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So I just got everything installed today and I was turning the unit off and on messing with the settings a little from what others have suggested and sometimes the Structure Scan page would show " NO SOURCE". If I shut off the unit and turn it back on it's about 50/50 if the structure scan is going to come on. I've got the yellow wires together to turn on the structure scan box..... Any thoughts on this? Is it because it's out of the water?
Could be a bad ethernet cable or one not connected well.
Check yor connection where you put the 2 yellow wires together. If good may have to run your yellow to the cranking battery with a on/off switch.
I'm pretty sure it's good I wrapped it and soldered it good.... A couple guys mentioned on bbc that maybe I wasn't waiting long enough. And I probably wasn't, if it didn't come on right away I shut it off and tried again.
These units are pretty much computers and on boot up go through a set order of commands, just give it a little time.
Ive seen a few people acidently use the wrong yellow wire. The wire you want is boundled with the power and ground.
It's usually coming on now. Only once out last time I had to shut it off and turn it back on. I guess I can deal with that as long as it doesn't QUIT AFTER I get it going. But still, for something that costs 3x what my computer did, you'd think it would work right. I've read that this is the reason they don't tell you to hook the yellow wires together, that they come on more dependable with a manual switch. But, I'm happy with it for now. At least I can't forget to turn it off this way.
I have one on a switch and one is triggered by the HDS, so far no issues with either set up.
I may have to re-solder that connection.
I just used butt connectors on mine. Works great so far. You sure you didnt get the wrong yellow wire? Did you connect the red and yellow together? It needs seperat power ground and turn on wires. Maybe put a relay on the yellow wire coming from the HDS. The first time you forget to flip that switch your gonna find you have a dead battery when you was wanting to be fishing.
No I'm sure I got the right wires connected or it wouldn't come on at all... The Lss-2 box is what occasionally doesn't come on. It came on every time but one last time I went fishing. And yeah, that's why I didn't use a switch, I'm the kind of guy that would forget that thing about every time.
Jimmy, here is my solution::::yikesQuote:
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I seem to be having some other issue with it also. When it first came on the picture was very good. I was standing there admiring myself for buying such a good unit... then a sort of "fog" look covered the screen. It just popped on there while I was watching it. So... maybe I'm going to have to call Lowrance. I'm going to take some pictures Saturday and see what everyone thinks of the shots and go from there.
Take some screen shots as well as photos.
This sounds more like an algae bloom or propwash...Quote:
Originally Posted by jimmyfreeland
Did the "fogginess" go away when you moved to another part of the lake...??
Rickie
This sounds more like an algae bloom or propwash from a passing boat...Quote:
Originally Posted by jimmyfreeland
Did the "fogginess" go away when you moved to another part of the lake...??
Rickie
No, the fogginess just came on the screen all at once like someone flipped a switch. It stayed that way the rest of the day... My lss2 box only comes on 2/3 of the time also so I'm thinking possibly there's a problem with the box... I was watching it when it did it. The whole screen did it at the same time. I'll take screenshots too. It is still viewable, and I can use it, but I don't think it looks as clear as it should. Especially since the first minute or so it looked perfect. I had some of these settings on auto, if the auto contrast doesn't do right will it give the screen that foggy look? I did notice on bbc that one guy posted his pictures on auto setting and his was clear like mine started out being though. But one of the other series of pictures looks like mine.
X2. I had a bad ethernet cable right out the box. I had the same problem and since I replaced the cable everything is good. My unit would say No Source for 10-30 minutes and then just start up. At 1st I thought it just had to "wake up" but that didn't make much sense. I moved my cable one day and the pic went away so I then knew it needed a new cable.Quote:
Originally Posted by speckfinder
I get cloudy pics when I encounter algae blooms but yours doesn't really sound like that.
The fogginess was due to trolling motor interference somehow. I have the transducer on a pole next to it and if I have it turned just wrong it will show a bit of even electronic interference for some reason. But I have to have it turned just right towards the trolling motor. Another solution is to just raise the trolling motor a bit above the transducer.... I got worried for no reason.
Jimmie, does the LSS still not come on all the time? Or does it just take a minute or 2 every so often? I saw someone else asking the same question on another forum.
I haven't had a chance to go out but once, I had to have my new Xi5 replaced. ( Motorguide did it and paid the shop to do it so I'm pleased with the customer service...) But I'm really not sure. It comes right on most of the time. But when I was messing with my trolling motor I didn't think it was working but looked up and it was on.... So maybe I was just getting impatient. Either way if I shut it off and back on it comes on.
Dang what was wrong with the MG? I wish someone around my area would have one for me to look at in person.
GPS Quit working. It states in the manual to always unplug it or unhook from the battery when not in use or charging.... But the shop ( which is a Certified Motorguide repair center) just put an inline automatic breaker when they put it in so it was getting power all the time. This Motorguide says caused the "circuit board"( whatever that is) to go bad. But they saw me talking about it on bbc board, and Motorguide's head of engineering e-mailed me Sunday night at 7pm with a phone number to call Monday morning to get it fixed. I think they wanted to shut me up as quick as possible as I was griping about it going out so soon on these boards... lol But they paid a shop to fix it and actually it may have not been installed according to directions, so I'm very pleased. If I'd installed it myself I'm not sure they would have been so understanding about it being plugged in all the time though.
Is a common issue they are having now they said at Motorguide. They should have sent a switch. Or at least had in big red letters THIS TROLLING MOTOR WILL BURN UP IF YOU DON'T UNHOOK BEFORE CHARGING. It says in the directions to use an inline "manual" fuse, so it can be turned off when not using and charging but apparently they didn't emphasize the importance of this enough for some of us.
THanks for posting about the motorguide. I was thinking of buying one of those but aparantly they havent worked the issues out of them yet. Just wish the ipilot link worked with lowrance......
Good info Jimmy and it's nice to know big companies do read what us regular people post.