Anyone using garmin echo maps and if so what settings do you like to make the fish pop I'm not very good with setting up a fish finder thanks!!
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Anyone using garmin echo maps and if so what settings do you like to make the fish pop I'm not very good with setting up a fish finder thanks!!
A buddy of mine bought a echomap73sv a little while back, he installed it headed to the water and called Garmin while on the water, they asked him a few questions and walked him through settings and his screen is very vivid.
That's the same one I have and can't figure all the settings out
He said they have an exceptional tech department and couldn't be happier...I'm sure someone will chime in with their settings.
I use the 93sv chirp unit. I find that using a blue bckgrnd on 2d shows everything well and less is likely to show interfence (should you have any) quite as much as the white. On sv and dv I use the inverse gray pallette color mostly. Seems to work best/better in more conditions for me. I run my gain up just a bit, contrast I leave at default. Scroll speed toward the faster side slightly. Default settings work pretty darn good, but any unit can be optimized by tweaking a few things. Just do it one at a time, return if you don't see what you want. Stop fishing long enough to go over some known areas and play with it until you are happy. Keep in mind conditions change, and it does effect readings. Record some of your trips on your micro sd card and replay on the HomePort thru Garmin on your computer. You can make a lot of adjustments there while at home. Helped me. Talk to techs. They are very sharp, nice and someone is always there within about four rings.
I am using a Echomap 73sv and was wondering what the best settings would be when using clearvu while crappie fishing?
See the above post by TeeDee it is spot on.Quote:
Originally Posted by spenner
My friend installed Garmin last year, pretty nice
I am running a 93sv/73dv, good little units for the money. I don't catch any more or less fish than when I ran Hbird core series units. Here are some screenshots from last couple weeks, I don't play fishfinder much but will try and take more for the guys interested in Garmin.
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fish, thx for the thread
pab, thx for the screen shots. Ran HB for quite some time and going to trying the EM chirp 73sv...should be here tomorrow so I'm sure the learning curve will start then. Enjoyed the HB, just want to try this and see what it has to offer. This one will be mounted on a kayak instead of the boat though. Can't wait!
These are images from the 93sv. What I found that works best is keep the side imaging around the 80 to 100 ft range. It will be a lot clearer and more detailed. If you go out to the 300 ft range you have to increase the brightness so much it will white out all the closer objects. Great units and easy to set up. Garmin tech support is great if you are having problems. Better to call them while you are on the water.
Whats the cv52hw
Loaded with Canadian lake maps
The CV52HW, as opposed to GT52HW that came on mine, is a slightly different ducer to get around the litigations--or so I have been told. I have no idea what the difference is, evidently according to TimY's pics it is a good deal. Very nice pics. 3 mph seems like a great speed for yours. I never get that fast as I am TM only. I really like the returns I get also. You ddn't mention, but are you mostly default?
As for sv range, a lot of folks recommend 4-5 times the depth you are in. IDK. I usually go with 40-50 feet--bout a good cast to either side.
The 93sv is US maps. Forget what Canada is, and the coastals. One is 94 and one 95.
Great pics. Thanks for posting those.
How you set the gain on si and di??
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I think if you would go to page 20 on your booklet--at least that is the page in my 93sv book--and look for "Adjusting the Level of Detail" you may get the info you want. From a/any SONAR screen MENU to either GAIN or BRIGHTNESS. Depends on whether you are on a 2d screen (GAIN) or dv/sv (BRIGHTNESS). I may be incorrect but I think any adjustment to these settings effects the other two. Or if you increase GAIN on 2d you are also increasing BRIGHTNESS on dv/sv. Not positive about that tho. Some run the BRIGHTNESS up to wash-out stage and then backoff to what they like. Thing about it is you must alway be willing to make adjustments depending on conditions to optimize the sonar. I don't always take advantage of this however.
That is pretty much what I posted in the other thread what he asked the same question. These little units run pretty well in auto or default. I haven't done as much tweaking as I did on my Humminbird core units.Quote:
Originally Posted by TeeDee