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Does anybody have any pics of this installed . The directions may be clear to some, but i just want to make sure its in the right place. It says unplug the trolling motor adapter mrk us2 8 from the universal sonar and i'm just not sure which wire that is.
They sent a pic, but im still confused!! Just not to savy on all this yet!
Somebody needs to make a you tube video!! :biggrin
Its the adaptor cable you bought to match your depth finder.
I suppose so...I bought this boat already rigged. It's a 597cihd wired to a terrova ipilot. Has the built in transducer on the TM. Its a war eagle predator and come from the factory already wired.
I was having trouble with interfernce, but the noise filter setting help "A LOT" ! I was just going to put it on there since humminbird is sending it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barnacle Bill
Yeah thats the pic i got.. Just thought somebody might have some personal pics...Quote:
Originally Posted by Humminbird_Greg
so is this ring somerhing that h-bird sent ya or m-kota? is it a warranty or free fix type deal? i wound up running my xducer wire thru the shaft and thought it was kinda crappy to pay 1500 and still have this issue!
Humminbird is sending it free.. They seem very helpful and seem to want it fixed as much as i doQuote:
Originally Posted by joekiller
I like posts like this...Quote:
Originally Posted by hawgdog
:HandsClapping
Rickie
Here is a video for a transducer and installing the ferrite ring , you would wrap the US2 sonar cable the same way:
Tips 'N Tricks 72: Installing RF Transducer Choke - YouTube
Deborah @ Humminbird
I was instructed by Manufacturer to make a Earth ground for power supply battery. Run a small wire from negative post to some where on outboard or drag in water then the battery is grounded. This will also cut down on RF. They also said to use ferrite ring. Seems to work for me. Just my 2cents
I have the HB choke on my trolling motor and two ferrite rings on the power wires for my df and still have interference. I may pick up a couple more from Radio Shack and try them on my us2 cable. The new Fortrex causes considerable more interference than the Maxxum it replaced.
I'm not sure what the actual instructions say for installing ferrite rings but it seems to me that the rings should be in the Xducer cable adjacent to the head unit...
I would think that RF is bleeding "from" a 12v current "into" the sonar signal travelling thru the Xducer cable towards the head unit...
Then the ferrite rings could "arrest" the RF from the Xducer cable's signal flow right before it went into the head unit...
:dono ...just thinking out load...
Rickie
Hit the water today and the ferrite ring done the trick... I was even able to turn off the noise filter and no interference
well when i bought my terrova i bought a 570 bird had to run wire thru shaft to stop the problems. now i have bought a 587 and ran the new trans thru the shaft so as not to have this prob, but i was wrong. tried every setting on noise filter too. gonna have to call em n geg one sent out to me. funny thing, it does not happen immeadeatly, always the second or third trip out that the interferance starts....
Hope u get it worked out joe... All i can say is the ring worked for me... One trip anyway :)Quote:
Originally Posted by joekiller