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the new dsi units talk about the dsi but nothing about the gps just wondering if its the same as the hds unit and why is the price of the dsi combo less than hds combo sorry for the ramble but just trying to make a choice between the two an you guys seem to know alot of the ins an outs thanks for any help....Tim
The dsi models have no 2d sonar. The Hummingbird models coming out will have both and gps.( and better customer service )
also no sidescan.
The DSI units will not have regular sonar. The ELite 5 DSI will have GPS and downscan and the Elite 5X DSI and Mark 5X DSI will be downscan only, no sonar or gps.
thanks for the info, sounds like I need to go with the hds 5 or a HB unit I have looked over nearly all of the threads about HBs an Lowrance lots of hair pulling with HBs an lots of bad CS on lowrance. still the plug an play of lowrance looks best to me one thing that i try an remeber is that when you point the finger of blame theres 3 pointing back....
Lets not loose sight of the fact that side imaging and down imaging is still sonar, and it is 2d sonar. All that has changed is the area that is pinged and the frequency of ping.
after seeing cane poles video of his system {the HDS unit} that picture was great,if the HDS5 is anything like that I will be happy.is that plug an play or fine tuned geuss I"ll have to get me battery an spend some time at the kitchen table...
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Originally Posted by PUMKIN HEAD
Little tuning, not much. Yep. Play with the unit in the simulator mode. Helps to know how to navigate the buttons and the menu and takes a lot of guesswork out of settings, especially on the water. I have learned a lot about HB and Lowrance setting in my Lazyboy watching tv and pushing buttons during commercial breaks. ha