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Mounted my new unit up front and am having problems with yellow screen and screen collapse. At times it appears to have multiple screens trying to show at once. Did get it to work for a few hours on the water still with yellow background and blinking in and out. Seemed to hold depth well but gps speed was up and down the scale. Just wondering has anyone esle had similar problem out of the box. I am running through usb2. Thanks.
Is your transducer pullged directly into the unit or are you running it through Ethernet to the front of the boat? I had a hell of a time getting rid of tm interference on my 597 up front and have pretty much researched every kind of sonar problem there is to try to get mine fixed. If you're running it through Ethernet I would try to hook ducer directly to unit and maybe try another transducer. Sounds like some kind of weird interference issue or software issue in unit. I've got the info. for our local hb rep. He's from liberty I think and knows his stuff. If you want his contact info, let me know. Call me sometime and I'll try to help ya get it worked out. I know how frustrating sonar problems can be. I'll pm ya my number bud.
Haven't had that trouble, however I am using the HB transducer not the us2.
Sounds like possible power problems...
I would suggest having the battery load tested...
Check all connections for corrosion..especially at the fuse...
Is the unit wiring ran thru the boat wiring or on its own separate wires straight to the battery...??
Rickie
Man! Thanks for all the responses. The unit does the same thing in simulator mode as it does when hooked to gps and usb2. Got it clear enough for a few minutes to look at on test screen and it is showing 12 volts. When it first fires up, even the Humminbird logo is yellow on the start up screen. The readouts can be seen moving from left to right through the craziness. I am running everything straight through the unit. No ethernet. Battery is three weeks old and connections behind dashboard look great. Did run an inline fuse even though ranger provides a fused terminal up front. Thanks again guys...
Do you know anyone else that has a HB unit that you can connect your head unit to their boat to test...??
It doesn't even have to be another same model...(just the power cord is enough for testing)...
Rickie
I would Google "Unofficial Humminbird" There is an unofficial humminbird board that is pretty much run by Humminbird engineers. They will be better than most. Yellow screen sounds like a software glitch to me though. I'd ask them to be sure.
Rob
Call HB direct, they have been really helpful and nice to talk to the 1 time I have called them.
Well as we Rednecks say, "You ain't going to believe this stuff". Decided to try Rickie's idea and hook it up to the 998 at the wheel. Turned it on one last time and waited a while between start up and menu. The thing worked perfect. I have cut it off and turned it back on a dozen times and it is working great. We are going to have pretty cold temps tonight and i will try it in the morning. Go figure... Thanks and I will post the first trip to see if it works on the water.
That's great! Catch some for me !!!
On the water report...........Unit screen was good. Depth seemed to be reading with other units. GPS speed all over the place. Unit seemed to be ticking at times like an old transducer will do. Going to have a talk with HB next week. Thanks again for the help folks.
Unit is back to the way it was. Useless. I tell ya what folks, I'm getting tired of paying thousands of dollars for this stuff and having problems. Somebody get me a flasher!!!!!!!!!!
So the 958 worked at the 998's station but the 958 will not work at its own station...??
Help me understand your setup...
Rickie
UPDATE......Sent unit in. Cost me 40 bucks for shipping and insurance. Factory told me they could not find a problem. Sent it back. Worked for a few days on the carport. Going fishing tomorrow and checked it one last time this evening. Back to the same old problem. I know its not my hookup because I swapped them just a few minutes ago and my 998 will work at both stations and the 958 is the same at both stations. I also talked to a factory rep about the poor gps porformace at slow speed and they are aware of the problem. Of course that doesn't stop them from selling them knowing they have a problem. Told me I could take a chance on a more exspensive puck and it may or may not fix the gps problem. Wow, thanks for that Humminbird. So I guess I have a 1000.00 dollar boat anchor. Stay away from this junk guys. They know its broke and they can't fix it. Back to a 150.00 dollar Garmin for me.
Not good at this stuff but think I would lay both units on the dining room table, get a good light and check each one of the connection pins where your harnesses hook in. Compare the 2. If it work on the 998 station once then on it's own station except for your GPS sounds like a connection/low voltage/low amperage problem to me.
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I can also add that I have the 958 with HS puck and never have any problems with the slow speed performance! So the puck with the heading sensor really works at low speeds.
Ground issue. Do you have a toggle switch in the line anywhere?
Try turning the sonar off to reduce amp draw and see if it still does it.