Humminbird PIRANHAMAX20, PIRANHAMAX15 User Manual 2

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 Policyfree 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.

Contact our Customer Resource Center at 1-334-687-0503 or visit our website at www.humminbird.com. The PiranhaMax comes in three models:

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PiranhaMax10 - Single Beam, 160V x 132H Display

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PiranhaMax15 - Dual Beam, 160V x 132H Display

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PiranhaMax20 - Dual Beam, 240V x 160H Display

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.

CAUTION:

Do not handle the bottom of the transducer while it is transmitting sonar. Prolonged contact with the transducer element can cause physical discomfort

or minor tissue damage.

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. Handling and/or opening this unit may result in exposure to lead, in the form of solder.

WARNING!

This product contains lead, a chemical known to the state of California to cause cancer, birth defects and other reproductive harm.

PiranhaMax Sonar Technology

The PiranhaMax is the easiest to use fishfinder ever. For most anglers, all you’ll ever need to do is power on and fish! The PiranhaMax automatically determines depth and makes adjustments to keep the bottom and fish visible on the display.

The PiranhaMax uses sonar technology to send sound waves from the transducer into the water. The returned “echoes” are plotted on the display, creating a very accurate picture of the underwater world, including distance to underwater objects such as the bottom, fish and structure.

Your PiranhaMax will have either Single Beam or Dual Beam sonar. Find the correct sonar description that applies to your unit.

Single Beam Sonar

Your PiranhaMax10 uses a 200 kHz single beam sonar system with a 20° area of coverage. Boat speed, wave action, bottom hardness, water conditions and transducer installation can all affect depth capability.

Dual Beam Sonar

Your PiranhaMax15 or PiranhaMax20 uses a 200/83 kHz dual beam sonar sys- tem with a wide (60°) area of coverage. Dual Beam sonar is optimized to show the greatest bottom definition using a narrow (20°) beam yet can still indicate fish found in the wide (60°) beam when the Fish ID+

feature is turned on. Dual Beam is ideal for a wide range of conditions - from shallow to very deep water in both fresh and salt water. Boat speed, wave action, bottom hardness, water conditions and transducer installation can all affect depth capability.

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What You See On the Display

The PiranhaMax displays underwater information in an easy-to-understand format. The top of the display corresponds to the water surface at the transducer, and the bottom of the display corresponds to the Depth Range automatically selected for the current water depth. The Bottom Contour varies as the depth under the boat changes. Digital readouts provide precise information for depth, fish and water temperature.

As the boat moves, terrain and bottom composition variations are displayed. Fish, baitfish and thermoclines (underwater temperature changes) are displayed when detected. Underwater conditions vary greatly, so some experience and interpretation is needed to realize all the benefits of the PiranhaMax – use the picture above as a guide to the most common conditions and practice using the PiranhaMax over known bottom types.

Powering ON and OFF

Press and release the POWER-MENU key to power the PiranhaMax on. Press and hold the POWER-MENU key until the unit shuts down to power off.

When the PiranhaMax powers on, the Start-Up menu temporarily appears. From this menu, select either Start-Up, Simulator, or SetUp.

• Use Start-Up for on the water use

• Use Simulator for learning how to use the system with simulated sonar data; access Simulator by pressing the RIGHT Arrow Key once

• Use SetUp to display additional set-up menu choices; access SetUp by pressing the RIGHT Arrow Key twice (See SetUp Menu for more information).

The Menu System

A simple menu system allows you to access your PiranhaMax’s adjustable settings. To activate the menu system, press the POWERMENU key. Press the POWER-MENU key repeatedly to display the PiranhaMax menu settings, one at a time. When a menu setting is on the display, use the RIGHT and LEFT Arrow keys to adjust the menu setting. Menus settings are removed from the screen automatically after several seconds. In Normal operating mode, most menu settings saved to memory will not return to their default values when the unit is turned off. See individual menu choices for more information.

NOTE:

Each time the POWER-MENU key is pressed, the backlight momentarily illuminates for easy viewing at night. Adjust the LIGHT menu setting to keep the

backlight on.

NOTE:

If Simulator Mode is selected from the Start-Up Menu and a transducer is plugged in, some menu setting changes will be saved in memory even after the unit

is powered down. Menu setting changes will not be saved from Simulator mode when a transducer is not connected.

NOTE:

Turning on the SetUp menu choice from the Main Menu System allows you to access additional set-up menu choices. See SetUp Menu for more

information.

Water Surface Line

Depth – Measured at the Transducer

* Units with 83 kHz dual beam sonar show targets in the wide beam as hollow fish icons.

Structure

Upper Range

Temperature 83 kHz, Wide Beam Hollow

Fish Symbol (Dual Beam Units Only)*

200kHz, Narrow Beam Shaded Fish Symbols

Bottom Contour

Lower Range

Surface Clutter

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Light

(Setting Not Saved in Memory)

Press the POWER-MENU key until LIGHT appears. Use the backlight for night fishing. Select either 0 (Off), or 1 through 5 to activate the backlight at the desired level. (0 to 5, Default = 0)

NOTE:

Continuous backlight operation will significantly decrease the battery life for PiranhaMax Portables.

Sensitivity

(Setting Saved in Memory)

Press the POWER-MENU key until SENSITIVITY appears. Sensitivity controls how much detail is shown on the display. Increasing the sensitivity shows more sonar returns from small baitfish and suspended debris in the water; however, the display may become too cluttered. When operating in very clear water or greater depths, increased sensitivity shows weaker returns that may be of interest. Decreasing the sensitivity eliminates the clutter from the display that is sometimes present in murky or muddy water. If Sensitivity is adjusted too low, the display may not show many sonar returns that could be fish. (0 – 10, Default = 5)

Depth Range

(Setting Not Saved in Memory)

Press the POWER-MENU key until DEPTH RANGE appears. Automatic is the default setting. When in automatic, the lower range will be adjusted by the unit to follow the bottom. (Auto, 15 to 600 Feet, Default = Auto)

NOTE:

In manual operation, if the depth is greater than the depth range setting, the bottom will not be visible on the display. Select AUTO to return to automatic

operation.

Zoom

(Setting Not Saved in Memory)

Press the POWER-MENU key until ZOOM appears. Select Auto to magnify the area around the bottom in order to reveal fish and structure close to the bottom that may not be visible during normal operation. When ZOOM is set to Auto, the upper and lower Depth Ranges are automatically adjusted to keep the area above and below the bottom on the display. Select Off to return to normal operation. (Off, Auto, Manual Ranges, Default = Off)

There is also a series of manual ranges which can be selected. The manual depth ranges are determined by the present depth conditions.

Chart Speed

(Setting Saved in Memory)

Press the POWER-MENU key until CHART SPEED appears. Select a setting from 1-5 to increase or decrease the chart speed, where 1 is the slowest and 5 is the fastest chart speed. Chart speed determines the speed at which the sonar information moves across the display, and consequently the amount of detail shown. A faster speed shows more information and is preferred by most anglers; however, the sonar information moves across the display quickly. A slower speed keeps the information on the display longer, but the bottom and fish details become compressed and may be difficult to interpret. (1 to 5, Default = 5)

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Fish Alarm

(Setting Saved in Memory)

Press the POWER-MENU key until FISH ALARM appears. Select Off for no fish alarm, or one of the following symbols to set the alarm. An alarm will sound when the PiranhaMax detects fish that correspond to the alarm setting. Fish Alarm will only sound if Fish ID+ is also set to On.

(Off, Large, Large/Medium, All, Default = Off)

Depth Alarm

(Setting Saved in Memory)

Press the POWER-MENU key until DEPTH ALARM appears. Select OFF for no Depth Alarm, or select 3 to 99 feet to set the alarm depth. An audible alarm sounds when the depth is equal to or less than the setting. (Off, 3 to 99 feet, Default = Off)

Filter

(Setting Saved in Memory)

Press the POWER-MENU key until FILTER appears. Select either Off or On. Filter adjusts the sonar filter to limit interference on the display from sources such as your boat engine, turbulence, or other sonar devices. (On, Off, Default = Off)

SetUp Menu

(Setting Not Saved in Memory)

Press the POWER-MENU key until SetUp appears. Select either Off or On. (Off, On, Default = Off)

When you choose SetUp, additional menu choices will become available that are not a part of the Main Menu system. After selecting SetUp, press the POWER-MENU key to display the SetUp menu choices, one at a time. SetUp Menu choices include:

• Contrast

• Fish ID+

• Bottom View

• Battery Alarm

• Language (International Only)

• Units (International Only)

Scroll through all SetUp menu choices to exit the SetUp menu.

Large fish only Large/Medium fish only. All fish.

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Contrast (SetUp Menu)

(Setting Saved in Memory)

Make sure that the SetUp menu is selected, then press the POWER-MENU key until CONTRAST appears. Select a setting from 1 through 5. (1 to 5, Default = 3)

Scroll through all SetUp menu choices to exit the SetUp menu.

Fish ID+ (SetUp Menu)

(Setting Saved in Memory)

Make sure that the SetUp menu is selected, then press the POWER-MENU key until FISH ID+ appears. Select either Off to view “raw” sonar returns from the 200 kHz narrow beam, or On to view Fish symbols. Fish ID+ uses advanced signal processing to interpret sonar returns, and will display a Fish Symbol when very selective requirements are met. A select number of possible fish returns will be displayed with their associated depth. (On, Off, Default = On)

Scroll through all SetUp menu choices to exit the SetUp menu.

NOTE:

Returns from the 200 kHz narrow beam are shown with shaded fish symbols while the 83 kHz wide beam returns are displayed with hollow fish symbols.

NOTE:

Hollow fish symbols are only available on 200/83 kHz Dual Beam sonar units.

Bottom View (SetUp Menu)

(Setting Saved in Memory)

Make sure that the SetUp menu is selected, then press the POWER-MENU key until BOTTOM VIEW appears. Bottom View selects the method used to represent the bottom and structure on the display.

Structure ID

represents weak returns as light pixels and strong returns as dark pixels. This has the benefit of

ensuring that strong returns will be clearly visible on the display.

Black (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.

Fish ID+, 83 kHz, Wide beam

Fish ID+, 200 kHz, Narrow beam

Raw Sonar

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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.

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, Black, WhiteLine, Inverse, Default = Inverse) Scroll through all SetUp menu choices to exit the SetUp menu.

Battery Alarm (SetUp Menu)

(Setting Saved in Memory)

Make sure that the SetUp menu is selected, then press the POWER-MENU key until BATTERY ALARM appears. Select Off or 8.5 to

13.5 Volts. Battery Alarm sounds when the input battery voltage is equal to or less than the menu setting. (Off, 8.5 to 13.5 Volts, Default = Off)

Scroll through all SetUp menu choices to exit the SetUp menu.

Language (SetUp Menu: International Only)

(Setting Saved in Memory) Make sure that the SetUp menu is selected, then press the POWER-MENU key until LANGUAGE appears (International Units Only).

LANGUAGE selects the display language for menus. (Settings vary, Default = English)

Scroll through all SetUp menu choices to exit the SetUp menu.

Units (SetUp Menu: International Only)

(Setting Saved in Memory) Make sure that the SetUp menu is selected, then press the POWER-MENU key until UNITS appears (International Units Only). UNITS

selects the units of measure. (Feet/F, Meters/C, Fathoms/C, Default = Meters/C, where F stands for Fahrenheit and C stands for Celsius)

Scroll through all SetUp menu choices to exit the SetUp menu.

Maintenance

Your PiranhaMax is designed to provide years of trouble-free operation with virtually no maintenance. Follow these simple procedures to ensure your PiranhaMax continues to deliver top performance.

If the unit comes into contact with salt spray, wipe the affected surfaces with a cloth dampened in fresh water.

Do not use a chemical glass cleaner on the lens - this may cause cracking in the lens.

When cleaning the LCD protective lens, use a chamois and non-abrasive, mild cleaner. Do not wipe while dirt or grease is on the lens. Be careful to avoid scratching the lens.

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