Humminbird Matrix 12, Matrix 10, Matrix 20, Matrix 37, Matrix 27 User Manual
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Operations Manual
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Table of Contents
How Sonar Works 1
Single Beam Sonar...................................................................................................................... 2
DualBeam PLUS™ Sonar ............................................................................................................ 2
QuadraBeam® Sonar ................................................................................................................ 2
What’s On the Display 3
Views 5
Sonar View .................................................................................................................................. 5
Understanding Sonar History .................................................................................................. 6
Real Time Sonar (RTS™) Window ............................................................................................ 7
Sonar Zoom View ...................................................................................................................... 8
200/83 kHz Split Sonar View (DualBeam PLUS™ and QuadraBeam® Only) .................. 9
Big Digits View .......................................................................................................................... 10
Side Beam View (QuadraBeam® Only) .................................................................................. 11
Bottom Presentation ................................................................................................................ 12
Key Functions 14
POWER/LIGHT Key .................................................................................................................. 14
VIEW Key .................................................................................................................................. 14
MENU Key .................................................................................................................................. 15
4-WAY Cursor Control Key ...................................................................................................... 15
EXIT Key .................................................................................................................................... 16
Accessory Bus 17
Powering Up the Unit 17
The Menu System 18
Start-Up Options Menu 20
Normal Operation .................................................................................................................... 20
Simulator .................................................................................................................................. 21
System Status .......................................................................................................................... 22
PC Connect (with PC Connect Cable Only)............................................................................ 22
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Sonar X-Press™ Menu 23
Sensitivity .................................................................................................................................. 23
Upper Range (Advanced: Sonar, Split Sonar and Big Digits Views Only) ...................... 24
Lower Range ............................................................................................................................ 25
Chart Speed .............................................................................................................................. 26
Bottom View ............................................................................................................................ 26
Zoom Level (Sonar Zoom View Only).................................................................................... 27
Sonar Menu Tab 28
Beam Select (DualBeam PLUS™ and QuadraBeam® Only) .............................................. 29
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Fish Sensitivity .......................................................................................................................... 31
Real Time Sonar (RTS™) Window .......................................................................................... 31
83 kHz Sensitivity (Advanced: DualBeam PLUS™ and QuadraBeam® Only).................. 32
455 kHz Balance (Advanced: QuadraBeam® Only) ............................................................ 32
Depth Lines (Advanced) .......................................................................................................... 33
Surface Clutter (Advanced) .................................................................................................... 34
Noise Filter (Advanced)............................................................................................................ 35
Max Depth (Advanced)............................................................................................................ 35
Water Type (Advanced) .......................................................................................................... 36
Transducer Select (QuadraBeam® Only) .............................................................................. 36
Alarms Menu Tab 37
Depth Alarm .............................................................................................................................. 37
Fish ID Alarm ............................................................................................................................ 37
Low Battery Alarm.................................................................................................................... 38
Alarm Tone ................................................................................................................................ 38
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Setup Menu Tab 39
Units - Depth ............................................................................................................................ 40
Units - Temp (International Only) ........................................................................................ 40
Units - Distance (with Temp/Speed or GPS Receiver) ...................................................... 40
Units - Speed (with Temp/Speed or GPS Receiver) ............................................................ 41
User Mode.................................................................................................................................. 41
Language (International Only) ..............................................................................................41
Triplog Reset (with Temp/Speed or GPS Receiver) ............................................................ 42
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Restore Defaults ...................................................................................................................... 42
Select Views (Advanced) ........................................................................................................ 43
Select Readouts (Advanced, Sonar View Only) .................................................................. 44
Depth Offset (Advanced) ........................................................................................................ 46
Temp Offset (Advanced) ........................................................................................................ 46
Speed Calibration (Advanced, with Temp/Speed Only).................................................... 47
NMEA Output (Advanced) ...................................................................................................... 47
Accessories Menu Tab 48
Troubleshooting 49
Matrix Doesn’t Power Up ...................................................................................................... 49
Matrix Defaults to Simulator with a Transducer Attached ............................................ 49
Display Problems...................................................................................................................... 50
Finding the Cause of Noise ...................................................................................................... 51
Matrix Fishing System Accessories 52
Specifications 53
Contact Humminbird 55
NOTE: Entries in this Table of Contents which list (DualBeam PLUS™ and QuadraBeam® Only)
are only available on products sold with a DualBeam PLUS™ or QuadraBeam® transducer.
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 www.humminbird.com or
contact our Customer Resource Center at (334) 687-6613.
NOTE: Entries in this Table of Contents which list (with Temp/Speed or GPS Receiver, or (with
PC Connect Cable Only) require the purchase of separate accessories. Youcan visit our web site
at www.humminbird.com to order these accessories online or contact our Customer Resource
Center at 1-800-633-1468.
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How Sonar Works
Sonar technology is based on sound waves. The Matrix Fishing System uses sonar to
locate and define structure, bottom contour and composition, as well as depth
directly below the transducer.
Your Matrix 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.
Your Matrix Fishing System will either have Single Beam, DualBeam PLUS™ or
QuadraBeam™ sonar. Find the correct sonar description that applies to your unit.
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Single Beam Sonar
Your Matrix 10, 12 or 20 uses a 200 kHz single beam sonar
system with a 20° area of coverage. Depth capability is
affected by such factors as boat speed, wave action, bottom
hardness, water conditions and transducer installation.
DualBeam PLUS™ Sonar
Your Matrix 17 or 27 uses a 200/83 kHz DualBeam PLUS™
sonar system with a wide (60°) area of coverage. DualBeam
PLUS™ sonar returns can be blended together, viewed
separately or compared side-by-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.
QuadraBeam™ Sonar
Your Matrix 37 Fishing System uses QuadraBeam® sonar.
QuadraBeam® sonar provides an extremely wide 90° area of
coverage. QuadraBeam® starts with two 45° 455 kHz beams
for a continuous 90° of uninterrupted side to side coverage to
160 feet. These Side Structure locating beams reveal fish and
structure to the left and right of your boat near the bottom.
For structure directly below your boat, QuadraBeam® uses
DualBeamPLUS™ technology.
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What’s On the Display
The Matrix Fishing System can display a variety of useful information about the area
Depth - water depth; can be set to alarm
whenthe water becomes too shallow.
Speed - if a Temp/Speed accessory or GPS
Receiver is attached,theMatrix can display the
speed of the boat, and can keep a Triplog of
nauticalor statutemilestraveled.
Temperature - water surface temperature.
Timer - elapsed time with Temp/Speed
Accessory or GPS Receiver.
Distance- distancetraveledwithTemp/Speed
AccessoryorGPSReceiver.
Average Speed - average speed reading with
Temp/SpeedAccessoryorGPSReceiver.
Bait Ball
Hard Bottom
Rocky Bottom
Second Sonar Return - when the sonar
signal bounces between the bottom and the
surface of the water and back again. Use the
appearance of the second return
to determine bottom hardness. Hard
bottoms will show a strong second return,
while soft bottoms will show a very weak
one or none at all.
Cursor - available in Freeze Frame and can
depth of a sonar return and bottom depth
Cursor Dialog Box - indicatescursor depth
directlybelowthe cursor.
NOTE: Entries in this view that list (with Temp/Speed or GPS Receiver) are available if either
information from the GPS receiver will be displayed on the view.
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under and adjacent to your boat, including the following items:
be positioned in the Sonar View to provide
below the cursor.
83kHz, WideBeamHollowFishSymbol
(DualBeam PLUS™ Units Only)
Structure- wherefish may be hiding.
Fish - fish are displayed as arches and/or
fish icons, and the unit can be set to alarm
when a fish of a certain size is detected.
When a target is detected and Fish ID+ is on,
a Fish ID+
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symbol with depth is displayed.
The size of the symbol shows 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 boat speed.
200kHz,NarrowBeamShadedFishSymbol
Thermoclines - layers of water with different
temperatures that appear at different depths
anddifferenttimesof the year. Athermocline
typically appears as a continuous band of
manygray levels moving across the display at
the same depth.
Soft Bottom
RTS™ (Real Time Sonar) Window
Battery Voltage - the voltage of the boat’s
on the display and the depth of the bottom
battery; can be set to alarm if the voltage
falls below a certain point.
device is connected to the Matrix Fishing System. If both devices are connected, then only the
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Views
The views availableon your Matrix Fishing System are:
• Sonar View
• Zoom View
• 200/83 kHz Split Sonar View (DualBeam PLUS™ and
QuadraBeam® Only)
• Big Digits View
• Side Beam View (QuadraBeam® Only).
Sonar View is the default view. When the VIEW key is pressed, the display cycles
through the available views. When the EXIT key is pressed, the display cycles
through the available views in reverse order. Any view can be hidden or displayed as
part of the view rotation using Select View from the Advanced Setup Menu.
NOTE: When you change any menu settings that affect the sonar, the view will update
immediately (i.e. you don’t have to exit the menu to apply the change to the screen). For
instance, by switching between "Inverse" and "Structure ID®" from the X-PressTMMenu it
is possible to quickly alternate between the two viewing methods.
Sonar View
Sonar View presents a historical log of sonar returns. Depth is always displayed.
Readouts for temperature and speed are automatically displayed if the appropriate
accessory is connected. The most recent sonar returns are charted on the right side
of the window; as new information is received, the older information is moved
across the display to the left. A Digital Depth Readout is displayed in the upper left
corner. A scale with Upper and Lower Depth Range readouts appears along the right
edge of the Sonar View. The scale indicates the distance from the surface of the
water to a depth range sufficient to show the bottom. Depth Range is automatically
selected to keep the bottom visible on the display, although you can adjust it
manually as well (see Sonar X-Press
Readouts (depending on your model) display information from optional-purchase
accessories. These information boxes can be customized to show only the
information desired (see Setup Menu Tab, Select Readouts).
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Menu). Either five or six additional Digital
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Depth
Temperature
Triplog
Sonar History
Window
Sonar View
Upper Depth
Range
RTS™ Window
Cursor
Cursor Dialog Box
Lower Depth
Range
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.
Freeze Frame - Pressing any arrow on the 4-WAY Cursor Control key will freeze the
screen in the Sonar View and a cursor will be displayed on the screen. The cursor
can be positioned on the display using the 4-WAY Cursor Control key to determine
the depth of any sonar return. The RTS™ Window continues to update in Freeze
Frame. In addition, see the effects of menu setting changes with Instant Image
Update. Pressing EXIT will exit Freeze Frame and the display will start to scroll.
Freeze Frame is only available in the Sonar View.
Understanding Sonar History
It is important to understand the significance of the Matrix Fishing System 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.
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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 always 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 - RTS™ Window).
The Narrow RTS™ Window
indicates the sonar intensity
throughthe use of grayscale.
The grayscale used matches
the bottom view grayscale
setting used in the sonar
history window (i.e. Inverse,
StructureID®, WhiteLine™,
Bottom Black). The depth of
the sonar return is indicated
by the vertical placement of
the return on the display
depthscale.
The Wide RTS™ Window
indicates the sonar intensity
through the use of a bar
graph. The length of the
plotted return provides an
indication of whether the
return is weak or strong. The
depth of the sonar return is
indicated by the vertical
placement of the return on
the display depth scale. The
WideRTS™ Window does not
make use of grayscale.
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Sonar Zoom View
Sonar Zoom View increases the displayed resolution to separate sonar returns that
are very close together, such as those caused by fish suspended close to the bottom
or within structure. In Zoom View, the display is split to show a narrow slice of the
full range view on the right and the zoomed view on the left. The full range view on
the right also contains the Zoom Preview Box that shows what part of the full range
view is shown in zoom view on the left; the Zoom Preview Box tracks the bottom in
the full range view.
As the depth changes, the zoomed view updates automatically to display a
magnified image of the bottom. The Zoom Preview Box shows where the zoomed
view is in relation to the full range view. The Zoom Level, or magnification, is
displayed in the lower left corner and can be changed to suit conditions (see Sonar
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X-Press
the depth of the water which is being viewed.
Digital depth is displayed in the upper left hand corner. The digital readouts in the
Sonar Zoom View cannot be customized; therefore, information such as water
temperature and voltage are unavailable in the Sonar Zoom View.
Menu: Zoom Level). Upper and Lower Zoom Depth Range numbers indicate
Sonar Zoom View
Upper Depth Range,
Depth
Full Range View
Upper Depth Range,
Zoom View
Full Range View
Zoomed
View
Zoom Level
Zoom
Preview Box
Lower Depth Range,
Full Range View
Lower Depth
Range, Zoom View
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200/83 kHz Split Sonar View
(DualBeam PLUS™ and QuadraBeam® Only)
Split Sonar View displays sonar returns from the 83 kHz wide beam on the left side
of the screen and displays sonar returns from the 200 kHz narrow beam on the right
side of the screen. Depth is always displayed in the upper left hand corner. You can
use the Split Sonar View to make side by side comparisons between the sonar
returns from the 83 kHz wide beam and the 200 kHz narrow beam.
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.
200/83 kHz Split Sonar View
Depth
83 kHz
Sonar History
Window
200 kHz
Sonar History Window
Upper
Depth Range
Lower
Depth Range
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Big Digits View
Big Digits View provides digital data in a large, easy-to-see format. Depth is always
displayed. Readouts for temperature, speed and Triplog information are displayed
automatically if the appropriate accessory is connected to the system. The Triplog
shows distance traveled, average speed, and time elapsed since the Triplog was last
reset. The digital readouts in the Big Digits View cannot be customized.
Big Digits View
Timer shows the time
Depth
Temperature
Speed
elapsed since Triplog
was last reset
Distance is the distance
traveled since the
Triplog was last reset
Voltage - the battery
voltage.
Average Speed shows
the speed since the
Triplog was last reset
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Side Beam View
(QuadraBeam® Only)
SideBeamViewshows sonar informationfrom boththeleft andright 90° 455kHzbeams
andthe 200kHzdown-lookingbeaminoneview.Thetop portionofthedisplaypresentsa
historicallogofsonarreturnsfromthe200kHzdown-lookingsonar.Thebottomportionof
thedisplaypresentsa historicallogofsonarreturnsfromthe455kHzright-andleft-looking
sonar. New information appears at the top, and scrolls down the display in the 455 kHz
Windows. The sonar information from the side-looking beams reveal bottom contour,
structureandfish similartothedown-lookingbeam,butthearea coveredistotheleftand
rightoftheareashowninthedown-lookingportionsoyouactuallyseemoreofthebottom.
Thedistancecoveredby the rightandleft 90°beamsis basedonthe depth settingforthe
down-lookingbeam,uptoa maximumof 160feet.
Side Beam View
Depth
200 kHz Sonar
Temperature
History Window
Left Side 455 kHz
Sonar History
Window
Water Surface Line for 455 kHz
Sonar History Windows
The digital readouts in the Side Beam View cannot be customized.
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Right Side 455 kHz
Sonar History
Window
Bottom Presentation
Astheboatmoves,theunitchartsthe changesin depthon the displayto createa profile
of the BottomContour. The type of bottom can be determinedfromthe return charted
on the display. A Hard Bottom such as compacted sediment or flat rock appears as a
thinner line acrossthe display. A Soft Bottom suchas mud or sand appears as a thicker
lineacrossthe display. Rocky Bottoms havea broken,randomappearance.
Bottom Contour Profile with RTS™ Window.
Temp/Speed Accessory is optional.
Hard Bottom
Rocky Bottom
Soft Bottom
The sonar returns from the bottom, structure and fish can be represented as either
Inverse (default), WhiteLine™, Structure ID®, or Bottom Black. See Sonar X-Press
Menu: Bottom View for details on how to set the bottom view.
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Inverse is a method where weak returns are shown
with dark pixels and strong returns with lighter pixels.
This has the benefit of ensuring that weak signals will
be clearly visible on the display.
Structure ID® represents weak returns as light pixels
and strong returnsas dark pixels. This has the benefit of
ensuring that strong returns will be clearly visible on
the display.
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.
Bottom Black displays all pixels below the bottom
contour as black, regardless of signal strength. This has
the benefit of providing a high contrast between the
bottom and other sonar returns on the display. Any
targets such as fish, structure and thermoclines will be
shown using the Structure ID® method.
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