Wayne P.

You can't have too much information and a larger display is better with the imaging technology. I have a 16' boat with a 9.9 HP outboard and was set up this way when fishing Tuesday: I have another 10" unit also.

I caught this dink Tuesday at Briery Creek Lake with my avatar presentation. Caught 5 others similar in size.

A screen shot shows what the unit is showing, a camera doesn't. To take a screen shot, put a blank SD card in the unit (32 GB max). Turn on Snapshot in the unit accessory menu, and push the MARK button. The unit software version is shown in the SYSTEM STATUS view. Register the unit on the Humminbird website to create an account that Humminbird puts current unit software and HumminbirdPC computer software for waypoint management. You can do on you PC what you are trying to do with the unit.

If any fish are shallow when you are shallow, Humminbird Side Imaging will show them. It is designed to record sonar echoes. Fish will produce sonar echoes. If one has inadequate equipment for the task, then the results will be inadequate. Humminbird Side Imaging with 100' of coverage in less than 2' showing bass and a school of small shad in a creek channel on the right side: Humminbird Side Imaging with 200' of coverage in less than 4' showing a bass at the lower left side: Humminbird Side Imaging with 100' of coverage at 3' showing two bass checking out a spawning area: Humminbird Side Imaging with 80' of coverage in less than 2' looking for spawners along a dollar pad field:

BTW, does your unit have current operating software?

I see nothing unusual with the edit waypoint view, no letters are set to be changed. A block is put around the letter that can be changed. You have already edited that waypoint. I cannot tell what is going on in the group view. Take a screen shot with the unit, not with a camera.

Heading Sensor, casting rings, and waypoint overlay on 360---just say no to bouys.

Why were you creating a Group of waypoints when trying to edit a waypoint? That is two different things.

You are confused, PM sent

The unit will read the maps on any Navionics card. The card you mentioned is discontinued and has been for over six months, but some dealers may still have some. The Navionics+ Preloaded is the current version and is 16GB with all the Navionics Nautical Charts for the US and Canada already on it. If the Preloaded is all that is available and you don't want all that data, you can delete all on the card and only load what you want. That much data will slow the unit down for high speed travel--kayak is not an issue though. All the Navionics+ versions can have the Sonar Charts map layer added when updated.

Krazy Blade at Sandy River so far this year.

Known glitches are fixed via software updates. Your issue may or may not be software related.

The flat rate repair charge for that model $126.45 if you want it fixed and power is not the issue. http://www.humminbird.com/Category/Support/FAQ/RepairFees/

Have you verified that the units is getting 12V???

If anyone is interested in the same transducer type with more range at less cost, the Vexilar Sonarphone SP100 is WiFi with up to 100 yard range. 4 ounces and 4 hours of operating time. $100 cheaper than the Deeper Android and iOS apps.

Plumbers putty.

That unit is still listed on the Humminbird flat rate repair list: http://www.humminbird.com/Category/Support/FAQ/RepairFees/

That would be a good setup. Even with the DI unit at the bow, you can view the SI from the console unit on the bow unit via Ethernet. My personal preference is SI units at both locations.

I use the Malin 7 that has seven stainless steel wires braided for weedguards on Octopus hooks, just pick your favorite diameter. BPS saltwater dept.

I use the ORV Trails

With a slanted mount surface, you are limited with what is available and have the flexibility that you want. Either the short or long arm RAM D 111 that has the rubber balls.

The unit writes the Auto Chart Live to the unit's memory. You transfer that map to a Zero Line Card and that deletes the map in the unit's memory. You can do that anytime you want or wait until the 8 hours of memory are used up. You can record sonar logs to a blank memory card to be processed by Navionics for Sonar Charts or computer software (Auto Chart and Auto Chart Pro) to create contour maps on your computer to be copied to a Zero Line card. The sonar log recording and Auto Chart Live is two separate and unrelated functions. You can do both at the same time. Auto Charts is private Lakemaster mapping and has the same adjustability as a Lakemaster map card.

Not a fishing app but a track recorder overlayed on a map background; RiderX

I do a lot of sonar logging to get contour mapping so I have some suggestions for you. I use Auto Chart Live, Sonar Charts Live, and Sonar Charts. As you navigate, your unit draws a Track on the Chart view. That Track is made up of Track Points. Every Track Point has the depth and location. Those Track Points are created every second. When you are recording sonar logs or doing the Auto Chart live, those Track Points are what positions the contour lines. With your unit on the bow with the transducer on the trolling motor, your sonar data and position data are at the same place. That makes your mapping accurate. If you put the unit on the console and transducer on the transom without adding an external GPS antenna at the transom, your map will be inaccurate by the distance between the GPS antenna and transducer. Additionally you should set the depth offset so the depth is recorded instead of the distance between the transducer and bottom, if you don't, your map will be inaccurate. You seem concerned with the speed of doing mapping, think about this: the unit creates a Track Point every second, how far do you travel between Track Points at the speed you want to go? If the depth changes in a short distance, will there be data to indicate that at the speed you want to go? I did a 420 acre lake that is electric-only using a bow unit to record the data for the Navionics Sonar Charts program. It takes time to get accurate contour mapping and the ONLY accurate part of any contour mapping is what you pass directly over. The mapping software will create contour lines much wider than what you record, all programs do that. You have to overlap those lines to blend them so most if not all of the contours are real and not fake (interpolated). Examples: This is the 420 acre electric-only lake I did with sonar logs processed by Navionics Sonar Charts program: This is the same map with Sonar Charts Live contours overlayed on it. The wide line at the top is a single track created by the software program. The darker area at the bottom is blending several Sonar Charts Live tracks: This is same lake with some Auto Charts Live tracks overlayed on it:

I was using a Helix 12 CHIRP SI GPS today.