Thread: Here's a potentially stupid question

Thanks for the info.... I think I am on the right track now My problem was I kept doing little tweaks on the sensitivity and contrast and for some reason mine wants a farther adjustment than that... Here is a pic taken on the lake yesterday of my screen, now keep in mind it's a picture of the screen using my smart phone.

Originally Posted by MrS

Midcarolina, some hardware issues, limitations to be aware of. I'm not sure what the pixel rating on the 698 is, that may be part of the graininess. also the "8" denotes you have a HD transducer and not the compact trasnducer, at least check that. I have both types and the HD is much clearer than the compact. Another thing on my SI settings I run my contrast just a click or 2 below the sensitivity number and I also run sharpness on low. The HD ducer will have the temp probe visible on the back end of the ducer, looks like a little silver button.

The numbers naming convention no longer hold true for XDCR type.
The 698 is the cheapened up version of the 798 - (which did) and does come with the compact SI XDCR.
It is very similar to my old 797c2 (640v x 480h) except an external GPS is not plug and play supported.
The Helix 5 SI GPS was meant to replace that with the 480v x 800h pixel matrix - sort of like turning the display sideways and allowing better SI horizontal resolution.
The SI Enhance sure does help fish "pop out" but does make the images quite grainy.