Koofy Smacker Posted May 15, 2014 Posted May 15, 2014 Went out this morning, everything was fine, was running down the bay and all the sudden it started flashing that it had no fix on satellites. Stopped to see what was going on with it and it kept doing the same thing. Turned it off, unplugged it, back on and the GPS was nowhere to be found. None of the screens popped up, and my speed was gone. Went into the settings, turned on the accessory list and now it is saying that the GPS and Speed are accessories which are disconnected so the screens do not come up. No idea where to go from here besides send it back, its about 2 years old Quote
Super User Wayne P. Posted May 15, 2014 Super User Posted May 15, 2014 Yep. that occasionally happens even with a brand new out of the box unit. Before you do anything else, hook the unit power cord directly to a fully charged, good condition, battery to see if that is the issue. Screwy power will cause lots of symptoms. The speed sensor you have no connection for is the speed wheel accessory. GPS speed is what you get when the GPS is working--two different things. You can look up the flat rate repair charge on the Humminbird web site. Yes Humminbird will fix it at the same place it is made--Eufaula, Alabama. Quote
Koofy Smacker Posted May 15, 2014 Author Posted May 15, 2014 Yep. that occasionally happens even with a brand new out of the box unit. Before you do anything else, hook the unit power cord directly to a fully charged, good condition, battery to see if that is the issue. Screwy power will cause lots of symptoms. The speed sensor you have no connection for is the speed wheel accessory. GPS speed is what you get when the GPS is working--two different things. You can look up the flat rate repair charge on the Humminbird web site. Yes Humminbird will fix it at the same place it is made--Eufaula, Alabama. I did that tonight. Still doing the same thing. Battery was still reading 12.6v when it happened this morning also. I understand the speed thing just was making sure everything was laid out in the original post. Flat rate price is $256 which in my mind is crazy. I would rather buy a new and better unit and run this one as a sonar only at the bow for the time being. Im still going to call them tomorrow and see if there is anything else they have to say. Quote
Super User Wayne P. Posted May 15, 2014 Super User Posted May 15, 2014 I did that tonight. Still doing the same thing. Battery was still reading 12.6v when it happened this morning also. I understand the speed thing just was making sure everything was laid out in the original post. Flat rate price is $256 which in my mind is crazy. I would rather buy a new and better unit and run this one as a sonar only at the bow for the time being. Im still going to call them tomorrow and see if there is anything else they have to say. Is 12.6V the voltage readout on the unit? Quote
Koofy Smacker Posted May 16, 2014 Author Posted May 16, 2014 It was both the readout on the unit and when I tested it with my fluke tester. I charged all the batteries when I got home, tried it again and nothing. Went out today, plugged it back in and voila, its now working. It now makes me very wary though to have that as my only charting system in the boat though if it goes out on me again since I travel to a lot of different lakes for tournaments which I am unfamiliar with. I am strongly considering a Gen 2 HDS7 with the structure scan to place on the dash and move that one up front so I have two backups in a sense. The price is unbeatable on it right now. $1000 after a $300 rebate Quote
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