Thread: onix10.....myth or fact

Bob, there's two different software updates for my 360....this is the one that I use.this is for the Onix only.

Thanks Kosmo.......I think I finally got it.

Once I added the SM3000 and CHIRP transducer all hell broke loose on my 2 Onix units. It's gotten so bad I am not even using the $1600 transducer at the moment. Even when running the all in one I am seeing serious interlacing and missing data on the SI screens. On the other side of the coin, after speaking to the engineers most of these problems will be fixed with the upcoming software release. The engineers will be here this Monday and Tuesday so I will report back after we get the update all loaded up and running.

My main fear is that by the time the unit is sorted out the technology will be completely behind everyone else. Garmin just delivered some of the best features ever seen in a single package. I tested the Garmin 1040xs side by side with the Onix and was blown away by how good the Garmin was. Simrad is way good also, and the Gen3 Lowrance touch is about to hit the market with the same features as the NSS Evo2 Simrad. My Evo2 boots in 28 seconds, pinch to zoom works super fast, and the glare/fingerprints problems are not bad at all.

But again, I am looking forward to Monday...hoping everything will be sorted out.

Does the onix 2nd slow down while 360 is running?my two 998's did this and now my onix 10 does.i remember posting on another forum about this happening with the 998's/360.i never got any good info back.now I see the Onix does the same so I would have to say that this is a fact.

Does the onix 10 have better si than the hummingbird core si units? I can't answer this one yet, fact or fiction.sometimes I get really good si with the onix but in other times not to well.
Something that I heard a lot of was people complaining about having to keep tweeking there hummingbirds to get the best view..ith these onix units I believe that they may of got what they asked for.no tweeking necessary, pretty much turn them on leave on defaults..well that works sometimes but I really like the ability to tweek to get the best out of my unit.
My onix transducer is mounted on the trolling motor were as the 998 is a transom mount.. feel like this could be some of the issue but not all.. I'll post this picture from my 998.this is what I expect from hummingbird si. So far I haven't been able to get an onix shot , of the same structure that is equal in quality of this structure.i have in some other places but not this area.

Can 360 be viewed in /di mold on the onix, like on the hummingbird core units? This is fiction.the onix software is not programmed for this.only 360 mold.perhaps si, but I'm not sure

Originally Posted by kosmo

Does the onix 2nd slow down while 360 is running?my two 998's did this and now my onix 10 does.i remember posting on another forum about this happening with the 998's/360.i never got any good info back.now I see the Onix does the same so I would have to say that this is a fact.

This is a fact. The reason the unit does that is to limit the 2D from interfering with the 360. Like you said, the core units did it and the Onix does it now.

Originally Posted by kosmo

Does the onix 10 have better si than the hummingbird core si units? I can't answer this one yet, fact or fiction.sometimes I get really good si with the onix but in other times not to well.
Something that I heard a lot of was people complaining about having to keep tweeking there hummingbirds to get the best view..ith these onix units I believe that they may of got what they asked for.no tweeking necessary, pretty much turn them on leave on defaults..well that works sometimes but I really like the ability to tweek to get the best out of my unit.
My onix transducer is mounted on the trolling motor were as the 998 is a transom mount.. feel like this could be some of the issue but not all.. I'll post this picture from my 998.this is what I expect from hummingbird si. So far I haven't been able to get an onix shot , of the same structure that is equal in quality of this structure.i have in some other places but not this area.

Before I sold my 1198's I did a lot of side by side comparisons. Main difference between the two units in my opinion was resolution out to the edge of the range. At 150' the Onix was much better than the core units. Had a guide on my boat last Wednesday that has been using his 1198 now forever, pretty much every day, and he confirmed this very quickly. When I did the side by side comparisons both transducers were on the transom.