Maintenance and ServiceAqua Meter digital depthfinders are rugged, precision-built electronic. instruments. Under normal usage, theyare designed to provide years of service with little or nospecial care on your part. From time to time, wipe thecase with a cloth soaked in lukewarm water and a mildsoap or detergent. Unplug the transducer and powercables, wipe them carefully and inspect for corrosion ordamage to the insulation.Inspect the transducer periodically. This is best donewhen the boat is being hauled. If operating in salt water,a light, smooth coat of non-metallic anti-foulingtransducer paint may be applied with a rag or brush.(Lightly sand off and repaint before each followingseason.) A build-up of marine growth can well cause aloss of sensitivity, but surprisingly, a thin coating ofgrease, oil or just air bubbles is likely to cause greaterloss. This is why your transducer should always becleaned with detergent just before each and every timethat your boat is launched.With this treatment, your Aqua Meter transducer isdesigned to last for a great number of years. You mayhear that transducers "age," and this is true. However,your Aqua Meter transducer has been pre-aged so that ithas reached our critical stability acceptance level by thetime it left our factory. It therefore can be relied on formany years of reliable service, as long as it is notdamaged or abused.SUMMING UPYou don't have to be the least bit technically oriented touse your digital depth instrument effectively. For all itsadvanced circuitry and capabilities, your Aqua-Probe-regardless of the model-is exceptionally easy to operateand read. Above all, it is practical and versatile. It cantell you about the contour of the bottom; it can help youlocate the best fishing grounds. It can keep you fromrunning aground and damaging your boat and imperilingyour crew.Your Aqua-Probe can make your charts very much morevaluable. It can point out piloting errors; cancomplement other navigational aids; and can help youexplore harbors, rivers and lakes. It is available theinstant it's needed. It is as much at home on ocean-going sailboats, trawlers and large racing yachts as it ison bass boats and tournament fishing rigs. Only a well-compensated, high quality compass (Aqua Meter makesabout 25 models of them) is probably more essential ona boat.In the days of super bass boats, sophisticated oceanracers, enormously expensive deep sea sport fishermen,and Loran, Omega and Satellite navigation systems,your Aqua-Probe digital depth instrument more thanholds its own. It is obsolescence-proof. With properinstallation, minimum maintenance and care...and lots ofpractice... it will add much to your boating pleasure andsafety. Few owners understand how to use theirdepthfinder to anything like its full potential. We'vewritten this handbook in the hope that you, for one, willuse yours confidently and effectively.We wish you many seasons of good fishing and safe,happy boating.23
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