Definite 797 lockup...........

[Cane Pole]

When in the simulator mode and the recording comes to and end, the 797 pauses. At this time when you hit the menu button ( to end pause or whatever), the unit locks up. It does it every time. You have to remove power from the unit to restart the unit. The power button doesn't do a thing. The processor ain't reading the power button. It is in a never never land, an endless loop with no escape except shut down! This should not happen. Period.

Been playing with the unit while yaking here.

Condition: Power only. No xducer attatched. Shouldn't matter. I am just lookin' at pictures.

[chaunc]

Thanks for the heads up. Does the 997 do that too?

[Cane Pole]

Thanks for the heads up. Does the 997 do that too?

I don't know Chaunc.

[mduncan62]

That sure sucks. Maybe the HB guys will come up with a fix for you. That's a lot of Jack to cough up for a unit that locks up. You need to find a way to get that side imaging working with your laptop. That would be the way to go.

[crappielimits]

Mine did this once also and scared me. I think I pushed the button to hard and it was stuck. I freed it up with out repowering the unit.

[J White]

Mine acts totally crazy in simulator - sometimes it will run for an hour,
sometimes it will lock up in the first few seconds over and over.
I first thought it was because I was too button-happy, but it locked up
last night after I hadn't touched it for five minutes. I was sitting there
studying stuff on a Navionics card. (But it did this before I had a card in
it also). Thank goodness it doesn't do this on the water, or I'd be having
a fit.

[ShilohRed]

How are you running it in the house?
I would love to study my 987 like that. Or just look at the maps while sitting here.
PEte

[Cane Pole]

How are you running it in the house?
I would love to study my 987 like that. Or just look at the maps while sitting here.
PEte

I don't know about the 987 Pete, but I ordered a power cable for the 797 from Humminbird. I just hook it up to a 12 volt source (Phihong 12 volt switching power supply). All functions work except when I try to playback recordings. When recording pauses, it locks up.

Never have any trouble on the water, but I never have reviewed a recording on the water either. Too busy catching...haha

I do like this record function. It allows you to go back and mark spots after the fact. It is pretty accurate too. I am just tolerating the lockup. The data is good.

This stuff reminds me of when I worked on the Hummingbirds. All three crashed and burned. Killed a couple of pilots. Never did figure why the controls kept locking up. This was in 1966-1967 I think. Hummingbird was a VTOL. Fly by wire ain't nothing new. This Hummingbird had it. I have worked on some interesting stuff in my brief lifetime.

http://www.vstol.org/wheel/VSTOLWheel/LockheedXV-4B.htm

I wish I could share some of the stuff I recorded. Want let me. I can't take a snapshot of a recording. ha

[ShilohRed]

Thanks Tom I have an extra power cable. So I guess I will start doing what your doing. That sounds like the way to do it.
Pete

[Cane Pole]

Thanks Tom I have an extra power cable. So I guess I will start doing what your doing. That sounds like the way to do it.
Pete

Have you tried the record/playback function?