Is my 360 broke?

[crashxx]

Is my 360 broke or do I have my settings wrong? I've had this for a couple of years and have never really been able to understand the images. Any guidance is greatly appreciated!

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[Wayne P.]

That is cross-talk from another MEGA Imaging source. Eliminate that source.

[Wayne P.]

This is a severe example with two 360's cross-talking:

[crashxx]

Ok, my 360 is not MEGA, but I guess I'd still get the cross talk if I had my side imaging on 455?

[crashxx]

Another question, if I put my unit at the helm on stand by, does that stop the sonar?

[Wayne P.]

Ok, my 360 is not MEGA, but I guess I'd still get the cross talk if I had my side imaging on 455?

That screen shot is with a 360/455 kHz cross-talking with another 360/455 kHz. You can tell it is cross-talk by the blurred wide lines.

[Wayne P.]

Another question, if I put my unit at the helm on stand by, does that stop the sonar?

Standby turns sonar off, and backlighting off. GPS still functions (don't loose the tracking).

[crashxx]

Ok, thank you Wayne!

[actrojan11]

Where would the cross talk be coming from? DI on ultrex? Ducer on transom? How do you eliminate?

[Wayne P.]

Where would the cross talk be coming from? DI on ultrex? Ducer on transom? How do you eliminate?

Wherever another 455 kHz frequency is generated.
SOLIX and Helix units have a setting to turn off DI and SI when a 360 view is selected so they don't cross-talk with the transducer on the trolling motor.

If it is from a transom transducer either turn the console unit off, set it to Standby or share sonar data from the bow unit to the console unit so it isn't pinging its transducer.