Eagle ID-6300 Installation and Operation Manual
one. Thenumbersatthelowerleftofthescreenarethedigitalbottomdepth display.
To change menus,usethearrow keys intheZONEALARM section ofthe keyboard. To select an item fromthe menu,usethearrow keys in
theRANGEsection. Onceyou makeaselection, presstheCMN'DFUNC- TIONkeyto activatethat selection, or press the arrowkeysin theZONE ALARMsectiontoswitchto another menu. Onceallofthe selections are
made, presstheCMNDFUNCTIONkeyandallselections onallmenuswill be activated.
Foradetaileddescription ofthemenus, seethefollowingillustra-
tions.
MENU #1 -FISH SIZE
This menu adjuststhe size of fish thatfish alert will alarm or flashon.
When the ID-6300 is first turned on, it
automatically flashes on medium and largefish. Youcan adiustittoflash on
small, medium, and large fish, medium and large fish, or large fish only.
Noticewhen the 10-6300 is in the automatic mode, only medium and large fish willflash. The fish size feature is not adjustable whenthe ID-6300 is in automatic. Themenuappears withonly medium 9n the screen. If you try to adjustit, the ID-6300will sound antone.
MENU #2-SCC (SURFACECLARITY
CONTROL)
Themarkings --or noise--atthe top ofthe displaycan attimes extend
manyfeetbelowthe surface. This can interfere with fish signals or othertar-
gets. These markings are Surface
Clutterandarecausedby wave action,
boat wakes, bait fish, temperature in- versions, and other reasons.
Use Surface Clarity Control (SCC) to reduce or eliminate surface
clutter. SCCvariesthe gain ofthe re- ceiver between each transmit pulse, whilethe receiveris "listening"forthe
return echoes. Thegain isthe lowest forechoesnearthesurface. Itgradu-
ally increases as the depth Increases.
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Toadjustthefishsize,firstmake certain the 10-6300 is not in automatic.
Next, press theCMN'DFUNCTIONkey.
Themenuappearswith mediumfish highlighted. Tochangetosmall press
the downarrow key in the RANGEsection. Tochange to large, pressthe up arrow key in the RANGEsection. Waitsix seconds and the menu will
disappear, or press the CMN'DFUNCTION key. Theselection you just made will nowbeactivated.
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Themaximum depththat 6CCwillaffectis one-halfoftheselecteddepth range. For example, with maximum SOC.ona0 to 60foot range. SOC would have an effectfromthesurface to30feet.
sochasthreelevelsofadjustment. Turning thelD-6300onauto- matically sets SOC to medium. To change to a differentlevel, pressthe
CMN'DFUNCTION key, thenpress thearrow keys intheZONEALARM sectionuntil the 6CC menu appears. Then press the arrow keys in the RANGEsectionforthe desired 3CClevel. Thenpress theCMN'DFUNC-
TIONkeyto activatethe new SOC level. Seethe previouspage for an example.
MENU #3-DISC (DISCRIMINATION)
Unwanted noiseon the display is afairly commoncomplaint. Noise is
any undesired signal. It can be caused byeitheranelectrical oracousticsource,
or a combination ofthe two. In both
cases,thenoisecan produceunwanted marks onthe display.
TheID-6300 has Discrimination which is effective in combating noise
signals. It processes all incomingech- oesfromthe receiver, determineswhich
ones are noise and eliminates them, displaying only the legitimate echoes. Discrimination has three levels, LO, MED.and HIGH. Discrimination isauto-
maticallysetto LOwhen the ID-6300 is firstturnedon. Ifnoiseis presentonthe
display, press the CMN'DFUNCTION
key,'then press the arrow keys in the
ZONE ALARM section until the DISC
menu appears. Then press the arrow keys in the RANGE sebtion until the desired level ishighlighted. Then press the CMN'D FUNCTION key. There should be an immediatechange in the noisedisplayedonthe screen.
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For a distictiveaudible alarm whenfish are detectedby thefish alert
feature, presstheFISHkey. Theword "ALARM'will bedisplayedatthebottom
right below the lower
limit. Eachtimeafish Is detected by.the fishalert feature, the audiblealarm will
sound.
To turn the fish alert function off, press theFISH l.D. key. Toturnthe fishalarmoff,press theFISHkey. Press the OFFkey in the FISH LD. sectionto turnbothfishalertandthefishalarmoff.
(NOTE: Thesensitivity isnotadjustable when the ID-6300 is in automatic and
FISH I.D. is on.) LIGHT
AlightallowsoperatiooftheID- 6300 at night. The lights flash forap-
proximately sixsecondswhenthe unit Is firstturnedon. Press bothSENSITIV- ITY keys at the same time to turn the lights on. To turn the lights off, press
both keys again. Thelightswill also go outwhenthe ID-6300 isturnedoff.
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COMMANDFUNCTION
The ID-6300 has TMmenus" of
commandsthat allowyou to customize the unit to your needs. There are 12
pages ofmenus aailabIe. These menus are accessed with the COMMAND FUNCTION key. Press it, and the first
menu appearsforsixseconds. As you can see, the first menu is FISH SIZE.
The number "1" at the bottom of the screen indicates thisIs menu number
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alarmwindow up. Pressthedownarrow key tomove thelop ofthezone deeper.
Six seconds after Ihe adjustments are made, the alarm bardisappears.
SetthebottomofIhezone inthe
same manner using the DEEPSETkey. PresstheDEEPSET key. Thealarm bar
displayswiththe smallarrow pointing to thebottomofthebar. Thenpresstheup
arrow keytomakethebottom partofIhe window move shallower. Or you can
press thedown arrow key to move the
bottomofthewindowdeeper. Release the keys and the bar will remain onthe
screen forsixseconds, then disappear.
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MENU #5 - FEET, FATHOMS, or METERS
The lD-6300 can display the depth ineitherfeet,fathoms,or meters.
At first, the display reads in feet. To change it to fathomsor meters, press theCMN'DFUNCTION key. Then press thearrows intheZONEALARMsection
untfl the UNITS menu appears. Press thearrowkeysintheRANGEmenuuntil
thedesired unit of measure (feet, fath-
oms, or meters) is highlighted, then pressthe CMN'DFUNCTION key to
activate your selection. Turning the unit offreverts the rangetofeet.
MENU #5-DIGITALDISPLAY
Thismenuallowsyoutoturnthe
digital displayon or off. When the ID6300isfirstturnedon, thedigitalisauto-
maticallyon. To turn it off, press the CMN'DFUNCTIONkey. Then pressthe arrows in the ZONEALARM section of
the keyboard until this menu appears. UsethearrowkeysintheRANGEsection
toselect ON or OFF. The digital will be turned onor off immediately.
Ifyouwishtoturnthedigitél displayoff, seetheCOMMANDsec- tion fordetails.
ALARMS
ThelD-6300hastwodifferentalarms, azonealarmandafish alert. Thezone alarm consists ofabarthatdisplaysontheleftsideofthescreen. The alarm "chirp8" whenever the ID-eaQo detects an echo inside the
boundaries ofthezonebar.
Fishl.D.isanexciting newconceptinfishidentification. Itidentifies
fish byflashingtheirsignals onthedisplay. This"fishflash"feature adjusts forsmall, medium, and largefish. Orlarge fish only, ifdesired.
With Fish l.D., an audiblealarm alsosoundsonly when fish are detected. Toseparatethe alarms, thefishalert'stonesoundsdifferentthan the zonealarm. Bothalarms maybe used atthe sametime.
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TosettheZoneAlarm, pressthe
SHALLOWSETkeyin theZONEALARM sectionofthe keyboard. Thewords"
ZONE ALARM" displays in thelowerleft cornerofthescreen. Averticalbar also
displaysontheleftsideofthescreenfor six seconds. This is theZone Alarm's
"window." Any echo that appears be- tweenthetopandbottomofthisbarwill
soundthealarm. Ad]ustboththeshallow and deep ends of this bar to make a smaller or largeralarm "window."
To adjust the shallow (top) alarm,presstheSHALLOWSETkey.The
alarm bar displayswith a small arrow
pointingtothetopofthe bar. Thissigni- fies thatthetoporshallowportionofthe
barisreadyforadjustment. Then press theuparrowkeyto mOve thetop ofthe
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distinguishweeds fromtrees onthe bottom,or fish fromstructure.
When the ID-6300 is first turned on, the GRAYLINEfunction is
automatically on. ToturnGRAYLINEoff, presstheGRAYLINEkeyonthe
SENSITIVITYsection. Toturnfton, press the GRAYLINE key keyboard's
again.
DIGITAL
BuiltinsidetheID-6300isacomplete digital sonar. Itautomatically discriminatesbetweenthevalidbottomechoes andfalseechoesfromfish,
thermoclines,orothersignals. Thedigital dsplaywillshowonlythebottom depth. Use ftanytime, regardless ofthe mode theID-G300 is in.
Atpower on, thedigitalwill flash "0" until ithas"lockedon"tothe bottom signal. Once ithasacquiredthe bottomdepth, ftwilldisplaythe
depth in the lowerleft ofthedisplay.
The digital can display the bottom depth in tenths ofafootdown 1o99.9 feet. SeetheCOMMANDsec-
tion fordetails.
Therearethreedifferent sizes
ofthedigital depth display. Theycan beeasily changedwith a menu selec- tion. See the COMMAND section for
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plus an easy-to-readdisplay.
MENU#7- DIGITALSIZE
The digital depth display has three size selections:small,medium, and
large. WhentheID-6300isfirstturnedon, thedepth is displayed with the medium
size numbers, To change to a different
size, press the CMN'DFUNCTION key.
Thenpresstheupordownarrowkeys on the ZONE ALARM sectionuntil menu 7
displays. Next press the up or down arrows in theRANGE sectionofthekey-
boardto select thedesired digital num- bersize. Waitsix seconds forthe menu
todisappear or presstheCMN'DFUNC- to activate.
MENU #8-TENTHS
The digital sonar displays the bottom depth in whole numberswhen
theID-6300isfirst turned on. Todisplay
thedepth in tenths of afoot, select the DIG TENTHS menu. The ID-6300 will
displaytenthsofafootdownto99.9 feet. Below this the depth displaywill auto-
matically revert to whole numbers. To selecttheDIG TENTHSmenu, pressthe
CMN'DFUNCTION key. Then press the up or down arrow keys on the ZONE ALARM section until menu #8 displays.
Nextpress theup or downarrows in the RANGE sectionofthe turn
tenths on or off. Waitsixsecondsforthe menu todisappearor press the CMN'D FUNCTION key to activate.
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MENU #9-DIGITALAVERAGING
ThedigitalsonarusedintheID6300 is a highly sensitive device that
givesrapidujxlatesofthewater's depth.
Undermostconditions,thebottomcon- tour changes so quick that the display appears to "jitter". In otherwords, the
displaywill change so quicklythatitcan be difficultto determine theactual bot-
tom depth. To minimize thiscondition, the lD-6300 averages the bottom readings and displays the result. When the lD-6300 is first turned on, averaging is enabled. Toturnitoff,selectmenu #8
byfirst pressing the CMN'DFUNCTION
key.
keys ontheZONEALARM sectionuntil
menu 8displays. Next press the up or downarrowsintheRANGEsectiori ofthe on or off.
Waitsixsecondsforthe menu todisap-
pearorpressthecMN'DFIJNCTIONkey to activate.
MENU #10 -FASTSCROLL
The fast scroll feature causes targetsonthe displaytoscroll veryfast. Usethisfeature whenyou'retravellingat
highspeed. FastScroll on, press theCMN'DFUNCTION. key. Thenpress theupordownarrowkeysontheZONE ALARMsectionuntil menu#10displays. Next presstheup
RANGEsectionofthe keyboard to turn
FastScrofi onoroff. Waitsixsecondsfor
the menu to disappear or press the CMN'DFUNCTION keytoactivate.
NOTE:Turningon Fast Scroll turnsthe digital, automatic, andfish 1.0. off. The
thelowerlimit. Automaticallyplacingthebottomsignalinthiswindow,the
10-6300tracksitas itmoves shallower ordeeper. PresstheZOOM key. If you don'thavea20footwindow,presseithertheupordownarrows inthe
RANGEsection untiltheupperlimitis20feetshallowerthan thelowerlimft.
ThelD-6300willchoosean upperandlowerlimitthatwillplace thebottom signal in the2ofootwindow.Thebottomwillalways beinsidethiswindow.
Ifthe segment sizeis40feetor greater, thewindowlimits willend inzero (10,20,30, etc.). Otherwisethelimitsareinonefoot Increments.
To exit fromthisfunction, presstheZOOM key.
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