Thread: Lowrance Hook-7

I think it's more of an installation problem I need to look at them

I still do not like the particular fishfinder I'm going to upgrade

oh BTW I still say the Lowrance 3x is junk

Thanks Ray, I've been on the phone with them a couple times today and 3 e-mails with pictures. I'll say one thing, that they are real proud of their product.

Scepseslayer, If you tell these guy your problem with what you have, they may can help you with it. There are some real knowledgeable people on this group. And I'm not one of them. Lowrance hasn't been able to stay in business this long making junk. I've used their product since they made the old paper chart recorders and I have always had good products and service from them.

thanks Gc I know it's a $100 fish finder. I have the transducer where it's supposed to be. When I'm in I know at 40 ft depth, the console will read 2236 ft or something crazy. I admit, I don't have much experience with fishfinders.But I've never even seen an arch on them.
I just should upgrade before Spring. It doesn't make sense to have $100 units on a $25k boat. It's what the boat came with and I didn't know any better or I would have negotiated an upgrade lol

Scpseslayer
Just a couple of comments and a question or two.
I see from you earlier post that you've had the boat about a year now. Has it always malfunctioned since new? If it has, had you though about ever taking it back to the dealer that you bought the boat from. Is it reading this crazy footage depth when you setting still or while you're running along. If it's while you are still, that has to be fixed before you'll ever be able to start looking for fish. It could be a bad transducer that maybe someone dropped while it was being put on the boat, a pinched cable from it or even the main unit too. These are rather simple units to use and here is a small video that shows that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1NZGuP0Pbc That unit far out ways what I started out with years ago when the screen units first came on the market. what I started with left a lot on the table, but they worked.

Have you tried the unit in the Demo mode. Does it work in that mode. If it does I would think that it's in the transducer or cable. If it's not working in that mode, I'd think the unit. If you're trying to read the depth while you're running along that surely can be a problem when where and how the transducer is mounted and that can be a challenge some times. If you expect to see fish while you're running along, I'm not sure that you're ever going to see that unless you're going real slow in some deep water. have you tried to talk to the service department at Lowrance?

One last thing is that the more expensive units have a lot more bells and whistles that what you have now and the learning curve is going to be more than what you have now. I'm replacing a unit that I put on my boat when I bought it back in 2001, it's black and white and cost $300 back then. It has served me well and I am able to see, I think everything below me and know what I'm seeing too. It did take a while to get the transducer adjusted on the boat to see the bottom at 35 MPH but I did and that all I'm interested in at that speed. I know that I'm going to have to go through a new learning curve myself with my new unit.

I don't mean to muddy the water with your problem, but being a retired Broadcast Engineer, I always feel that there has to be an answer to a problem like you're having. The basic concept is still the same as with the early flasher depth finders, it's now how they process the information now. A signal is transmitted down and the receiver hears the signal bounces back and processes it. I have an ole saying " One Test Is Worth a Thousand Opinions. I wish you the best of luck working this out.