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kingy1978
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 Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 10:23 am Post subject: Lowrance not holding bottom, Help? |
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I have a Lowrance HDS10 with a 83/200 transducer on my boat the last few times I have been out the sounder really struggles to show the bottom and give me a depth reading ont the screen, the depth varies from 5-60 metres deep. When I slow to sounding speed about 5-10k's it still wont show me how deep it is? I'm really annoyed with this and want to get it rectified. I'm not Lowrance bashing here as it may just be my bad setup or I could I of stuffed something up in the settings? My transducer was installed for me on the little mounting plate on the back of my boat put there by the boat builder, I cant imagine it would be that mucking things up?
Anyway I was thinking of doing a 'return to factory settings' on it and seeing if that would help with the problem.
Any advice would be great thanks. |
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kingy1978
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| Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 10:24 am Post subject: |
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So for me to get any reading at all I virtually need to be stopped. And i see HDS uses doing 30 knots still showing the current depth and the bottom showing perfectly and their sounders. mmmmm  |
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John Buoy
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| Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 12:55 pm Post subject: Re: |
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| kingy1978 wrote: |
| So for me to get any reading at all I virtually need to be stopped. And i see HDS uses doing 30 knots still showing the current depth and the bottom showing perfectly and their sounders. mmmmm |
Go check your transducer is still in the horizotal position!
Regards frank 
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kingy1978
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| Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 12:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Its definetly horizontal. |
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John Buoy
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| Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 1:35 pm Post subject: Re: |
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| kingy1978 wrote: |
| Its definetly horizontal. |
Then it's probably fuuked !!
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lazyangler
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| Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 6:24 pm Post subject: |
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Chuck up some pics of your transducer set up.
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Rodtip
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| Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 9:43 am Post subject: |
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Another Lowrance problem ... Don't expect Lowrance to be much help. Fishnet needs a thumps down emoticon.
Sorry my post not much help I know....
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kingy1978
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| Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 5:03 pm Post subject: |
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| I'll post a pic up when I can |
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phourmouzis
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| Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 7:17 pm Post subject: |
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There is a new version coming out soon......
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kingy1978
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| Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 10:55 am Post subject: |
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| When you say ' version' do you mean a new software update? I know there has been a lot of issues with the version 4.0 update and I was thinking that this is what my problem is. My transducer is mounted on the factory mounting plate on the bottom of the transom and the boat, transducer and sounder are only one year old so I wouldn't imagine that it would be stuffed? |
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