997 querstion

I'm not getting anything from my unit. It's not even putting up the reading boxes where the the speed and such would be. I checked my connection at the Unit and it looks OK and have put Dielectric grease in the connections. I've tried System Restore a couple times and checked the pins to see if any were bent and there weren't any. If I remember right, it didn't show water temp either for some reason. Could this have something to do with the new update in the software I just did? If so, can I erase the new update off the Sim card and put the old one back on it since I did save the BIN file. Any of you got any ideas on any of this?

If you put the old update on the SD card and power it on. It will ask if you want to update since the two versions don't match. Select yes, then no and you should be on your way.

I'd remove the new update from the SD card, though. Never tried it with two updates on the same card, so can't tell ya what would happen.

I can delete the newer version from the card just like I did with the old one. Put in in the puter and delete. I don;t want to do that though if it's no needed. Gonna take the puck off the back deck and take it apart to see if there's a lose wire inside the puck tonight. I GOT to have this fixed by Friday night since I have a tourney Saturday morning. SI and DI work fine, just no GPS and that's a biggie

You might want PM Humminbird Gregg or email him at [email protected] . He should be able to help you .

DD i had that happen Just unplug the GPS cable from back of the unit and plug back in. Worked for me Thats all I got.

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Originally Posted by wilbur

DD i had that happen Just unplug the GPS cable from back of the unit and plug back in. Worked for me Thats all I got.

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Originally Posted by DonDon

I can delete the newer version from the card just like I did with the old one. Put in in the puter and delete. I don;t want to do that though if it's no needed. Gonna take the puck off the back deck and take it apart to see if there's a lose wire inside the puck tonight. I GOT to have this fixed by Friday night since I have a tourney Saturday morning. SI and DI work fine, just no GPS and that's a biggie

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Sorry dude, read your post to be asking if you could update to an earlier version.

I'll tell ya, I re read and it still reads that way, maybe its an Alabama/Mississsippi translation thing.

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Originally Posted by DonDon

I'm not getting anything from my unit. It's not even putting up the reading boxes where the the speed and such would be. I checked my connection at the Unit and it looks OK and have put Dielectric grease in the connections. I've tried System Restore a couple times and checked the pins to see if any were bent and there weren't any. If I remember right, it didn't show water temp either for some reason. Could this have something to do with the new update in the software I just did? If so, can I erase the new update off the Sim card and put the old one back on it since I did save the BIN file. Any of you got any ideas on any of this?

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DonDon..are you saying it won't even power on at all...??

It powers on fine but it will not give me anything as far as my lake maps, speed I'm going, really nothing to do with the GPS. I unplug it and take it off the boat after each use and store the unit in the back seat of my truck so it won;t get stolen. I just have no idea whats going on with it

GPS puck may be bad, I had to replace mine last year.

Also, jiggle the connection around a little on the back of the unit while it's on and see if that box comes back on, mine does that once in a while, especially if I use the wire harness on the back. I seem to get a better connection most of the time without that harness, as goofy as that sounds.

Upside down???Rofl

I talked to Greg and he said that the pigtail wire that's just hanging might have some wire touching, shorting it out. Gonna check that as soon as I get home. Hey Creek. Just remember that you HAVE to see me in a couple weeks at Grenada man. Give you a healthy dose of green cup LOL

Don take it by Majors and plug it in on his boat and see if it works.

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Originally Posted by DonDon

It powers on fine but it will not give me anything as far as my lake maps, speed I'm going, really nothing to do with the GPS. I unplug it and take it off the boat after each use and store the unit in the back seat of my truck so it won;t get stolen. I just have no idea whats going on with it

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Go to your diagnostics screen and see if the unit is recognizing the GPS antenna

Rickie

If you can't get yours working, I'll loan you mine for the tournament. I can get it to Mike Jones and you can use it and leave it with him after the tournament.

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Originally Posted by rockmike

If you can't get yours working, I'll loan you mine for the tournament. I can get it to Mike Jones and you can use it and leave it with him after the tournament.

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Saw on the MS board that you got it fixed---good deal.

Yeh, I got it fixed. THANKS GREG, you are da man fella. It was the pigtial wires that had gotten intertwined at the end which shorted it out. I saw that, then seperated them and taped them real good. When I turned it on it was running like a top!!!! WHEWWWWw, glad it was that simple