badaxed;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; do you have a picture of your transducer setup
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
Last edited by kosmo; 05-06-2011 at 05:10 PM.
update; badaxed got me worryed so i went ahead and mounted my transducer on the trolling motor. i used my transom mount kit on it or some of it anyways.looks kindof kool i think.well its temp anyways so doesnt really matter.started unit in sim. mold run trolling motor at different speeds. no interference at all . dont no what will happen in the water though. got to goto bed now. more updates to come soon
contratulations, Kosmo, on your new finder.
CG1 "Dances with fish"
Kosmo, appreciate your info. I'm planning on upgrading my bow electronics soon. Planning on a 788 hd di, to link later with an 898 on my console. Curious about he interference issues as well. Would hate for that to be a deal breaker for me. Keep us posted.
update;dont use the trolling motor battery.i tryed external battery lot better results . the 2d shows little to no noise.the 455 shows a little more.the 800 shows alot. can someone please tell me the procedure for grounding the skeg.thanks
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