New Onix 10 SI Update

This past weekend I was able to test out the Onix 10 for the first time. The side imaging is so much better that on my 798ci HD, it was really nice to see fish suspended in tree structure. Still learning all the menu options out. One downfall I had was the down imaging did not work, the DI screen was blank with nothing on it. I was on the water and called HB tech support, they walked be through to verify the setting were correct and everything was correct, they are sending out a new transducer to see if that corrects the problem, hopefully this will correct the issue, otherwise they may have me send the unit back in. The Onix unit is going to be a great unit once everything works, and cannot see how well the DI works, if its anything like the SI I will be really really happy with the unit.

I also want to say the ONIX 10 is a rocking unit. When I was using side imaging I was able to scan cedar trees to see if they had fish suspended in them, some trees had alot and some had none. I like to do alot of night fishing for crappie, it was nice to scan structure and then determine which ones to setup at night for fishing. The tree we ended up fishing next to produced 25# blucats, and crappie. Using the sonar on the Onix I was able to watch my bait depth on the unit to get it in the right zone of the suspended fish. Alot of the crappie were small but some were keepers. The bluecats range in lengths from 4" to 8" with some maybe hitting 10". The side imaging also allowed me to scan a wide area to search for fish, I was able to locate an area that contained alot of white bass feeding on shad, we were able to use this information to boat some nice white bass without disturbing the school.

I know the unit is a new generation for Humminbird and anytime you have a new generation of hardware it will have some issues, I can say even with the issues I have encountered I made the right decision purchasing the Onix 10, it already is a rocking unit but at it matures it will rock even more, this is one unit to take a close look at. It was really nice to have the larger screen than the screen on my 798CI HD SI unit (which is now at the front of the boat), I can see alot more detail.

Another nice feature of the Onix is the night mode for us night fisherman, you put it in night mode and it dims the screens and backlights the buttons and controls.

I have another fishing trip planned in a couple of weeks to another lake I had not fished in over 15 years, it will be nice to have some technology helping me out.

Humminbird sent me a new transducer to try last Friday when I call them from the lake. The transducer arrived today and I went to the lake to test it out before I mounted it. I held it in the water by hand as I trolled around, the DI is now working. Apparently the culprit for the DI not working was the transducer. Will be getting the bad transducer sent back to Humminbird. I was really appreciate Humminbird tech support willing to send me out a new transducer to see if would correct my problem, in which it did.

THATS GOOD NEWS ,GLAD U GOT IT WORKING, THEY LOOK LIKE THEY ARE GREAT UNITS,SEND US PICS

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THATS GOOD NEWS ,GLAD U GOT IT WORKING, THEY LOOK LIKE THEY ARE GREAT UNITS,SEND US PICS

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X2 on the pics!!

It will be a couple of weeks before I get back on the water, no way am I going to attempt it this holiday weekend. My wife and I have plans to go to Ft Gibson Sept 4th-7th, it has been over 15 years since I last fished that lake. I will get some screenshots and get them posted. There is a lot the unit can do and for me to learn.

That's good that you got it working an I think your making a wise decision not to go out on the lake this weekend. I'm not going either

Try the brown to see how you likehttp://i826.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps32i6ybpd.jpg

Did HB request the damaged xducer to be sent back to them...??

Rickie

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Did HB request the damaged xducer to be sent back to them...??

Rickie

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Yes, they did ask that I send it back to them.

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Yes, they did ask that I send it back to them.

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Dangit...I'm gonna end up having to buy that XT 14 20 HDSI T xducer yet...

Oh well ...I need the DI piezo also working anyway...

Rickie

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Oh well ...I need the DI piezo also working anyway...

Rickie

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If you use the bad one I have you wont see anything on the DI, that may explain why I didnt catch anything the first day I just assumed there was nothing there according to the DI :) Sounds like a good excuse anyway.

This weekend I went on my second trip with the Humminbird Onix 10 SI, everything was working great for about 6 hours, then the unit could no longer read the depth and the SI, DI and 2D went to garbage. The first screen shot below is when it was working correctly when I was trolling at 3MPH and when everything went downhill. Did a factory reset on the unit checked all connections, unit is wired directly to battery with 16gauge wire, all connections are soldered and covered with heat shrink, along with some 3m electrical tape. The transducer cable is even covered with wiring loom to prevent any type of wear. Turned main power off in boat to make sure no other electronics was causing interference. The third screen shot below the DI has black boxes in it like it is lacking processor resources, also when I powered the unit off/on and went to the DI screen it took over 10 minutes for the screen to scroll only a half a screen of garbage, I checked the screen scroll speed and set it to 10 and it made no difference. The 2d does the same it pretty has nothing on it. I even took the LakeMasters chip out and the other SD card out, rebooted to see one of those was causing the issue, still the same. Before the depth stopped working it was going from 1200' to 200' to 75' when I was in only 50' of water. Have a call back in to Humminbird to see whats next. In one of the screenshots below I did get a nice SI capture of the bridge column.




http://www.crappie.com/crappie/attac...d=172896&stc=1http://www.crappie.com/crappie/attac...d=172897&stc=1http://www.crappie.com/crappie/attac...d=172898&stc=1http://www.crappie.com/crappie/attac...d=172906&stc=1http://www.crappie.com/crappie/attac...d=172905&stc=1http://www.crappie.com/crappie/attac...d=172904&stc=1http://www.crappie.com/crappie/attac...d=172903&stc=1http://www.crappie.com/crappie/attac...d=172902&stc=1http://www.crappie.com/crappie/attac...d=172901&stc=1http://www.crappie.com/crappie/attac...d=172900&stc=1http://www.crappie.com/crappie/attac...d=172908&stc=1http://www.crappie.com/crappie/attac...d=172909&stc=1

Been working with Humminbird to get the problem resolved, as of today they think it maybe caused by electrical interference. So I went home pulled out the transducer and put it on the deck along with its wire, and wired the main unit directly to its own dedicated fully charged battery on the deck (images below). Put the boat on the water and held the transducer in the water, results are still the same. I can hear the transducer ping about 1 every 2 seconds, and on a working unit I can hear the transducer ping 3 or more times a second. Next step is to send the entire unit to Humminbird.

Gfort sorry it's giving you fits, I am wanting one but not until they get them working!!

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Gfort sorry it's giving you fits, I am wanting one but not until they get them working!!

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Hmmmmmm, no comment at this point. I am just posting as it happens. At $3000+ I do expect everything to work, and work more than 6 hours, I dont think thats to much to ask for. I am trying to stay positive but after two 4 day fishing trips in the past month and the unit did not correctly on either its getting harder. Not very often do I get to go fishing and 4 days is even more rare.

I would be very disappointed as well! Have you talked to Kosmo or Diel off of the forum?
I think they both have onix units, see if their units are working as advertised. They also may have better contacts for the onix units? Please keep us informed, I had been contemplating the purchase of an onix.

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I would be very disappointed as well! Have you talked to Kosmo or Diel off of the forum?
I think they both have onix units, see if their units are working as advertised. They also may have better contacts for the onix units? Please keep us informed, I had been contemplating the purchase of an onix.

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I have talked with Kosmo but not with this latest issue. I did contact my credit card company on the issue also since the bill is due in a about 10 days, they told me I did not need to pay for it until everything works correctly and I am happy, once I pay it in full I have no leg to stand on, money always has a way catching everyones attention. I am going to work with Humminbird to see if they get everything taken care of and working as advertised.

Last time I saw that problem it was a transducer gone bad. Have them send you a new one to try. Talk to Deborah Benson.

I have not experienced the issues that your having gfoteiney, so I really can't offer any help but it does seem like it would be best if hummingbird would just replace your whole setup. I feel bad for you though, I no that once you get ever thing working like it should , you will be more than pleased. as I am with my onix.

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I have not experienced the issues that your having gfoteiney, so I really can't offer any help but it does seem like it would be best if hummingbird would just replace your whole setup. I feel bad for you though, I no that once you get ever thing working like it should , you will be more than pleased. as I am with my onix.

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I am sending the entire unit back to them, that way they can test it all out. If it is another bad transducer it will be the third one in less than a month, I hope it is not a sign of how it will be in the future.

Here are few pictures I was able to capture with the Onix when the SI and DI was working. The second picture is an old road bed that went to an old cemetery in the bottom of the lake. The last picture is the columns from under the large steel bridge.



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Gfortneiney, what's the latest news for your onix?

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Gfortneiney, what's the latest news for your onix?

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According to the shipping label it showed up at Humminbird Monday morning. Gave them a call to check the status, they said they do have it and it will be a few days, they also emailed me a work order also today.

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According to the shipping label it showed up at Humminbird Monday morning. Gave them a call to check the status, they said they do have it and it will be a few days, they also emailed me a work order also today.

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They'll get you fixed up.while your waiting, here's a couple of onix 10 pictures that nothing but fish posted on another forum

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They'll get you fixed up.while your waiting, here's a couple of onix 10 pictures that nothing but fish posted on another forum

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Those are awesome Pics!

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This past weekend I was able to test out the Onix 10 for the first time. The side imaging is so much better that on my 798ci HD, it was really nice to see fish suspended in tree structure. Still learning all the menu options out. One downfall I had was the down imaging did not work, the DI screen was blank with nothing on it. I was on the water and called HB tech support, they walked be through to verify the setting were correct and everything was correct, they are sending out a new transducer to see if that corrects the problem, hopefully this will correct the issue, otherwise they may have me send the unit back in. The Onix unit is going to be a great unit once everything works, and cannot see how well the DI works, if its anything like the SI I will be really really happy with the unit.

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Gfortelney:

I am having similar problems with the Onix 8 just installed on my boat.
We were missing Side Imaging for a while but found the right setting by mistake and it's now OK. Now our problem is the 2D sonar has gone away and all we have is a black screen. Also for some reason the fish symbols will not show. We keep selecting the symbols but still get the arches.
I accept we are having learning curve issues but will follow your course and call tech support while on the water to verify the settings.
Can you believe how clear those screen shot were from Kosmo!!!!!!!!! OUTSTANDING.

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Gfortelney:

I am having similar problems with the Onix 8 just installed on my boat.
We were missing Side Imaging for a while but found the right setting by mistake and it's now OK. Now our problem is the 2D sonar has gone away and all we have is a black screen. Also for some reason the fish symbols will not show. We keep selecting the symbols but still get the arches.
I accept we are having learning curve issues but will follow your course and call tech support while on the water to verify the settings.
Can you believe how clear those screen shot were from Kosmo!!!!!!!!! OUTSTANDING.

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I have noticed on mine also that the fish image will start on the right hand of the screen with the depth and then it just disappears back to arches as it gets about 1/4 of the way across the screen, I figured it was some kind of setting someplace I didn't have set right. It is a learning curve on these new units with everything they have. Those images Kosmo posted are really detailed. I may end up buying another transducer just to have on hand, this would allow me to determine if the problems are with the transducer or the main unit by hanging it over the side of the boat. I was also curious about how many hours you had on the unit before the problem showed up? Also would be curious to see what your problem ends up being. I have not heard anything on my unit repair, so it will be interesting to see what the problem was. I was almost thinking if it is the transducer once again I thought about putting in a 10 gallon bucket of water and let it soak about a week to see if it will still work, guess my though is maybe the transducer are getting moisture inside of them knocking them out, I really dont know its just a thought.

Gfortelney:

Out of action for a few weeks, we close on our home this Monday so I'm on lockdown with no wallet :-)
I'll post or PM as soon as get back on the water and try to get the Onix dialed in. Hope you get your unit back soon.

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Gfortelney:

Out of action for a few weeks, we close on our home this Monday so I'm on lockdown with no wallet :-)
I'll post or PM as soon as get back on the water and try to get the Onix dialed in. Hope you get your unit back soon.

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The Onix is sitting at Fed Ex since Thursday waiting for me to pick it up, hadn't made it around to get it yet. Not sure when I will be able to test it out, probably be a week or so. Work order said the transducer was not responding, not sure if they replaced the transducer with a new one or fixed the one I had.

Gary

I'm sure they would replace it. Transducers are sealed units and not repairable.