hb570 di

are all this hard to see almost useless, even hard to see in simulator mode

in bright sun light yes they are all hard to see, the HD is better but still difficult to see JMO a raptor cap will help some.

can not see it in the barn 800hz full of lines turn sharpness on 455hz full of lines compared to garmin 160 this is junk

Lines? Mine only has lines when there is interference from one of the motors

buns, could you post a picture of your screen? It would help .

vertical lines looks like picket fence over top of bottom view, no interference will do it hooked to battery in the house

Don't know about that unit, but my 1198 is easy to see, much improved over the 1197 I had. It's crisp and even in the sun is very visible.

buns....there shouldn't be any lines. The water should be very black, especially in simulator mode. If you are on the water you will see some cloudiness, depending on how high the sensitivity is and how dirty the water is. The only time I see vertical lines is when running the TM and even then it isn't too bad to read. Maybe you could plug this into another base and see how another transducer works. Otherwise the unit may be bad and need to go for sevice.

I have 6.050 software there is a update to 6.250 it say will turn on sharpness option that shoud fix the lines why did 6.050 have feature and not work anybody in central il that can install update in 570

I had vertical lines on my HB596 until I got rid of all the interference. Now it is very easy to see even in bright sunlight.

Try your contrast setting as this is a black and white unit

You sure about that updated software? I have a 581 and as far as I know it cannot be updated.

561 has a update but my 581hd/di hasn't had any updates

I'd love to see an update that allowed screen capture. Seems silly to leave it out on some units.