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Operations Manual
Operational instructions for Humminbird Legend 3000 Series
including the Legend –3000, 3005, 3000 Deep and 3005 Deep
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THANK YOU Thank you for choosing Humminbird®, America's#1 name in fishfinders. Humminbird has built its reputation by designing and manufacturing top-quality, thoroughly reliable marine equipment. Your Humminbird is designed for trouble-free use in even the harshest marine environment. In the unlikely event that your Humminbird does require repairs, we offer an exclusive Service Policy - free of charge during the first year after purchase, and available at a reasonable rate after the one-year pe
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Section 1: USING THE LEGEND 3000 SERIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Deep Models Additional Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Powering Up the Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Simulator and Feature Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 User Int
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USING THE LEGEND 3000 SERIES PERFORMANCE / SIMULATOR / POWERING UP THE UNIT Powering Up the Unit Legend Models After installation, turn the LEGEND 3000 SERIES on by momentarily pressing the North GAIN knob. An audible chirp sounds as the unit turns on. If the unit detects International* American 1000 Series that the transducer is connected and is in water, the LEGEND 3000 SERIES Single 160 x 160 pixels 1000 1005 Beam begins to show sonar information on the display. If the transducer is not 8 le
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USING THE LEGEND 3000 SERIES USER INTERFACE / KNOBS / LCD DISPLAY small increments, while turning it quickly USER INTERFACE makes large changes to the adjustment. The LEGEND 3000 User Interface is made up of the following components: knobs and the LCD Display, The LCD Display which in turn is made up of the RTS and the Chart The LEGEND 3000 SERIES uses a high- Windows. resolution LCD display to show sonar Knobs information, digital depth, temperature, Four knobs on the LEGEND 3000 SERIES control
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USING THE LEGEND 3000 SERIES REAL TIME SONAR™ / CHART WINDOW drifting very slowly, the RTS WINDOW can show the movement of the fish The sonar returns received by the LEGEND 3000 SERIES are through the transducer beam. Moving fish appear as smaller groups of lines displayed along the depth range scale in a REAL TIME that become progressively larger lines, or vice versa. A grouping of lines SONAR™ (RTS) WINDOW and CHART WINDOW. The RTS WINDOW moving vertically indicates a fish changing depth. disp
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USING THE LEGEND 3000 SERIES CHART WINDOW / BOTTOMS / FISH APPEARANCE Note: It is Thermocline Bait fish Slope Fish Arch Second Return Partial Fish Arch Structure Thermoclines important to remember that sonar cannot distinguish between The LEGEND 3000 SERIES is also capable of showing layers of water having different temperatures. These a fish and some other object suspended in the water. temperature differences, called thermoclines, appear Regardless of the object the sonar detects, it has the a
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USING THE LEGEND 3000 SERIES SONAR VIEWS / CONTROL PANELS one time. When the selected option is at the bottom of the list, CONTROL PANELS continue turning the knob to display other options. Control Panels provide access to important, but infrequently-adjusted features, such as CHART SPEED,MODE, 3. Once the desired option is selected, turn the RANGE knob SONAR VIEW,LIGHT,CONTRAST,RTS WINDOW,SURFACE CLUTTER,WHITE LINE, to adjust. Adjustments are made immediately and are FILTER,DEPTH ALARM,TEMP ALA
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USING THE LEGEND 3000 SERIES MODES OF OPERATION / OPTIMIZING THE DISPLAY Optimized Display showing In AUTOMATIC mode, the LEGEND 3000 SERIES selects the depth Optimizing the Depth second return range best suited to keep recent sonar returns visible; Range for Second Return however, the depth range can be adjusted to optimize To optimize the depth the display for viewing the second return. The display range for viewing the can also be optimized for maximum display resolution, second return, follo
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USING THE LEGEND 3000 SERIES BOTTOM LOCK ZOOM MODE / MANUAL MODE Bottom Lock Zoom Mode The indicators disappear after several seconds with BTM LOCK (Bottom Lock) no adjustment. The LEGEND 3000 SERIES continues to follow mode tracks the bottom the bottom using the new range. Any change made to similarly to Automatic the zoom preview bars is remembered until the LEGEND Bottom Lock Zoom Mode mode; however, the 3000 SERIES is powered off, when the unit defaults to display shows a full factory settin
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USING THE LEGEND 3000 SERIES CHART SPEED / SONAR VIEW / LIGHT / CONTRAST / RTS WINDOW After several seconds without pressing or turning the Light knob, the DEPTH RANGE adjustment indicator will disappear LIGHT activates the display from the screen automatically. The LEGEND 3000 SERIES does backlight and selects the not make adjustments to keep the bottom information on- brightness level. The screen. If the depth is deeper or shallower than the ranges backlight is manually-controlled except when
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USING THE LEGEND 3000 SERIES SURFACE CLUTTER / WHITE LINE / FILTER / DEPTH ALARM / TEMP ALARM Surface Clutter along the bottom contour, structure and fish. SURFACE CLUTTER eliminates Selecting a larger numeric setting increases the most sonar returns width of the band and makes fainter sonar near the water surface returns more noticeable, but the LEGEND 3000’S caused by trapped air, boat wakes and ability to show subtle differences in bottom temperature inversions. Most surface clutter compositi
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USING THE LEGEND 3000 SERIES UPPER TEMP / LOWER TEMP / FISH ALARM / FISH SENSITIVITY / FISH ID Temp Alarm LOWER TEMP is the lower Temp Alarm activates an alarm temperature boundary for the that sounds when the surface temperature alarm. The inside water temperature changes to temp alarm will sound when fall within or outside selected ranges. These the water temperature was initially below the lower temperature boundaries help define bodies of water temp boundary and then rises above it. The outs
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MAINTENANCE AND WARRANTY CONTROL PANELS / MAINTENANCE/TROUBLESHOOTING different species of fish have different sonar nautical miles per hour. characteristics, so it is not always possible to • FATHOMS/KPH displays depth in fathoms/speed in distinguish fish size amongst varying species. kilometres per hour. Selecting FRESHWATER will adjust the algorithms toward The UNITS settings are retained in memory after the unit is freshwater species of fish, while selecting SALTWATER will turned off. adjust
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MAINTENANCE AND WARRANTY TROUBLESHOOTING disconnecting the cable from both the unit and the TROUBLESHOOTING transducer. Also, make sure that the transducer is fully Repairs submerged in water. If the transducer is connected to Do not attempt to repair the LEGEND 3000 SERIES yourself. the unit through a switch, temporarily connect it There are no user-serviceable parts inside, and directly to the unit and try again. If none of these special tools and techniques are required for items identifies a
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MAINTENANCE AND WARRANTY TROUBLESHOOTING / WARRANTY / SERVICE POLICY 5. The unit comes on before I press POWER, and won’t turn off. TECHSONIC INDUSTRIES, INC. ONE YEAR Check the transducer cable—if the outer jacket of the cable has been cut LIMITED WARRANTY and the cable is in contact with bare metal, you need to disconnect the We warrant the original retail purchaser that products made by Techsonic cable from the unit, then repair the cut with electrical tape. If there is no Industries have bee
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CUSTOMER RESOURCE CENTER SERVICE POLICY / SERVICE PROCEDURES Techsonic Industries Service Policy Returning Your Unit for Service Even though you'll probably never need to take advantage of our Before sending your unit in for repair, please contact the factory, either by incredible service policy, it's good to know that we back our products this phone or by email, to obtain a Repair Authorization Number for your unit. confidently. We do it because you deserve the best. We will make every Please h
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SPECIFICATIONS 3000/3005 SPECIFICATIONS 3000 DEEP/3005 DEEP SPECIFICATIONS Operating Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 kHz Operating Frequencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50/200 kHz Power Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4000 Watts (Peak to Peak) Power Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4000 Watts (Peak to Peak) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
