Fishfinder page, Operating instructions – Raymarine 465 User Manual

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Operating Instructions

FishFinder Page

Figure 3-4 shows a typical FishFinder display. (The FishFinder Page is
also called the “chart” or “bottom graph” display.) As time passes, this
display scrolls from right to left. The scrolling image becomes a record of
the echoes and the bottom seen by the FishFinder as your boat moves.

The images at the right side of the display show the most recent echoes.
Some of these echoes indicate fish, and others show the bottom. As new
echoes are received, the FishFinder “draws” a graph of the bottom. The
bottom graph helps you to tell whether the bottom is rising or falling. It
also allows you to identify the shape or “structure” of the bottom. This can
indicate a reef or shipwreck.

Notice that the scrolling speed of the display does not necessarily match
the speed of the boat. The scrolling speed of the display is called the

Fig. 3-4

FishFinder
Page

Deep alarm set

Shallow alarm set

Speed

Log/distance

Water

temperature

Transducer frequency

Auto

features on

Buzzer symbol

Fish alarm set

Bottom

indication

Boat symbol

Depth markers

Fish symbol

Fish depth

Bottom depth

Fish symbol on

Water surface

Range

Auto range on

Auto sensitivity on
Auto zoom on

Auto frequency on

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