Summary of 260 BAIT
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Installation and operation manual.
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2 introduction thank you for choosing our fish finder and welcome to the innovations of condor marine! Your fishfinder is a high-quality sonar designed for both professional and novice fisherman with trouble-free use in a variety of water areas. To familiarize yourself better with the product’s oper...
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3 index introduction ...........................................................................................................2 installation .............................................................................................................4 packing list ....................................
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4 installation do not begin the installation unless you have read the manual instruction carefully, which contains information critical to the correct installation of your fishfinder. Packing list before you install the transducer to your bait boat, please check the packing list below, and make sure...
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5 2. Sonar unit sonar control head toothed connector-r toothed connector-l locking bolt power cable plastic base a copy of manual are also included: note: the above sonar units has been assembled in the gift box before shipment using the product condor 260 bait is specially designed to be used with ...
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6 note: to get the best sonar performance, we suggest adopting the way-b powering there are 2 ways to power the condor 260 bait : 1) use 8 x aa battery please assemble the batteries according to the instruction figure curved on the plastic housing. A b.
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7 instruction figure of battery installation 2) use your bait boat battery sometimes, you may prefer using a battery for power supplying. In the package, you can find a separate power cable, which is used to connect the sonar unit to your bait boat battery. Connect to a battery power cable.
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8 note: in the power cable, there are 2 internal wires: - the red one is for positive electrode. - the black one is for negative electrode. Note: condor 260 bait can be powered by almost all kinds of battery with voltage of 6~18v warning: when use the boat battery for power supplying; we are not res...
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9 note: the selected bait boat here is just for your reference, the installation way may vary according to the structure of different bait boats. Tool list (not included) 1) hand drill 2) 5/32” drill bits 3) phillips and flat-head screwdriver 4) marine sealant introduction of the res sensor res sens...
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10 res sensor installation method - 1 1. Make a supporting plate to hold the wireless sensor. The shape of supporting plate may be different according to the shape of your bait boat. Note: we provide a simple metal bracket (see packing list), which could help you making a simple sensor installation ...
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11 2. Find a proper position and drill two holes on the top cover of your bait boat, as figured below: the hole-1 is used to be through the sensor cable, the diameter should be about 11.5mm. The hole-2 is used to mount the antenna; the diameter should be about 5.8mm 3. Mount the antenna on the top c...
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12 firstly, take out the screw from the antenna-extended cable, and then hold one end of the cable through the hull of bait boat (as instructed below). Finally, tighten the screw. B) screw the antenna to the antenna-extended cable..
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13 4. Mount the wireless sensor on the supporting plate, as instructed below a) drill three holes on the supporting plate. - diameter of hole-1 is about 12.5mm - diameter of hole-2 and hole-3 is about 3.5mm b) tighten the senser by screws note: use a pencil to mark the position before drilling the h...
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14 6. Find a proper position and place the control box into the bottom cover of your bait boat. Note: it could be better to find a way to fix the control box in the bottom cover of your bait boat. As when used with your bait boat in the water, the control box may wobble with the shave, which may dam...
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15 9. Connect the control box to the battery. There are 2 ways to power the control box a) connect to a 9v alkaline battery in the package you can find a battery buckle, which is used to connect the cable to a 9v alkaline battery. B) connect to the bait boat battery in most circumstances, you can ch...
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16 note: correctly connect the control box to the bait boat battery, and then you can monitor the remained voltage of your bait boat all the time. Avoiding using under a low battery. Note: the range of battery monitoring is 5.2~15v. Warning: be careful not reversing connection of positive & negative...
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17 res sensor installation method - 2 as the structure of bait boats is different, sometimes maybe you prefer mounting the sensor to your bait boat in other method, see the following example: note: for such installation method, finding a proper mounting location for the sensor is very important. Oth...
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18 sonar working method when sonar works, the signals are remitted in the direction as instructed below: so, in the area a and area b, there should be no any obstacle, otherwise the sonar signals will be “blocked”, thus sonar unit will not be able to receive the signal normally, which will cause sho...
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19 1. Find a proper mounting position, and drill 3 holes on the bottom of your bait boat 3 holes note: the 3 holes should be drilled with the following dimension 2. Hold the sensor cable through the 12mm-hole.
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20 3. Fix the sensor with 2 screws note: please spread some sealed glue on the screws before fixing the sensor. 4. Spread some sealed glue to the drilled location, preventing water leakage from happening. 5. Carry out the following steps same with step 6~10 instructed in “ res sensor installation me...
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21 operation understand sonar if you are familiar with how sonar works, skip ahead to the next segment. But, if you have never owned sonar fishfinder before, this segment will tell you the basic working theory about sonar. Based on the sonar technology, the fishfinder could detect the underwater con...
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22 keyboard instruction the fish finder sound a tone when you press the key which means the unit has accepted a command. 1. Power & exit key the power & exit key is used to turn the fish finder on or off. It is also used to exit a menu setting. 2. Menu key the menu key is used to enter into a menu s...
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23 1. Sonar sensitive sensitive determines how echoes will be displayed on the screen. Increasing the sensitivity will make you see more details on the screen. In deep water, increasing the sensitivity. Whereas in shallow decreasing the sensitivity. In most situation, just setting sensitivity to “au...
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24 in such situations when you see too much clutter on the screen, increasing the noise filter will play an effect. The larger the value is, the more unexpected sonar returns will not be displayed. If the noise filter is increased too high, most sonar returns (which maybe fish) will not be displayed...
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25 if grayline is “on”, strong returns will be shown with dark pixels and weak returns with lighter pixels. This is very helpful of ensuring that strong signals will be clearly visible on the display; to set the magic grayline: 1) press menu to enter into menu setting. 2) repeatedly press menu to sw...
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26 6) press ent to confirm the setting. 7) press exit to exit the setting 2. Display depth range depth range determines in which portion the bottom will display in the screen. (for example, if the actual depth is 10m, and the current depth range is 20m, then the bottom will display on 50% portion of...
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27 4) press ent to enter into setting. 5) use the up/down arrow to change the value. 6) press ent to confirm and exit the setting. Note: after you enter into the setting by press ent key, the operation figure will change from a to b, then just press down arrow key to change the levels. Zoom range zo...
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28 backlight backlight allows the unit to be used at night. There are 10 levels for you to adjust the brightness of backlight. To set the backlight: 1) press menu to enter into menu setting. 2) repeatedly press menu to switch to display menu. 3) use the up/down arrow to select backlight option. 4) p...
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29 to set the overlap data: 1) press menu to enter into menu setting. 2) repeatedly press menu to switch to display menu. 3) use the up/down arrow to select overlap data option. 4) press ent to enter into setting. 5) use the up/down arrow to select the option. 6) press ent to confirm the option bein...
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30 fish alarm the fish finder sound an alarm tone when it detects what it determines to be a fish. To set the fish alarm: 1) press menu to enter into menu setting 2) repeatedly press menu to switch to alarm menu 3) use the up/down arrow to select fish alarm option. 3) use the up/down arrow to select...
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31 you can manually choose exiting the alarm mode by entering into main battery alarm menu setting, and just changing the setting to a safe value will be ok. Boat battery the fish finder sounds an alarm tone when the battery strength of your bait boat is lower than the setting. To set boat battery: ...
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32 to set the beeper 1) press menu to enter into menu setting. 2) repeatedly press menu up to system menu. 3) use the up/down arrow to select beeper option. 4) press ent to enter into setting. 5) use the up/down arrow to select the option. 6) press ent to confirm the setting. 7) press exit to exit t...
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33 5) use the up/down arrow to select the option. 6) press ent to confirm the setting. 7) press exit to exit the setting. System reset system reset is used to restore original factory setting. To set the system reset: 1) press menu to enter into menu setting. 2) repeatedly press menu to switch to sy...
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34 troubleshooting you are not supposed to fix the handheld or the sensor. The product contains no customizable parts. On the other hand, the waterproof performance is enabled by unique techniques, functions of which may be disabled by unauthorized disassembly. On this account, only professional mai...
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35 2. Nothing is displayed after the fish finder is powered. Be sure the battery's positive and negative poles are correctly oriented in the holder. Also, check if the battery has enough capacity. 3. When using the device in shallow water areas, the screen does not display things normally and depths...
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36 b) please check the res sensor installation, and confirm the antenna mounted on your bait boat is correctly connected to the control box through the antenna-extended cable. C) the radio performance is easily affected by cloudy or rainy day, which will cause the remote control distance decreasing ...
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37 specifications and features • large, high contrast, 4.3” triple supertwist lcd screen, provides perfect visibility even with polarized sunglasses • high resolution 240 x 128 pixel with 4 levels of gray • high intensity, fully dimmable led backlighting for night use • rugged portable case for a fu...
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38 notes.
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39 notes.
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