Humminbird Greg or Quadrabeam Pro

Thought I would be able to use my 797C for ice fishing. Normally use a vex but I thought the down imaging would be slick for ice fishing. Since I could not get anything on the DI while on the ice I am assuming that it has to be moving for the DI to work properly. Since the info is supplied via software to the DI from the SI. I should have realized that in advance.:o

I happen to have a quadrabeam transducer I can put on the 797 for ice fishing. Before I go to all the trouble of inventing a rube goldberg contraption for holding the quadrabeam level on ice. Does the quadrabeam have to be moving to function ? What I am looking to do is maximize my info on each hole I drill. The idea of drilling a hole over 22' of water and being able to read 44' wide of info greatly appeals to me. At the very least should make finding weed beds , cover and drop offs a lot faster.

Interesting my DI seems to work sitting still? I think someone else said the same thing. Is the transducer in the water, just asking I have never ice fished.

Yes it was in the water , the DI was on and all I saw was dark blue nothing else. Not at all what I see when using with boat.

on the yahoo SI forums greg answers this question. Im not sure what new features the Ice fishing feature is for the 798, but apparently it wasnt on the 797. he said they may be coming out with an update to put it on the 797

--- In [email protected], "trytoofish" <trytoofish@...> wrote:
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> Roger
> Where did you find the screen shots,I would like to look at them.
> Thanks
>
> --- In [email protected], "Roger A." <raricker1@> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In [email protected], "Walters, Greg" <gwalters@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Roger,
> > >
> > > I'm sure if there is room for this addition to the 797's software that
> > > it will be added via a software upgrade, but I do not know if the room
> > > will be available or not. It wasn;t so long ago that it was
> > > questionable whether the 797 would be able to support the Down Imaging
> > > software feature due to memory space.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Greg Walters at Humminbird
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ________________________________
> > >
> > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
> > > On Behalf Of Roger A.
> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 2:50 PM
> > > To: [email protected]
> > > Subject: [sideimaging] Attn Greg - Ice Fishing Mode for 797c
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi Greg,
> > >
> > > I was just looking over the online manuals for the new 788ci and 798ci
> > > units off the Humminbird website and I noticed an "Ice Fishing Mode"
> > > option (off the Sonar column). I'm not sure how long this feature has
> > > been available on the newer units, but it caught my eye today. As I use
> > > my 797c as an ice fishing unit in the winter here in MN, I was wondering
> > > if you could ask the Engineering Dept. if they could add this feature to
> > > the 797c (as a software release). It looks like an interesting feature
> > > that might come in handy during certain "hard water" situations. It
> > > doesn't hurt to ask ... right? I look forward to your response.
> > >
> > > Take care,
> > > Roger
> > >
> > Hi Greg,
> > Thanks for the reply. I now use either the Sonar view or Sonar Zoom view when I'm using my 797c for ice fishing. The Flasher view (as it stands now in the 797c) has been around for a very long time, and from my point of view, not very useful. Seeing the "Ice Fishing Mode" screen shots for the new 700's got me all excited about the "possibilities". But, to your point, if this were the last software update 797c users were to get, I would vote not to add this feature. Having the room to fix other - yet to be determined - problems is more important.
> >
> > Take care,
> > Roger
> >
>
Hi trytoofish,
To see the "Ice Fishing Mode" screen shots download either the 2011 788ci or 798ci Product Manuals off the Humminbird website. Find the Circular Flasher View description in the "Views" section of the manual. As a sidebar, I just noticed a similar posting on this topic on the SideImageSoft website. It looks like this feature is being released w/ the 2011 (at least) 700 box's.

Take Care,
Roger

Hays47,
Yes the QuadraBeam transducer will work but like Alan I am wondering why the SI sonar did not work on your 797c Si unit. Did you get anything on the Si sonar beams?

Just remember that when using the QuadraBeam transducer that the 2x water depth coverage is only out to the sides of the transducer and not a circular area as with the normal 2D sonar.