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My older unit, a 998, is dead on. I won't upgrade it because I am happy with its operation. I'm scared of them upgrades anymore. I'm not aware of the older units having a gps problem like the new ones. I wish you continued good service from your units.Originally Posted by clfarms1
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I've got the 597 no trouble so far its speed reads the same as the I pilot
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my 898's perform wonderfully, gps signal is dependent on multiple factors, including wind and cloud cover, if you don't like your birds, get you a new generation lowrance and wait 5 minutes between updates on the gps screen, possible the slowest and most useless gps on the market.
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Wind and cloud cover don't effect gps signals., if that was the case a airplane would never be able to fly using GPS and that is the way they all work. our missile that fly a thousand mph or more rely on GPS and the wind speed would be the same and we can fly them in a window. just my
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Humminbird gps factory problem
Oh great. Another thread turned into who's better. Humminbird or Lowrance. I just wanted to inform folks that Humminbird is aware of the problem and is still selling them. I have a unit that is working great but its a 2010 model. I didn't make this crap up. If I thought Lowrance was better I would own one. Screw this and sorry for trying to help out.
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Do what newly does, watch how fast the bank is moving. His .5 is actually 2.5 but the fish don't seem to mind.
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mine are the 6.180 version, like you i was scared to update and since everything was working fine i saw no reason, will humminbird not make it right for ya? is this the same 998 you were having trouble with earlier? have you tried going back to an older version update, if that is even possible.
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i doubt my humminbird has the same gps capabilities as a nuclear warhead. but thats just me.Wind and cloud cover don't effect gps signals., if that was the case a airplane would never be able to fly using GPS and that is the way they all work. our missile that fly a thousand mph or more rely on GPS and the wind speed would be the same and we can fly them in a window. just my
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Watch them new updates, I know your talking about depth finders, but thats the problem with the gps I was talking about ,the new updates is the problem with them, my older gps hadn't got the new updates and it still works right. I wanted a newer model, thats why I bought the new one, thought it might be better, but It wasn't.
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