Important reminders:

- It takes about 2 hours to fully charge your FishHunter sonar.

- Your fishfinder body does not operate in air; it only works when it is placed on the water surface. Please deploy it in water before you begin the following Bluetooth connection process.

- Your fishfinder connects to your mobile device using Bluetooth connection. The fishfinder broadcasts a signal that your phone will pick up and connect with.

Step 1:Ensure your fishfinder is fully charged by following the charging instructions above.

Step 2: Place your sonar into water.  You will see that the sonar’s red lights are blinking fast and eventually stay lit to indicate that the sonar is “waking up.” If the red light is not on, the sonar is OFF. Step 3: Open the FishHunter app. If this is the first time you have opened the app, you will need to login. Please login. If you have already logged in, then please go to the bottom menu and select sonar by pressing on the fish icon labeled “Sonar”

Step 4: Select the “PAIR FISHHUNTER” option. Please note that the app may prompt you to turn on your Bluetooth. You should do so before you continue this process.

Step 5: The app will scan for available FishHunter fishfinders within blue tooth range. This step may have to be repeated a few times depending on your phone or tablet.

Once your phone finds the FishHunter, it will populate the app with the device name and number.  Select your FishHunter hardware by pressing on the screen where you see the name listed. After the pairing is complete your FishHunter will appear on the “PAIR SONARS” list.

Step 6: Click on your fishfinder name and our app will open the “SONAR SETTINGS” screen. The “Sonar Settings” screen will allow you to change the settings to your preference.

Take a look at the pic below. The left most pad is dirty – it has a thin film of debris that’s dried up on its surface. The right-bottom pad is clean as you can tell by the shininess. The right-top pad started with the same thin film of debris but was partially cleaned, but not fully. In this situation, the fishfinder will not charge as it will not make good electrical contact with the charging base.

Once the left pad and right-top are fully cleaned (so that they’re SHINY like the bottom-right), the fishfinder will make good electrical contact and be chargeable.

This thin film is a result of salt and other elements in the water that end up drying and creating a thin crust on the pads when pulled out of the water if they are not cleaned with fresh water. Thus, it’s important to clean the fishfinder with FRESH water so that the bottom pads are SHINY. The sooner you clean it, the easier it is to clean. Once the crust dries, you have to apply some pressure to remove the crust.

When attaching the fishfinder to the charging base, if the charging light (white light) doesn’t glow, it means the pads are dirty and need to be cleaned.

SUMMARY

Left Pad: Dirty, needs to be cleaned with fresh water or a stainless steel cleaning solution
Right-Top Pad: Partially cleaned but still dirty, needs to be cleaned with fresh water or a stainless steel cleaning solution
Right-Bottom Pad: Clean

Below you can see the 3 states of dirtiness (dirty, partially cleaned but still dirty, clean).



VIDEO: How To Charge Your Fishfinder

Here’s an example of a skin that’s not fitted properly. Notice that it’s not “flush mounted” at the top and could result in tearing when thrown in the water.

Prior to throwing into water, the user should properly “fit” the skin so that it’s flush mounted at the top. To “fit the skin”, the user should pull up from the bottom of the skin. See pic below.



Users should NOT pull from the top of the skin. Rather, they should “push up” from the bottom of the skin as seen above. The user should “push up” evenly so that the skin eventually gets “flush mounted” at the top. See pic below.



Once the Skin is flush mounted, it should fit like the above pic. At this point, there’s very little stress on the skin and it will not tear.