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    Quote Originally Posted by cevans View Post
    Sell one. You can post here for sale and bbc. All you need to do is register and check out electronics forum. Just make sure if you do sell one,,that you can replace it as right now,,supply is becoming limited. You know this is going to eat at you cause it did me when none of my electronics was adaptable to the mega 360. I caved in and paid the piper.
    Found out today I could trade in my Solix 15" SI Gen 1 and pay $3000 boot to get a Solix 15" DI Gen 2 plus Mega 360 unit. Now I need to decide if I'm willing to give up what I have and pay an additional $1800 for a DI unit to get the Mega 360.
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    not sure about the 360 , i have been on a 360 boat , it was put on it to chase sandbass ,just saying
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    Not interested in sand bass. I would like to see the fish around the boat when crappie fishing. I wish Livescope had a wider viewing angle or prespective worked deeper than 12'. If it would work down to 30' I would not need anything else.

    It would be just my luck that I spent all the extra money for the mega 360 then Garmin upgraded prespective to work deeper.
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    EZ ... I did see one video where a guy had his Livescope tdx mounted "perspective" style and he had it on a separate mount (not TM shaft) and left a little "play" in the mount where he could rock it a little forwards/backwards and see deeper than the 10-12ft depths that it's intended for. But, like you say, with the 20Deg cone angle it's only going to show about 1/3 as wide a section of water as the depth (distance from tdx). And while it may show "something" at the 30+ft ranges, it's much better/clearer what you're looking at from 20ft out to back under the tdx (at least it has been for me, and I have mine in the forward/downward looking position ... not the Perspective View).

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    Quote Originally Posted by cevans View Post
    The kicker is,,to use a mega 360, it has to be plugged into a HB electronics DI + or SI + unit,,,,and the helix models are G3N and the Solix models are G2N. Either DI+ or SI+. It gets plugged into the transducer port of the electronics and to use the transducer that comes with the unit or to use a transducer built into a trolling motor, you will also need to buy a Y cable for the Solix and or Helix. HB designed the Mega 360 to be used with the newest Electronics units and really upset a lot of HB users. I had to upgrade to a DI+ and sell one of my helix 10’s that was only 6 months old,,a G2N to use mega 360 as well as a lot of users in the same boat. One other thing most don’t know, if you do have to upgrade a unit to use the mega 360, don’t waste your money on a SI+ unit and get a DI+ unit. Mega 360 plugged into a Y cable along with a SI+ transducer,,is not wired to use the SI of the transducer, it will only show DI and 2D of the transducer, and for the unit to show SI, you will get that off the Mega 360. Mega 360 can be used for a showing either SI or the 360 view. And it does produce a equal view of SI compared to the view of SI from a mounted transducer on the boat.
    Holy cow!! What did that man just say!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by CrappiePappy View Post
    EZ ... I did see one video where a guy had his Livescope tdx mounted "perspective" style and he had it on a separate mount (not TM shaft) and left a little "play" in the mount where he could rock it a little forwards/backwards and see deeper than the 10-12ft depths that it's intended for. But, like you say, with the 20Deg cone angle it's only going to show about 1/3 as wide a section of water as the depth (distance from tdx). And while it may show "something" at the 30+ft ranges, it's much better/clearer what you're looking at from 20ft out to back under the tdx (at least it has been for me, and I have mine in the forward/downward looking position ... not the Perspective View).
    I use mine in the down imaging view most of the time as it provides both sides on the boat or front and one side, depending on how I point the transducer. I am not interested in 30 feet out, I am mainly interested in 10'-15' as I usually fish brush piles, laydowns, and bridge pillars.

    I would have spent $1200 to try mega 360, i'm having problems convincing myself to spent $3000 for it. It's not that I really need it, given what I currently have mounted on the pontoon. It is just a "would be nice to have" at this point for me.
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    I believe the photo of the trolling motor/ livescope's is from Ronnie Capps/Steve Coleman's boat. If so, Ronnie has posted another photo on his facebook page on how they control the two transducers. These two guys think on a different level. Ronnie Capps - Home | Facebook. No wonder they have won as many tournaments as they have. The bar gets raised higher and the cost goes up.


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    Quote Originally Posted by mikey16335 View Post
    I believe the photo of the trolling motor/ livescope's is from Ronnie Capps/Steve Coleman's boat. If so, Ronnie has posted another photo on his facebook page on how they control the two transducers. These two guys think on a different level. Ronnie Capps - Home | Facebook. No wonder they have won as many tournaments as they have. The bar gets raised higher and the cost goes up.


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    This is true if you fish tournaments. I read last year where some of the tournament fishermen were using two LiveScope systems on the front of their boat. But for the rest of us, the cost only goes as high as we want it to go, since we really don't need more than a simple low cost boat and fish finder to catch crappie while on the lake. If we want to fish the banks we don't need to even spend that much money.
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    You are correct. That is what makes fishing so special. You can participate at what ever level you choose. I've been around the block. From many hours as the kid that rode his bike to the nearest water to low level competitive fishing. Crappie, bass, walleye, muskie, carp (yea carp). As the years pile up, I find myself gravitating back to the kid on the bike. The thrill of watching that bobber slowly disappear is something you don't forget. I don't regret the competitive fishing. I used that as a learning experience as I don't think I have a competitive bone in my body. You all fish the same water for the same time. The BS stops at the weigh-in. Maybe you had a great day and really caught them. Maybe not. There is value-able info to learned at the inevitable session after the tournament.

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    I've just about decided to trade in my current Solix 15 on a g2 solix 15 and a mega 360. The cheap side of me says no to spending that much money on a new toy, especially give how much I have already spent on fish finders over the last two years. But my daughter reminded me I should enjoy what the money will buy now as I can't take it with me.
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