Simrad SH90 - REV B, SH90 Operator's Manual

Operator manual

Simrad SH90

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SimradSH90

Operatormanual

Thismanualprovidesyouwiththebasicinformation
requiredtooperatetheSimradSH90.Foramoredetailed
descriptionoftheoperationandfunctionality,including
menusandallparameters,refertotheSimradSH90
Referencemanual.

WARNING:TheSimradSH90sonarmustneverbe
poweredupwhentheshipisindrydock.Thetransducer
willbedamagedifittransmitsinopenair .Toprevent
inadvertentuseofthesonar ,pulloutthemainsplugon
theProcessorUnitwheneverthevesselisindrydock.

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Rev.A19.10.2009

Originalissue.

Rev.B

10.05.2010

ReleasedforSW2.1.X.

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Operatormanual

Tableofcontents

ABOUTTHISMANUAL.......................................................7

SIMRADSH90...................................................................8

Importantmatters.....................................................................................................8

Basicinformation.....................................................................................................8

GETTINGSTARTED..........................................................10

OperatingPanel....................................................................................................10

Poweron/offprocedures.........................................................................................11

Howtoswitchonthesonar..........................................................................11

Howtoswitchoffthesonar.........................................................................12

Howtoperformbasicoperations...........................................................................13

Echopresentationandmenu........................................................................13

Themenustructure.....................................................................................15

Controlthecursor.......................................................................................16

Menubuttons..............................................................................................16

Changingaparametervalue.........................................................................17

Visualaids..............................................................................................................18

Commoninformationonthedisplay............................................................18

Movingtheboundarylines..........................................................................19

Cosmetics...............................................................................................................19

On-linehelp............................................................................................................22

OPERATIONALPROCEDURES..........................................24

Menuprocedures....................................................................................................24

Howtohidethemenu.................................................................................24

Howtosimplifythemenu...........................................................................24

Gainadjustmentprocedures...................................................................................25

Howtoadjustthegain.................................................................................25

HowtoadjusttheAGC...............................................................................25

HowtoadjusttheRCG...............................................................................26

HowtoadjusttheTVG...............................................................................26

Howtoadjustthedisplaygain.....................................................................27

Modeprocedures....................................................................................................27

Howtoselectoperationalmode...................................................................27

HowtodenethefunctionoftheModebuttons............................................28

Howtosorttheoperationalmodes...............................................................28

Markersandsymbolsprocedures...........................................................................28

Howtoadd’Target’and’Circle’markers.....................................................29

Howtoaddan’Ownship’symbol...............................................................29

Howtoadda’Gear’symbol........................................................................30

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Howtoinvestigatemarkerandsymbolinformation.......................................31

Howtodeleteamarkerorsymbol................................................................32

Storageprocedures.................................................................................................32

Howtostoresonarimages...........................................................................32

Howtorecallsonarimages..........................................................................33

Howtokeepsonarimages...........................................................................34

Howtodeletesonarimages.........................................................................34

Howtorenamesonarimages.......................................................................35

Howtoprintsonarimages...........................................................................35

HowtoburnsonarimagesonaCD..............................................................36

HowtocopysonarimagestoaUSBmemorystick.......................................36

Automaticsearchandtrackingprocedures............................................................37

Howtostartthehorizontalsearchprogram...................................................37

Howtostarttheverticalsearchprogram.......................................................38

Howtoenablepositiontrack.......................................................................39

Howtoenabletargettrack...........................................................................39

Howtoaddatargettrackingline..................................................................40

Usersettingprocedures..........................................................................................40

Howtosavethecurrentusersetting.............................................................40

Howtoloadausersetting...........................................................................41

Howtorenameausersetting.......................................................................41

Howtodeleteausersetting.........................................................................41

Howtoloadthefactorysettings...................................................................42

Installationofoptions.............................................................................................42

HowtoaccesstheInstallOptionsdialog.......................................................42

’InstallOptions’parameterdialog................................................................43

Addingoptionalfunctionality......................................................................43

Softwareprocedures...............................................................................................43

Backupandrestore.....................................................................................43

CreatingabackupimageDVD....................................................................44

RestorefromabackupimageDVD..............................................................44

HowtoreactivateyourWindowslicense......................................................45

DISPLAYMODES.............................................................50

OPERATINGPANEL.........................................................53

MENUDESCRIPTIONS.....................................................55

Activemenus..........................................................................................................55

Horizontalmenu.........................................................................................55

Verticalmenu.............................................................................................57

Vertical180menu.......................................................................................58

Displaymenu.............................................................................................59

Setupmenu................................................................................................61

Objectsmenu..............................................................................................63

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Temporarymenus...................................................................................................63

Cosmeticsmenu.........................................................................................63

Store/Recallmenu.......................................................................................63

SystemTestmenu.......................................................................................64

SortModesmenu........................................................................................64

BASICTHEORY................................................................65

Settings...................................................................................................................65

WhatisTVG?............................................................................................65

WhatisAGC?............................................................................................66

WhatisthePPFilter?..................................................................................66

Aboutpulseformandlength........................................................................66

Aboutbeamwidths.....................................................................................66

AboutGain.................................................................................................67

WhatisRCG?............................................................................................68

Abouttilt....................................................................................................68

Noiseandreverberation..........................................................................................69

Cavitation...................................................................................................69

Reverberation.............................................................................................70

Blocking....................................................................................................71

Checkthenoiseyourself!............................................................................71

Layersanddeections............................................................................................72

Temperatureandsalinitylayers....................................................................72

Deections.................................................................................................72

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Aboutthismanual

ABOUTTHISMANUAL

Purpose

Thepurposeofthisoperatormanualistopresentthedescriptions
andproceduresrequiredtooperatetheSimradSH90inasafeand
efcientmanner.

Itisnotwithinthetasksofthismanualtodescribeallfunctions
andparametersindetail.Itisthereforealsoimportantthatyou
studytheotherdocumentsthatareprovidedwithyoursystem.
Fordetaileddescriptionsofallfunctionsandparameters,referto
theSimradSH90Referencemanual.

References

ThefollowingusermanualshavebeenprovidedfortheSimrad
SH90.EnglishmanualsareprovidedwiththeSH90whenitis
shipped.Whenavailable,manualsinotherlanguagesmaybe
downloadedfromh

t t p : / / w w w . s i m r a d . c o m .

•SimradSH90InstallationManual,English[323776]

•SimradSH90OperatorManual,English[323773]

•SimradSH90ReferenceManual,English[323775]

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SIMRADSH90

StudythischaptertofamiliarizeyourselfwiththeSimradSH90.

Importantmatters

Aswithalladvancedinstruments,thereareafewimportant
mattersabouttheSH90thatyoumustremember.

Beforeyouswitchonthesonar

Beforeyoupowerupthesonar,makesurethatyouhavesufcient
waterdepthtolowerthetransducer!

Whenthesonarisnotinuse

Toprotectthesonarwhenitisnotinuse,westronglyadviceyou
tohoistthetransducer,eventhoughyoumaynotswitchoffthe
power.Innarroworshallowwatersthisisveryimportant,since
youmay-inworstcase-runthetransducerintothebottom.
Thiswilldamagethetransducerandthetransducershaft,and
extensiverepairisrequired.

Whenyoudockthevessel

Itisveryimportantthatthesonarsystemremainss

w i t c h e d o f f
whenthevesselisindrydock.Ifthetransducerissubjected
totransmitpowerwhenitisinopenair,itwillbedamaged.
Asasafeguardingmeasure,youcanremovethepowerfuses
onthesonarsystembeforethevesselisdocked.Asanextra
safeguardingmeasure,thesonarisbydefaultpoweredupwith
thetransmitpowerswitchedoff.

Manualoperationofthehullunit

Intheeventofimproperoperation,thepowerful3kWelectric
motormaycauseseriousdamagetotheequipmentand/orinjury
topersonnel.

Therefore,b

e f o r e youstarttheoperation,readcarefullythrough
therelevantprocedure(s).Youwillthenfamiliarizeyourself
withthemethod.

TherelevantproceduresarelocatedintheSH90Reference
Manual.

Ifsomethingbreaksdown

Ifyouthinkthatsomethinghasbeendamagedonthesonar,
contactyourlocaldealerforadvice.

Basicinformation

TheSimradSH90isanomnidirectionalhighfrequencysonar.

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SimradSH90

Itisdesignedforallsizedshingvessels,bothpurseseiners
andtrawlers.

Theoperationalfrequencyis114kHz.Thecylindrical
multi-elementtransducerallowstheomnidirectionalsonarbeam
tobetiltedelectronicallyfrom+10to–60degrees.Thisallows
youtoautomaticallytrackschoolsofsh,andtoobservethe
wholewatervolumearoundthevessel.Astabilisingsystemis
includedforelectronicpitchandrollcompensation.

Greatemphasishasbeenplacedongivingthebestpossible
presentationsonahighresolutioncolourdisplay.

TheSH90ProcessorUnitiscontrolledbyMicrosoft’sWindows
XP

®

operatingsystem,whichresultinaexiblechoiceofdisplay

modesforalargerangeofuserapplications.

Thesignalprocessingandbeamformingisperformedinafast
digitalsignalprocessingsystemusingthefulldynamicrange
ofthesignals.

Inadditiontothetraditionalsinglefrequencytransceiversystem,
theSimradSH90containsanadvancedfrequencymodulated
ltersystem(FM).

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GETTINGSTARTED

Pleasendthebasicinformationrequiredtogetyoustartedup
withtheSimradSH90.

OperatingPanel

Themostfrequentlyusedfunctionsaredirectlyaccessiblebythe
designatedcontrolbuttonsontheOperatingPanel,andmayenter
operationalcommandsdirectly.

Thebuttonsaregroupedineldsaccordingtotheirpurpose.
Mostsonarfunctionsarealsoaccessibleandactivatedusingthe
menusystemonthedisplayandthetrackballandSelectbutton
ontheOperatingPanel.

Figure1OperatingPanel

AMainswitch:Powerthesonaron(andoff),lowerandhoist

thetransducer

BSymbol:Controlthetargetmarkersprovidingexactlatitude

andlongitudepositioning.

CMode:Selectyourfavouritedisplaymodeorusersetting

withthepushonabutton.

DGain:Separategaincontrolforhorizontalandverticalsonar

presentation.

ERange:Separaterangecontrolforhorizontalandvertical

sonarpresentation.

FCursor:Menuandcursorcontrol.

GTilt:Easycontrolofthesonar’stiltangle,orstartautomatic

searchprogram.

HV arious:Storeinterestingscreencaptures,andzoominon

details.

ITrain:Manualcontrolofbeamtraining,startautomatic

searchandtrackingprograms.

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Poweron/offprocedures

Theseproceduresexplainhowtoswitchthesonarsystemonand
off.Theoperationismadeusingthebuttonsontheoperating
panel.

Figure2OperatingPanel

Howtoswitchonthesonar

1PressthePowerbuttononthecolourdisplaymonitor.

2PressthePowerbuttonontheOperatingPanel,andkeepit

depressedforapproximatelytwoseconds.

POWER

•Thegreenlampontherightsideofthebuttonwillash
toindicatedthatthepowerhasbeenswitchedon,andthat
thecomputerisstartingup.

•Afterashortperiodyouwillseethesonarpictureon
thedisplay.

•IfthesonarsystemhasbeendisconnectedfromAC
power,theProcessorUnitmustbestartedmanually.Use
theon/offswitchbehindthelidonthefrontpanel.

3Checkthatthewaterdepthbeneaththekeelissufcientto

lowerthetransducer.

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4PresstheDownbuttononthecontrolpaneltolowerthe

transducer.

Down

•Thegreenlampnexttothebuttonwillash,andan
audiblesignalindicatesthatthetransducerislowered.

•Whenthelowerpositionhasbeenreached,thelamp
willbelitcontinuously,theaudiblesignalstops,and
thetopbuttonintheStatusparameterdialogshows

Transducer:Down.

•Bydefaultthetransmitpowerisdisabledwhenthe
sonarispoweredup.Thisisforsafetyreasons.Onthe

Horizontalmenu,youwillseethattheTXpowerbutton

ashestoremindyouofthis.

5ClicktheTXpowertoselectFull.

Howtoswitchoffthesonar

1PresstheUpbuttonontheOperatingPanel.

Up

•Thegreenlampnexttothebuttonwillash,andan
audiblesignalindicatesthatthetransducerishoisted.

•Whentheupperpositionhasbeenreached,thelampwill
illuminatecontinuously,theaudiblesignalstops,andthe
upperbuttonintheStatusmenushowsTransducer:UP.

2PressthePowerbuttonontheOperatingPanel,andkeepit

depressedforapproximatelytwoseconds.

POWER

3Switchoffthedisplaymonitor.

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4Pleasenote:

•Ifthesonarisswitchedoffuncontrolledwiththe
transducerinitsloweredposition,thetransducerwill
normallybehoistedautomaticallyafterapproximately
oneminute.Youmusthoweververifythatthistakes
place.Ifthetransducerisn

o t hoistedautomatically,itcan
beraisedmanuallybymeansofthehoist/lowerswitchin
theMotorControlUnit.Ifmainspowerislost,youcan
alsousethehandcrankprovided.

Howtoperformbasicoperations

Observethisbriefproceduretofamiliarizeyourselfwiththe
basicoperationswithechopresentationsandmenuoperations.

Echopresentationandmenu

1Oncethesonarsystemisupandrunning,observethelayout

ofthedisplaypresentation:

•Onther

i g h t side,observethemenusystem(A).

•Onthel

e f t side,observethesonarechopresentation(B).

Figure3Basicmenu(A)andechopresentation(B)

2OntheOperatingPanel,presstheMenubutton(located

abovethelargetrackball).

Menu

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3Onthedisplay,observethatthemenudisappears.

Whenthemenuisremovedtheechopresentationisextended
tocovertheentiredisplay.

4Usethetrackball,andmovethecursorovertotheleftor

rightsideofthedisplay.

5Observethatthemenureappearsontheselectedside,and

thattheremainingechopresentationareaisn

o t re-scaled.

6Movethecursortowardsthecentreofthedisplay,and

observethatthetemporarymenudisappears.

7OntheOperatingPanel,presstheMenubuttononemore

time,andobservethatthemenureappears.

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Themenustructure

Themenucontainsseveraldifferentbuttons,tabsandparameter
dialogs.

Figure4Menustructure

ASonartype:Thiseldsimplystatesthenameofthe

sonar.

BMode:Clickheretochangedisplaymode.Ifyou

clickonthemiddleofthebuttonyouwillopena
dedicatedmenuformodeselection.Ifyouclickonthe
rightorleftsideofthebuttonyoucanscrollthrough
theavailablemodes.

CT ab:Clickonatabtobringforwardthemenu.

DMenu:Thisisthebodyofthemenu.Eachmenuholds

oneormorebuttons.

EButton:Clickonabuttontochangetheapplicable

parameter.Ifyouclickonthemiddleofthebutton
youwillnormallyopenadedicatedparameterdialog
forparameterselection.Ifyouclickontherightorleft
sideofthebuttonyoucanscrollthroughtheavailable
choices.

FParameterdialog:Whenyouclickabutton,the

relevantparameterdialogopensatthebottomofthe
menu.Eachparameterdialogholdsoneormore
buttonsormenus.T ocloseaparameterdialog,click
theClosebutton.MostdialogsprovideaHelpbutton
foraccesstotheon-linehelp.Inthisexampleyou
canseetheStatusdialog,whichisreplacedwhena
parameterdialogisopened.

GMessages:Thebuttonatthebottomofthemenuis

usedtoprovidemessagesfromthesonarsystem.

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Controlthecursor

CURSOR

SONAROPERA TINGPANEL

Menu

Select

View

Object

(CD015022L)

A

B

Operatethetrackball(A)ontheOperating
Panel.

Observethatthecursormovesonthesonar
display,andthatitchangesitsformdepending
onitslocation.

ObservethelocationoftheSelectbutton(B).
Pressthisbuttontomakeaselection.

TheViewandObjectbuttonsabovethetrackball
areusedtoopenspecicmenus.

Menubuttons

Eachmenucontainsseveralbuttons.Eachbuttonshowsboththe
functionandthecurrentparameter.Themajorityofthebuttons
ineachmenueldhavethreefunctions:

•Youcanselectalowerparametervalue.

•Youcanselectahigherparametervalue.

•Youcanopentheapplicableparameterdialog.

(C )D015010A

+

-

BA

C

AClickheretodecreasetheparametervalue

BClickheretoincreasetheparametervalue

CClickheretoopentheparameterdialog.

UsethetrackballontheOperatingPanel,andpositionthecursor
overthel

e f t sideofthebutton(A).Observethattheshapeofthe
cursorchangestoa“minus”sign.Thismeansthatthevalueof
theparameterwilldecreasewhenyoupresstheSelectbutton
ontheOperatingPanel.

Positionthecursoroverther

i g h t sideofthebutton(B).Observe
thattheshapeofthecursorchangestoa“plus”sign.Thismeans
thatthevalueoftheparameterwillincreasewhenyoupressthe

Selectbutton.

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Positionthecursoronthecentreofthemenubutton(C).Observe
thattheshapeofthecursorchangestoa“menu”symbol.This
meansthattheapplicableparameterdialogwillopenwhenyou
presstheSelectbutton.Thedialogappearsinthelowerpartof
themenueld.

Changingaparametervalue

Observethisgenericproceduretochangeaparametervalue.
Onceyouhavegainedmoreexperience,andhavebecomemore
familiarwiththeavailableoptions,youwillselecttheparameters
directlyfromthebuttons.

Figure5Changingaparametervalue

)D015010C

B

C

D

A

1Movethecursortothemiddleofthemenubutton(A).

Observethatthecursorchangesitsshapetoamenusymbol.

2PresstheSelectbuttonontheOperatingPanel.

3Observethatthecorrespondingparameterdialog(B)opens

atthebottomofthemenu.

4Movethecursordowntothedialog,positionthecursor

overtherequestedparametervalue(C),andpresstheSelect
buttonagain.

5Observethatthechangeyouhaverequestedtakesimmediate

effectonthesonar.

•Thismakesiteasytotesttheeffectofeachparameter
setting.Notehoweverthattransceiverrelatedparameters
willrstbeoperationalinthenextping.

6MovethecursordowntotheClosebutton(D),andpress

theSelectbuttonagain.

7Observethattheparameterdialogcloses.

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Note

Inthismanual,thephrase“Clickthebutton”meansthatyou
shallpositionthecursoroverthemenubutton,andthenpress
theSelectbuttonontheOperatingPanel.

Certainparametersettingsareidentiedwithanasterisk(*).This
symbolindicatesthedefaultsettingknowntoperformwellunder
normalconditions.Ifyouget“lost“intheparametersettings,the

Defaultsettingsfunctionwillbringupthesenormalparameters.

TheDefaultsettingfunctionisavailableontheSetupmenu,anda
dedicatedparameterdialogisused.

IntheSimradSH90sonar,allparametersarestored.This
functionwillcausethesonartorememberalltheselected
parametersettings,evenwhenthesonarisswitchedoff.

Visualaids

Thesonardisplaycontainsnotonlythesonarpictureandthe
menusystem,butalsootherinformationthatisusefulfor
efcientoperation.

Commoninformationonthedisplay

Innearlyalldisplaymodes,thefollowinginformationis
provided.

Figure6Visualaids

AB

C

D

E

F

ACurrenthorizontalgain.

BCurrenthorizontalrange.

CThecursor’ scurrentgeographicalposition(providedthat

thenecessarysensorisconnectedtothesonar).

DThecursor’ scurrentbearingrelativetothevesselortrue

north.

ECurrenttilt.

FCurrentrangeanddepthofthecursorposition.

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Movingtheboundarylines

Inmostdisplaymodeswithmultipleviews,thesizeofeachview
caneasilybemodiedbymovingtheboundarylinebetweenthe
views.Observethefollowingprocedure:

1Placethecursorontheboundaryline.Observethatit

changesitsshapetoadoublearrow(↔).

2Pressa

n d h o l d theSelectbuttonontheOperatingPanel.

3MovethecursorwiththeSelectbuttondepressed.Observe

thattheboundarylineismoved.

4ReleasetheSelectbutton.

5Observethattheboundarylinehasbeenrelocatedtothenew

cursorposition.

Cosmetics

ThechoicesintheCosmeticsmenuallowsyoutoenableor
disablearangeofvisualaidsinthesonarpicture.

1ClicktheDisplaytabtoopenthe

Displaymenu.

2ClicktheCosmeticsbuttontoopen

theCosmeticsmenu.

3Observearangeofparameters

availabletoprovideyouwith
additionalinformationonthesonar
picture.

•TheClosebuttonclosesthismenu.

•TheHelpbuttonopenstheon-line
help.

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Figure7BearingCard(A),WindMarker(B)andDistance
Rings(C)

(CD015013B)

100

200

300

400

A

C

B

TheBearingCard(A)showsthecurrentbearingrelativetothe
vessel.Themarkersareshownasshortwhitelinesforevery10th
degreealongtheoutercircleofthesonarview.

TheWindMarker(B)isshownasanarrowdrawnfromthe
Compasscardpointingtowardsthecentreofthedisplay.Ifa
windsensorisconnectedtothesonar,itwillautomaticallyshow
thecurrentwinddirection.Otherwise,thewinddirectionmaybe
enteredmanually .Thearrowhasaxedlength,itisnotscaled
accordingtothecurrentwindspeed.

TheDistanceRings(C)areshownasdottedrings,eachwitha
rangeread-outonthelefthandsideofthedisplaycentre.

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Figure8V ariableRangeMarker(D),CompassCard(E)and
VerticalRing(F)

TheVariableRangeMarker(VRM)(D)consistsofanadjustable
rangeringwithrangeread-out.Itcanbeusedforanytypeof
distancemarkingrelativetothevessel.Toadjustthemarker,
locatethecursoronthemarkerring,presstheSelectonthe
OperatingPanel,andmovethecursorwiththeSelectbutton
depressed.Whenthebuttonisreleased,thevariablerange
markerradiuswillbelockedtothenewposition.

TheCompassCard(E)isshownasshortyellowlinesfor
every10thdegreealongtheoutermostcircleofthesonarview.
Atrianglesymbolindicateseach90thdegree.Ithaslabels
indicatingNorth,East,SouthandWest.Itisupdatedwhenthe
headingofownshiphaschangedmorethan1degree.

TheV erticalRing(F)showstheselectedrangeofthevertical
sliceasafullcircleinthehorizontalpresentation.Thisisan
indicationofwhichdistanceatargetshouldbepresentedinthe
verticalview.TheV erticalRingwillonlybevisibleinthose
modesthatsupportaverticalslice.

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Figure9DepthDividers(G),MinuteMarkers(H)andBow
Marker(I)

TheDepthDividers(G)arehorizontaldottedlinesusedto
visualizethedepthstepsintheverticalslices.

TheMinuteMarkers(H)areshownassmallcirclesonthetrack
historyoftheship.

TheBowMarker(I)isheadingmarker.Itisadottedlinedrawn
fromthebowofyourownship.

On-linehelp

TheSimradSH90sonarisequippedwithacomprehensive
on-linehelpsystem.Helpisprovidedintwolevels:On-lineand
Free.Itisavailablefromalltheparameterdialogsandmenusby
clickingtheHelpbutton.

Oncepressed,thersthelptextwillappearinthebottomofthe
menu.ThisistheOn-linetext.Itisshort,contextsensitive,and
designednottointerrupttheoperationofthesonar.Toclosethe

Helpparameterdialog,clicktheClosebutton.

Toaccessmoredetailedinformation,clicktheFreebutton.This
willopenthecompleteinteractivemanual.Itcontainsthesame
informationastheprintedSH90ReferenceManual,butthe

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informationismadeavailableusingthemenuonthelefthand
sideandinteractivelinksthroughoutthedocument.ClickFree
inthebottomleftcornertoreturntothesmallon-lineparameter
dialog,orClosetoexittheinteractivemanual.

Note

IfyouclickClosebuttontoclosethelargeinteractivemanual
(Free),thismanualwillautomaticallyreappearthenexttime
youclickaHelpbutton.

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OPERATIONALPROCEDURES

Thischapterpresentshowtoperformthemostcommon
proceduresontheSH90sonar.Notethatthepoweron/off
procedureshavebeenpreviouslyexplained.

Menuprocedures

Thissectionprovidesgeneralproceduresformenuhandling.

Howtohidethemenu

Themenuisnormallylocatedontherighthandsideofthe
display,butifyoudon’tneedit,youcaneasilyremoveit.

1PresstheMenubuttonontheOperatingPanel.

Menu

TheMenubuttonactsasatoggleswitch.Pressoncetoremove
themenu,andonemoretimetoretrieveit.

Alternativemethod

1ClicktheDisplaytabonthesonarmenu.

2ClicktheFullscreen:Onbutton.

Howtorecallthemenu

1Movethecursortothefarleftorfarrightsideofthedisplay

2Observethatthemenusystemappears.Itcanbeshownon

eitherside,andwillnotaffectthesonarpicture.

3OpentheDisplaymenu,andclickFullscreen:Off.

Howtosimplifythemenu

Thisprocedureexplainshowyoucaneasilyreducethenumber
ofbuttonsonthesonarmenus.Thiscanbeusefulifyounever
usethem.

1ClicktheDisplaytabtoopentheDisplaymenu.

2ClicktheMenubutton.

3Intheparameterdialog,selectthemenulevelyouwishto

use.

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