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    Bought a new style terrova and had it installed today. Guy tells me that my current transducer wont be able to mount to the new terrova like the old ones did. I have a humminbird helix 9 di on the front of the boat. Something about the groove the cable used to go in now has a spring in the groove??? Anyone have any ideas on how to mount my electronics to this thing? Worst case scenario can I hook up to the us2 and just use my 2d sonar or will it not work at all? Thanks guys

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    Quote Originally Posted by riverrat85 View Post
    Bought a new style terrova and had it installed today. Guy tells me that my current transducer wont be able to mount to the new terrova like the old ones did. I have a humminbird helix 9 di on the front of the boat. Something about the groove the cable used to go in now has a spring in the groove??? Anyone have any ideas on how to mount my electronics to this thing? Worst case scenario can I hook up to the us2 and just use my 2d sonar or will it not work at all? Thanks guys
    Im using the us2,it does alright.Im also using one of rickys daducer apperatuses with a 360 and side scan transducer.Name:  1527188697826.jpg
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    I’ve got the new Terrova also and I also use the daducer from Podunk Ideas.com works great


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    Ran into that exact situation last year. I knew it had lift assist but wasn't aware that they used the channel for that feature. I'm just plugging into the 2D and it works good. Ultimately, I'm going to upgrade to the Ultrex anyway. Wish I would've spent the extra $$ when I bought the Terrova. Hindsight....

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    Quote Originally Posted by riverrat85 View Post
    Bought a new style terrova and had it installed today. Guy tells me that my current transducer wont be able to mount to the new terrova like the old ones did. I have a humminbird helix 9 di on the front of the boat. Something about the groove the cable used to go in now has a spring in the groove??? Anyone have any ideas on how to mount my electronics to this thing? Worst case scenario can I hook up to the us2 and just use my 2d sonar or will it not work at all? Thanks guys
    Depends on how bad you want or need that lift assist. If you don't really need it you can take it apart and remove spring and install just like your old terrova. If you want or need to keep it then best bet is to get one of those mounts like blueball and Mike got from Rickie. No sense in having the unit and not using its full capability.
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    Quote Originally Posted by allaboutfun View Post
    Ran into that exact situation last year. I knew it had lift assist but wasn't aware that they used the channel for that feature. I'm just plugging into the 2D and it works good. Ultimately, I'm going to upgrade to the Ultrex anyway. Wish I would've spent the extra $$ when I bought the Terrova. Hindsight....

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    So you are going through the us2 transducer and your 2d sonar is working? I'm curious if it will work or cause issues with the di. Obviously i know the di won't work on there I'm just curious if the 2d still will

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    Yes. I have a Hexix 7 DI.
    Here's my set up. I think I had to buy a short adapter cable. Name:  20180705_195741.jpg
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    Quote Originally Posted by allaboutfun View Post
    Yes. I have a Hexix 7 DI.
    Here's my set up. I think I had to buy a short adapter cable. Name:  20180705_195741.jpg
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    Gotcha. I went ahead and ordered the us2 adapter cable for the helix 9. I guess worst case scenario I can use my 2d through the us2 transducer. Sucks to lose the di though

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    No doubt. I looked at what it would take to take the lift assist off - no thanks. Have you ever taken a take measure apart?

    I've got a Helix 7 SI on a ram mount at the console and i'm still trying to get it dialed in.

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    I researched this for a few months and tried a few different things and finally found this to work best for me.

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