HDS8 settings 2d sonar....Ranger

[Cane Pole]

I lowered my boat in the water today and took a few snapshots. The wind was gusting to 30 mph and we had a constant 15-20 mph breeze. I left the boat on the lift, lowered the boat' then dropped the TM for to set my screen setup for a snapshot.

My setup is: Minnkota V2 I pilot with US2. The trolling motor also has the LSS1 transducer mounted to it. I turned all electronics and pumps on and observed the 2d screen. I got a lotta stuff on my boat and all was on and running. Screen was pretty clean as seen in the snapshot.

These are my initial settings. I don't use the HDS 2d much.

I verified that the US2 shield is tied to the motor housing and that the shield is not tied to the ground signal wire in the US2 cable. They are isolated.

I am not sure if the shield and US2 ground lead (black) get tied together via the HDS8 or not. The wind was too strong to meter the connector properly.

I have a seperate battery for my HDS8, however it's ground is tied to TM ground and also start motor ground. I had to tie all together to rid the noise. Every step helps.

First shot. Water is about 4 feet deep at the front of my dock.



These are my present settings.




I turned the surface filter off. A little messy. Not bad considering the water depth.

[gabowman]

Looks like youre getting 'er dialed in pretty good. Cant wait to see some shots of structure and fish.

[wilbur]

Do you always leave your sensitivity on auto? Does it work well that way?

[Cane Pole]

Do you always leave your sensitivity on auto? Does it work well that way?

I find by adjusting auto (+ or -) does a good job of cleaning up things. I tried manual settings, but auto works just as good. I usualy set auto -2.

[Lonestar Proud]

Lowrance claims to run your "Fishing Mode" setting in Shallow water mode....Don't know if it makes that much difference though, because I've never changed it since I installed my 5 and 7.

-LP

[Cane Pole]

Lowrance claims to run your "Fishing Mode" setting in Shallow water mode....Don't know if it makes that much difference though, because I've never changed it since I installed my 5 and 7.

-LP

I didn't see any difference in the settings. I tried it. Didn't notice any screen differfence between general, shallow or fresh water settings.