I have never had my HDS 8, HDS 7 or HDS 5 do that. Have you contacted Lowrance?
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just got my HDS8 hooked up and running and on the first trip out, after running 15-20 mins, the screen went into what i would call a "sleep mode". the only way i could correct the issue was to turn the unit off and back on. my question is: is this normal or do i have some setting wrong? posted this in the arkansas forum and got some good thoughts but wanted to spread it around a little more to see what else i could find.
I have never had my HDS 8, HDS 7 or HDS 5 do that. Have you contacted Lowrance?
Was your battery fully charged?Mine went black at the end of a long day and battery was low.Turned off and back on and it was fine.
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You may have had put it into a low back light mode without realizing it. It might have been on, but the screen was set to a mode that does not blind you at night. It's easy to do accidently if you hit the wrong buttons.
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mine did that a couple times, never did figure out why, I would go to the brightness screen and it would be on 3 adj to max. did this twice in a couple weeks, about well long time ago, no problems since... beats me,,,just wanted you to know your not alone.... hope you get it fixed ....luck to ya/