Thread: somebody boost my confidence

Navionics won the 1st litigation against Garmin and their GT xducers with a dedicated DI piezo ...

Garmin tried to get around this litigation by "tilting" the DI piezo 16° in some xducers and called them ClearVu (it's still unclear which xducers) ...

Navico won the associated litigation of his change...and Garmin then removed the DI piezo and called this xducer "ClearVu" also ...

Garmin won the final litigation with the ITC ruling that Navico's DownScan patent was invalid from the start - saying Navico copied existing technology (HB's SI) and simply turned it downward ...

Any Garmin GT xducer (past and present) with DownVu does indeed have a dedicated DI piezo (altho it's unclear how to distinguish which GT have the "tilted" DI piezo) ...

Any Garmin unit with DownVu or ClearVu capability can utilize the GT xducers to get dedicated DI - regardless if that unit came with a GT xducer or a ClearVu xducer ...

I don't have comparison images myself ...

Rickie

Originally Posted by rnvinc

Navionics won the 1st litigation against Garmin and their GT xducers with a dedicated DI piezo ...

Garmin tried to get around this litigation by "tilting" the DI piezo 16° in some xducers and called them ClearVu (it's still unclear which xducers) ...

Navico won the associated litigation of his change...and Garmin then removed the DI piezo and called this xducer "ClearVu" also ...

Garmin won the final litigation with the ITC ruling that Navico's DownScan patent was invalid from the start - saying Navico copied existing technology (HB's SI) and simply turned it downward ...

Any Garmin GT xducer (past and present) with DownVu does indeed have a dedicated DI piezo (altho it's unclear how to distinguish which GT have the "tilted" DI piezo) ...

Any Garmin unit with DownVu or ClearVu capability can utilize the GT xducers to get dedicated DI - regardless if that unit came with a GT xducer or a ClearVu xducer ...

I don't have comparison images myself ...

Rickie

Thanks Ricky , I can always get the true picture from your post. Basically what you are saying is the gt transducers with the Garmin striker 7sv should be o.k.. and should be for true down scan. Since I have mapping e/w gps on my other unit , this should work.....Thanks again for your help....crappie1133

It's important to check with the retailer before buying any Garmin unit to verify that specific unit is boxed with the GT xducer ...

Or buy a unit with no xducer and buy the GT xducer separate ...

Only the ClearVu xducers bundled with some Garmin unit do not have a dedicated DI piezo ...

Rickie


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