Thread: new to electronics will i ever get it figured out

it takes a while, I've have a 798, 597 and 998 for a couple of years and I'm still trying to figure them out LOL

Originally Posted by rll

I got a HB 598 with SI on the boat I just got been fishing out of a 14 ft flat bottom for years, now i have a 17 ft boat with electronics on it . I took it out this weekend to mess with it a little and all i figured out is i dont know how to use it

Not Knowing is a very good starting point.

Lots of good videos from Doug ...

https://m.youtube.com/user/imonbass

Rickie

I couldn't figure mine out until I took my boat to the water and left my fishing poles at home. It took about 3 or 4 hours of playing with the settings and it all started making sense. When that happened, I wished I had my poles with me! Now I have 2 Humminbirds, 1 Lowrance and a XI5 trolling motor on my boat, and wouldn't go to the water with out any of them!!

Originally Posted by Pop N Cork

I couldn't figure mine out until I took my boat to the water and left my fishing poles at home. It took about 3 or 4 hours of playing with the settings and it all started making sense. When that happened, I wished I had my poles with me! Now I have 2 Humminbirds, 1 Lowrance and a XI5 trolling motor on my boat, and wouldn't go to the water with out any of them!!

Bingo!

A few times I wasn't doing any good fishing and I spent some time playing with the electronics were a bigger help than anything else.

Originally Posted by rll

I got a HB 598 with SI on the boat I just got been fishing out of a 14 ft flat bottom for years, now i have a 17 ft boat with electronics on it . I took it out this weekend to mess with it a little and all i figured out is i dont know how to use it

I run my units (saw it on CDC) at home more than I do on the water. Nothing can replace on the water experience but familiarizing yourself with menus and other features at home is will shorten the leaning curve drastically. I got an a/c adapter and an inline fuse for less than $20 at RadioShack and I hear the power cords for legacy units are reasonable now a days...

It takes time thats all. I have the ability to use my electronics a lot, sometimes 15 hours a week or more. Eventually you start to notice things that you didnt before. I can point to something on my screen and say its a fish but a buddy who doesnt use electronics has no idea of what im saying. Its like a language that takes some time to get fluent in. Im still nit fluent but night and day from where I started.