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    Mega 360

    I'm looking to add a M360 and a Helix 12 to my boat. I'm looking for a unit to just run the Mega as everything else on my boat is Lowrance. Any suggestions on a "budget friendly " unit? I don't need the top version.

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    You need at least a Helix unit that is third or forth generation Down Imaging+. The DI units are a lower cost than the SI units and to save even more, you can get one without a transducer (CHO).

    MEGA 360 does 360 or Side Imaging, but not at the same time. You would get no Depth/Temp/DI
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    Quote Originally Posted by dsgb View Post
    So it will work with a G3 now? Earlier you needed a G4 what has change?
    Nothing has changed from the original documentation on July 1, 2019 when the Helix G4 did not exist.

    Post #1339 here-----Humminbird 360 Imaging Information Resource - Page 67 (bbcboards.net)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wayne P. View Post
    Nothing has changed from the original documentation on July 1, 2019 when the Helix G4 did not exist.

    Post #1339 here-----Humminbird 360 Imaging Information Resource - Page 67 (bbcboards.net)
    So if I get a G4 with Down Imaging+ with the transducer only and add M360 its like I'm getting one with MSI with all the features Depth/Temp/DI/SI/360?

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    Quote Originally Posted by dsgb View Post
    So if I get a G4 with Down Imaging+ with the transducer only and add M360 its like I'm getting one with MSI with all the features Depth/Temp/DI/SI/360?
    360 and MEGA 360 are rotating Side Imaging transducers.
    It is impossible to use the SI piezos in a SI+ transducer connected to the same unit as the MEGA 360, it uses the same circuit locations in the unit receptacle.
    MEGA 360 REPLACES SI on a SI+ unit and ADDS SI to a DI+ unit.
    It does EITHER 360 OR Side Imaging, but not at the same time.


    This is Side Imaging from the MEGA 360:

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    But I will still have to get a DI transducer to Depth/Temp/DI right?

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    Quote Originally Posted by dsgb View Post
    But I will still have to get a DI transducer to Depth/Temp/DI right?

    Yes a Humminbird MEGA DI+ transducer or a Minnkota built-in MDI for a single unit.
    You can share those from another unit via Ethernet if you want, but will get cross-talk.
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