1.DeeperSmartSonarcanhelpyoudeterminewhetherthebottomishardorsoft.Whenthe
sonarsoundwavesarereflectedbackbythebottom,hardbottomreturnsastrongersignal
thanasoftbottom.Onyoursmartphoneortabletscreensonarreturnsaredisplayedas:
orange(hardest),brown(medium)andblack(smoothest).
2.Thebottomofthewaterwillalwaysreflectthestrongestsignal,thereforeitwillhavethemost
intensivecolor.Thebottomisthecontinuous,intenselycoloredlinerunningacrossthebottom
ofthescreen.
3.Highsonarsensitivitywithoursoftwarealgorithmsallowustodetermineweedbeds,
vegetation.Thesereturnswillbeshowningreencolor.
4.Alongthetopofthescreen,youwillseeabluecolorwatersurfacelinewithagroupingof
intensecolors.Thisareaissurfaceclutter,whichcanbecausedbywavesoranyothersonar
interferenceatthesurfaceofthewater.
5.DeeperSmartSonarincludesthelatesttechnologyininterpretingbottomsignals.Itcanscan
throughfish,structuresandthermoclines.Largeschoolsoffishordensestructuresclosetothe
bottomcanaffectwaterdepthreturnreadings.
6.TheFishiconoptionallowstofindfishbyviewingtheactualsonardataoracombinationofa
fishsymbolandactualsonardata.Simulatedfishiconsaredisplayedinthreedifferentsizes.
Theclassificationoffishdependsonmanyvariables,theweightoffishisjustoneofthem,thus
theiconscannotalwaysidentifyaccuratefishsize.Therefore,ifyouprefertoseetheactual
sizeoffish,choose“DetailedSmartImaging”anduntick“FishIcons”.Inthatcase,youcansee
quiteaccuratefishsize,howeveritismoredifficulttoidentifythem.
7.TheunitwillclearlyshowschoolsofBaitFishascloudsofdifferentshapesandsizes,
dependingonthenumberoffishandboatspeed.
8.Whenthesonarsoundwavesarereflectedbackbythebottom,ahardbottomreturnsa
strongersignalthanasoftbottom.Youmayalsoseeasecondsonarreturnwhenthesonar
signalbouncesbetweenthebottomandthesurfaceofthewaterandbackagain.Hard
bottomswillshowastrongsecondreturn,whilesoftbottomswillshowaveryweakoneor
noneatall.
9.Sensitivitycontrolshowmuchdetailisshownonthedisplayofyoursmartphoneortabletand
willadjustthesensitivityofallsonarfrequencies.Increasingthesensitivityshowsmoresonar
returnsfromsmallbaitfishandsuspendeddebrisinthewater.Whenoperatinginveryclear
waterorgreaterdepths,increasedsensitivityshowsweakerreturnsthatmaybeofinterest.
Decreasingthesensitivityeliminatestheclutterfromthedisplaythatissometimespresentin
muddywater.IfSensitivityisadjustedtoolow,thesmartphonedisplaymaynotshowmany
sonarreturnsthatcouldbefish.