Quote Originally Posted by SeaRay View Post
Speaking of moving the DF from front to back, I always liked the fact that the HBs simply plugged into the mount and many models would work in the same mounting.
Unfortunately, the Helix went away from that. It has the cable plugs on the back of the unit and works like the Lowrance units, so you can't "plug" the Helix models into any of the other style HB mounts.
Anyone know why HB made the change and was is just the Helix or are all new HBs like that?
Not sure why they went to that but I know on my father in law's boat sometimes the wires that plugged in from the bottom would sometimes get pushed down and we would have to readjust them to make sure they fit snuggly into the unit. This may be a factor in their changing designs. I too liked the idea of being able to plug different units into the same mount.