I just purchased a 2002 Triton 1860SC, it has a Humminbird 747c on the bow. Are they any good? I haven't even looked at a Humminbird since my fishing buddy bought a new 4ID years ago. Everything I've had has been Lowrance or Eaqgle.
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I just purchased a 2002 Triton 1860SC, it has a Humminbird 747c on the bow. Are they any good? I haven't even looked at a Humminbird since my fishing buddy bought a new 4ID years ago. Everything I've had has been Lowrance or Eaqgle.
Hey Justin, ole chuck told me you had finally found a boat.....glad to see you joining the forum..
I can't answer your question about the 747 but I'm sure someone will chime in....
You have got to see what these new SI units are doin these days....maybe we can get together sometime this fall and we'll go a'fishin with my 1197...great unit.... except for the "donut"...I hate the "donut"...
Rickie
Good to hear from you Rickie, Charlie told me about you're rig. Drop me an e-mail and we'll go fishin' sometime. I'm on long break now, start nights Friday.
Justin
Youe shift structure is a little different than mine....
Sorry to hijack your thread and get it off topic...
Anyone out there got info on the HB 747 for my buddy here...??
May not help but…
The 747c is just like the 777c units except that it has a low resolution display (the 77c was the model before the current 778c). So any comments not display related from 777c users should apply here.
I have one and really like it. If you decide to sell it please let me know.
Greg, asking for justinp61 as it's not my unit but ...
is the 747 upgradable to SI...?? (or maybe it's already SI..?)
No it is not Rickie as it does not have the internal circuitry to do so. The unit has to be built as an Si sonar unit for it to have it, otherwise we just don't put these extra components on the internal printed circuit boards.
Thanks Greg.....
Hey justin sounds like you need to sell that 747 to charlie and buy you a 1197...!!
Are you kidding, Charlie on pays pennies on the hundreds : ). I'm going to try it out before I decide on what to do with it. Most likely I'll wait for the prices on the HDS units to come down or buy a used one with Structure Scan. I have always had good luck with Lowrances.
What part of your work rotation are you in now?
I'm a little behind on catchin up here at CC. ...
It's Monday now and I just started my 4 days gettin ready for long break.....
What is the donut...Quote:
Originally Posted by rnvinc
Carter
Cane Pole can describe the "donut" better than I can...Quote:
Originally Posted by carter
CP... I yield the floor to you to answer this perplexing query.....;)
OK. Since Cane Pole might not have followed this post....
The normal boat shaped icon on the HB screen shows the direction the boat is traveling. When the speed becomes less than 0.5mph the boat shaped icon turns into a "hollow circle" shaped icon which HB explains as the GPS is not sure which way the boat is moving.
But, if you read this quote from Greg...{Because someone decide that below a certain speed (which looks to be 0.5mph) that the Humminbird units would not show a directional arrow. My guess is that this was all set up when we had less accurate GPS Receivers and was just never revised. Or maybe they have looked at this again but feel like at those speeds that there is just too much variability in the GPS system and our GPS Receiver still to be 100% all the time. }....It sounds like that "donut" is a carryover from the older (less accurate) GPS systems that HB feels like it's not worth updating to the level of directional capabilities that other brands already employ.
I mean, let's face it....IMO... the bass fishermen is the market target that HB is most interested in and the bass fishermen doesn't ever fish below 0.5mph anyway.....
Therefore...again IMO...it's gonna take a LOT of screaming from us fishermen that fish slower than 0.5mph before "the powers that be at HB" (not Greg..he's on our side) will listen to us...