I was out today first time with 997. I never had a donut always a boat icon. Iwas as slow as 0.1 mph still a boat. Am i set up wrong or did they fix it.
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I was out today first time with 997. I never had a donut always a boat icon. Iwas as slow as 0.1 mph still a boat. Am i set up wrong or did they fix it.
Hmmmmmmmm???????
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so what do you think cane pole.
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Originally Posted by wilbur
I dunno.
what rev firmware u have? I haven't been on the water since the new upgrade.
Others reported donut at .6mph.
Maybe the just screwing with us donut haters.:)
i loaded the new update i think it 4.75 its the last one with the down imaging.
And what model antennae are you using?
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Just an FYI: the most recent software update allows for a faster GPS refresh rate which helps in traveling back to a waypoint. The “donut” that CP and others refer to is our way of showing that the GPS Receiver does not detect any movement which will happen at very, very low speeds.
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Nope. that ain't it.Quote:
Originally Posted by wilbur
Gotta be they screwing with us........:eek:
if the gps doesnt detect movement why is the speed on there.
jaxsprat i think its a as gr 50
Try another speed window. The speed display might be screwed up showing false speed. My guess.
YOU are gonna have to explain that to me. PLease
The speed is by gps how can it be wrong unless the antenna is bad right?
Do you believe you were going .1 mph?Quote:
Originally Posted by wilbur
you can change you speed readout overlay. The speed picture box.Quote:
Originally Posted by wilbur
I'm not sure of ture speed, but I also did not get the donut now until speed reads 0.0. Check it a couple times today slow trolling, could just be luck :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Cane Pole
who knows :confused:
ok cane pole walk me through it what menu?what do i change? I just cant see how gps could be inaccurate.
Had the donut on my 788 yesterday at .4mph or less.
Gps is great, but it ain't dead-nuts perfect. We were trying to run a ~15' +/- wide channel one day. Icon center channel, 2d showed us up on the break. Just one example. Trolling no biggie, but don't be skinned back trying to run a small channel lined with stumps high enough to knock a lower unit off. You'll really be disappointed in gps then.Quote:
Originally Posted by wilbur
What is a donut?
I don't have my unit here, butQuote:
Originally Posted by wilbur
go to setup tab
scroll down to readouts
scroll over and see 1-5 readouts
you can arrow over on the individual readouts to change the display setting.
Just a thought. easy check and easier than changing the biscuit.
Best thing to do is use a handheld that works and verify the HB unit next time out.
How fast (estimated) you believe you were going? It is hard to guestimate .4-.1 mph.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fisherman_Wantabe
The readout shuts off when the donut comes on?
Red donut.Quote:
Originally Posted by G-3 Fisherman
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Don't forget folks. i ain't been on the water in 4 months. I just doing recall on this stuff. Sometimes it is fuzzy. Recall that is, not my chit.
CP, I like your knowledge of this stuff almost as much as your humor. Now, please tell me why you have the 997 (at least that's the image you used) and not the 998 or 1197. It's a serious question 'cause I'm on the verge of buying one of them. Thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cane Pole
my m.p.h. never went to o.o although it was pretty windy. Could not control boat most of time speed was in reverse or side ways. I thought of handheld also next time i have a garmin.
3 years ago, there was no such thing as a 1197 or 998. Well, lets say they were not available to us "common folks".:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by majflyboy
Oh cane pole i almost forgot I have a 14ft. john with a 10hp. against the wind flat out speed said 6.6 to 6.9. does that sound about right.
I dunno. How fast it go without the wind?Quote:
Originally Posted by wilbur
I got a 15hp on 14 footer. It goes about 23mph downhill.
You guys lost me. What is the donut for ?
It is the direction arrow on lunch break.:DQuote:
Originally Posted by G-3 Fisherman
You get below .6 mph, the arrow turns into a circle. Hard to aim a circle (donut).
My 1197 has the newest software upgrade and I use the ASGR-HA 1 meter accuracy GPS antenae.....
My speed reads down to 0.1 mph no matter what direction my boat is going...forward, backward, sideways, crossways....
The directional arrow turns into a donut below 0.6 mph.....:mad:
The donut does, in fact, move on the chart below 0.6 mph....but only actually about every 6-8 seconds...
HB claims that the the new software allows 4 X second GPS position update..
If the GPS speed readout is showing mph (indicating movement) ...even as low as 0.1mph...then one would tend to believe that the antenae does, in fact, know where it is and where it was 1/4 of a second ago...
Now, why this donut is not reflectling this knowledge of detecting movement every 1/4 of a second and showing this movement on the chart...:confused::confused:
I donut know
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Originally Posted by Allan