Lowrance Elite hdi 7

[Wolly Bugger]

No idea

[Wolly Bugger]

This would happen at anchor in 15 metres of water then pass, or when I was scanning the bottom. Thought it was seaweed caught on the transducer, but it wasn't. Dam annoying.

Played with the settings, but nothing seemed to fix the issue.

So I updated the software in the unit.

[Wolly Bugger]

LOWRANCE setup

Manual mode (auto is turned off)
Fishing mode General fishing

Auto Sensitivity off (Sensitivity is manually adjusted)
Depth Range; I left on auto
Frequency is 83 Hz
Ping Speed set at Fastest

Sonar Options


Noise Rejection is Low
Surface Clarity is off
Fish ID is off.

[skronkman]

I know a fella with the same unit and has had plenty of trouble with his doing similar. He turns it off and on again the problem goes away, till it happens again. He resolved his issue by buying a furuno. It's not a problem with your settings. If it's under warranty take it back with the above photo as proof of malfunction.

I have an hds5 that sometimes does weird things too and I resolve it with the off/on.

[cobby]

I wads lowrance fan... Was. Old man replaced a failing hds with a Garmin echomap and so far ***** all over the hds

[Wolly Bugger]

I know a fella with the same unit and has had plenty of trouble with his doing similar. He turns it off and on again the problem goes away, till it happens again. He resolved his issue by buying a furuno. It's not a problem with your settings. If it's under warranty take it back with the above photo as proof of malfunction.

I have an hds5 that sometimes does weird things too and I resolve it with the off/on.

I am looking at getting a Furuno, maybe next year. It is not under warranty as it came with the boat. Hopefully the soft ware upgrade works

[Brett]

If I didn't live on a hill, Id say to bring it round and I'll have a play with it. Firstly restore it to default and go from there.

[Tackleberry]

i would also be willing to bet that the compass don't work accurately mounted that close to the sounder

[Wolly Bugger]

If I didn't live on a hill, Id say to bring it round and I'll have a play with it. Firstly restore it to default and go from there.

Defaults were restored with the upgrade installation.

[Wolly Bugger]

Went into regal Marine and managed to get off to a good start by calling Dave, Moose anyway showed Dave the photo and told him what i had done, and he suggest putting into general fishing mode.

Cant wait to get back out there.