Cobra Electronics MC600Cx EN - Manual (Page 87)

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8. OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES
8.1. PC-PLANNER
C-MAP TM ’s PC-PLANNER software is designed to turn your home computer
into a navigational planning tool. Using the same C-MAP TM C-CARDs that you
use on your boat, it is possible to display all of your electronic charts in full
color on your PC screen. The PC-PLANNER can be used for viewing charts,
zooming, panning, entering User Points, creating Routes, and entering
Measure functions. In fact, every planning function of your chartplotter is now
easy to do on your PC. This is available through your C-MAP
TM dealer.
8.2. MF 2500 FISH FINDER
The chartplotter combined with the sonar performance of the MF 2500 Fish
Finder is one of the most advanced marine navigation system available.
The MF 2500 Fish Finder consists of a high power transmitter, sensitive
receiver and a transducer. The MF 2500 Fish Finder sends an electrical pulse
to the transducer which contains an element that converts the pulse into
acoustic (sound) wave which is sent through the water. As this wave travels
from the transducer to the bottom, it may strike fish, structures, thermoclines
(temperature changes in the water). When the wave strikes an object(s) a
certain amount of the wave is reflected back to the transducer depending on
the composition and shape of the object. When the reflected wave is returned
to the transducer it is converted into an voltage and is amplified by the
receiver, processed and sent to the display. The speed of sound in water is
roughly 4800 ft./sec, so the time lapse between the transmitted signal and the
received echo can be measured and the distance to the object determined.
8.2.1. Transducers
The transducer is a device that transmits and receives sound waves into the
water. The active component inside the transducer is commonly referred to as
an element but actually is a piezoelectric ceramic material.
Please see www.cobra.com for more information on the MF 2500 and transducer
options.
PC-PLANNER
MF 2500 FISH FINDER