Thread: my opinion of the onix

Kosmo....That DI on the 360 looks better than I expected from it, and the 360 view is definitely more clear than on the 98 series.

Don't think I have seen any 360 images from anyone with a 99 series.

Thank you for taking the time to break it down for me. I plan to be buying in about 2-3 weeks so I will be watching sales as well as different forum postings on the onix development path.

Originally Posted by BobB

Here's my take from watching this forum and others.....
The ONIX has the scroll back capability, the screen can be split 4 ways and you can customize your own favorite views can be set up, you can operate it in touch mode or use a combination of a joystick and vernier dial. (You can adjust the sensitivity up and down by turning the dial.)
You can turn the ping of the DI element on and off. The SI ranges does not seem to be hurt by the dedicated DI crystal like it is on Structure Scan. (There is a little washboard effect like the Lowrance units have, but is very minimal and can be totally eliminated by tuning off the DI ping.) If you split displays, you can 2finger touch the screen on any one of the splits and it will go to that view full screen.....Another 2 finger touch and it goes back to the split view.
The SI and DI can be ran at different frequencies.....from the images I have seen it works really good when the DI is 800Khz and the SI is 455 Khz.
Probably a few more things I'm not remembering right now.

The DI images I have seen look better than any I have seen from any other unit. They are nothing short of amazing.......PM me and I will send you a link to some images.

If you are ever going to get a 360....the ONIX images for the 360 have better clarity.

It is more $ than the 1199, but a LOT better unit. Looks like the ONIX is the new king of the hill. I wouldn't be buying the 1199 ......it would be the ONIX for me.

From Greg on another forum: The ONIX platform has more processing capability than the 1199ci HD Si unit. It also has more connectivity than the 1199. The transducer has DI sonar (not Di sonar from Si sonar). More mapping card options plus SmartStrike capability. Not just touch screen but gesturing as well. Display size and pixel count differences. Digital Signal Processing for the sonar plus CHIRP. Built-in NMEA 2000 connectivity (no more AS-ETH-NMEA2K accessory needed). Customizable Views.

Heres some pictures that were taken using a onix 8.the owner had problems with the original transducer,but humminbird gave him a new one.he says that he is happy with his unit now

Just installed the AS GPS NMEA adapter for the heading sensor gps puck. Straight forward installation and immediately the unit recognized it. It shows a compass on the upper right corner along side the sonar, satellite, 360 and I pilot link icons. Won't be able to test until Thursday.

Deill11,how long is the adaptor

It's a 2 cable adapter. The cable for the heading sensor is about a foot long, the second cable for NMEA0183 is about 2 feet long with bare wires.

Update 1.150 posted to the website.

Originally Posted by Diel11

Update 1.150 posted to the website.

Deil11,have you installed the new update yet?I'm going to when I get home tonight.(doug, over at the other web sight, posted a video using his new onix.i see that he was having some issues with the touch screen .)