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Chrisper4694 · #1 07-13-2016, 05:08 PM

maybe someone here has experienced this and has an easy solution...

my side imaging and down imaging are really blurry and pixelated. if i switch from regular sonar to side imaging the view it shows prior to me switching it looks fine, but immediately starts the crappy scanning and you can clearly see the difference. I took a picture of it to post. the red arrows i drew on there show the point when i switched the screen from regular sonar to side imaging.

I talked to humminbird already and they weren't much help but i'd like to avoid sending it in if possible. I'm going to try resetting to factory settings to see if that fixes it. The guy kept telling me maybe it was how i had it mounted but i've always had it the same way and i've only started experiencing this the last couple of trips.

ScowardNJ · #2 07-14-2016, 09:27 AM

Voltage issue? Maybe try connecting to an independent fully charged battery and see what happens? I sometimes get interference from other electric systems on the boat.

Mikey topaz · #3 07-14-2016, 11:46 AM

Thats a question for the greek, best bet send him a pm hes about to become a dad anyday now and super busy but he will def kno for sure

acabtp · #4 07-14-2016, 12:51 PM

settings might be called different in the bird, but ping speed is maxed out and scroll speed is set to normal?

Chrisper4694 · #5 07-14-2016, 01:36 PM

scroll speed is set higher than normal to match my speed (that's what i'm supposed to do as i understand it but idk) ping i'm not sure i'll have to check it.

It is hooked up to its' own personal battery not shared with anything else.

acabtp · #6 07-14-2016, 03:38 PM

yeah i'd try setting the scroll speed back to normal. it looks to me like it's just scrolling too fast and scrolling at 1x when you aren't viewing that screen.

Ken Lyons · #7 07-23-2016, 09:50 AM

Upon further review... The individual files from each trip show up and presumably can be downloaded but the merged uploads show the lake with no map at all. Lowrance says this is due to the problem with migrating from one system to another. The individual maps are really not extensive enough.

Chrisper4694 · #8 07-25-2016, 03:34 PM

Ok, so I ran the ff with the trolling motor off. Didn't help at all. But when I reduced the scroll speed it seemed to get a little clearer. I wonder if there is a chart that shows what the best boat speed/scroll speed is for side imaging.

It's 1-10 and 5 seemed to show a clearer scan at 3-3.5mph than 7 did, but it seems much slower than I'm moving.

NJSquatch · #9 07-26-2016, 01:37 PM

make sure jigging mode is turned off....jigging mode changes the transducer ping order and will mess up SI....

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Originally Posted by Chrisper4694

It's 1-10 and 5 seemed to show a clearer scan at 3-3.5mph than 7 did, but it seems much slower than I'm moving.

7 is way too fast....you want to match the scroll speed to your boat speed....the si images on my Helix 7 are only good when running <4 mph and having the scroll speed at 3 - 4....set the range to 40-60', sensitivity to 10 and contrast to 8-9..play with the contrast to get things to pop-out....if still not working lets take the unit out on my boat and test to see if its the unit or the transducer...

Chrisper4694 · #10 07-26-2016, 02:42 PM

see i thought 5 looked too slow as i was moving at 2.5-3 mph. so i guess that's the issue i want to go even slower scroll speed...kind of weird. i feel like i'm going over things faster than i'm seeing them.

it's also kind of sad that the tech guys as humminbird couldn't offer this to me as a possible solution

i think that's the issue though, thanks.