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Here are a couple pics taken with my HB. Thought you guys would like a peep. Images aren't as good as my first trip out but the wind was blowing us all over the place and wasn't able to play with all the buttons. I'm sold on this unit.
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great pics,where is your transdeucer mounted?
Thumbs UpGreat pictures, Hound. What chart speed were you running and what SI Enhance settings(Sens, Contrast, Sharpness)
Good job
did you catch any fish in that area?
Thanks for the pic can't wait to get mine installed so I can go play with it.I was surprised when I opened the box to take a look the manuel seems to be very informative much better than I got with the( Elite DSI it's rather useless).
I also enjoyed watching the dvd video and Hummingbird also gives a screen cover for the unit.
Looks like a fishy area..great job
Thanks guys. I know the pics aren't that great but my main reason for being on the water was to get my father in law out of the house. My mother in law is in the advanced stages of alzheimer's and it has been difficult for the family. Had my speed set at 4 but a lot of my pics were taken at a slower speed. That's why some of my si images look long. After getting home I noticed my images were dark and need to adjust my contrast as well. My transducer is located on the left side of boat. It seemed that when I went against the wind I was getting disturbance on the right side of image. Adjusting motor up and speed back a little fixed that problem the first time we tested it out. Like I said before I had better results the first time we went out and I know the unit is capable of much more than what I have shared here. The unit is very easy to operate and adjust from my limited time with it. A lot of that is due to others, like yourselves that have posted your experiences.
I didn't realize the 798's 3way split screen was SI on bottom/2d & DI on top....interesting...
Rickie
We just installed ours the other day. We love ours as well, pretty nice technology to have
I have found the three way split screen to be of great use. Like us all, I am a used to looking at a traditional 2d sonar screen. The 2D helps me translate what i'm seeing, or rather, some of what I'm seeing in Di.
Crappieseeker....We fished that area you see in the above image for a little while but the wind was 15-20 mph and it made it difficult to really do anything in that area other than take pics.
Riverc....Our install went rather smoothly as we had cracker 68 come by and helped us with it. He had a 987 and now has an 1187 so he insight was helpful as well as helping me run through the different menus and settings. We in turn loaded a few stakes up for him to take home as a condolence. :)
1 of the most advantageous settings I have found when viewing SI in my HB unit is the SI Enhance (found in the "SI Express Menu"...1 "menu" click)...
I keep the "SI Enhance" window up on my screen anytime I am viewing SI...
This gives the abilitiy to change "SI Sensitivity" setting without (opaquing out) any other split view that I have up at the time...
I use the SI Sensitivity setting as a "brightness" control for my SI image (as different water conditions/bottom compositions will make the image brighter/darker..)
SI Sensitivity up will brighten the image...
SI Sensitivity down will darken the image...
I frequently change this SI Sensitivity setting as my SI image changes in brightness...
Here is a screenshot of the "SI Enhance" window overlayed onto the SI image... I had to adjust the sensitivity to 19 to get this mud bottom to reflect enough sonar echo to get an acceptable image...
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Rickie
Rickie.....that's a good shot and really looks about what I was getting on my first trip out. Now I just need fishing time which I hope will come soon.
Unfortunately these units are not yet capable of automatically changing the sensitivity setting to get the best SI images as water conditions/bottom compositions change...Quote:
Originally Posted by CrappieHound
The bottom composition changes constantly as I move around viewing SI...
The "SI Sensitivity" setting is the the most often used setting on my unit....
In less than 20 ft of boat movement.. My lake bottom can go from a gravel bottom (that brightens the SI image because of increased echo reflectability) to a solid mud bottom ( that darkens the SI image because of less echo reflectability)
Learn to keep the "SI Enhance" window open onto the SI View where you have constant and immediate access to the "SI Sensitivity" setting....you will enjoy the capabilities of SI so much more when the image is in a brightness level that matches the bottom composition...
Rickie