Who said I had a bad transducer. Garmin engineers said mine was fine and images were normal.
Who said I had a bad transducer. Garmin engineers said mine was fine and images were normal.
I am not complaining. Everyone tells me the pics could be better. In certain area's I see a lot more a clearer pics. I am happy with my garmin and will never go back to the others. Just wish In could afford panoptix.
maybe i have you confused with someone else. didnt you have a 7600 series that had issues? lack of soft returns in the water column? thats why you went to raymarine right? all that has changed with the new GT52 transducer as it shows very good fish returns in the water column and over bottom.Originally Posted by MonteSS
keep in mind the gt20 is an old transducer as well. here is the gt20 vs the gt8
http://www.bbcboards.net/showthread.php?t=682507
Last edited by TroyBoy30; 03-02-2016 at 05:48 PM.
yes that not me. I think you have me confuse with someone else. I love my garmin.
He was talking about me. And yes that was me.
Garmins are fine. Just not the right unit for me. And I just noted in this post that I had the same poor Di and Si performance that they have with the TD I had at the time
Cool...i can respect that. You didn't have bad sidevue though did you? You said you just weren't happy with soft returns such as fish right? The gt50 and gt52 are tuned for hard returns...i.e. Structure. The new gt52 sacrifices a very very slight bit of detail on hard returns but greatly improves soft returns. It's a great addition to transducer choices. I'll have shots soon. Downvue could be better I agree but its better than the 1198 I had and I have no use for it anyway.
All of these units, no matter who the manufacturer is, have pluses and minuses. Everyone really has to do the research and decide what unit works best for them and the way they fish. If down imaging is the most important to you then the gen 3 or onix would likely be a better choice, but then you have to make sacrifices in other areas.
There are many examples of great screen shots out there. You did have a transducer replaced by garmin and never tried it correct?
Back on topic though the gt8 is a sleeper as well. It's the same element as the gt52 but chirp only with more sensitivity.
Last edited by TroyBoy30; 03-02-2016 at 06:13 PM.
Garmin customer service was very good and they sent me a new 7608 new gt50 and new tm150. I never tried them as I wanted to sell them as new and recoup some of my loses.
As said the techs looked at images and tested the transducers and said there was no probs.
I loved the 2d and thought the fish to the side on Si popped well. Si power/distance was impressive too
Troy is the GT8 and the GT 22 the same transducer? I know the 22 can do down vu chirp which the GT8 can't do.
understood. thanks for the explanation. Im hoping we see some downvue improvements soon. they def heard the complaints about not seeing fish returns on sidevue and I think the gt52 will make most happy
im not sure how many details I can share, but yes
the GT8HW is the same element as the GT22HW / 52HW but its chirp only and has more sensitivity
here are some gt8 2d shots
http://www.thehulltruth.com/marine-e...low-shots.html
Last edited by TroyBoy30; 03-03-2016 at 06:40 AM.
Why didn't the trees show a stronger return, is the DI cone that much wider than the sonars?
different coverage area of the 200khz 2d and the downvue
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