MPS -- try this to determine if it's a software problem. When your bottom disappears, use the Sonar Express menu to change the Bottom Range from Auto to a depth that is greater than the actual water...
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MPS -- try this to determine if it's a software problem. When your bottom disappears, use the Sonar Express menu to change the Bottom Range from Auto to a depth that is greater than the actual water...
This doesn't really answer the OP's question, but since Bob brought it up, I was always under the impression that sensitivity and other adjustments like surface clutter and noise rejection were for...
Has anyone confirmed that the Mega SI range of Gen3 is really double that of Gen2, i.e., 200 feet max per side versus 100 feet max? Wasn't that supposed to be the big improvement of Gen3 over Gen2? ...
So I figured out how to reproduce this problem, at least while on the water. You can simulate the temporary loss of bottom this way -- With your boat sitting over a nice hard bottom, just start...
If you can narrow down the circumstances where it seems to happen, please post, e.g. shallow water, rough water, high speed, etc.
Also, for anyone still interested, when using transducer mounting...
Don't bring Wayne into it. You are the only one cursing when your explanation isn't logical and you refuse to entertain a legitimate explanation such as a software problem. Thanks anyway for trying.
Honestly, I don't understand the insistence that I have a transducer problem in light of the fact that I get a perfect bottom echo on plane, even good enough to find structure using SI while going 25...
Yep, I started with the port-side seam of the TD about even with the hull, then started raising it bit by bit from there. Supposedly, when you use a transducer mounting block like I did, you need to...
Assuming I'm following your description correctly, that's how mine is. It looks like this and gets a perfect signal at my 40 mph top speed on smooth water. The port side of the TD is just a little...
Just to be clear, my Y cable is not the "imaging vs skimmer" Y cable; it's an SI splitter Y cable so I get port side SI from the port TD and starboard SI from the starboard side. The Y cable takes...
You have to remember that mine is a Gen 1 unit with the smaller XHS 9 HDSI 180 T transducer. Before Gen 2, there was no talk of needing to use a separate skimming transducer or in-hull. And if you...
Thanks for the suggestion, but on the Gen 1 Helix 10, I'm not sure that there is such an option. I think the depth is always derived from the 200 khz 2D signal.
I should also have thought to mention that I have two transducers to split my SI signal between port and starboard with a Y cable. As a troubleshooting method, I swapped connections at the Y cable...
I have played around with my transducer position to fine tune it to where side scan works perfectly on plane up to about 25 mph and 40 feet of water (see pic of ledge found while on plane.) When the...
I used to think so, and I would stop and look for weeds on the transducer and check that it wasn't loose. Often the depth reading would come back during that time, but not always. I began to realize...
Yes, I was on plane, lost my depth reading, then slowed down to get a good bottom echo and let the software recover the depth, but it doesn't. I realize it's different from the more publicized...
Yes, I keep Max Depth set to 180 feet on both units since I fish up to 150 feet and need to see the returns just under the bottom. The problem starts when there is a weak or intermittent bottom...
I should have mentioned that my issue is not the "shallow water" issue, but likely related. I fish offshore and this has happened to me in depths of 8 feet to 80 feet. It seems to happen when there...
This problem has been happening for maybe the last three software versions for my networked Helix 10 Gen1 SI and sonar units. The units will completely lose track of where the bottom is and show a...
Does anyone know where to find all the software update descriptions and release dates for the Gen1 Helix 10's? We only have some of them on this thread. For instance, I can't find the full version...
Got it. Thanks Wayne. I guess there might be a separate DI ping in all the Mega units as well, or maybe the DI element is pinged in tandem with another element that doesn't interfere with it. ...
I don't quite understand what Hummingird's "Dual Spectrum" means as opposed to the typical dual beam (83/200 khz.) When I look at Humminbird's website for a definition of Dual Spectrum, it's just...
Thanks Wayne, that seems to work! I used to have Sonar OFF before the update, and when I was restoring all my settings, it seemed like it wouldn't let me turn it off, or the maybe option didn't...
Another bug, originally introduced in version 1.64 and not fixed in version 1.83 on the Helix 10 Gen 1 and maybe others: In the sonar zoom view, you cannot turn off or control the RTS window. It...
Maybe this post will help anyone else with similar issues. My Helix 10 Gen 1 SI and sonar units (guessing this will also apply to Mega units) will track bottom perfectly to 40 mph in smooth water...
