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MANUAL
AND OPERATION
INSTALLATION
COMMAND SUMMARY
X-3
2nd-5
DIGITAL OFF/ON
RECORDER
LCG
2nd-2
DIGITAL Ws SIZE
2nd-B
AUTO RANGING OFF/ON•
2nd -4
HIGH-SPEED Scroll ON/OFF
2nd-O or 2nd-2nd
CLEAR ENTRY
2nd-0-0
CLEAR SCREEN
STOP/RESUME
FREEZE CHART
STOP/RESUME
RESTART CHART
or 2-DISC
DISCRIMINATION 0,1,
W/ZOOM WINDOW SIZE-2nd-8
AUTO-RANGING
BO1TOM TRACK
PRESS > KEY
INCREASE SENSITIVITY
PRESS < KEY
DECREASE SENSITIVITY
KEY
SPEED PRESS FAST
INCREASE CHART
KEY
CHART S
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INDEX Installation 2 Power Connections 3 BASIC OPERATION 4 SHALLOW WATER OPERATION OFF/ON In shallow than very water, the LCG better (less eight feet) may operate 5 Sensitivity with the automatic and functions turned off. digital 7 ChartSpeed ______ ______ Clear 8 The easiest to do this is to way 4 press I I I 2ND HISPO- J ( o ______ _______ Range Auto select a 8 Next, Range depth range. lithe is too Lower Limit 9 sensitivity high, press Limit Upper the
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INTRODUCTION unit that is a X-3 compact The Lowrance Graph (LCG) Liquid Crystal a than other sonar more and features using liquid crys- any packs power tal display (LCD.). Instead of a from other sonar units. LCD. sets the X-3 stylus The apart X-3 the or a neon the depth on chart displays flashing light, writing paper an black when small which turn on a screen information using squares move across the echo is the is received. As each detected, signals echo was of
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POWER CONNECTIONS HOW TO OBTAIN SERVICE Twelve volt DC should be the boat's electrical power supplied by system. If have a with sonar you problem us a chance to your unit, please give The cable be attached to an or but if power may buss, accessory power before it in for help sending repair. have with electrical interference dots or you problems lines that (random show whenever the boat's or other is the cable engine accessory on), Assistance can often be extended o
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SPECIFICATIONS BASIC OPERATION 5¾"H x x 2%"D Dimensions 8°/16"W 1¾ pounds Weight the X-3 the When first turned on, automatically adjusts sensitivity, range, and chart to water and bottom conditions. In it can 192 kHz Transmitter speed according fact, will track the bottom and it at all be left in this mode and it times, display the as the bottom varies. The sensi- 600 watts to Power changing range depth peak peak typical automatically Output the bottom If 75 watts RMS will
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TROUBLESHOOTING If the unit works when or at low properly but loses the stopped speeds, bottom at the transducer could be signal high speed, installed. improperly Read the transducer installation SENSITM manual for the correct mounting BAR liii procedure. If the transducer is installed then electrical properly, interference could be the cause. Double check the the installation, and particularly power transducer cable Make certain that are from the routing. they away o
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IIIIIIIHIIIIUhIIHhII SURVEYING A LAKE iiiuii AUTO. The most successful on lake or reservoir are those who fish anglers any - AUTO WIiCi.E !I!fli!F it after and after until hot J learn the that N u N C IATO R day day year year they spots pro- AN duce fish discover and at consistently. They through experience where, what can to kind find the of fish want at sea- depth, they expect they any son. And realize that these areas the they productive \SURFACE, change throughout CLUTT
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A of the water various fish and in which knowledge temperatures prefer, LCHART p STOP I the most SLOW from X-3. To find the dif- FAST they usually remain, helps you get your RESUME 1 ferent a surface such as the temperatures, temperature meter, LDT-3000 is a valuable aid to This unit an your fishing. provides to the desired surface water CHART SPEED extremely quick response identifying for various When the X-3 is first turned the temperatures species. chart runs at a on,
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SURFACECLUTTER 101 I CLEJ The at the of the screen the surface of the water markings top represent CLEAR which can extend feet below the surface. This can interfere with many a that is not what can wait six seconds If wanted, you you you press key fish or other It's called Surface Clutter and is caused signals targets. by clear or and the X-3 will before another key automatically pressing air bubbles caused wave action or boat bait wakes, algae, plankton, by entered. the las
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SCALE there must be some Remember, movement between the boat and the fish There are ten scale markers on both sides of the X-3's to to the arch. printed this means at slow with display develop Usually trolling very speeds determine what the of a is. For if the the main in at a minimum help depth throttle target example, depth engine gear setting. is 0 to 60 then each mark is to six feet. If range feet, the equal target as a was next to the 5th then it is 30 feet lines The of
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3-1 -LOWER LIMIT. the from 0 to 31 to set feet, For range press FISH SIGNALS example, various on the X-3 fish can be identified The signals displayed by by in certain as to random marks shaped markings patterns, opposed created or the continuous made the bottom. by noise, solid, markings by Individual fish at be a characteristic arch that can, times, distinguished by for this is them from their The reason separates stationary surroundings. below. The distance to a fish when it
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Set to 16 to Example: range 31 feet Press: - 1-6-UPPER LIMIT then The 3-1 20 transducer is almost the degree best to use in fresh always water, LOWER LIMIt while the 8 is used in salt water In a degree mostly water environ- deep feet—fresh ment, 100 feet—salt (300 water, the narrow cone water) angle is more desirable because it can to much penetrate since deeper depths the sound is concentrated in a smaller area. energy Both the 8 and the 20 degree transducers accurat
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TRANSDUCERS AND CONE ANGLE The sound waves from the transducr down ihto the water in a cone go much like the beam frOm a The betWeen shaped beam, flashlight angle the of outside the cone is called the cone edges angle. Lowrance offers a choice of transducers with either an 8 or 20 degree cone that will with of the 192 kHz sonar angle interchange any! products. In other Lowrance sonar instrument can be used with words, any any Lowrance transducer of the same without of frequency
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To turn the or back on AUTO SENSITIVITY off, 2nd-5. digital display again, press Whenever the X-3 is in the it will the sensi- mode, auto-sensitivity adjust of the unit to three above the minimum to the tivity steps required pick up bottom are 32 of signal. (There steps sensitivity available.) N OTE Even if the numbers are not on the the The be while the X-3 is in digital being displayed screen, the sensitivity may adjusted auto-sensitivity sonar will still continue to functi
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CHART ALARM AUTO RANGE WITH ZOOM BOTTOM TRACK The chart alarm can be of as a fish alarm. It wil sound whenever An Auto feature is AUTO RANGE with ZOOM BOTTOM thought optional Range an echo is detected as a or a school of inside its window. TRACK. When the X-3 is in the fish, it a lower limit (such fish) auto-range mode, picks that will the bottom in the lower 4/5 of the screen. The range keep signal To set the chart the SELECT on the alarm section of the limit is set to unless h
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If the chart alarm is set off a fish or the the alarm will sound by bottom, and the ALARM can be seen at the bottom of the display 16 FT/FA/M L lithe is the chart alarm need to be range changed, may changed also, it since and does not track operates independently range sethngs. FEET-FATHOMS- METERS The X-3 can the in either or meters. When it display depth feet, fathoms, is first turned the reads in feet To it to fathoms or on, display change 2nd-6. The letters 'ft' will b
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iuuammm•iuu FASTRAK r71 J FASTRAK or other the X-3 to the fish, trees, DEEP The FASTRAK causes bottom, display SHALLOW ALARM — into the bottom will be converted short, ALARM— echoes straight including signal SET SET a.. —SE; moves shallow or the bottom or other echoes horizontal lines. As deeper, or fall This the lines will rise quick, precise depth accordingly. gives at a ""WI: information glance. p are will auto and functions on, If the auto digital they sensitivit
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19 ADVANCED LIGHT OPERATION LIGHT A is for of the X-3 at light provided When the unit is first operation night. turned the will flash for 6 seconds. Press the on, lights 2nd-9 and keys HI 14) the will on. To turn the lights stay off, the 2nd-9 The HIGH SPEED SCROLL lights press keys. will also off when the X-3 is turned off. If lights go there is much noise on the or when at screen, travelling high speeds, the Scroll mode be effective in such High Speed may as showing
