Thread: talked my wife into getting me 597ci hd/di

Originally Posted by badaxed

Have you used it on the water yet? I was blown away by the demo at first also. I see you have a motor guide trolling motor. Is it a varible speed motor. If it is be prepared to possibly have electrical interference. I had to insulate the transducer with rubber, ground the skeg, put on a new power cable from humminbird and run a new hot,ground wire from my starting battery (away from any other wires) in order to solve my electrical interference problem. Before that the digital depth would not match the bottom reading, the depth would go from 20 to 1000 feet , and lines would flow across the screen when you stepped on the switch to the trolling motor. One particular problem I still have is that when you put the map on course up it keeps switching back and forth from course up to north up even when I maintain a true south course. This can be confusing when you are in open water. This is not a "donut" effect as I was traveling @1.9 miles per hour with the current and the wind. I also have a lowerance unit and have never expierienced this with that unit. The down imaging pictures are however very good.

badaxed; thanks for the info. i may need to ask for some help from you later.i have not used on the water yet.it may be alittle while before i can because im still working double shifts for awhile yet. i took my navionics card from my 997 and put it in the 597di to see how it would work.wow is all i can say.sooming in and out and scrolling no delays.really good response on the unit.alot faster than my 997.also i noticed that the 50 channel gps of the597 way way faster getting a gps fix compared to my 16 channel 997. as for right now to sum up my reaction to what ive seen,well im just going to call the 597di a 997 with a smaller screen no si , a 997 on steroids

Originally Posted by kosmo

yahoo i got it.i not recommending the way that i got it to work but it works great without any rf noise.i took a role of copper mesh about 3/4 to 1 inch wide and rapped it around trolling motor used electrical tape to cover it them mounted tranducer.wallla no noise.i also connected the power cable back to boat battery.works great. now when i get time to go out on the lake i will post pictures

hay yall just forget what i said in the above post.when out on the water for the first time with 597.all that stuff that i did didnt work.called humminbird. they were very helpful.there going to send me a free different kind of power cable with a in line choke.they also gave me some helpful tips that i tryed.now i only have rf noise on the 800 frez.when the trolling motor is running slow.ill update when i get the new cable installed P.S. from what i saw today with the unit i would not recomend buying just di without 2d. the fish arches are way easier to see than the spots on di.i dont no why anyone would recomend di only.also i still think the si is the way to go