897 C SI HUMMINBIRD, going on the boat as i type.
questions will be forthcoming!
i have researched all the posts and threads, for the last few weeks, and the fellows that said get "the bigger" screen if you can decided me when i went to BPS.
I gave up my extra money for my ipilot for my terrova and spent it on the "bigger screen",ipilot will have to come out of next years budget. thanks for all the comments, it makes great review material for someone undecided.
its soooo new i got the number wrong 898 c si
I got one too....your gonna like it.
yep, you gonna like it, I still find all the screen captures that anyone post and look at them trying to learn what to look for and what it looks like :)
maachuu
Real good move going bigger, you will see...
That's what I did!!!
Cepting, somehow I found some mo money and bought a Terrova and then I found some mo money and bought an Ipilot.
Then, my wife took away my credit card.
Now I aint got no mo money.
By the way, you're gonna love it.
Might wanna throw out another $34 for a raptor cap.
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Originally Posted by Stymie
My new 898 is arriving tomorrow and I gotta ask...what is a raptor cap?
post some screenshots asap....we love pics..:)
Rickie
Fishing Electronics Glare Guards & Sun Visors for Marine ElectronicsQuote:
Originally Posted by Kenny
Thank Major over on MS board. He told me about it. I can see my screen as nice as in my home with this thing.
He told me to go ahead and buy two, but like a dummy, I only bought one.
Sorry about the money for the Ipilot, I went the other way , got the ipilot first , now got to be Soooooo good to get the money for the 898, Lol will this never END ????? I hope not , HeHe
Good move, you will like the 898. There are a couple of websites that you may want to visit. www.forums.sideimagingsoft.com and www.xumba.scholleco.com and The Hull Truth There is a lot of information on these about your sonar and one has a represenative from humminbird on the forum and will answer questions. Good luck.
thanks, been out tonight----i am computer literate and fish finder literate---but still working on this
Just got my 898c today. Have not installed yet. I can not believe that for this price you don't get a printed manual that you can take on the lake. How am I going to read and look at the manual on CD while on the lake. Go figure, I quess they are saving or making money any way they can. I hope it is as good as read....
Carter I said the same thing. I took the disk to work and had my secretary print it up and put it all in a big binder and keep it in the rod box in my boat. It is helpful though. I read it in bed for about a week from front to back to make sure I knew everything. I have forgoten somethings though.
Call Humminbird they will send you a manual. I just talked to them yesterday after mounting my new 998
Hope to get it on the water this weekend
calling humminbird for manual, thanks
like the idea of glare guards. let me tell you about the glare from the unit mounted on the dash at night. u cant see to navigate. so i stood up lol
heres my tip of the day----hit menu during startup and hit and do set up of charts etc there. also use advanced to get more options. i spent 2 hours last night trying to figure out how to change the view options from double and triple screens to just 1 and what i wanted on them. same goes for left side info bar. its in the beginning menuQuote:
Originally Posted by carter
THen--------------------theres the choice of "aLL" THE BEAMS!!!!!!!! which is best to use "when"???
There is some very helpful info on youtube on setup of the SI unit. The guy goes by imonbass you should check it out
Go to the HB website you can download the manual. Then you can skim through it and print the sections that you think you might need. That way you don't have all the extra pages to deal with.
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Originally Posted by Crappiegirl1
I use 200/83 most of the time when fishing...
I turn OFF the 83 when recording because it adds unneeded data to the recording that makes the file size bigger for no reason...
I use the "Wide" setting on DI.....
I use 800 most of the time on SI unless I'm very shallow (less than 5ft)...then I use the 455 because it's beam angle is greater...
Rickie
thanks for that info, i've studied the finder itself and online most of the day. getting there with everyones help as well.
were does the quad beam come in ? anybody know? fishing tomorrow, as the warm is back here in fl and the wind should be gone hopefully, hasnt been tooo boring as i am on my boat at my dock watching the bassmasters pro boats going by fishing trying to win the big one on the Harris chain of lakes.
The QuadraBeam is a different transducer and will not be able to give you the same level or coverage area as the HDSi transducer can.
i started new thread as stated above