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.
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.
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
Wayne Purdum
Charlottesville, Va.
Helix 12 CHIRP MEGA+ SI G3N/G4N, Helix 15 CHIRP MEGA SI+ GPS G4N
SOLIX 12 SI/G3, Helix 8 CHIRP MEGA SI+ G4N, Ultrex 80/LINK, MEGA360,
MEGA LIVE, LIVE TL
Nothing has changed from the original documentation on July 1, 2019 when the Helix G4 did not exist.
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Wayne Purdum
Charlottesville, Va.
Helix 12 CHIRP MEGA+ SI G3N/G4N, Helix 15 CHIRP MEGA SI+ GPS G4N
SOLIX 12 SI/G3, Helix 8 CHIRP MEGA SI+ G4N, Ultrex 80/LINK, MEGA360,
MEGA LIVE, LIVE TL
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:
Wayne Purdum
Charlottesville, Va.
Helix 12 CHIRP MEGA+ SI G3N/G4N, Helix 15 CHIRP MEGA SI+ GPS G4N
SOLIX 12 SI/G3, Helix 8 CHIRP MEGA SI+ G4N, Ultrex 80/LINK, MEGA360,
MEGA LIVE, LIVE TL
But I will still have to get a DI transducer to Depth/Temp/DI right?
Wayne Purdum
Charlottesville, Va.
Helix 12 CHIRP MEGA+ SI G3N/G4N, Helix 15 CHIRP MEGA SI+ GPS G4N
SOLIX 12 SI/G3, Helix 8 CHIRP MEGA SI+ G4N, Ultrex 80/LINK, MEGA360,
MEGA LIVE, LIVE TL