Thread: Discussion on Lowrance Elite 5 DSI/Chartplotter ....

Thanks Tom.. I would assume that 6 degree number is front to back..( a 6 degree slice side to side would be ...what... Less than a foot across in 10 ft of water...??)

We are interested in finding documentation of the side to side beam angle coverage...

HB advertises their dedicated DI models as 455=75 degrees, 800=45 degrees...

We cannot seem to locate documentation of Lowrances DSI angles for the 455 and 800...

The chart that was provided earlier in the thread was for the "down imaging" feature of the LSS-1 Structure Scan xducer....

Beings as the SS xducer and the DSI xducer are completely different... I would think the DSI xducer would have it's own set of specs....

Got any ideas where to find the 455 and 800 side to side specs of the DSI xducer...??

Rickie

OK. It finally soaked in what you were asking. The FAN coverage. A good swag would be about the same coverage. Both use the same frequencies and both have the same transmit power rating 500w rms. Both use the same max depth of 250 ft. So that puts them in the same pig pen.

Originally Posted by Cane Pole

OK. It finally soaked in what you were asking. The FAN coverage. A good swag would be about the same coverage. Both use the same frequencies and both have the same transmit power rating 500w rms. Both use the same max depth of 250 ft. So that puts them in the same pig pen.

I see what you are saying Tom about they should be similar in specs...

It seems very curious to me why Lowrance would not advertise the specs on these DSI xducers...

Maybe they think us regular folk ain't smart enough to what a beam angle means anyway...

Rickie

I don't know, Rickie ... they thought us smart enough to use this unit with that "so called" manual they put out Rofl
And they lumped all of the Elite series units into ONE emulator program .... hehe !!

Maybe they're giving us more credit than we realize .... but, yeah, you'd think that this "award winning" unit would have all the spec info one could think to ask for, right out there in plain sight !!

Personally ... I think I'm going to go with the 455/75 - 800/45 - 6deg f/r numbers, until I hear otherwise. At least we have a chart with those angles/equations to go by. But, I'd still like confirmation that these numbers are correct. Might have to send Jason a PM & get him involved in this thread.

For me, at least .... having GPS/maps/water temp, along with a color DF, is worth the monies that mine cost me ... even if the unit doesn't have 2d, known l/r cone angles, or shows a screen picture anywhere close to what the emulator/simulator programs show. :p But, I'll still keep this thread going ... 'cause the more I know about this unit, the better I'll be able to use it, and hopefully it will benefit others that have or are thinking about having one.

... cp

Bass pro in nashville yesterday.i asked a person in electronics.he said 60 degrees on both 800 and 455.i asked are you sure he said yes i said what ever

FYI, I was able to get the old Map Create program to work on my new computer so I compared it with the base map that comes with the unit. The base map is much better than map create. I was just curious.

Originally Posted by Barnacle Bill

FYI, I was able to get the old Map Create program to work on my new computer so I compared it with the base map that comes with the unit. The base map is much better than map create. I was just curious.

Barnacle, could you please PM me and tell me how you got Mapcreate to work on your new computer..I can't get it to run on Windows 7. Thank you.

Originally Posted by kosmo

Bass pro in nashville yesterday.i asked a person in electronics.he said 60 degrees on both 800 and 455.i asked are you sure he said yes i said what ever

I'm always leary about what box store clerks say also kosmo...i mean... We cant find the info on the internet anywhere... How would a clerk know...??

Rickie