Lowrance HDS 5

TP180 Posted 4/15/2010 7:36 PM (#90105) Subject: Lowrance HDS 5 Any Lowrance pros or HDS experts in the Oshkosh area? I would like some help optimizing my HDS5s. 920-410-9815 Rippin_eyes Posted 4/18/2010 7:29 PM (#90186 - in reply to #90105) Subject: RE: Lowrance HDS 5 Member Posts: 83 Location: Isle MN. what do you want to know...post and i'll reply TP180 Posted 4/19/2010 6:03 AM (#90195 - in reply to #90105) Subject: RE: Lowrance HDS 5 Rippin Eyes, thanks for your offer to help. 1. I lose bottom quite often. It happens at 2 mph while trolling and it happens while running from spot to spot (35 mph). I have been running in shallow water (3 - 6 feet mostly). 2. When my graph starts up, it shows a nice brown bottom, then the bottom turns to black when running and you can't tell if you have a soft bottom or hard bottom. 3. I have never seen a fish arch. 4. When I hit the Wolf River mouth coming out of Lake Butte des Mortes, my gps cursor runs off the map. The map just ends. When I installed the units, I ran all new wires back to the battery and soldered all joints. I have installed a transducer mounting board, so I can make adjustments as necessary. I can also send a photo of my tranducer mounting if that would help. I'm hoping it is as simple as fine tuning the settings or repositioning the transducer. Randy Rippin_eyes Posted 5/11/2010 8:39 PM (#90925 - in reply to #90105) Subject: Re: Lowrance HDS 5 Member Posts: 83 Location: Isle MN. Sorry its took so long... veen busy... awwww here is a vid i did http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1UN49eZenc TP180 Posted 5/19/2010 8:37 PM (#91260 - in reply to #90105) Subject: RE: Lowrance HDS 5 Thanks again for your offer to help. I have downloaded the 2.5 upgrade, downloaded the 3.0 upgrade, set my unit to shallow water mode, but I still lose bottom. I checked the transducer setting and it said "unknows". I could not find a tag on my transducer. Is it on the transducer end, or the blue plug end? I don't want to start tearing it out again. How many transducer choices do are there for this unit? I purchased the units used, so I don't have the original boxes. I entered the same transducer as in your video and it helped but it is not fixed. I still don't get a good bottom read in less than 9 feet of water. I am going to try repositioning the transducer to see if that helps. Oh, and the upgrades did not fix the map issue going into Winneconne. Jim Ordway Posted 5/25/2010 2:52 PM (#91389 - in reply to #91260) Subject: RE: Lowrance HDS 5 Member Posts: 538 http://www.lei-extras.com/store/search.asp?SearchType=ProdNum&ProdN... It appears to be on the blue plug end. Take care, Jim O TP180 Posted 5/29/2010 12:16 PM (#91502 - in reply to #90105) Subject: RE: Lowrance HDS 5 Bought and installed a new transducer last night...problem solved!