I recently acquired a 997. The person I got it from told me the GPS feature would not work. The price was great "free". On the box there is a sticker with a date and if my memory is correct it says the warranty expired 2008. I realize this unit is about 3 generations old because they change and update them every couple of years. The unit has a Navionics Platinum East card with 1 ft contours, a side image transducer that is about 1 year old and a brand new GPS antenna as well as the old GPS antenna.
I would like to get all of the features working but if I can't then so be it. I will just mount it for side imaging. I have about 1001 questions. I am old school and had rather talk to a real person. If someone is willing to PM me a phone number with a best to call time that is willing to let me talk their ear off I would gladly appreciate it. If not then I understand and I will just post my questions.