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    Default First trip out with side imaging


    My maiden voyage was this morning with my newly self-installed Helix 7 with Mega SI and DI.
    I turned it on as soon as I got away from shore and was pretty much instantly on a side imaging view that looked as good as the simulator. Except it wasn't the simulator because I checked! Factory settings were outstanding and no imaging was blocked by the motor, though if I trimmed it all the way down I could introduce some shadowing on the left but I could still see stuff on the bottom. I really couldn't do much better than factory settings on this trip.
    The DI was fantastic too. The CHIRP didn't see much action, but I did see that it only held bottom up to around 20mph.
    I got the TD a bit too low, it's throwing a small rooster tail. I'll adjust that before next trip. I was concerned about it because I used the factory "kick up" mount and you don't snap it in place until you've screwed it place. It dropped more than I thought when I snapped it in it's final place. Not a hard fix.
    I am impressed but have one concern. I found lots of structure, a brushpile or two but very few of what I could determine to be fish.
    Maybe it was my spot, I'll have to get out more. I had to leave the water after about 3 hours as a front was about to blow in. I hope to be back out soon and playing with this new toy.
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    Your going to love it! Check out YouTube videos to learn how to get dialed in better.


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    One thing you can do is find something interesting and then pause the screen scrolling and play with the adjustments to get the best view you can. That will give you a good idea how tweaking various things changes what you see.
    You can pause the screen by moving the cursor as if you are going to mark a waypoint.
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    7” screen is challenging to see fish in SI simply because of how small a fish return actually is ... but there are some things that an help ...

    *A shorter SI range will allow the remaining detail to be larger ...

    *Set SI to “one side only” to enlarge the image detail of that side ...

    *Activate and move the cursor over an interesting target and open a zoom box on that target by pressing the + button ... (zoom up to 6 times normal size) ... (moving the cursor while a zoom box is open allows moving around inside the zoom box) ...

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    Quote Originally Posted by BobB View Post
    One thing you can do is find something interesting and then pause the screen scrolling and play with the adjustments to get the best view you can. That will give you a good idea how tweaking various things changes what you see.
    You can pause the screen by moving the cursor as if you are going to mark a waypoint.
    Now that is something I did not know. Thanks, that could prove to be a very helpful tip.
    Rickie, your tips are most helpful as well. Thank you!
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    i have watched a lot of you tubes on side imagines. found one like mine and i learned a lot from them . saves time on the water learning when you could be fishing .
    retired and now i will always fish

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