Using sonar, Sonar page – Garmin GPSMAP 188C Sounder User Manual

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This section covers the additional sonar options for the GPSMAP

188/188C Sounder when used in conjunction with a transducer.

Read the Transducer’s Installation Instructions to properly install

the transducer.

NOTE: You MUST have a transducer installed and connected

to your GPSMAP 188/188C Sounder to use the sonar features.

Sonar Page

The Sonar Page is where your GPSMAP 188/188C Sounder

becomes a powerful fishfinder/flasher. To view the Sonar Page,

press PAGE or QUIT repeatedly until it appears. Fish are

displayed as colored arches or as fish icons. Both fish icons and

arches are displayed in three different sizes. Thermoclines are

shown as shades of blue. The area of strongest sonar return is

displayed as solid white (if Whiteline is active. Typically, the

bottom is the primary whiteline. A thin whiteline indicates a soft

bottom and a thick whiteline follows the contour of the bottom

and show any objects of reasonable size. For more information on

understanding sonar and the display, see

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