Humminbrd 597HD DI Transducer

I just mounted my Humminbird transducer exactly to the paper work I thought but I must have mounted it to low. It seems to work great runs good to about 20mph I think that is good should the flasher side keep working at speed like the old school ones because it cuts out with the rest of it? The may issue is it throws a rooster tail up like a jet sky what did I do wrong? It is on a new xpress 20CC I have it mounted 1/8" from bracket to bottom of aluminum boat, 15" from motor, In the middle of to ribs on the boat, level with boat, angle is level with bottom of boat. I can take pics tomorrow if needed or is the rooster tail right which I doubt it, what about the speed reading? While I am asking questions I found the trolling motor transducer for it where do I find a second quick mount for it to put on front of the boat? Sorry if these are repeats I looked around a could not find it yet thanks for any help. I am usually a shadow reader thanks for all the info on this forum it has been great reading

There are a few guys on here that have made deflectors for SI ducers that made the roster tail go away. If you have too much of one you will need to relocate or adjust the ducer a bit. If it is cutting out on you that means it is either getting out of the water or too much turbulence (air) between the ducer and the water.
I have mine mounted thru hull (glass boat) and everything reads up to 60mph (that as fast as the boat will go) other than the DI. Pics would be helpful (for the experts on here). I am not an expert (especially on metal boats). Good Luck.

The XTM 9 DI 25 T is the trolling motor xducer for the 597 HD DI Combo...
XTM 9 DI 25 T

The HB website says it comes with all mounting hardware... Even tho it doesn't show the hardware in the depiction...

Or here is the conversion adapter mounting hardware to use the transom mount xducer on the trolling motor...
http://store.humminbird.com/products/460929/AD_XTM_9

Rickie

When you mounted your transducer there is an insert for the DI transducer. Its a rubber insert that is its own bag, and it has instructions on installing the insert between the kick up bracket and the fixed bracket to the transom of the boat. Did you install that insert? The insert helps prevent a rooster tail from the gap between the two pieces of hardware. If you did install it the other issue would be if the transducer is too low in the water, do you have pictures of your install that you could post?


Thank you,

Deborah @ Humminbird

Deborah, not to hi jack this thread, but what does Switch Fire mean? Thanks

I could not any info on that rubber piece but that makes since. I will put that in a try that thanks.

Will that help with it cutting out a 20ish I know the though haul read better but what should one out in the open read to?

Crappie 1, Switchfire is a way to control what you see on the screen. With it on Max you see more from detail of whats in the water suspended, on clear mode you filter out what you may feel to be clutter and allow you to focus on the bottom and fish.

More details can be found below:

Humminbird: America

emptyhanded, if its cutting out because of the turbulence created then this may also help with that problem as well.

I got the insert installed today and will try it out here in a couple days. Humminbird DBK2 Second Station Kit is everything I need to have a mount in the front of the boat looks like. Here is a couple pics of my install so far Attachment 87935Attachment 87936

The DBK2 is a dual beam transducer not a DI transducer and the dual beam transducer will not work correctly on your DI unit.

Emptyhanded,
Deborah is right about the DBK2 kit and DualBeam transducer. In fact I had heard that connecting anything but a DI transducer up to your DI unit could potentially cause internal electrical damage to it.

By the way, that transducer looks pretty low on your hull but that may be where you have to run it on your boat to get it to work at faster boat speeds. Personally I would raise it up some and see if that helps with the high speed readings. With all boats it is just a matter of adjusting for the best results.

I was thinking it was extremely low also but that is what the paper work said. I will play with it maybe this weekend. I was wrong on the transducer, I will have to use the same one I have now just with the trolling bracket but it just hangs down looks like it would get broke, kind of like my transom one when you look at it. On here I did see there is a company that makes skid plates for the trolling motor transducers. Are they going to make a low profile transducer for the down imaging in the future? Thanks for all the help if I can not get it I will let you all know

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I got the insert installed today and will try it out here in a couple days. Humminbird DBK2 Second Station Kit is everything I need to have a mount in the front of the boat looks like. Here is a couple pics of my install so far Attachment 87935Attachment 87936

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Hey Emptyhanded I installed the same 597 on my boat a few weeks ago and like you did ....big mistake ripped the sucker off first time out,windy day and the boat drifted and slammed it into a stump shearing it off - the new one I mounted opposite of you have in the pic about 1/8"to 1/4" above the bottom of the boat and fabricated a bracket to go around out of a 3/8"metal round bar - like a big deep "u" that I welded to a plate then centered the new transducer in the center of it with about 1 1/2" clearence all around it. It works great and the transducer is protected from any more mishaps, my boat will only go about 45 mph but I have no problems with it.

Attachment 88062Here's a pic of the Bumper I put on my boat for the transducer, the 2 slots are where the transducer mounts and gives you some room for adjustment.

Not sure that it has a lower profile than the standard transom transducer emptyhanded but there is a trolling motor version of the DI transducer in the works. Here is the url for this transducer on the Humminbird web site. It uses the same trolling motor housing that we use for our other trolling motor transducers.
XTM 9 DI 25 T

Greg I seen that one last night is there a kit out the like that other one I was looking at for a second location?
Slabmaster you will break off the mounting screws before you break the the transducer I like it. I am afraid with all the trash in the water on my lake hear I might catch a log on it though

I hear ya lots of stumps in the lake I fish in and they have cost me 1 new transducer already so I had to come up with a fix them transducers get expensive at $155 a pop.

Good Luck to ya and Happy Fishing!!!

No, we have not come out with a second station kit for the DI units.

Got my rooster tail of water fixed just need to figure how to get it to read at higher speeds. The transducer still seems to be really low but it is dead on the instructions so I am guessing it is just a angle issue so I am going to bring it down or up one notch next time I am out.

Try tilting the back of the xducer down just a little...

This may allow the water passing by the xducer to stay bubble free....bubbles ruin sonar readings...

Rickie