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Hope you weren't looking for fish or any kind of detail in those images.

Yeah, but some do it better than others.

The bigger the better, especially at the bow where you are standing further away. I'd go with another 999. I have two 998s, bow and console, connected with Ethernet. Great setup. Only thing better...

All you have to do is save the file to your PC. I save all my updates to a file called HB 998 Software updates. Then, copy the file to an SD card that has been formatted. Then put the SD card in your...

If it's the GPS antennae that came with the 998 that's bad and causing the speed problem, replacing it with the Heading Sensor antennae will fix that. The HS sensor will also cure the donut issue...

Just contact HB Customer Service and they will send you whatever version of the software you want. Or, you could post this one the BBC site and someone who owns a 597 may have a copy they can email...

Personally, I would use the 2.25" mount for your unit. I had the 1.5" on my 998 and switched over to the 2.25". I like (and need) that extra sturdiness.
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A = Med Chirp
B = 200 Khz
C = High Chirp
D = 83 kHz

Been using SI since HB introduced it with the 997 years ago. Currently running two HB 998s. FWIW, I see more fish on my 2D than I ever do on DI or SI. The SI is great for locating structure that hold...

It's my understanding that Switchfire shuts down all filters including surface clutter.

With Switchfire on Max, aren't all filters shut off?

A Max setting on Swithfire will do that. Especially with an elevated Sensitivity setting. I hardly ever use Max. About 95% of the time I'm using Clear and my home lake is a very deep gin clear lake....

I still have my HB GRHA antennae that they sold briefly a few years back. HB says it has a 1 meter accuracy. HB's GR-50 antennae is 2.5 meters. Don't know about Lowrance or Garmin. I installed the...

Kosmo,
I don't understand all the "clutter". What is all this stuff I've circled?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/Ranger185/Kosmo_zps5dbeba86.jpg

I'm still running 6.49 and happy with everything. Don't need anything newer since I'm not running 360 Imaging, HS, I-Pilot, Link, et al. Love the 83/200 combo in the fall and winter when the fish go...

For 83 or 83/200, just switch over to Dual Beam and you're good. Or, you can upgrade your software to 7.09 which seems to have improved the 83 frequency compared to other releases after 6.49.

Hitting waypoints shouldn't be a problem whether you are running HB, Lowrance, Garmin or any other brand.

I'll be one of the first to buy it if you can make it work :cheers2

Or a Hummorance?

I love donuts and I have two HBs :biggrin

Both great technologies. Take your pick and you won't go wrong.

What criteria do you base your chart speed on?

Not an LSS2, but I have a HB HDSI transducer mounted in a Transducer Shield/Saver mounted on the bottom of my MK 74 Maxxum.

Thanks Kosmo! I really appreciate the work you are doing here.

I may give one of my 998s a try with the 7.09 software and see first hand how the two compare. One with 6.49, the other with 7.09.

You can load them into Hot Maps Explorer but they have to be converted to the correct extension. Did you try .usr extensions?

Go into the Waypoint Library and import waypoints with the .usr...

Go with the Navionics Premium or Platinum. Even Lakemaster doesn't have Bull or Norfork in HD. I fish them every week and have been relying on Navionics Hot Maps for 11 years now.

Would have like to have seen an 83 only 2D image. But, the 83/200 2D is improved in my opinion over 6.74 and other versions above 6.49. By that I mean I don't see "pixelation" in the 83/200 image....

If it was me, I'd put the Structure Scan unit on the console. I do most of my SI/DI work while trolling even though I have one on the bow as well.

From the definition of 7.09 on HBs web site it is identical to 7.08. Screwup on the definition?

OK. Are we judging 83 kHz in the new release of software by viewing videos in Simulator mode or from actual images taken while on the lake?

The only reason I'm still on 6.49 on both of my 998s is...