• Simrad CS90
  • About this manual
  • Simrad CS90
    • Important
    • System description
    • System diagram
    • General safety rules
    • Support information
  • Getting started
    • Operating Panel description
    • Starting normal operation
      • Turning on the CS90 for normal use
      • Getting to know the user interface
      • Getting to know presentation modes and views
      • Selecting Normal mode to start "pinging"
      • Adjusting the radius of the search area
      • Adjusting the echo sensitivity
      • Changing the vertical angle of the sonar beams
      • Adjusting the horizontal direction of the sonar beam
      • Turning off the CS90
    • Basic operating procedures
      • Selecting the language displayed in the menus and dialog boxes
      • Selecting operating frequency for minimum noise
      • Hiding the menu system when you do not need it
      • Saving single or sequential screen captures
      • Saving the current user settings
      • Defining the ping (transmission) modes
  • Operating procedures
    • Getting started
      • Turning on the CS90
      • Lowering and hoisting the transducer from the user interface
      • Turning off the CS90
    • Choosing operating mode and key transmit parameters
      • Selecting Normal mode to start "pinging"
      • Selecting Replay mode
      • Selecting Inactive mode
      • Setting up the CS90 for maximum echo refresh rate
      • Transmitting single pings
      • Transmitting with fixed-time intervals
      • Adjusting the output power to match varying conditions
      • Selecting the best operating frequency
    • Controlling the gain and range settings
      • Adjusting the gain (echo sensitivity)
      • Adjusting the TVG (Time Variable Gain) setting
      • Adjusting the sonar range
      • Adjusting the intensity of the echo presentations
      • Changing the tilt
      • Adjusting the bearing
    • Using the markers and tracking features
      • Starting a position track
      • Starting a target track
      • Placing a new marker
      • Deleting a marker
      • Measuring the size of a school relative to the purse seine
      • Using visual aids during the purse seine catch phase
      • Choosing the fishing gear in use
      • Changing the fishing gear properties to match your own equipment
    • Improving the recognition of fish and schools using receiver filters
      • About the receiver filter sequence in the CS90
      • Reducing noise and reverberation with the AGC (Automatic Gain Control) function
      • Reducing propeller noise and interference with the Noise Filter
      • Reducing bottom and surface reverberation with the RCG (Reverberation Controlled Gain) function
      • Reducing noise and false echoes with the Ping-Ping Filter
      • Reducing noise and reverberation with the AGC (Automatic Gain Control) function
      • Adjusting the intensity of the echo presentations
    • Recording and replaying echo data
      • Defining the file and folder settings for data recording
      • Recording echo data
      • Selecting Replay mode
      • Choosing which echo data file(s) to replay
      • Accessing the echo data files to delete, move or copy them
    • Setting up presentation modes and views
      • Moving a view to another display
      • Rearranging the layout of the CS90 presentation
      • Restoring the locations and sizes of the views
    • Defining settings related to user preferences and individual customizing
      • Selecting menu language
      • Hiding the menu system
      • Placing the menu on the left side of the CS90 presentation
      • Selecting the information to appear on the top bar
      • Enabling Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on the bottom bar
      • Selecting which tooltips to appear in the user interface
      • Adjusting the backlight intensity on the Operating Panel
      • Reducing the light emitted from the display presentation
      • Increasing the visibility of the information panes
      • Changing the colour palette ("skin") used in the CS90 presentations
      • Choosing the colours used to present the echoes
      • Selecting measurement units
      • Configuring the environmental parameters
      • Setting up the alarm limits for system protection
      • Defining the middle position of the transducer
    • Saving, retrieving and handling user settings
      • Saving the current user settings
      • Choosing previously saved user settings
      • Renaming existing user settings
      • Deleting user settings that are no longer used
      • Choosing CS90 factory default settings
    • Defining the user-selected features on the Operating Panel
      • Selecting which Operating Panel to use
      • Assigning custom user settings to the Operating Panel
      • Assigning functions to the rotary switches on the Operating Panel
      • Assigning functions to F1, F2 and F3 on the Operating Panel
    • Lowering and hoisting the transducer from the sonar room
      • Lowering and hoisting the transducer using the Hoist/Lower Switch
      • Lowering and hoisting the transducer using the hand crank
      • Emergency lowering and hoisting using the two contactors
    • Setting up the interfaces to peripheral devices
      • Installing navigation sensors and other sensors
      • Defining the serial and Ethernet (LAN) port parameters
      • Setting up the input from a navigation system (GPS)
      • Setting up the interface for speed log input
      • Setting up the interface for course gyro input
      • Configuring the sensor interface
      • Setting up the input from a motion reference unit (MRU)
      • Setting up the CS90 in a synchronized system
  • Menu system
    • About the menus and menu buttons
    • Using the “smart” menu buttons
    • Main menu
    • Operation menu
    • Display menu
    • Setup menu
    • Active menu
    • Objects menu
    • Visual Objects menu
    • Cosmetics menu
    • Shortcut menus