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Garmin ECHOMAP PLUS 70 series Owner's Manual

Adjusting the Color Intensity

You can adjust the intensity of colors and highlight areas of

interest on the sonar screen by adjusting the color gain for

traditional transducers or the contrast for Garmin ClearVü and

SideVü/ClearVü transducers. This setting works best after you

have adjusted the level of detail shown on the screen using the

gain or brightness settings.

If you want to highlight smaller fish targets or create a higher

intensity display of a target, you can increase the color gain or

contrast setting. This causes a loss in the differentiation of the

high intensity returns at the bottom. If you want to reduce the

intensity of the return, you can reduce the color gain or contrast.

From a sonar view, select MENU.

Select an option:

• While in the Garmin ClearVü or SideVü sonar view, select

Contrast.

• While in a Panoptix LiveVü sonar view, select Color Gain.

• While in another sonar view, select Sonar Setup >

Appearance > Color Gain.

Select an option:

• To increase or decrease the color intensity manually,

select Up or Down.

• To use the default setting, select Default.

Sonar Recordings

Recording the Sonar Display

NOTE: Not all models support sonar recording.

Insert a memory card into the card slot.

From a sonar view, select MENU > Record Sonar.

15 minutes of sonar recording uses approximately 200 MB of

space of the inserted memory card. An individual recording

automatically ends after it reaches 4 GB in size. You can

record sonar data until the card reaches capacity.

Stopping the Sonar Recording

From a sonar view, select MENU > Stop Recording.

Deleting a Sonar Recording

Insert a memory card with sonar recordings into the card slot.

Select Sonar > Sonar Recordings.

Select a recording.

Select Delete.

Playing Sonar Recordings

Before you can play back the sonar recordings, you must

download and install the HomePort

sonar data onto a memory card.

Remove the memory card from the device.

Insert the memory card into a card reader attached to a

computer.

Open the HomePort application.

Select a sonar recording from your device list.

Right-click the sonar recording in the lower pane.

Select Playback.

Traditional, Garmin ClearVü, and SideVü

Sonar Setup

NOTE: Not all options and settings apply to all models, sounder

modules, and transducers.

From a sonar view, select MENU > Sonar Setup.

Depth Line: Shows a quick-reference depth line.

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application and record

Scroll Speed: Sets the rate at which the sonar scrolls from right

to left.

In shallow water you might want to slow the scroll speed to

extend the length of time the information is displayed on

screen. In deeper water you can increase the scroll speed.

Range Lines: Shows the vertical lines indicating the distance to

the right and left of the boat. This setting is available for

SideVü sonar view.

Color Scheme: Sets the color scheme of the sonar view. This

setting might be available in the Appearance menu.

The high contrast color schemes provide darker color

assignments to the low intensity returns. The low contrast

color schemes provide color assignments to the low intensity

returns that are similar to the background color.

Appearance: See

Sonar Appearance Settings, page

Overlay Numbers: Sets the data shown on the sonar screen.

Advanced: See

Advanced Sonar Settings, page

Installation: Restores the default sonar settings.

Setting the Zoom Level on the Sonar Screen

From a sonar view, select MENU > Zoom.

Select an option:

• To zoom in on the sonar data from the bottom depth,

select Bottom Lock.

• To set the depth range of the magnified area manually,

select Manual, select View Up or View Down to set the

depth range of the magnified area, and select Zoom In or

Zoom Out to increase or decrease the magnification of

the magnified area.

• To set the depth and zoom automatically, select Auto.

• To cancel the zoom, select No Zoom.

Setting the Scroll Speed

You can set the rate at which the sonar image moves across the

screen. A higher scroll speed shows more detail until there is no

additional detail to show, at which point it starts stretching out

the existing detail. This can be useful while moving or trolling, or

when you are in very deep water where the sonar is pinging very

slowly. A lower scroll speed displays sonar information on the

screen longer.

For most situations, the Default setting provides a good balance

between a quickly scrolling image and less distorted targets.

From a sonar view, select MENU > Sonar Setup > Scroll

Speed.

Select an option:

• To adjust the scroll speed automatically using speed-over-

ground or water speed data, select Auto.

The Auto setting selects a scroll rate to match the boat

speed, so targets in the water are drawn with the correct

aspect ratio and appear less distorted. When viewing

Garmin ClearVü or SideVü sonar views or searching for

structure, it is recommend to use the Auto setting.

• To scroll faster, select Up.

• To scroll more slowly, select Down.

Adjusting the Range of the Depth or Width Scale

You can adjust the range of the depth scale traditional and

Garmin ClearVü sonar views and the range of the width scale

for the SideVü sonar view.

Allowing the device to adjust the range automatically keeps the

bottom within the lower or outer third of the sonar screen, and

can be useful for tracking a bottom that has minimal or moderate

terrain changes.

Manually adjusting the range enables you to view a specified

range, which can be useful for tracking a bottom that has large

terrain changes, such as a drop-offs or cliffs. The bottom can

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