on your SI unit. Do you piddle with 'em constantly or leave 'em be? Big changes or minor ???
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on your SI unit. Do you piddle with 'em constantly or leave 'em be? Big changes or minor ???
It depends on what I'm looking for. If I'm looking for brush, everything is set pretty close to middle ranges. If I look for fish on the brush, I will turn up the sensitivity and contrast on my HB SI to make the fish stand out more.CF
muddy vs clear water settings anyone???
I don't think muddy vs clear makes much difference. I believe this was asked in a Humminbird seminar I attended.Quote:
Originally Posted by keeferfish
Sometimes along with the muddy, you'll have debris in the water and you may need to change some settings to help cope with that.
Normally, I will make small changes everytime I go. They usually are as follows.
1. Speed on the side imaging
2. Color, sensitivity, and contrast depending on a specific return that I am trying to view. (if it makes the whole screen better, I'll leave it)
3. Switchfire on or off depending on water depth.
Of course, if you do a software upgrade, it's punch the buttons until it makes you happy:biggrin
If I am fishing with company, I'll spend more time messing with the settings and trying to put them on fish. I can do this with the side imaging at the back of the boat and run the trolling with the ipilot with the guest on the bow. If I'm alone, I'm fishing and not jacking with the sonar.
I think of my different settings as tools...just like a set of screwdrivers..(every screwdriver fits a different screw for a different task).....each of the different SI settings works well for certain things I want my unit to show me...and not so well for other things I want my unit to show me....
Frequency...I like the 800kHz for the clearer images...unless I want to see fish that are closer to the surface out to the sides and above the upper reach of the 800kHz 130° beam...then I use the 455kHz.
I like a medium Contrast (10-12) ....unless I'm using a different pallette than blue that needs a different Contrast setting...
I like "Sharpness" off...unless I want the fish to "pop out" on the screen....then I may raise the "Sharpness" accordingly...
I like a shorter "SI Range" (65-70ft left and right") to make structure look bigger...unless I'm looking for stakebeds in new water (I may set it out to 90-100ft just to cover more water)...
I like "SI Side" to "Both" (left and right)..unless I want to artificially make structure look bigger on the screen..(setting the SI Side to 1 side only...left or right... , in effect, "Zooms" that side's image)....
I use DI only for...well basically nothing... (because IMO the DI in the HB SI stinks)....I have all my DI views hidden...
I constantly change "SI Sensitivity" (in my "SI Enhance" popup menu)..this brightens and darkens the SI image as the image changes due to water depth, bottom composition, waterborne particles, etc......"SI Sensitivity" is my most frequently changed setting...
Rickie
I thought it was just me. I still have the DI turned on, but I haven't had much luck with it. Went to the lake this morning to dump some more stake beds before work. Tried to use the DI to see them and had no luck at all. I should have been able to get right on top of them with the buoy still out.Quote:
Originally Posted by rnvinc