Thread: Humminbird 597ci HD DI Combo PROBLEMS

Originally Posted by kosmo

i had the shallow water dept fixed when i changed the surface clutter.it works great in as little as 1.5 feet. i run both my humminbirds at the same time,no interference. i also have a lowrance unit.i do not remember if i have run it while my 597 is runnig.next time i go out i will try it.as far as the rf noise gos from trolling motor, i only have a little on the 800khz.when i speed up to maybe three quarter speed or faster then i have no noise at all on the 800khz. i do remember that i can run my lowrance with my 997 with no interference.i will check for you when i get the time .good luck

ok i tryed running the 597 with the lowrance running. i did get interference on the 200khz that they both were pinging.

Did you fellers know that 800kHz is the third harmonic of 200kHz? Yep. Wonder why they chose that 800K number?

Do you think my trolling motor causes a harmonic imbalance in the 597?

Originally Posted by Cane Pole

Did you fellers know that 800kHz is the third harmonic of 200kHz? Yep. Wonder why they chose that 800K number?

iam having a problem with mine , the background is blue. how can i get it back the way it was

Originally Posted by fedexlady

iam having a problem with mine , the background is blue. how can i get it back the way it was

fedexlady... You might get better results with your query by starting a new thread with your topic questions...

Sometimes "new" questions down in the "body" of another thread get lost and dont garner the attention they should...

Even tho your question pertains to the same unit of discussion...your new thread would put your question as the leading question in the topic to discuss...

Plenty of people here will be willing to help...

Rickie

Originally Posted by fedexlady

iam having a problem with mine , the background is blue. how can i get it back the way it was

menu/menu then right curser over to setup.down curser to restore defaults.not at home right now but that seems right.ill check back tonight when i get home

Or you coukd press power button breifly.there will be option to change background color.good luck

Originally Posted by badaxed

Has anyone else had these problems with this unit ( Humminbird 597ci HD DI Combo)

1. electrical interferance
a. put a ground wire from skeg of trolling motor (motor guide 24 volt varible speed trolling motor) to ground wire to trolling motor battery.
b. put rubber around trolling motor housing to isolate transducer from motor housing.
c. put new power cable with interference module from humminbird in.
d. ran seperate power cables from starting battery away from any other cables to597ci HD DI Combo .
2. you cannot run a different depth finder at the same time ( my dash unit is a lowrance) in any depth without having electrical interference (lines on the screen in the 2d mode).
3. course up does not function even if you are traveling over 2 miles an hour.
4.Shallow water (3 feet or less) gives you digital readings of 1 to 600 feet.

I have to put the unit back to factory settings and turn it off and on repeatedly to restore any semblence of workability and this will only work an long as I do not adjust any other settings.

I have tried just about every setting in the unit to try to get this thing to work properly. I am getting very frustrated.

after spending a lot of money for this unit I am extremely dissapointed for a supposedly plug and play depth finder.

at this point I would not recommend this humminbird unit to anyone.

i think that you have the same trolling motor that i have.send pictures of your transducer setup, we will see what we have different.heres a picture of shallow water, ive gone even shallower than this with no problem. i think here i went to 2.5 feet. i no that this is just a picture not a video of the hole time in the shallow water,but please beleive me it does work and we can get yours to work to unless theres something else wrong unit

i think that you are using your trolling motor battery. im using my outboard motor battery

I am using my starting battery. I have a 24 volt system for my motor guide with two other seperate batteries.

Originally Posted by kosmo

i think that you are using your trolling motor battery. im using my outboard motor battery