Humminbird 778C HD XD User Manual

778c HD and 778c HD XD

Operations Manual

531830-2EN_A

Thank You!

Thank you for choosing Humminbird®, America's #1 name in fishfinders. Humminbird® has built its reputation by designing and manufacturing top-quality, thoroughly reliable marine equipment. Your Humminbird® is designed for trouble-free use in even the harshest marine environment. In the unlikely event that your Humminbird® does require repairs, we offer an exclusive Service Policy - free of charge during the first year after purchase, and available at a reasonable rate after the one-year period. For complete details, see the separate warranty card included with your unit. We encourage you to read this operations manual carefully in order to get full benefit from all the features and applications of your Humminbird® product.

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WARNING! This device should not be used as a navigational aid to prevent collision, grounding, boat damage, or personal injury. When the boat is moving, water depth may change too quickly to allow time for you to react. Always operate the boat at very slow speeds if you suspect shallow water or submerged objects.

WARNING! Disassembly and repair of this electronic unit should only be performed by authorized service personnel. Any modification of the serial number or attempt to repair the original equipment or accessories by unauthorized individuals will void the warranty.

WARNING! This product contains chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer and/or reproductive harm.

WARNING! Do not travel at high speed with the unit cover installed. Remove the unit cover before traveling at speeds above 20 mph.

WARNING! Humminbird® is not responsible for the loss of data files (waypoints, routes,tracks, etc.) that may occur due to direct or indirectdamage to the unit’s hardware or software. It is important to back up your control head’s data files periodically. Data files should also be saved to your PC before restoring the unit’s defaults or updating the software. See the following sections of your Humminbird® manual: PC Connect. Also, contact our Customer Resource Center with any questions.

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NOTE: Some features discussed in this manual require a separate purchase, and some features are only available on international models. Every effort has been made to clearly identify those features. Please read the manual carefully in order to understand the full capabilities of your model.

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Power On 1

How Sonar Works 2

DualBeam PLUS™ Sonar (DualBeam PLUS™ models only [778c HD])............................ 4

Xtreme Depth Sonar QuadraBeam PLUS™ Sonar WideSide® Sonar Universal Sonar 2 Dual Beam Ice Transducer

What’s on the Sonar Display 10

Understanding the Sonar Display .......................................................................... 12

Real Time Sonar (RTS™) Window .......................................................................... 12

Sonar Colors and Bottom View .............................................................................. 13

SwitchFire™ ............................................................................................................ 15

Freeze Frame and Active Cursor.............................................................................. 15

Instant Image Update.............................................................................................. 15

Sonar View .............................................................................................................. 18

Sonar Zoom View .................................................................................................... 19

Split Sonar View ...................................................................................................... 20

Big Digits View ........................................................................................................ 21

Circular Flasher View .............................................................................................. 22

Side Beam View WideSide® View

(Xtreme Depth Series™ models only [778c HD XD]) ........................ 5

(with optional-purchase QuadraBeam PLUS™ transducer) ...... 6

(with optional-purchase WideSide® transducer) .................................. 7

(compatible w/ optional-purchase Minnkota trolling motors) ................ 8

(with optional-purchase XI 9 20 Ice Transducer).................... 9

(with optional-purchase QuadraBeam PLUS™ transducer).................... 27

(with optional-purchase WideSide® transducer) .................................. 31

What’s on the 700 Series™ Control Head 32

Key Functions 33

POWER/LIGHT Key .................................................................................................. 33

VIEW Key.................................................................................................................. 33

MENU Key................................................................................................................ 34

4-WAY Cursor Control Key ...................................................................................... 34

Table of Contents

VIEW PRESET Keys................................................................................................ 35

EXIT Key.................................................................................................................. 35

Accessory Bus 36

The Menu System 37

Start-Up Options Menu 38

Normal.................................................................................................................... 38

Simulator ................................................................................................................ 39

System Status........................................................................................................ 39

Self Test.................................................................................................................. 40

Accessory Test........................................................................................................ 40

PC Connect and Software Updates

X-Press™ Menu 42

Main Menu 43

Quick Tips for the Main Menu

Note for all Menu Settings.................................................................................... 45

User Mode (Normal or Advanced) .............................................................................. 46

(with optional-purchase PC Connect cable only)...... 41

.................................................................................. 44

Sonar X-Press™ Menu

Side (WideSide® transducer: WideSide® View only) ...................................................... 49

Sensitivity .............................................................................................................. 49

Upper Range

Circular Flasher, and Big Digits Views only)

Lower Range .......................................................................................................... 50

Side Beam Range

WideSide® transducer, WideSide® View only)

Chart Speed .......................................................................................................... 52

Quad Layout

Side Beam View only)

Bottom Range

(Advanced: Sonar, Split Sonar,

(with optional-purchase QuadraBeam PLUS™ Transducer,

(Sonar Zoom View only when Bottom Lock is On) .............................. 53

(Sonar Views only)

.............................................................. 50

(with optional-purchase

.......................................................... 51

............................................................................................ 52

Table of Contents

Bottom Lock (Sonar Zoom View only) ........................................................................ 53

Zoom Level

(Sonar Zoom View only) .......................................................................... 53

Flasher X-Press™ Menu

(Circular Flasher View only)

Sensitivity ................................................................................................................ 55

Upper Range

Circular Flasher, and Big Digits Views only)

(Advanced: Sonar, Split Sonar,

.............................................................. 55

Lower Range ............................................................................................................ 56

Zoom Level Color Palette

(Circular Flasher View, Ice Fishing Mode only) ............................................ 57

(Circular Flasher View, Ice Fishing Mode only) .......................................... 57

Alarms Menu Tab 58

Depth Alarm ............................................................................................................ 59

Fish ID Alarm............................................................................................................ 59

Low Battery Alarm .................................................................................................. 59

Temp. Alarm ............................................................................................................ 60

Alarm Tone .............................................................................................................. 60

Timer Setup .............................................................................................................. 60

Start Timer................................................................................................................ 61

Stop Timer ................................................................................................................ 61

Sonar Menu Tab 62

Beam Select ............................................................................................................ 63

Surface Clutter ........................................................................................................ 65

SwitchFire™ ............................................................................................................ 65

Fish ID+™ ................................................................................................................ 66

Fish ID Sensitivity .................................................................................................... 67

Real Time Sonar (RTS™) Window .......................................................................... 67

Sonar Colors

Circular Flasher View, and Big Digits View)

Bottom View ............................................................................................................ 68

Zoom Width.............................................................................................................. 69

50 kHz Sensitivity

(Sonar View, Sonar Zoom View,

................................................................ 68

(Advanced, XD Sonar only [778c HD XD]) ........................................ 69

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Table of Contents

83 kHz Sensitivity (Advanced, DualBeam PLUS™ Sonar only [778c HD])...................... 69

455 kHz Sensitivity

QuadraBeam PLUS™ transducer)

WideSide® Sensitivity Depth Lines Noise Filter Max Depth Water Type

Transducer Select .................................................................................................. 73

Ice Fishing Mode .................................................................................................. 73

Setup Menu Tab 74

Units - Depth.......................................................................................................... 75

Units - Temp

Units - Distance .................................................................................................... 75

Units - Speed ........................................................................................................ 75

User Mode.............................................................................................................. 76

Language

Triplog Reset .......................................................................................................... 76

Restore Defaults .................................................................................................... 76

Select Readouts Depth Offset Temp. Offset Speed Calibration Local Time Zone Daylight Saving Time Position Format Time Format Date Format Digits Format NMEA Output

Demonstration........................................................................................................ 81

Sound Control........................................................................................................ 81

(International only).................................................................................... 76

(Advanced, with optional-purchase

............................................................................ 69

(Advanced: with optional-purchase WideSide® transducer)........ 70

(Advanced) .......................................................................................... 71

(Advanced) ............................................................................................ 71

(Advanced) ............................................................................................ 72

(International only) .............................................................................. 75

(Advanced, Sonar View only) .......................................................... 77

(Advanced).......................................................................................... 78

(Advanced, with Temp/Speed only)........................................................ 78

(Advanced, with Temp/Speed only) .............................................. 78

(Advanced, with optional GPS only) ................................................ 78

(Advanced, with optional GPS only) ........................................ 79

(Advanced, with optional GPS only) .................................................. 79

(Advanced, International only)................................................................ 79

(Advanced) ........................................................................................ 80

(Advanced) ...................................................................................... 80

Table of Contents

Views Menu Tab 82

Accessories Menu Tab 83

AIS (with optional-purchase GPS Receiver and AIS equipment only) ................................ 84

Troubleshooting 88

Fishing System Doesn’t Power Up.......................................................................... 88

Fishing System Defaults to Simulator with a Transducer Attached .................... 88

Display Problems...................................................................................................... 89

Finding the Cause of Noise .................................................................................... 90

Specifications 91

Glossary 95

Contact Humminbird® 99

NOTE: Entries in this Table of Contents which list (International only) are only available on products sold outside of the U.S. by our authorized international distributors. To obtain a list of authorized international distributors, please visit our Web site at humminbird.com or contact our Customer Resource Center at

(334) 687-6613.

NOTE: Entries in this Table of Contents which list (with Temp/Speed only) or

(with GPS Receiver only) require the purchase of separate accessories. You can visit our Web site at humminbird.com to order these accessories online or contact our Customer Resource Center at 1-800-633-1468.

NOTE: Contact our Customer Resource Center to determine which accessory transducers are compatible with your Humminbird® Fishing System, or visit our Web site at humminbird.com.

Power On

Follow the instructions below to power on your Humminbird® control head.

778c HD Title Screen

1. Press the POWER/LIGHT key.

2. When the Title screen is displayed, press the MENU key to access the Start-Up Options Menu.

3. If a functioning transducer is connected, Normal operation will be selected automatically, and your Fishing System can be used on the water. See Start-Up Options Menu for more information.

• If a transducer is not connected and you wait too long to select a

Start-Up Option, the system will default to whichever menu is already highlighted.

• You can also select Simulator to learn how to use your control head and save settings in advance for later use.

4. Quick Setup: If this is the first time the unit has been powered on (after installation or after restoring defaults), the Quick Setup dialog box will display on the screen. Use the 4-WAY Cursor Control key to set the Language, Water Type, and Max Depth. Press the EXIT key to close the dialog box.

NOTE: The Quick Setup settings can be changed at any time. See each menu option in The Menu System for details.

Power On

How Sonar Works

Sonar technology is based on sound waves. The 700 Series™ Fishing System uses sonar to locate and define structure, bottom contour and composition, as well as depth directly below the transducer.

Your 700 Series™ Fishing System sends a sound wave signal and determines distance by measuring the time between the transmission of the sound wave and when the sound wave is reflected off of an object; it then uses the reflected signal to interpret location, size, and composition of an object.

Sonar is very fast. A sound wave can travel from the surface to a depth of 240 ft (70 m) and back again in less than 1/4 of a second. It is unlikely that your boat can “outrun“ this sonar signal.

SONAR is an acronym for SOund and NAvigation Ranging. Sonar utilizes precision sound pulses or “pings“ which are emitted into the water in a teardrop-shaped beam.

The sound pulses “echo“ back from objects in the water such as the bottom, fish, and other submerged objects. The returned echoes are displayed on the LCD screen. Each time a new echo is received, the old echoes are moved across the LCD, creating a scrolling effect.

How Sonar Works

When all the echoes are viewed side by side, an easy to interpret “graph“ of the bottom, fish, and structure appears.

The sound pulses are transmitted at various frequencies depending on the application. Very high frequencies (455 kHz) are used for greatest definition but the operating depth is limited. High frequencies (200 kHz) are commonly used on consumer sonar and provide a good balance between depth performance and resolution. Low frequencies (83 kHz) are typically used to achieve greater depth capability.

The power output is the amount of energy generated by the sonar transmitter. It is commonly measured using two methods:

• Root Mean Square (RMS) measures power output over the entire transmit cycle.

• Peak to Peak measures power output at the highest points.

The benefits of increased power output are the ability to detect smaller targets at greater distances, ability to overcome noise, better high speed performance, and enhanced depth capability.

How Sonar Works

DualBeam PLUS™ Sonar

(DualBeam PLUS™ models only [778c HD])

Your 778c HD Fishing System uses a 200/83 kHz DualBeam PLUS™ sonar system with a wide (60°) area of coverage. DualBeam PLUS™ sonar has a narrowly focused 20° center beam, surrounded by a second beam of 60°, expanding your coverage to an area equal to your depth. In 20 feet of water, the wider beam covers an area 20 feet wide.

DualBeam PLUS™ sonar returns can be blended together, viewed separately, or compared sideby-side. DualBeam PLUS™ is ideal for a wide range of conditions - from shallow to very deep water in both fresh and salt water. Depth capability is affected by such factors as boat speed, wave action, bottom hardness, water conditions, and transducer installation.

How Sonar Works

Xtreme Depth Sonar

(Xtreme Depth Series™ models only [778c HD XD])

Your 778c HD XD Fishing System uses the XD transducer to provide extreme depth coverage with DualBeam PLUS™ technology.

The Xtreme Depth sonar beams can be operated at two frequencies: 50 kHz (74°) and 200 kHz (20°). The wide, 50 kHz beam transmits at a low frequency to provide greater depth coverage, up to 2500 ft (762 m). The narrow, 200 kHz center beam transmits at a high frequency to provide maximum detail at shallower depths.

The DualBeam PLUS™ technology allows you to view the sonar returns blended together, separately, or side-by-side (see Sonar Menu Tab: Beam Select and Views for more information).

Depth capability is affected by such factors as boat speed, wave action, bottom hardness, water conditions, and transducer installation.

How Sonar Works

QuadraBeam PLUS™ Sonar

90° Total Coverage

Bottom Coverage=2 x Depth

35° 60° 20° 35°

455 kHz 455 kHz

83 kHz

200 kHz

(with optional-purchase QuadraBeam PLUS™

transducer)

QuadraBeam PLUS™ sonar provides an extremely wide 90° area of coverage. QuadraBeam PLUS™ starts with two fanshaped 35° 455 kHz Side Structure locating sonar beams to spot fish, bait, and structure to the left and right of the boat, over an area of the bottom that’s always equal to twice your depth.

For a detailed view below the boat, QuadraBeam PLUS™ uses DualBeam PLUS™ technology, with precision 20° and wide 60° beams. QuadraBeam PLUS™ finds more fish faster and can even tell you where to put your bait by showing if fish are to the left, right, or directly beneath your boat.

NOTE: Contact our Customer Resource Center to determine which accessory transducers are compatible with your Humminbird® Fishing System, or visit our Web site at humminbird.com.

How Sonar Works

WideSide® Sonar

(with optional-purchase WideSide® transducer)

The WideSide® transducer is a specialized “side-looking” transducer that is extremely useful for bank fishing or looking for bait fish in open water. The WideSide® transducer uses three different sonar elements that transmit signals to the left, right, and straight down from your boat. The downward beam is 200 kHz with a 24° area of coverage. This beam maintains a continuous digital depth readout from the bottom directly beneath your boat. The side beams are 455 kHz with a 16° area of coverage. The side-looking elements can be used independently or together to locate targets near the surface of the water on either side of your boat.

NOTE: Contact our Customer Resource Center to determine which accessory transducers are compatible with your Humminbird® Fishing System, or visit our Web site at humminbird.com.

How Sonar Works

Universal Sonar 2

(compatible w/ optional-purchase Minnkota trolling motors)

Your 700 Series™ Fishing System supports Universal Sonar 2, a state-of-theart, integrated and protected transducer that is built into the lower unit of Minnkota trolling motors. With Universal Sonar 2, all wiring is concealed inside the indestructible composite shaft—out of sight and out of harm’s way, with no clamps, ties, or exposed wires. Universal Sonar 2 features new temperature sensing and the performance of DualBeam PLUS™ technology (available with all Humminbird® DualBeam PLUS™ models). An expanded view and greater bottom detail gives you a totally new perspective of the water below, along with optimal sonar performance to help you find fish.

How Sonar Works

Dual Beam Ice Transducer

Ice transducer

(with optional-purchase XI 9 20 Ice

Transducer)

The XI 9 20 Ice Transducer provides selectable dual-frequency sonar with a wide area of coverage. Selectable dualfrequency gives you the option of two beams, and both beams will cover the bottom and provide high definition. The 20 degree center beam provides the highest definition, while the 60 degree beam provides wider coverage. Depth capability is affected by such factors as bottom hardness and water conditions. Whether fishing in shallow to very deep water, selectable dual-frequency is ideal for a variety of conditions.

NOTE: Contact our Customer Resource Center to determine which accessory transducers are compatible with your Humminbird® Fishing System, or visit our Web site at humminbird.com.

How Sonar Works

What’s on the Sonar Display

The 700 Series™ Fishing System can display a variety of useful information about

Depth - Water depth can be set to alarm when the water becomes too shallow.

Temperature - Water surface temperature.

Timer - Elapsed time with Temp/Speed

Accessory or GPS Receiver.

Distance - Distance traveled with Temp/Speed Accessory or GPS Receiver.

Average Speed - Average speed reading with Temp/Speed Accessory or GPS Receiver.

Speed - If a Temp/Speed accessory or GPS Receiver is attached, the Fishing System can display the speed of the boat and can keep a Triplog of nautical or statute miles traveled.

Second Sonar Return - When the sonar signal bounces between the bottomand the surface of the water and back again. Use the appearance of the second return to determine bottom hardness. Hard bottoms will show astrong secondreturn,while soft bottoms will show a very weakone ornone atall.

Cursor Dialog Box - Indicates cursor depth on the display and the depth of the bottom directly below the cursor. The Latitude and Longitude of the cursor position, the distance to travel to the cursor position, and the bearing to the cursor position is shown with a GPS receiver. A waypoint can be marked at the cursor position for later retrieval and use with a GPS receiver.

NOTE: Entries in this view that list (with Temp/Speed or GPS Receiver) are available if either device information from the GPS receiver will be displayed on the view.

What’s on the Sonar Display

the area under and adjacent to your boat, including the following items:

High Sonar Intensity Return

Thermoclines - Layers of water with different

temperatures that appear at different depths and different times of the year. A thermocline typically appears as a continuous band of many colors moving across the display at the same depth.

Bait Ball

Fish - TheFishing System displays fish as arches

and/or fishicons, andcan be set to alarm when a fish of a certain size is detected. When a target is detected, a FishID+™ symbolappears on the display with the depth displayed above it. The size of the symbol indicates the intensity of the sonar return. The unit will clearly show schools of Bait Fish as "clouds" of different shapes and sizes, depending on the number of fish and boatspeed.

Structure - Where fish may be hiding.

Cursor - Available in Freeze Frame and can

be positioned in the Sonar View to provide depth of a sonarreturn andbottomdepth below the cursor.

RTS (Real Time Sonar) Window™

Low Sonar Intensity Return

is connected to the 700 Series™ Fishing System. If both devices are connected, then only the

What’s on the Sonar Display

Understanding the Sonar Display

It is important to understand the significance of the display. The display does not show a literal 3-dimensional representation of what is under the water. Each vertical band of data received by the control head and plotted on the display represents something that was detected by a sonar return at a particular time. As both the boat and the targets (fish) may be moving, the returns are only showing a particular segment of time when objects were

detected, not exactly where those objects are in relation to other objects shown on the display.

The returned sonar echoes are displayed on the screen. As a new echo is received, the historical data scrolls across the screen.

Real Time Sonar (RTS™) Window

A Real Time Sonar (RTS™) Window appears on the right side of the display in the Sonar View only. The RTS Window™ updates at the fastest rate possible for depth conditions and shows only the returns from the bottom, structure, and fish that are within the transducer beam. The RTS Window™ plots the depth and intensity of a sonar return (see Sonar Menu Tab: RTS Window™).

The Narrow RTS Window™ indicates the sonar intensity through the use of colors. Red indicates a strong return and blue indicates a weak return. The depth of the sonar return is indicated by the vertical placementofthe return on the display depth scale.

What’s on the Sonar Display

The Wide RTS Window™ indicates the sonar intensity through the use of a bar graph. The length of the plotted return indicates whether the return is weak or strong. The depth of thesonar return is indicated by the vertical placement of the return on the display depth scale. The Wide RTS Window™ does not use grayscale.

Sonar Colors: Original Palette

HIGH

Intensity Return

MEDIUM

Intensity Return

LOW

Intensity Return

Sonar History:

Historical

Returns scroll

left across the

view.

Strong Returns

(possibly rocks,

tree limbs, or

other structure)

Sonar Colors and Bottom View

As the boat moves, the unit charts the changes in depth on the display to create a profile of the Bottom Contour. The Sonar View displays the sonar return intensity with different colors.

Strong returns often result from rocky or hard bottoms (compacted sediment, rocks, fallen trees), while weaker returns often result from soft bottoms (sand,mud), vegetation, and small fish.

The colors used to represent high, medium, to low intensity returns are determined by the palette you choose in the Sonar Colors menu option. See Sonar Menu Tab to set the Sonar Colors.

Sonar View: Original Palette

Weak Returns (possibly vegetation or small fish)

Strong Return (possibly compacted sediment or rocks)

RTS Window™

What’s on the Sonar Display

Use Bottom View to select the method used to represent bottom and structure on the display. See Sonar Menu Tab to set the Bottom View.

Structure ID® represents weak returns in blue and strong returns in red when SonarColors is set to Original. If the Sonar Colorspalette is changed, the Structure ID® will display the strongest return as specified by the palette. See Sonar Menu Tab: Sonar Colors for more information.

WhiteLine

™ highlights the strongest sonar returns in white, resulting in

a distinctive outline. This has the benefit of clearly defining the bottom on the display.

What’s on the Sonar Display

SwitchFire™

SwitchFire™ controls how the sonar returns are displayed in the Sonar Views. SwitchFire™ settings are available in the Sonar Menu Tab.

To see the maximum sonar information available within the transducer beam so more fish arches and better jig tracking are shown, choose Max Mode.

To see less clutter and more fish size accuracy interpreted from the transducer beam, choose Clear Mode. See Sonar Menu Tab: SwitchFire™ for more information.

Freeze Frame and Active Cursor

Freeze Frame & Active Cursor - Press any arrow on the 4-WAY Cursor Control key, and the screen will freeze and a cursor will be displayed. Use the 4-WAY Cursor Control key to move the cursor over a sonar return, and the depth of the sonar return will be displayed at the bottom of the screen in the cursor dialog box.

The RTS Window™ continues to update in Freeze Frame. To return to a scrolling display and exit Freeze Frame, press the EXIT key. Freeze Frame is available in the Sonar, Split Sonar, and Sonar Zoom Views.

Instant Image Update

Instant Image Update - You can change a variety of sonar menu settings (such as Sensitivity or Upper Range), and the adjustments will be shown instantly on the screen.

What’s on the Sonar Display

Views

The sonar information from your Fishing System is displayed on your screen in a variety of easy-to-read views. There are many views available on your Fishing System.

• Default View: When you first power up the control head, Sonar View will be the default view.

• Cycle: When you press the VIEW key repeatedly, the display cycles through the available views on your screen. When you press the EXIT key, the display cycles through the available views in reverse order.

• Customize: You can display or hide any view to suit your fishing preferences. See the following pages for more information about each View.

Views

To customize your views rotation:

You can choose which views are hidden or visible in your view rotation.

1. Press the MENU key twice to access the tabbed Main Menu, then press the RIGHT Cursor key until the Views tab is selected.

2. Press the UP or DOWN Cursor keys to select a View.

3. Press the LEFT or RIGHT Cursor keys to change the status of the view from Hidden to Visible or vice versa.

To program each PRESET key:

Another way to access your favorite views quickly is to store them on the VIEW PRESET keys. Instead of using the VIEW key to cycle through every view to find the one you want, you can program the VIEW PRESET keys to display a specific view immediately.

1. Press the VIEW key to cycle to the view you want to store.

2. Press and hold one of the VIEW PRESET keys for several seconds. A chime will indicate that the view has been saved. You can store up to three views, one on each key.

To change the Digital Readouts:

Each view displays digital readout information (such as speed or time), which varies with the view selected and the accessory attached. The digital readouts on the Sonar View can be customized. See Setup Menu Tab: Select Readouts for more information.

1. Press the MENU key twice to access the tabbed Main Menu, then press the RIGHT Cursor key until the Setup tab is selected.

2. Press the DOWN key to highlight Select Readouts, and press the RIGHT Cursor key to access the Select Readouts submenu.

NOTE: If the Select Readouts option does notappear under the Setup tab, change the User Mode to Advanced.

3. Press the UP or DOWN Cursor keys to select a Readout position, then press the RIGHT or LEFT Cursor keys to choose what will be displayed in that position. To hide the data window, select Off.

Views

Sonar View

Sonar View presents a historical log of sonar returns. The most recent sonar returns are charted on the right side of the window. As new information is received, the historical information scrolls left across the display.

• Upper and Lower Depth Range numbers indicate the distance from the

surface of the water to a depth range sufficient to show the bottom.

• Depth is automatically selected to keep the bottom visible on the display,

although you can adjust it manually as well (see Sonar X-Press™ Menu).

• Digital Readouts shown on the display will change based on the Select Readouts settings or the optional-purchase accessories attached (see Setup Menu Tab: Select Readouts).

• Freeze Frame - Use the 4-WAY Cursor Control key to freeze the displayand move the cursor over a sonar return. The depth of the sonar return will be displayed at the bottom of the screen in the cursor information box.

Sonar View

Depth

Temperature

Upper Depth Range

Triplog

Sonar History

Window

Cursor

Dialog Box

NOTE: If the Depth number is flashing, it means that the unit is having trouble locating the bottom. This usually happens if the water is too deep, the transducer is out of the water, the boat is moving too fast, or for any other reason that the unit can’t accurately receive continuous data.

Views

Cursor

RTS Window™

Lower Depth Range

Sonar Zoom View

Sonar Zoom View provides a magnified view of the bottom and structure. The Sonar Zoom View makes it easier to see separate sonar returns that would usually be displayed close together, such as those caused by fish suspended close to the bottom or within structure.

• The Zoom Level, or magnification, is displayed in the lower left corner of the display. Press the MENU key once to access the Sonar X-Press™ Menu. Highlight Zoom Level, and press the LEFT or RIGHT Cursor keys to adjust the Zoom Level.

• The Zoomed View is displayed on the left side of the screen. As the depth changes, the zoomed view updates automatically.

• The Full Range View is displayed on the right side of the screen. The Full Range View includes the Zoom Preview Box, which shows where the zoomed view is in relation to the full range view.

• The Upper and Lower Depth Range numbers indicate the high and low range of the water which is being viewed.

Sonar Zoom View

Upper Depth Range,

Depth

Zoomed View

Full Range View

Upper Depth Range, Zoom View

Full Range View

Zoom Preview Box

Lower Depth Range, Zoom View

Zoom Level

Lower Depth Range, Full Range View

NOTE: Digitaldepth is displayedin the upperleft hand corner. The digitalreadouts in the Sonar Zoom View cannot be customized; therefore, information such as water temperature and voltage are unavailable in the Sonar Zoom View.

Views

Split Sonar View

Split Sonar View displays sonar returns from each down beam frequency on separate sides of the screen. You can use the Split Sonar View to make side by side comparisons between the sonar returns from both beams.

• The 778c HD displays sonar returns from the 83 kHz wide beam on the left side of the screen and sonar returns from the 200 kHz narrow beam on the right side of the screen.

• The 778c HD XD displays sonar returns from the 50 kHz wide beam on the left side of the screen and sonar returns from the 200 kHz narrow beam on the right side of the screen.

• Depth is displayed in the upper left hand corner.

• The Digital Readouts in the Split Sonar View cannot be customized; therefore, information such as water temperature and voltage are unavailable in the Split Sonar View.

778c HD: 200/83 kHz Split Sonar View

Upper Depth

Depth

Range

83 kHz Sonar

History Window

Views

200 kHz Sonar History Window

Lower Depth Range

Big Digits View

Big Digits View provides digital data in a large, easy-to-see format.

• Digital Readouts: Depth is always displayed. Readouts for temperature, speed, and Triplog information are displayed automatically if the appropriate accessory is connected to the Fishfinder.

NOTE: The digital readouts in the Big Digits View cannot be customized.

• The Triplog shows distance traveled, average speed, and time elapsed since the Triplog was last reset.

Big Digits View

Timer shows the

Depth

Temperature

Speed

time elapsed since Triplog was last reset

Distance is the distance traveled since the Triplog was last reset

Voltage displays the battery voltage

Average Speed shows the speed since the Triplog was last reset

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Circular Flasher View

Circular Flasher View provides two ways to view sonar data in traditional flasher format. The view is controlled by the Ice Fishing Mode menu option in the Sonar Menu Tab.

• When Ice Fishing Mode is off, the Circular Flasher View displays Real Time Sonar (RTS™) data in a traditional flasher format.

• When Ice Fishing Mode is on, the Circular Flasher View displays the sonar data in traditional flasher format with additional features including Zoom and Depth Cursor.

Set the Circular Flasher View Mode

1. Press the MENU key twice.

2. Press the RIGHT Cursor key until the Sonar Menu Tab is selected.

3. Press the DOWN Cursor Key to select Ice Fishing Mode. Press the RIGHT or LEFT Cursor key to select On or Off (Default = Off). See Sonar Menu Tab for more information.

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