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Angling Technics Fulcrum Operation Instruction Manual

Angling Technics Fulcrum Operation Instruction Manual

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Angling Technics Limited
Thank you very much for purchasing the Fulcrum Navigator. Please spare a few minutes to familiarise
yourself with this system before you use it.
Overview
The Fulcrum Navigator is a satellite navigation system designed for baitboats of any manufacture.
As well as a number of other functions, it replaces physical marker buoys with an invisible electronic version.
It can store and retrieve up to seventy five electronic markers which can then be used to guide your baitboat
to a spot with high precision and ease – time and again, day and night on any water in the world.
The system comprises two parts, a boat transponder which contains the satellite receiver and a shore based
handset mounted LCD display. The boat transponder is usually powered directly by the boat and the display
by internal rechargeable NMH batteries.
The boat transponder uses satellites to find its location on earth and
sends this information to the shore based
calculates where the boat is, relative to the 'marker', and provides simple
distance and direction indications as to how to get to the marker. In
addition to this, the display indicates the voltage of the boat battery
together with an ability to warn you when the boat battery is getting low.
Another very useful feature on the display is an arrow indicating which
direction the boat is heading – obvious at fifty yards but not quite so easy
at two hundred in poor light.
Fitting
The transponder is designed to fit straight onto the Angling Technics standard baitboat or the Microcat which
provide its power supply via the gold connector (centre positive). The Safety Link fitted to the transponder
must be attached to somewhere on the boat. If you have another type of boat then you can use the
transponder power pack (available separately)
Instructions
The shore unit has been designed to
fit most of the current radio
transmitters from Futaba, Acoms and
Hitec. Simply remove the backing
from the two Velcro pads and place
them where the Z brackets align on
the back of the transmitter as shown
here. Ensure that the rubber patch
on the rear lower edge of the metal
housing of the shore unit lies against
the transmitter body. The shore unit
can then simply be attached or
removed as required.
unit.
The shore unit then

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Summary of Contents for Angling Technics Fulcrum

  • Page 1 Angling Technics Limited Instructions Thank you very much for purchasing the Fulcrum Navigator. Please spare a few minutes to familiarise yourself with this system before you use it. Overview The Fulcrum Navigator is a satellite navigation system designed for baitboats of any manufacture.
  • Page 2 Attach the shore unit to your transmitter in this way: The receiver is turned on and off using the switch on the left hand side of the unit. Controls Menu / Select Menu Up Menu Down Exit Display Distance to marker Marker number Boat direction pointer arrow Quality of current fix...
  • Page 3 Menus Here is the menu structure that can be accessed and navigated through using the four control buttons located on the right side of the shore unit. Where a title is highlighted this is where the next press of the select (top) button will take you.
  • Page 4: Operation

    All settings are stored in memory so that any changes you make will apply immediately and the next time you turn the unit on. Messages A number of messages accompanied by beeps may be displayed. Their meanings are as follows: There are no stored markers in memory and you are accessing the load marker menu.
  • Page 5 When the transponder is initially connected to the baitboat it will usually take about 40 seconds to obtain a fix. It can take longer under certain poor signal circumstances and locations. To store a marker in memory you simply press the select button ( ) three times in succession and go through the menu system - MENU >...
  • Page 6: Specification

    If you have the BOAT WARN enabled then the main display will flash the word ‘low’ over the boat battery voltage if the voltage goes below the trigger value. By default the unit is set to 11.7v for the Angling Technics standard baitboat or Microcat.