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I mounted my 997 on PVC arm (on the center console) that swivels about 2' front to back with a bracket that will allow the unit to twist 360 degrees. Interesting enough, the unit is big enough and the seats are close enough to see the screen from the front or back of the boat.
I am still milling around the thought of a 997.
One poster mentioned linking the unit with another humminbird so that you could track points cruising with the 997 and then find the waypoints using a cheaper smaller hb until with the trolling motor?
What is a good smaller hb unit to put on the front and link together.
rco
788C. Excellent unit. somewhere aroung $650.00
Got mine mounted and it looks good, just have to hook wires up and mount transducer so i will be ready to fish. I thought i would put my 1197 on a arm that would swivel but the unit is just too heavy for that method i believe so i went with the slide.
Rush,
I bought a humminbird 717 to put on the bow and am in the process of buying the interlink and another gps antenna to link the 717 and the 997 together. I got some good info from JWhite about his interlink combo. I think the bow unit needs to be a 700 series, but not exactly positive. Academy Sports has 717 on clearance for 139.00 Note that the 717 only holds 750 waypoints and will only share the 750 between the units. The linking of these together with the smaller 717 unit looses the max waypoint capacity/shared waypoint capacity of the 997. I hope this takes care of the problem of transferring waypoints from a handheld to my 997 and from my 997 to the handheld mounted on the bow. My neck gets stiff looking back at the 997 on the console from the front bow seat.
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Originally Posted by rushcreekoutdoor
Lets see them pics. The large Ram Mount holds the 1197 great even going down the at 30mph. It has to swivel joints. But I want to see your rail.Quote:
Originally Posted by reggis
Just my opinion, but if you buy the best unit they make, why would you couple it with the cheapest POS that they put out. After using the color and features on my 797, there's no way I would want to sit up front and use a cheap black and white unit with the worst resolution in the fleet.
I doubt that you'll be happy going from the color and resolution on a SI unit and switching to a B&W unit with a 320X320 resolution. I'd give this some thought before doing it.
Been looking at ram mounts. Here is a link I found.. RAM SWING ARM MOUNTS .
Anyone know of other places to look at? I need one for my new HB788.
I like them so far! I will get some more pics of mine, I have a 1197 on the large Ram Mount and it works good. I can turn it in direction I want, and it's mounted at the the hem. I can view it from the bow or the stern, or any where in between.Quote:
Originally Posted by bearcatrp
Finished my up tonight and got it ready for water. I can view it and have access to unit from front or drivers seat. I'll take some pictures and get them printed and show what it looks like.