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DEPTH ALARMS

Thedepthalarms soundatone when the bottom signal goes shallower than the shallow

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example, ifyou settheshallow alarmtoten feet, thealarm will sound atoneifthebottomsignal is less than ten feet. Itwill

continue to sound until you. muteitor untilthebottomgoes' deeperthan10feet.Thedeep alarmworksjusttheopposite. goes deeperthanthealarm's digitalbottomdepth signals. N alarms can be usedatthesac

To set the depth alarms, first nexttothe "Set Depth Alarm:

appears.

To adjust the shallow alarm

pressthekeynexttothe"Shal low" label.To adjust the dee

alarm,pressthekeynexttoth

"Deep" label. Both alarms ad just identically. We'lluse th shallow alarm as an example Pressing the key next to th

"Shallow"labelmovestheblac

boxfromthe "OFF" postion thenumberonthe right side thearrow. Anewlabelappear at the bottom of the screei

CHANGE LIMIT." Press thel as shown atthetopofthe ne

right side ofthe unitto enter in thisexample.

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CHARTSPEED

The rateechoes scroll across the screen is called the chart

speed.

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by

first

 

adjustable

 

 

pressing the menu key, then

 

pressing the key adjacent to

 

the"ADJUST CHARTSPEED"

 

label. The chart speed menu

 

appears at the bottom of the

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screen. Increase the chart

speedby pressing the right ar-

rowkeyor decrease it by pressing the leftarrowkey. Thepercentage of chartspeedin usechanges as the arrow keys are pressed.

The bar chart also gives a

 

graphical indicationofthechart

 

speed.You canseethechange

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on the screen (both on the

 

menuandonthechartrecord)

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as you press the keys. After

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press theCLEAR keytoerase the menu.

To stop the chart, press the "STOP" keyinthe unit'slower

left corner. To startthe chart, pressthe"STOP"key again.

GRAYLINE®

GRAYLINE lets you distinguish between strong and weak echoes. It

"paints" gray ontargetsthat are strongerthan apresetvalue. Thisallows youtotellthedifferencebetween a hardandsoft bottom. Forexample,a

soft,muddy orweedybottomreturns aweakersignalwhichisshownwith a narrow or no gray line. A hard bottom returnsa strong signal which

causesawide gray line.

Ifyou have twosignals ofequal size, onewith gray andtheotherwithout,

then the target with gray is the stronger signal. This helps distinguish weedsfromtrees onthe bottom, or fish fromstructure.

GRAYLINE is adjustable. Since GRAYLINE shows the differencebe- tween strongand weak signals, adjusting the sensitivity may requirea

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different GRAYLINE level, also.The level chosenby the UltraII at power on isusuallyadequate for mostconditions. Experimentwith your unit to find the GRAYLINE setting

that'sbestforyou.

To adjust GRAYLINE, press the MENU key, then pressthe key adjacentto the "ADJUST GRAYLINE" label. A screen

similarto the one at right ap- pears.Nowpresstheleftarrow keyto decreasethegraylevel. Press the right arrow key to increase it. Thepercentage of

GRAYLINE in usechangesas

thearrow keys are pressed. Thebarchartalso givesagraphical indication oftheGRAYLINE level. Youcan seethechangeonthescreen(bothon

the menu and on the chart record)as you pressthe keys. Afteryou've made the adjustment, pressthe CLEAR keytoerasethe menu.

FISH I.D.

TheFish I.D.featureidentifies targetsthatmeet certain conditionsasfish. Themicro-computer analyses all echoes andeliminatessurface clutter,

thermoclines,and othersignalsthat areundesirable. In mostinstances,

remaining targetsare fish. TheFish I.D.featuredisplayssymbols onthe screen inplaceoftheactualfishechoes.Thereare fourfishsymbolsizes:

tiny, small, medium, and large. Theseareusedtodesignatethe relative sizebetween targets. Inotherwords,itdisplaysasmallfishsymbolwhen

itthinksatargetisasmallfish, a mediumfishsymbolona largertarget,etc.

The micro-computer is sophisticated, but it can be fooled. It cannot

distinguish between fish andothersuspendedobjectssuchas trotlines, turtles,submergedfloats,airbubbles,etc.Individualtreelimbs extending

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Fish l.D. mode andwithout feature.

WhentheUltra II isturnedor on, also.Toturn theFish l.D thekeyadjacenttothe "Turi Thisturnsthe Fish l.D.featu the Fish ID.featureon aga key adjacent to the "Turn I disappearsand the sonars acrossthescreen, however,

displayed.Any targets the displayedas fishsymbols.

Remember, theFish I.D. fe manual mode. Ifyou turn tb

manual,themicro-computei automaticoffwhenthe Fish

turned offalso.

DISPLAYCONTRAST

Theunit's is displaycontrast

To adjustit, firstpress theri press the key next to the screensimilartotheone be

theleftarrowtodecreaseth arrow to increase it. The p

centage of contrast in u changesas thearrowkeys pressed. The bar chart al

gives a graphicalindication thecontrastlevel.You cans

the change on the screen youpressth.e keys.Afteryou

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Note: Turning thezoombaron also turnsthezoomfeatureon.

DISPLAYZONE BAR

 

When the zonealarm is on, thezonebardoesn't

show onthe

normally

screen. Toturnthe zonebaron continuously, first pressthe MENU key

until the3rdmenu page appears. Nowpressthekeynexttothe"IJISPLAY ZQNEBAR" label.

Toturnthe zone baroff, press the MENU key until thethird menu page appears, then pressthekeyadjacent tothe"REMOVE ZONEBAR" label.

Note:Turning the zonebaron also turnsthe zonealarmon.

DIGITALSONAR

When the UltraII isturnedonforthefirsttime,thedigital depth displayis located at the top left cornerof the screen. This displaycomesfrom a

separate digital sonarbuiltintotheunit Itdisplays onlythe bottomdepth. Ifitlosesthebottom,the last known depth willflashonthedisplay.When

findsthe bottom, itwill automatically displaythe bottomdepth

Thedigitalsonarcan beturnedoff, however thisalsoturns all automatic featuresoffalso,suchas auto sensitivity, autoranging, andthe Fish LD. feature.

Toturnthedigital sonaroff, press the Menu keythreetimes.Nowpress the key adjacentto the "TURN DIGITAL SONAROFF'label. To turn it backon again,repeatthesamesteps.

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FASTRAK

This feature converts all ech- oestoshorthorizontal lineson

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graph continues to operate

normally.

FASTRAK

givesyou

a rapid update of conditions

directly under the boat. This

makes itusefulfor icefishing, or when you'refishing at an-

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the"2X14X"labelenlargesech-

 

 

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timestheir normal size.

 

 

To switch between the

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zoom, press the key adjacent

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sections. Alltargetsontheleft

 

 

are shown at four times the

sizeoftheoneson the right. Ifyou switch tothe2Xzoom mode, echoes onthe left sideofthe screen are shown attwicethe size as the ones on

the right. The echoesthat scroll acrossthe screen arethe exactsame echoes on both sides ofthescreen. They'resimply enlarged on the left side.Thisfeaturetracksthebottom, keeping itonthedisplayatalltimes,

whenthe automatic feature is on. Once

setthe zoom as desired,

 

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press the CLEAR keyto erase the menus.

ZOOM-MANUAL MODE

When you press the zoom keywhile the unitis in the manual mode, the screen shown below appears. All of the menus onihis screen work

identically as described above. However, one additional menu item is shown whenthe unit is in themanual mode: "ADJUST'.

To adjustthe zoom, press the key adjacent to the "ADJUST'label.A screen similar totheone below appears. Azoom barandadjustarrows appearonthe screen. Theechoeson theleft side of thescreen arethe onesthat appearbetween thetopandthebottom ofthezoombar.Press

theupor downarrow keystoovethezoom bar upordown. Asyouadjust thezoom bar,theechoesmove

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clearafewsecondsafteryou've pressedthe lastkey. Remem- ber,theUltraII won'ttrackthe

bottomwhenit'sin themanual mode.

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arrow keys

To turnthe menus off, press the key adjacent to the CLEAR key at the bottom left side of the unit or wait a few secondsand the menus will

disappear.

RANGE- Automatic

When turnedon for the first time,the Ultra II automatically places the

bottom signal inthe lowerhalfofthe screen. This iscalled Auto Ranging and is part of the automatic function. The range cannot be changed

manually whilethe unitis in automatic.

RANGE- Manual

TheUltraIIgivesyoucontrolovertherangewhenit'sin themanual mode.

Tochange therange,firstmake certain the Ultra II is in the

manual mode.Next, pressthe RANGE key. The range ad- justmentmenu appears in the lower right cornerof the dis- play. Press the up or down

to decreaseor in-

The avail- ablerangesare0-5,10,20,40, 60, 100, 150, 200, 300, 500, 800, and 1000 feet. After the desired range is displayed,

presstheCLEAR keytoerase the range menu.

NOTE:The depth capability of the Ultra II depends on the transducer installation, waterand bottom conditions, and otherfactors.

ZOOM

Enlarging or "zooming" the picture is a common method usedto show small detail and fish signals. The UltraII gives you two different zoom

sizes,plusa splitscreen zoom option. The zoom operation and adjustment is different in theautomatic and manual modes.

ZOOM- AUTOMATIC MODE

Tozoomthedisplay intheautomatic mode, first presstheZOOM key. All

targetsonthedisplayare enlarged fourtimesnormal sizeautomatically. The menus shown atthe topofthe nextpagealso appear.

Turnthezoomfeatureon(oroff)bypressing thekeyadjacenttothe"OFF/ ON" label.

 

 

 

chor. Since theunitisnotmov-

 

 

 

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on a normal chart

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that, with practice, makes a

 

 

useful addition to fishing at a

 

 

stationary location.

 

 

To turn FASTRAKon, press

 

 

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themenu keyfourtimes,then

 

 

press the key adjacent to the

"TURN FASTRAK ON" label.

To turn itoff, repeatthesamesteps. The 'TURNFASTRAKOFF"label appears insteadofthe'TURNFASTRAK ON"label.

SELECTUNITS OFMEASURE

TheUltraII candisplaythewaterdepth infeet,fathoms,ormeters, surface water temperature in degrees Fahrenheit or Celsius,speed in statute miles perhour, kilometers perhour,or knots, and distance(log) in miles, kilometers, or nauticalmiles.

(Note: Onlythe UltraII Plus can show speed and distance.)

To change theunitsofmeasure, firstpressthe menu keyfivetimes.The screen shown ontheprevious pageappears. Next, pressthekeyadjacent tothe "SELECT UNITSOF MEASURE'label. Thescreen shown below

appears. Theblackboxoneachlineshowsthe unitofmeasurecurrently inuse. Inthescreen shown below, theunitsof measure areinfeetforthe

depth,temperature indegrees Fahrenheit, and both speedandlogarein statutemiles perhour.

Press the key adjacent to the unit that you wish to change. Forexample,pressthekey next totheDEPTH labeltwotimesto switchfromfeettometers. This movesthe blackboxtwotimes from the "FT" tothe "M".

When you have the units of measureset as desired,press thekeynexttothe"EXIT'label.

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ADJUST CHART

ADJUST CHARTSURFACE

SURFACE CLARITY

CLARITY

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ter." These markings are

caused by wave action, boat

wakes, temperature inversion,

andother natural causes.

TheSurfaceClarityControl (5CC)reducesor eliminates surface clutter

signals from the display. SCC varies the sensitivity of the receiver, decreasing it nearthe surface and gradually increasing it as the depth increases. Themaximum depththat5CCwillaffectis75%oftheselected

depth range. For example, on a 0-60foot range with maximum 5CC, surface clutterwill be reduced downto 45feet.

Therearethreelevels ofSCCavailable ontheUltraII: low, medium,and high. When it'sturnedonforthefirsttime,theSCClevel islow. Tochange it, pressthe MENU key five times,then pressthe key adjacentto the "ADJUSTCHARTSURFACECLARITY" labeluntiltheblackboxisonthe

desired 5CClevel.

Press the keynext to the "EXIT" labelwhenyou'refinished.

ASP (Advanced Signal Processing)

The ASP feature is a noise rejection systembuilt into the Ultra II that constantlyevaluates the effects of boat speed, water conditions, and interference. This automatic feature gives you thebest displaypossible undermostconditions.

TheASPfeature isaneffectivetool in combatingnoise. Insonarterms, noiseis any undesired signal. Itis caused by electrical and mechanical sourcessuch as bilge pumps, engine ignition systems and wiring, air bubblespassingoverthefaceofthetransducer, even vibration fromthe engine. In allcases, noisecan produce unwanted marks onthedisplay.

TheASPfeaturehastwolevels- NormalandHigh. Ifyou have highnoise

levels, tryusingthe"High"ASPsetting. However,ifyouare havingtrouble with noise, wesuggestthatyoutakestepstofind theinterferencesource and fixit, rather than continually using the unitwiththe highASPsetting.

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isin themanual mode. ToturnAutomatic on, press theAUTOkeyagain, then pressthe right arrow key.

SENSITIVITY

Thesensitivitykeyonthe Ultra IIcontrols theabilityofthe unittopickup echoes. A lowsensitivity level excludes much ofthebottominformation,

fish signals, and othertargetinformation. High sensitivity levelsenables youtoseethisdetail,butitcanalso clutterthescreenwithmanyundesired

signals. Typically, the best sensitivity level shows a good solid bottom signalwith Graylineand some surface clutter.

WhentheUltraII isin theAutomatic mode, thesensitivity isautomatically adjustedto keep asolid bottom signal displayed, plus alittle more. This gives itthecapabilitytoshowfish and otherdetail.

However, situationsoccurwhereit becomes necessary to increase or decreasethe sensitivity.This typicallyhappens when you wish to see moredetail,so an increase in sensitivity is indicated. The procedure to adjustitisthesamewhethertheunitisintheautomatic ormanual mode.

Toadjustthesensitivity,presstheSEWSkey.Thesensitivity adjustmenu appearsat the bottomofthe screen.

The sensitivity menu has left and right arrows, plus a hori- zontal bar graph. The graph givesavisual indication ofthe

sensitivity level. The number above the INC arrow also

showsthe percentage of sen- sitivityin use.

Toincreasethesensitivitylevel, press the right arrow key. As

you pressthe key, themenu's bar graphwill growwiderand

will increase in value. You can also seethedifferenceon thechart recordas itscrolls. When thesensitivity is atthe desired level, release thekey.

Todecreasethesensitivity level, press thekeyadjacent totheleftarrow.

Thebargraphandpercentagewill decrease. Whenthesensitivity isatthe desiredlevel, release the key.

When you reach either themaximum or minimum limit, atone sounds.

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Now press the down arrow ______________ _____________

key until the screen shown at right appears.

These arethe side scanwin- dows. Bothwindowsshowthe

digital depth displayfromthe transducerpointed at the bot- tom - Not theside scantrans-

ducer.Thewindowonthe left showsa Fish IDsymbolwhen the unit identifies atargetas a fish. When this happens, the

digitaldepth display atthebottom ofthewindowchanges from"DEPTH" to "FISH" and showsthe distance fromthe side scantransducer to the

targetshown as afish symbol.

Thewindowonthe right shows all return echoes. Theseechoesappear asshort, horizontallines.Thethickertheline,thestrongerthereturnecho.

The distance to these targets can be determined by comparingthe positionofthe echo tothe range markers on the side ofthedisplay.

Tochange the range, presstheRANGE key. Anewmenu appears atthe

bottomofthedisplay. Usetheupordownarrowkeystochange therange ofthesidescanmodefromten tosixtyfeet.Eitherwaitafewsecondsafter

you'vechanged the range and the menuswillautomatically disappearor pressthe CLEAR keyto erase the menus.

SONAROPERATION -AUTOMATIC

Whenthe Ultra II isfirstturned on, theAutomaticfeatureisenabled. This isindicatedby theword"AUTO" atthetop ofthescreen. TheAutomatic

featureadjuststhesensitivity and rangeso thebottomsignal isdisplayed

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ToturnAutomaticoff,firstpress the AUTO key. A menu ap-

pears at the bottom of the screen abovetheleft and right

arrows. Press the left arrow <HELPI key to switch to the manual

mode. The letters "Man" ap- pearin the upperleft corner of the display, indicating the unit

However,therearetimeswhenyoumaywanttoturntheASPfeatureoff. Thisallowsyoutoviewallincomingechoesbeforetheyareprocessed by the ASPfeature.

Tochange theASPlevel, presstheMENU keyfivetimes.Thenpress the keynexttothe"ADJUST LEVEL OFCHARTASP"labeluntil thedesired

level isobtained.

CLEAR DISTANCELOG(Ultra II Plus Only)

TheUltraIIPlus candisplaythelog(distance travelled) inthedigitalblock.

This featurestartscounting distance assoonas the UltraNav II isturned on. To reset the distancelog to zero, press the MENU key until the

"CLEAR DISTANCE LOG" labelappears, then press the key adjacentto that label.

SIGNAL INTERPRETATION

Your Ultra II gives an accurate picture of the bottomthat your boat is passing. Abottomoffirmsand, gravel, shell,or hardclay returns

widesignal. Iftheautomatic mode isoffandthesignal narrows down, then itmeansthatyou have movedoveramud bottom. Mudabsorbsthesound

wave and returnsaweak signal. Turn up the sensitivity to see a better bottomsignal.

Big rocks or stumpson a smooth bottom send backsignalsabovethe bottom level signal. The heightof the signal depends on the target's height.Asyou passoverapost, itshould beclearly visibleasashortline extending above the bottom signal.

A steep slope returns a wide signal, the steeper the wider. Signals returned from a high underwater cliff are usually the widestofall.

Whenthe Fish l.D. mode is off, thedepth ofthewaterwill affectthe size andshapeofthefish arch duetothe cone angle diameter. Forexample,

iftheconepassesoverafish in shallow water, thesignal displayedonthe UltraII may not arch at all. This isdue to the narrowconediameter and

the resolution limitations ofthe display.

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TRANSDUCER CONE ANGLES

Thesoundwavesfromthetransducer spreadoutintothewaterin acone shaped beam.Thislooksmuch likethebeam fromaflashlight.Theangle

between the outsideedges oftheconeistheconeangle.

Eagleoffers achoice of transducers with either an8 or 20 degreecone angle. Thetransducersupplied with the Ultra II has a 20 degreecone angle. Typically, wide coneangle transducers (20 degrees) areidealfor operating in shallowtomedium waterdepths. The20degreeconeangle allowsyou to see moreofthe underwater world. In 15feet ofwaterthe

20 degree cone covers an area about six feet across. The 8 degree transducercoversonlyaboutatwofoot circle.

The20degree transducer isalmost alwaysthebesttouseinfreshwater, the8degreemostly insaltwater. In adeepwaterenvironment, (300feet - fresh water, 100 feet - salt water) the narrow cone angle is more desirable. Sincethesound energyisconcentrated in asmallerarea,itcan

penetrateto much deeperdepths.

Both8degree and 20degreetransducers give accuratebottomreadings, eventhoughthebottom signalismuchwideronthe20degree model.This is becauseyou areseeingmoreofthe bottom. Remember, the shallow

edgeofthesignal showsyouthetruedepth.Therestofthesignaltellsyou whetheryou are overrocks, mud, etc.

iftheconepassesoverafish inshallowwater,thesignal displayedonthe UltraII maynotarchatall.This isduetothe narrowconediameterand

the resolution limitations ofthedisplay.

FISHARCHES

Fish arches arecreatedwhentheconeof sound passesoverafish.The distancetoafishwhentheconefirst strikes itisshown as"A"onthenext page. Whenthecenteroftheconestrikes thefish,thedistanceisshorter as shown"B". Asthe coneleaves thefish, thedistanceincreasesagain as shown in "C".

Very

smallfish

 

 

willnotarch atall.Mediumsized fishwillshowa

 

 

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in

water.

 

partial arch,

or a

shape

similarto anarch if

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they're deep

 

fish will arch, butturnthe sensitivity up in deeperwatertosee thearch.

Because ofwaterconditions, suchasheavysurfaceclutter,thermoclines, etc., the sensitivity sometimes cannot be increased enoughto get fish arches.

Oneofthebestwaysto getfisharches isto expand or "zoom"asegment

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Thedepth window appears in the upper right corner of the screen. Pressthekeyadjacent tothe"NEXTWINDOW" label

to move through

IfyoureachtheIastwindow, or if you wish to go backwards

throughthewindows, pressthe key next to the "PREV WIN-

DOW" label. Whenthedesired

windowisonthescreen, press thekeynexttothe "USE WINDOW"label.Thescreenclears,

placingthe newwindowintheupperleftcornerofthescreen. lithe new windowtakes uphalfthescreen, theunitwillplaceitontheleftsideofthe screen.

Continuewiththewindowselections untilthescreen isfilled.Theunitwill

stayin thewindowsmodeusingyournewcustomized screen.Ifyoudon't wanttofilla screen and onlyuseone, two, or threewindowsina group, simplypressthe key adjacent tothe"STOP" label.This savesthegroup and exitsthe modifywindows mode.

Remember,youcanalways return tothefullscreensonarmode by pressingthe "0"key inthe upper leftcorner. To switchbacktoyour customizedscreen fromthe full screen sonar, simply pressthe WIN- DOWS key, then use the down arrow key to switchto the groupyou customized.

NOTE: Turning the unit off erases all customized screens and user settings!

RESElliNG ALL GROUPS

To return all ofthe groups totheirfactorysettings withoutturningtheunit off and on again,presstheWINDOWS key, then pressthe MENU key, thenpress thekeyadjacenttothe"MAIN MENU"label.Nowpressthekey adjacenttothe "RE-PROGRAM A GROUP" label. Finally,pressthe key next tothe "RESET ALL GROUPS" label.

SIDE-SCANOPERATION

Two differentsidescandisplays are available whenthe UltraII or Ultra II

Plus isintheWindows mode. Tousetheside scanfeature, first install the

ScanPactransduceronyourtrollingmotor. Next, press the WINDOWS key on the UltraII unit.

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