dyeguy1212 said:I never thought about that with side scan. Seems like if it were an issue, there would be a lot of people complaining about it, and/or humminbird warning people.
I'd at least give it a try before I dropped the money on one..
BaitCaster said:dyeguy1212 said:I never thought about that with side scan. Seems like if it were an issue, there would be a lot of people complaining about it, and/or humminbird warning people.
I'd at least give it a try before I dropped the money on one..
It is something that Humminbird mentions in the transducer installation instructions and others have run into problems. I can always just trim my motor up when scanning, but I it's a pain reaching back over the transom and changing the trim (power trim would be nice!). I'm going to try it out before making any decisions.
Bugpac said:It shoots a cone, youll never see the motor. My fishing pal frank has one and its never ever been an issue.
fender66 said:So...which unit did you get?
I got the 798ci HD SI Combo for the back of the boat and 597ci HD DI Combo for the front. I like them pretty much so far. Although I've only had it on the water once......heading out again this weekend for a 2 day tournament and hoping they help put me on the fish.
fender66 said:I think you're going to like it. Seems to be a great unit so far. Will take a while to learn it ALL to our advantages though. I have a ways to go yet.
fender66 said:I have been finding a problem with the depth readings I'm getting with this unit. They worked fine the first time I took it out, but have not since. They are jumping around a lot and not matching my other unit. There is a software update that you can download that is supposed to fix some of this problem. You should be running version 5.470. You will see the version on your unit when you fire it up. There are a couple other things that you can change in the settings. I'll not get into those until I see if they all work. I just got off the phone with support for the second time this week. They have been very nice, and sounds like they are very willing to send me a different transducer but my transducer is on back order until the 15th. If you have any specific questions....PM me and I'll try to explain what I've learned so far.
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