Garmin 300C fish symbols on/off?... What ?

[Mr FeLiX]

Morning, afternoon, whatever it is.. :ohmy:

Anywho, first things first. I have a Garmin 300C sounder unit on my 3.4Mtr Stessl, and whilst t's a great unit, I find that the 'fish symbols' seem to be bogus! I posted a similar question before, downloaded the manual, checked youtube etc and still can't figure out how to switch off the symbols and just have the traditional arches showing? :pinch:

Mind you, I really don't get along with technology... :blush:

If anyone could please point me in the right direction, I would be very grateful

Felix

[Jords]

Sonar Setup

To change the sonar settings:

From the Home screen, select Full Screen > MENU > Sonar Setup.

• Color Scheme—select White or Blue. This affects the background on sonar screens.

• Fish Symbols—sets how the sonar interprets suspended targets.

Suspended targets appear as

symbols with background information shown, making the distinction between fish and structure easier.

Suspended targets appear as

symbols with background information shown. The target depth of each symbol is also indicated.

Suspended targets appear as

symbols with no background information shown.

Suspended targets appear as

symbols with no background information shown. The target depth of each symbol is indicated.

Mate thats all I could find on it, which reads to me as you can't turn it of.... :S

Doesn't sound right to me, so I will keep looking for you

[woody1]

I have the same unit, and have turned the fish symbols off. I will have a look 2night or 2moro morning and do up some instructions for you

[woody1]

but from memory, you want to look for a menu option called alarms and it will be in there

[Mr FeLiX]

Big thanks to both of you, it's confusing the buggery out of me :S

[woody1]

ok, I just had a look at mine, here is how to turn them off

In the menu, scrool down to CONFIGURE

hit SELECT

ALARMS should already be hi-lighted

hit SELECT

scroll down to FISH

hit SELECT

scroll up to OFF

hit SELECT

now just hit menu a few times to get back to the main screen. That should get rid of those pesky fish and you can start actually reading the sonar properly. Try youtubing ' how to read fish finder' or something like that to get some good tips. Hope this helps

[fishingnut]

Well done woody!

[Gad]

Well done woody!

too easy wasn`t it