Two mounting locations - 898c SI

Has anyone successfully created two mounting locations for their 798, 898, 998, or 1198 SI unit? I have a 898 mounted at the console. I rarely fish from the front of the boat since I mainly troll but it would be nice to be able to move my 898 to the front of the boat. Has anyone created two mounting locations for a single unit? If so, what all did you need and how does it work? Was it worth it?

I think I would need:
Power wire (PC11) - $13.99
Sonar extension (ECw10 or ECw30) - $24.99 to $34.99
GPS cable extension (AS SYSLINK) - $34.99
Mounting bracket (GM2) - $26.99

I could run the power wire all the way from the battery to the front. Then run the sonar and GPS extension cables from the console (current 898 location). Then when I wanted to use the unit in the front I would have to connect the sonar and GPS cables under the console. It would be nice if there was a switch or a splitter wire for this so the wires always stayed hooked up. Any ideas on this?

DoubleG

I'm trying to do the same thing. I thought about buying another power cord and using a small 12v battery at the front like they use ice fishin.

Double G.......Check with maj over on the MS board....I think he did this for awhile on his other boat before he got his second SI unit

Swivel mount?

I just bought the parts to do this.

You need:

syslink cable
US2 W- Switch or US3-W switch is you wait til after Feb 24
PC-11 power cable
RAM Mount
cable collector

Blueball has all the stuff you need to do this for sale in the classified section

heres how i got mine,have unit on a ram mount and bought an extra mounting base(rammount) so i can just undo the ram and cable collector and move it where i want it.

what i did was buy an extra trans.,gps puck,power wire,and cable collector to mount at the trolling motor ,already had it mounted on the back.i have everything forsale for someone to make a second setup except a gps puck and ram base,if interested pm me and i will give u a price,and do u have your unit on a ram mount,if u do is it a 1 1/2 or 2 1/4 in i might have a base too

blue ball is that the 2 and a quarter in. Ram mount that you are using? If so....is it the long one or the short one?

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Originally Posted by Stymie

I just bought the parts to do this.

You need:

syslink cable
US2 W- Switch or US3-W switch is you wait til after Feb 24
PC-11 power cable
RAM Mount
cable collector

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Are you doing this without having a transducer up front?

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Originally Posted by mduncan62

Are you doing this without having a transducer up front?

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I'm not moving it up front. I'm moving it to the back of the boat. I want to watch the unit and my poles when pullin without having to glance at the console.
I'm using the switch to run the transom transducer to either the console or the back depending on whether I'm driving the boat or pullin. It'll also be a graph for my partner in the back when spider riggin.

I was planning on using just one GPS pluck and one transducer that i have already mounted....

What does the US2W and US3W switch do? I will have to go take a look at what you go for sale blueball... I will send you a pm...

DoubleG

They are transducer switches. If you want have to use one transducer, its the way to go. The US3W looks like it'll be cheaper than the US2W but its not out yet and I couldn't find specs that it had a cable with it. The US2W is more expensive and hard to find, but it has a 5 foot cable for one unit, a 20 foot cable for the other unit and 20 inches to the transducer cable.

http://store.humminbird.com/products/323061/US2_W

Oh okay.. When I read up on them... I thought it was wired so you could use two transducers with one SI unit. I didn't know it was the other way around. That is exactly what i need then. That way I won't have to switch wires or plugs... but just flip a switch.

DoubleG

yeah g-3 thats the big 2 1/4 one,what ram u gonna put your new unit on

Yep. My stuff shipped out today, so I might get to try it out this weekend. Most likely next weekend though.
Wife is giving me grief about more holes in the boat ( for the ram ball ). Since the gimble mount is attached to the ram arm, I'm just going to flip the switch, disconnect the wires and move the ram arm, gimble and unit to the new location and plug it in.
That's the plan anyway.

thats the way mine works but no switch to flip.where i use mine at the console and trolling motor i like t 2 transducer setup better,but wont have that problem any more cause i bought another unit, so no more moving back and forth

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Originally Posted by Stymie

Yep. My stuff shipped out today, so I might get to try it out this weekend. Most likely next weekend though.
Wife is giving me grief about more holes in the boat ( for the ram ball ). Since the gimble mount is attached to the ram arm, I'm just going to flip the switch, disconnect the wires and move the ram arm, gimble and unit to the new location and plug it in.
That's the plan anyway.

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Originally Posted by blueball

thats the way mine works but no switch to flip.where i use mine at the console and trolling motor i like t 2 transducer setup better,but wont have that problem any more cause i bought another unit, so no more moving back and forth

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Yeah, as far as the front goes, I already have a unit up there. If you have the cash, that's the way to go.

I just found I wasn't using the console that much when fishing off the back and my partner ( lil' sty, my boy ) wanted to have a depth finder to use when he on the back and I'm up front.

Hey guys is there a way to run two different quick mounts off of 1 puck antenna ie a splitter of some sort or do I need a second puck?

has any of you with the 898 tried seeing fish symbols and if so are you successful as im having trouble with mine not arches--symbols

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Originally Posted by GR8Day2Fish

Hey guys is there a way to run two different quick mounts off of 1 puck antenna ie a splitter of some sort or do I need a second puck?

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GR8Day2Fish,
Yes there is, it is called the AS-SysLink cable. It allows two units to use the same GPS Receiver without the other unit having to be powered on. The units will not share any information between them though.

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Originally Posted by Crappiegirl1

has any of you with the 898 tried seeing fish symbols and if so are you successful as im having trouble with mine not arches--symbols

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Crappiegirl1,
Try turning up the Fish ID Sensitivity menu and/or setting the Beam Select menu to the 200/83kHz menu setting.