Thread: Determining fish size with Side Imaging...

No wonder so many crappie here have "gar scars".

Originally Posted by slabbandit

On Doublegobble00's pics, what does the green arrow represent? Sometimes it's pointing left and sometimes it points to the right.

The Green Arrow indicates which set of X-Press menus will be brought up when you press the MENU button. This will only show up on a split screen type View. It the second image when you press the MENU button the X-Press menus for the Di and (2D) Sonar windows will come up. In the third image the X-Press menus for the Si sonar will show when you press the MENU button once.

Thanks Greg. I did read something about it in the manual after I made this post. Tommorrow we will attempt to install my friends 998. I think I have studied the on-line manual and read enough posts that I think that we can get it done. He didn't purchase an SD card or a mapping card. I told him we need to wait and see what Lakemaster comes out with for Arkansas on the mapping card.
What size SD card do I need to pick up for snapshots and recordings? Looks like we are going to be running wire about 17 feet, what gauge wire do you guys reccomend for this? I plan on putting a 3 amp in-line fuse on the positive wire. Is this the required size fuse?

Thanks for the help,
Dave

Dave,
A 3 Amp fuse is the recommended size.
For running wire that far (you have to remember that in extending the power cable 17 feet that the actual added length to the circuit is double that = 34 feet) I would use at least a 14 AWG wire. Make sure this is a copper multi-stranded type.

For the memory card I would get at least a 4GB sized SDHC memory card. The SanDisk is recommended and you need to go with one that has a faster read/write speed - so look at SanDisk’s Ultra 2 or even better would be the Extreme 3 SDHC memory cards. Keeping Sonar Recordings to 30 minutes maximum makes it easier to review as well.

Dave,

Get the mini-blade 3 amp fuse. I use to have an inline 3 amp fuse (round cylinder type held in place with spring) but if the waves were really rough, it would lose power to my 1198. Now I rewired it with a 3 amp mini blade fuse and it will not loose power no matter how bad the waves are that day. You can get them at radio shack.

30A 12/24VDC Mini Blade In-Line Fuse Holder : Fuse Holders | RadioShack.com
3A Mini-Blade Automotive Fuse (3-Pack) : Automotive Fuses | RadioShack.com