Page 3 - Table of Contents; Installation
i Table of Contents Introduction .................................................................................. 1Capabilities and Specifications .................................................... 1 Installation .................................................................................. ...
Page 5 - Introduction; Thank you for buying an Eagle; Capabilities and Specifications: TriFinder 2; General
1 Introduction Thank you for buying an Eagle sonar! Your unit is a high-quality so- nar designed for both professional and novice fishermen. All Eagle so-nars have an automatic mode that finds and displays the bottom, fish,underwater structure and more – right out of the box. All you have todo is ...
Page 6 - Transducer Installation; These instructions will help you install your BroadView
2 Sonar Frequency : ...................... 200 kHz. Transducer : .................... BV-WSX BroadView transducer offers fish detection area up to 150º with high sensitiv-ity settings. Operates at speeds up to 70 mph(61 kts.) Transmitter : ................... 1500 watts peak-to-peak power (typical...
Page 8 - Good and poor transducer locations.; How low should you go?; Align transducer centerline with hull bottom.
4 4. If possible, route the transducer cable away from other wiring on the boat. Electrical noise from engine wiring, bilge pumps and aeratorscan be displayed on the sonar's screen. Use caution when routing thetransducer cable around these wires. Good and poor transducer locations. How low should yo...
Page 9 - Align plastic ratchets in bracket.; Aligning the transducer on the transom.
5 If you cruise or fish around lots of structure and cover, your transducermay be frequently kicking up from object strikes. If you wish, you maymove the transducer a little higher for more protection. There are two extremes you should avoid. Never let the edge of themounting bracket extend below th...
Page 10 - Insert bolt and check transducer position on transom.; Once you determine the correct posi-; Assemble transducer and bracket.; Hold the transducer and bracket assem-
6 Insert bolt and check transducer position on transom. 3. Assembling the transducer. Once you determine the correct posi- tion for the ratchets, assemble the transducer as shown in the fol-lowing figure. Don't tighten the lock nut at this time. Assemble transducer and bracket. 4. Drilling mounting ...
Page 11 - Remove the transducer from; seen from above at right.; Transom
7 Position transducer mount on transom and mark mounting holes. Side view shown at left and seen from above at right. 5. Attaching transducer to transom. Remove the transducer from the bracket and re-assemble it with the cable passing through thebracket over the bolt as shown in the following figure...
Page 13 - TRANSDUCER ORIENTATION AND FISH ARCHES
9 Attach motor mounting bracket to transducer. 2. Slide the adjustable strap supplied with the TMB-S through the slot in the transducer bracket and wrap it around the trolling motor. Po-sition the transducer to aim straight down when the motor is in thewater. Tighten the strap securely. 3. Route the...
Page 14 - Transducer angles and their effects on fish arches.; Speed/Temperature Sensors
10 Transducer angles and their effects on fish arches. If the arch slopes up – but not back down – then the front of the trans-ducer is too high and needs to be lowered. If only the back half of thearch is printed, then the nose of the transducer is angled too far downand needs to be raised. NOTE: P...
Page 17 - POWER CONNECTIONS
13 If the base of the transom has a radius, fill the gap between the tran-som and the sensor with the caulking compound. This will help ensurea smooth water flow. Stern view showing good location for mounting sensor on transom. Speed sensor mounting configuration: side view (left) and rear view (rig...
Page 18 - Power connections for TriFinder 2.; as close to the power source as possible.
14 Power connections for TriFinder 2. If possible, keep the power cable away from other boat wiring, espe-cially the engine's wires. This will provide the best isolation from elec-trical noise. If the cable is not long enough, splice #18 gauge wire ontoit. The power cable has two wires, red and blac...
Page 19 - Bracket Installation; Top; Template; ALWAYS VERIFY DIMENSIONS
15 In-dash mounting template for TriFinder 2, showing dimensions. NOTE: The figure above is not printed to scale. A scaled template is available for free download from our web site, www.eaglesonar.com. If you use the supplied gimbal bracket, you may be interested in theoptional GBSA-1 swivel bracket...
Page 20 - Finder sonar unit when mounted on gimbal bracket.; After drilling the hole, pass the transducer connector
16 Front view (left) and side view (right) showing dimensions of the Tri- Finder sonar unit when mounted on gimbal bracket. Drill a 1-inch (25.4 mm) hole in the dash for the power and transducercables. The best location for this hole is immediately under the gimbalbracket location. This way, the bra...
Page 21 - Portable Sonar Installation; Install batteries in power case battery adapter.
17 of the bracket base firmly against the cables, thus pinning them in placeagainst the side of the hole. Finally, fasten the bracket to the dash. Attach the unit to the gimbal bracket using the supplied gimbal knobsand washers. Slide the rubber washers onto the gimbal knobs thenloosely screw the kn...
Page 22 - not; Operation; KEYBOARD BASICS; Eagle TriFinder 2 Sonar, front view, showing screen and keyboard.; PWR
18 NOTE: Though the PPP-10 will give you the liberty of a portable sonarunit, the portable transducer that comes with it is not a Broad- View transducer. While using the portable transducer you will not get the extra sonar information necessary to use TargetTrack. Operation KEYBOARD BASICS The uni...
Page 23 - This screen shows a typical menu, the Scroll Speed menu.
19 2. MENU UP (menu up)3. MENU DOWN (menu down) These keys appears in the manual text as MENU UP or MENU DOWN . (In some units, the keys may appear as MENU FWD or MENU REV , respec- tively.) Most of the time, the instructions require you to press eithermenu key, so the text simply uses the word MENU...
Page 25 - Chart menu. Chart is running or scrolling normally at left.; SCREEN DISPLAY MODES or PAGES; The Page menu lets you select from three display modes, or pages.; To switch from one page to another page, press; UP ARROW
21 Chart menu. Chart is running or scrolling normally at left. Chart is stopped at right, and "Stopped" warning message appears. SCREEN DISPLAY MODES or PAGES The TriFinder 2 has three screen display modes, or "Pages:" Full Chartpage, Split Chart page and Large Digital page. The Page...
Page 26 - Full Chart page, showing digital depth at top and speed at bottom.; SPLIT CHART; Split Chart page with normal view at right zoomed view at left.
22 Depth scales on the right side of the screen makes it easy to determinethe depth of fish, structure, and other targets. The line at the top of thescreen represents the surface. The bottom depth (as determined by thedigital sonar) shows in the upper left corner. If an optional speed ortemperature ...
Page 27 - menu appears. Use the arrow
23 NOTE: Temperature, speed, and distance require optional temperature orspeed sensors. Large Digital page. RANGE When turned on for the first time, the unit automatically adjusts thedepth range according to water conditions. It always keeps the bottomdisplayed in the lower portion of the screen. Yo...
Page 28 - Zoom screen, showing Zoom menu and the 2X zoom; MENU
24 ZOOM The zoom feature enlarges all echoes on the screen. The 2X zoom doublesthe size of the echoes on the display; the 4x zoom quadruples the echo size. To zoom the display, first press the MENU key until the Z OOM menu ap- pears. Use the arrow keys to select either 2X or 4X zoom, then press PWR ...
Page 29 - In 34 feet of water, with the Range set manually at 60 feet, the unit; SENSITIVITY
25 ter column from 13 feet to about 39 feet, with 25 feet still in themiddle of the screen. Important Tip: Your unit has the handy ability to quickly zoom in on any portion ofthe water column with just the touch of an arrow key. The ZoomPan feature lets you rapidly move the zoomed area up and down t...
Page 31 - UP
27 100 percent, but the unit will limit your minimum setting. This prevents you from turning sensitivity down too low to allow automatic bottomtracking. When you change the setting with auto turned on, the unit willcontinue to track the bottom and make minor adjustments to the sensi-tivity level, wi...
Page 32 - DOWN ARROW; Thin or no Grayline
28 NOTE: If you want to change the sensitivity in Manual Mode, first turn offAuto Sensitivity: press MENU until the S ENSITIVITY A UTOMATIC /M ANUAL menu appears. Press DOWN ARROW to select M ANUAL , then press PWR to clear the menu. To adjust the sensitivity, follow the same steps used foradjusting...
Page 33 - menu with the feature turned on.; only
29 Press UP ARROW to increase the level or press DOWN ARROW to de- crease it. The percentage of Grayline in use shows in this menu. Echoesscrolling onto the screen will also show the effects of the Graylinechange. If you reach the maximum or minimum level, a tone soundsalerting you to the limits. Pr...
Page 34 - FISHTRACKTM; Fish ID menu and symbol with FishTrack on. The fish is 44 feet deep.
30 You may see Fish I.D. symbols on the screen when actually, there areno fish. The reverse is also true — Fish I.D. can actually miss fish thatare present. Does that mean Fish I.D. is broken? No — the feature is simply inter-preting sonar returns in a specific way to help take some of the workout o...
Page 35 - TARGETTRACK
31 TARGETTRACK The TriFinder 2 has the unique ability to "see" targets not only straightdown, but also to the right and left, thanks to the BroadView™ trans-ducer. The TargetTrack feature shows you if the target is to the left, right or straight down. The BroadView transducer has three e...
Page 36 - Target Track option in Fish ID menu.; FISHREVEAL; At left FishReveal menu screen. The feature is off and screen is in
32 Target Track option in Fish ID menu. FISHREVEAL When displaying actual sonar returns, the FishReveal feature helps show fish targets hidden by surface clutter, thermoclines, weed bedsand other cover with 10 levels of gray tones. Normal operation (with FishReveal turned off) shows the weakest ...
Page 37 - MENU DOWN; CHART SCROLL SPEED and HYPERSCROLL
33 In Inverted FishReveal mode, the weakest echoes are black and thestrongest echoes are white. Again, echoes in between vary in gray inproportion to their signal strength. In all modes, the Grayline controldetermines the range for black to white. At left, standard FishReveal mode. Right, Inverted F...
Page 38 - Speed menu, with unit set to HyperScroll mode.
34 sonar signal cone, the image appears on the screen as a long line in-stead of a fish arch. Reducing the chart speed may result in a shorterline that more closely resembles a regular fish return. At right, Scroll Speed menu at default 60 percent setting. At left, Scroll Speed menu, with unit set t...
Page 39 - ALARMS; The sonar unit has two different types of alarms, fish and depth.
35 over the face of the transducer, even vibration from the engine. In allcases, noise can produce unwanted marks on the display. The ASP noise rejection feature is especially useful because it typicallylets you operate the boat at all speeds without adjusting the sensitivityor other controls. Noise...
Page 40 - Depth Alarms
36 To turn off the fish alarm without turning off fish symbols, press MENU DOWN until F ISH A LARM appears. Press DOWN ARROW to select O FF , then press PWR to clear the menu. Repeat the above steps to turn the alarm back on, but press UP ARROW to select O N before clearing the menu. Fish Alarm menu...
Page 41 - Deep Alarm
37 DOWN ARROW to decrease it. The number in the shallow alarm’s menu box shows the current shallow alarm setting. When the number reachesthe desired setting, press PWR to clear the menu. When the bottom depth goes shallower than the alarm’s setting, an alarm tone soundsand a message box appears on t...
Page 42 - SYSTEM SETUP
38 SYSTEM SETUP To customize the display, press MENU DOWN until the S YSTEM S ETUP menu appears, then press UP ARROW . The display contrast, units of measure, temperature, and system information screens are all underthis menu. The Contrast menu appears first. Press the MENU UP or MENU DOWN keys to c...
Page 43 - DISPLAY CONTRAST; Display Contrast menu.; DEPTH UNITS OF MEASURE; Depth menu controls the unit of measure used to show depth.
39 DISPLAY CONTRAST The unit’s display contrast is adjustable to suit different lighting condi-tions. This will help you see the screen from different angles or at vari-ous times of the day. The default setting is 50 percent. To adjust the contrast, press MENU DOWN until the S YSTEM menu ap- pears, ...
Page 44 - TEMPERATURE UNITS OF MEASURE; Temperature unit of measure menu.; SPEED and DISTANCE LOG UNITS OF MEASURE
40 TEMPERATURE UNITS OF MEASURE This unit can show the temperature (if a temperature sensor is attached)in degrees Fahrenheit or Celsius. To change the unit of measure, press MENU DOWN until the S YSTEM menu appears. Press UP ARROW , then press MENU until the T EMPERATURE menu appears. Use the arrow...
Page 45 - RESET DISTANCE LOG; Preset Unit menu resets all options to the factory settings.
41 RESET DISTANCE LOG You can reset the distance log to zero with this command. Press MENU DOWN until S YSTEM appears, then press UP ARROW . Press MENU until the R ESET L OG menu appears. Press UP ARROW and the log returns to zero. Press PWR to clear the menu. Reset Log menu. PRESET UNIT (reset all ...
Page 46 - SYSTEM INFO; SIMULATOR
42 SYSTEM INFO To show the operating software system information, press MENU DOWN until the S YSTEM menu appears, then press UP ARROW . Press MENU DOWN until the S YSTEM I NFO screen appears. Press PWR to clear the screen. System Info screen. SIMULATOR This unit has a built-in simulator that shows a...
Page 47 - menu appears. Press
43 NOTE: If you turn on your unit before attaching a transducer, it may enter ademo mode. The words "demo mode" flash on the bottom of thescreen and a sonar chart plays much like the Simulator feature. Un-like the simulator, the demo mode is for demonstration only, and willautomatically stop...
Page 49 - Menus for changing digital number size.; SCALES; the upper and lower limits (zero and 60 in this case) are displayed
45 Menus for changing digital number size. To change any of these options, press MENU DOWN until C HART S ETUP appears, then press UP ARROW . Use the MENU keys to cycle through the list and display the desired menu, then use the ARROW keys to select the desired number size or turn the numbers off. P...
Page 50 - Troubleshooting; Unit operates only in demo mode:
46 Troubleshooting If your unit is not working, or if you need technical help, please use thefollowing troubleshooting section before contacting the factory customerservice department. It may save you the trouble of returning your unitfor repair. For contact information, refer to the last page, just...
Page 52 - NOISE
48 NOISE A major cause of sonar problems is electrical noise. This usually ap-pears on the sonar's display as random patterns of dots or lines. In se-vere cases, it can completely cover the screen with black dots, or causethe unit operate erratically, or not at all. To eliminate or minimize the effe...
Page 53 - EAGLE ELECTRONICS
49 EAGLE ELECTRONICS FULL ONE-YEAR WARRANTY "We," "our," or "us" refers to EAGLE ELECTRONICS, a division of LEI, the manufacturerof this product. "You" or "your" refers to the first person who purchases this product as aconsumer item for personal, family, or h...
Page 54 - How to Obtain Service...; ...outside Canada and the USA:; and click on
50 How to Obtain Service… …in the USA: We back your investment in quality products with quick, expert serviceand genuine Eagle replacement parts. If you're in the United Statesand you have technical, return or repair questions, please contact theFactory Customer Service Department. Before any produc...
Page 55 - To locate an Eagle dealer near you, visit the web site,; Dealer Locator; telephone directory for listings.; Shipping Information; product was packed in.
Accessory Ordering Informationfor all countries To order Eagle accessories such as power cables or transducers,please contact: 1) Your local marine dealer or consumer electronics store. Most quality dealers that handle marine electronic equipment or other consumerelectronics should be able to assist...
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