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depth and distance to the left or right.
The LiveVü Down display can also include a separate window
displaying a conventional screen-history view that shows the
bottom contour, weeds and other structure in greater detail.
Panoptix also includes RealVü 3D Forward and Down modes,
which present realistic 3D views of a wide “map” of bottom
contours ahead of, under, to either side of and behind the boat,
along with the depths of detected fish and baitfish and their
distance from the transducer.
The display can be oriented to a birds-eye view from above or
a submerged side view, letting you choose the look that’s easiest
for you to interpret.
RealVü 3D Forward mode digitally scans 30 degrees left and
right ahead of the boat, presenting a 60-degree-wide picture of
the water you are approaching. The Panoptix transducer doesn’t
physically move back and forth 60 degrees; it contains a series
of elements arranged in sort of a fan pattern (called a phased
array), and it fires the elements consecutively from one end ofthe “fan” to the other and back.
You can see bottom contour detail in shaded 3D, and you can
see fish and baitfish ahead.
A series of degree lines can show you how many degrees to
port or starboard each target lies. And you can control how
quickly the forward area is scanned to provide more or less
detail making it easier to identify where the fish really are.
Panoptix makes full use of its color display. Screen pictures can
have a black, blue or white background, and a vertical on-screen
color bar synchronizes certain colors with certain depths. This
allows you to look at a spot on the bottom or at a suspended
fish and tell its depth by its color rather than having to look at a
screen cluttered with a confusing web of wire-frame depth lines
and trying to associate the fish with the closest line and then
tracing that line to an on-screen depth scale.
RealVü Down mode constantly scans a 60-degree wide (side-
to-side) area from ahead of your boat to behind it. It shows the
bottom in the same kind of color-shaded 3D contour used by
the Forward mode, and it uses
the same vertical color bar
depth indication system.
The depth of suspended fish
and baitfish, and their direc-
tion and distance from the
boat are clearly shown.
Since the digital scanning
is near real-time and not
dependent on boat movement
forming a screen history, both
the LiveVü and RealVü 3D
Forward and Down modes
work perfectly while the boat is
stationary.
Both the Forward and
Down system transducers are
even equipped with internal
Attitude Heading Reference
System sensors that constantly
adjust the sonar beams to
compensate for boat motion.
You can sit there, cast a lure
and watch it fall, and see the
fish reject it and move away
or follow it and even grab it as
you retrieve it back to the boat.
Panoptix-compatible prod-
ucts include Garmin’s 741/721,
1000/800, 7600 and 8000
series units, and the Forward
and Down transducers are
expected to be available in the
spring of 2015 at a suggested
retail price of $1,499.99 each.
The Forward transducer is
available with both an included
trolling motor mounting kit
and a transom mounting kit.
The Down transducer comes
with a transom mounting kit.
Visit http://www.garmin.com/pan-
optix for more information. ■1208 Old Fannin Road
Brandon, MS 39047
601-919-0919
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