons from human damage or damage to their property. HANDLING OF UNIT DANGER •...

  • Page 6: Handling Of Cables

    HANDLING OF CABLES WARNING • Be sure to use the specified power supply cable. It causes to heating or firing. • Do not leave the power plug as it is while it is pulled out of the unit. If the plug gets well, it causes to heating or firing due to short circuited. •...

  • Page 7: Handling Of Transducer And Water Temperature Sensor

    HANDLING OF TRANSDUCER AND WATER TEMPERATURE SENSOR DANGER • Work on the bard is too unstable and risky. Installation and maintenance of transducer and water temperature sensor should be done after you land and fix the boat. Unless you keep it, human damage resulting in death or serious wound will occur. WARNING •...

  • Page 8: Caution On Operation

    CAUTION ON OPERATION Be sure to put the power switch off when you start to run the engine! When the engine starts to run, voltage of battery varies heavily. It may influence to the unit. Be sure to put the power switch of the unit off when you start to run the engine. Power supply should be 11~35VDC! Please operate the unit at 11~35VDC of power supply voltage.

  • Page 9: General Information Of Echo Sounder/Fish Finder

    GENERAL INFORMATION OF ECHO SOUNDER/FISH FINDER THEORY OF ECHO SOUNDER/FISH FINDER • Theory of echo sounder/fish finder is same as echo. Ultrasonic pluses transmitted from the transducer into the water are reflected from fish school or the sea bottom and then they are received by transducer. Echo sounder/fish finder converts round-trip time between the time the ultrasonic wave is transmitted and the time the reflected wave is received into distance and measures the depth.
  • Page 10 HOW TO DISTINGUISH THE FISH SCHOOL • Importance is comparison between display of fish school and catch It is possible to distinguish the fish sort by display of fish school to some extent. But even if fish sort is same, it’s form making school is different according to difference of fishing ground and difference of time (day and night, four seasons, variation of current).
  • Page 11 HOW TO DISTINGUISH THE NATURE OF BOTTOM • There are different natures of bottom such as rock, sand, mud or etc. In case you distinguish the nature of bottom, you judge from the thickness of bottom image and the situation of second reflection.

  • Page 12: Check The Supplied Unit And Accessories

    CHECK THE SUPPLIED UNIT AND ACCESSORIES Please check if all of the below-described items are packed when you use the unit for the first time. Display Unit (with bracket) (1) Power Supply cable (1) Operations manual (1) Fuse (10A) (1) Disk Plate (6) Screw for installing bracket (6) M6X20...

  • Page 13: Demensional Drawing (Display)

    DEMENSIONAL DRAWING (DISPLAY) : mm <Drawing of holes for installing bracket> 6- 9 8- 6 Confirm no obstacles in this area.

  • Page 14: Installation Of Water Temperature Sensor

    INSTALLATION OF WATER TEMPERATURE SENSOR *Water temperature sensor is option. DANGER • Work on the board is too unstable and risky. Installation and maintenance of the water temperature sensor should be done after you land and fix the boat. Unless you keep it, human damage resulting in death or serious wound will incur. WARNING •...

  • Page 15: Connection With Display Unit

    CONNECTION WITH DISPLAY UNIT Transducer NMEA (GGA,VTG) Output Fuse Holder(10A) Temp. Sensor (Option) B (-) W (+) Battery (11~35V DC)
  • Page 16 1. Transducer (5-P) Low F High F 2. Data In/Out (6-P) 1. GND 470Ω 2. RXD-C 3. RXD-H 4. N.C. 5. TXD 6. DC12V out (max. 200mA) DATA OUT (RS232CLEVEL) For EXTERNAL POWER 12V DC, 200mA (max.) 3. Temperature (8-P) 1.

  • Page 17: Installation Of The Unit

    INSTALLATION OF THE UNIT WARNING • Do not install it simply. If your hands are wet, it causes to electric shock. It causes to the accident like wound. * Please install correctly according to [Installation of the unit]. <Procedure of installation> 1.
  • Page 18 2. <Fixing the lower bracket> After you decide the location to install the unit, fix the lower bracket with 6 pcs. screws M6X20 which are supplied with the unit. Refer to [Dimensional drawing] for the position of holes.(Page 9) Bolt Screw M8X35 M6X20...

  • Page 19: How To See The Display And Descriptions Of Control Keys

    HOW TO SEE THE DISPLAY AND DESCRIPTIONS OF CONTROL KEYS *1 Boat Speed *1 Latitude *1 Bearing *1 Longitude *3 Auto Range Mark *2 Water Temp. Gain 34 43.356 Depth E 137 37.456 17.8N 18.0 Range 17.5 Color Bar Mode Fish Mark Menu Shift...

  • Page 20: Power On/Off Of The Display Unit

    2. When you rotate this switch counterclockwise until a “Click” is heard, power is turned off. IMPORTANT NOTICE The HE-777 is designed to use Hondex transducer. If you use other brand transducer, please ask your local dealer to make sure it works properly.

  • Page 21: To Use For The First Time After Purchasing

    In order to protect the unit and transducer from damage, at first, DISCONNECT transducer from unit. HE-777 has multi-lingual menu mode. (Factory setting is in English) Before starting to use the unit, set the menu language first. (English, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Spanish, Italian and Thai) 1.

  • Page 22: To Set The Sensitivity

    TO SET THE SENSITIVITY How to see the sensitivity <Sensitivity> This adjust the sensitivity to distinguish the bottom or fish school 34 43.356 E 137 37.456 17.8N easily. 101 steps from 0.0 to 10.0 are available. The sensitivity 18.0 17.5 level is displayed on the bottom of the screen.
  • Page 23 How to set the sensitivity AUTO GAIN mode is NOT recommendable when the transducer was installed inside of the hull. <To decrease the sensitivity> GAIN Each time when you press GAIN key, sensitivity decreases and number indicating sensitivity decreases. GAIN <To increase the sensitivity>...

  • Page 24: To Set The Depth

    TO SET THE DEPTH How to see the depth <Depth (Display Range)> 34 43.356 Display ranges from 0-10m to 0-2,000m are available. E 137 37.456 17.8N 18.0 2,000m-4,000m by SHIFT is maximum. 17.5 50 G3.0 200 G3.0 1000 1500 2000m Depth Read Out Digital depth read out shows the distance from transducer surface to the bottom.
  • Page 25 How to set the depth MEMO: When you set AUTO RANGE, range is automatically changed so that the bottom is always kept on the optimum position of screen. AUTO RANGE mode is NOT recommendable when the transducer was installed inside of the hull. <To decrease the depth (display range)>...

  • Page 26: To Change The Display Mode

    TO CHANGE THE DISPLAY MODE There are four kinds of display mode. Press MODE key for: NORMAL NORMAL + ZONE EXPANSION NORMAL + B/L EXPANSION NORMAL + HISTORICAL 1. The rate of EXPANSION and B/L EXPANSION are selectable by Menu 2. 2.

  • Page 27: Shift

    SHIFT SHIFT 10m Shift Press SHIFT Press SHIFT You can move the display range to the shallower depth or deeper depth without changing the depth (display range). MEMO: When you set AUTO SHIFT, range is automatically shifted. AUTO SHIFT mode is NOT recommendable when the transducer was installed inside of the hull. <To shift to shallow depth>...

  • Page 28: Setting The Function By Menu

    SETTING THE FUNCTION BY MENU MENU LIST AND IT’S INDICATION METHOD Press menu for about 3 seconds. < MENU 1 > SWEEP : FRZ 1 2 3 4 5 AUTO GAIN : OFF L M H AUTO R/S : OFF RNG SFT A-MODE : OFF ON SCALE LINE : OFF ON...

  • Page 29: To Select Menu Item

    TO SELECT MENU ITEM Menu item is selected moving cursor (in yellow square) with Select , Select , Set or Set key. Selected item is covered with frame. Installation Portrait Select Select Installation Landscape Select Select...

  • Page 30: Functions Which Can Be Set By Menu

    FUNCTIONS WHICH CAN BE SET BY MENU Functions: The following functions are selectable and set by cursor. < MENU 1 > SWEEP Picture moving speed is selectable. FRZ : Stop 1 : Slowest 5 : Fastest AUTO GAIN OFF : Manual control. L : Low Gain Setting.

  • Page 31: Alarm

    ALARM Press Mode key to go ALARM setting mode. Shallow, Deep, Zone and Anchor alarms are available. SETTING THE FANCTION BY MENU Call menu 1. Set cursor to ALARM. Press MODE. Set ALARM ON. Alarm on For SHALLOW alarm setting; Set shallow limit depth by RANGE key with watching RED BAR on the right edge of sounder image.

  • Page 32: Back Grd

    < MENU 2 > BACK GRD Back ground color is selectable Black or Blue. COLOR Color configuration (Pattern) is selectable among 8 patterns. Also, your own original setting is available for special mode. EXP RATE Expansion rate is selectable among 2 times (X2), 4 times (X4) or 8 times (X8) for each depth range.

  • Page 33: Scale Unit

    < MENU 3 > SCALE UNIT Scale unit in depth is selectable among Meters (M), Fathoms (FA), Feet (FT) and Brazas (BR). TEMP UNIT Temperature unit is selectable in C or F (Optional sensor required). TEMP ADJ Temperature fine adjustment is available. C-ECHO “Clean Echo”...

  • Page 34: Display

    DISPLAY Display mode is selectable. P: Portrait PR: Portrait Reverse L: Landscape LR: Landscape Reverse RESET Return to First setting mode.

  • Page 35: Options

    OPTIONS Water temperature sensor (TC02C) In-dash plate (WP04) Bolt (M8 X 40) Reinforcement metal plate X 2 Frame X 1 Metal plate (Right & Left) X 1 each Mushroom tapping screw (M5 X 20) X 4 Sun hood (SF05) Water temperature extension cable (EK11) M4 X 8 SUS Mushroom head screw (black coating on top) X 4...

  • Page 36: Trouble Shooting

    TROUBLE SHOOTING When the condition of this unit is bad, please check the following points before asking to repair; Symptoms Causes Remedy Power can not be Voltage of battery is lower than standard Recharge the battery. turned on. value (11V). Contact of power connector is poor.
  • Page 37 Symptoms Causes Remedy Bottom or fish school is Too low sensitivity. Increase the sensitivity. not displayed well. Or set Auto Gain. Weeds, barnacles, oyster shell, rubbish Remove the attachment well. or etc. attach on the surface of transducer. Install it inside the hull, bottom or liquid is Remove the stain on the bottom.

  • Page 38: Specifications

    SPECIFICATIONS DISPLAY 10” Color CRT PIXELS 320X240 VOLTAGE 11-35VDC POWER CONSUMPTION SIZE 308X254X340mm w/bracket WEIGHT 9.4Kgs approx. OUTPUT POWER 600W FREQUENCY 50&200KHz Simultaneous Soundings GAIN 101 steps RANGE 10, 15, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 80, 100, 125, 150, 180, 200, 250, 300, 400, 500, 600, 800, 1000, 1500, 2000 (m, Ft, Fa, Br) SHIFT...

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