Hi Tim I feel ya ...but I will say thespiderman had a similar experience with his elite 7 and by the time I caught up with what he was describing as the problems I was in denial that a Lowrance could be that way only to find out just about word for word what you said about your unit.I have a 12 and 8 gen2 and both are a dream they work flawlessly with some unbelievable detail...absolutely no issues with updating of the charts no transducer issues I would not trade them for nothing in the world for now ,just hope they don't brake as soon as the warranty ends. Unless we are all missing something here I can't see why Lowrance would market the Elite 7 the way the did to damage their reputation ..in short.. from them it ain't right. I know several gents who own the Elite 7 for the down image and love it,as far as I know that's all they wanted it for and did not feel the need to spend more.. but even at that price or whatever price you don't hide information or make the proper way to set the unit up for optimum performance so vague. You're not the first one by no stretch to be disappointed in the chart lag time amongst other things ...I'll keep a thumbs down on the 7 and hope Lowrance does better soon...here are some 8,9&12 down & image shotsName: 69 No crd.jpg
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The pics are on the Florida forum