Humminbird helix 5 won’t read below 40 ft

[BubbaBassin’]

Not my settings, Reseted to defaults twice. No readings below forty feet at all. 

[Tim Kelly]

Check your transducer hasn't been knocked out of position. As you're not getting a bottom reading at all it might just be the transducer pointing the wrong way. Presumably it has worked OK in the past? Also check the connections in the back of the unit. If all that checks out I suspect the transducer's gone bad, but hopefully it's a simple fix.

[BubbaBassin’]

10 hours ago, Tim Kelly said:

Check your transducer hasn't been knocked out of position. As you're not getting a bottom reading at all it might just be the transducer pointing the wrong way. Presumably it has worked OK in the past? Also check the connections in the back of the unit. If all that checks out I suspect the transducer's gone bad, but hopefully it's a simple fix.

I will adjust the transducer position again when I go back out, it has worked great in the past, I hope it’s not the transducer. I can’t afford a new one lol, I’d just fish in less than 40.?

[Team9nine]

How deep of water were you in when you took this picture? The picture posted above is cut off on the left side where an auto depth might show. If it was deeper than 60 ft there, you wouldn't be reading a bottom since it appears you have it manually set to 60 ft.. Maybe a couple other full screen pics to help diagnose. 

[BubbaBassin’]

6 hours ago, Team9nine said:

How deep of water were you in when you took this picture? The picture posted above is cut off on the left side where an auto depth might show. If it was deeper than 60 ft there, you wouldn't be reading a bottom since it appears you have it manually set to 60 ft.. Maybe a couple other full screen pics to help diagnose. 

I was in around 43 feet of water, there’s actually a tree there, but it completely cuts off, I will post more tommorow when I take my birthday trip.

[BubbaBassin’]

On 7/4/2020 at 11:38 AM, Team9nine said:

How deep of water were you in when you took this picture? The picture posted above is cut off on the left side where an auto depth might show. If it was deeper than 60 ft there, you wouldn't be reading a bottom since it appears you have it manually set to 60 ft.. Maybe a couple other full screen pics to help diagnose. 

I fixed it, my transducer was off from running during a big storm, assuming one of the bigger waves knocked it Loose to the point where it wasn’t noticable from a distance. All fixed now.

[WRB]

Tim Kelly nailed it!

Tom