Thread: humminbird GPS problem

Pm Humminbird Greg. He can answer any Humminbird question you have.

I'll tell you what your problem is- it's a Humminbird!!

had the same problem when I was there. Not as bad though. It did show me way up on the bank when I was 100 yards out in the lake

Chances are, it was just your location or atmospheric conditions preventing a lock on the proper number of satellites. Have had it happen before, but usually, turning the unit off and letting it re-acquire solved it. Although, I did have a severe issue one time where I was fishing against a bluff bank that ran South to North blocking the Western horizon. Never did get it to lock worth a flip until I moved.

Wannabe...

Were you using the base map or the Navionics card? If the unit was tracking your speed correct and showed you moving on the screen it is a map issue. You will need to go to a known point on the map and use the map offset menu to calibrate.
Simply put go the the known point say a bridge piling or boat ramp. Set to advanced mode. Go to Chart menu. Select map offset. Use 4 way cursor to move the cursor on the map to your known point on the map. Press select. The map is now offset and you should be good to go.
Remember map offsets apply to all maps so when you go to another lake use the same steps to clear the map offset.
That all clear?

Or ya could turn it off and on and see if that helps. Pffft.

Wannabe...

Yeah and then follow my instructions.. but only if you actually want to fix it... PFFT

Ima gonna hafta agree with CH68 on this one. I mean, heck, you gonna listen to a gewber that runs off brand stuff or someone that runs the same stuff as you do? Pffffffft