Got as far away from motor as I could, and away from the strakes. is the angle right?
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Got as far away from motor as I could, and away from the strakes. is the angle right?
Looks OK but there's really no way to know for sure till you are out on the water. You will need to have everything you normally carry as far as weight in the boat then see if the sonar is working good. You can then adjust it to get the best sonar pictures. I will be looking forward to seeing some of your sonar pictures of fish and structure you find. Good luck
Here is a youtube video of how to level a transducer also.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuYsmJRc_fE
I'm no expert, but it looks like it is lower than the hull and could get knocked off easily. May someone like Ricky will pipe in. Or maybe Bill at BRM.
Basically, you want the transducer "seam" that makes up the top and bottom half's, horizontally aligned with the bottom of the boat.
Looks pretty good.....How does it work ?
Here is the installation diagram MrS refers to ...:
http://i477.photobucket.com/albums/r...psglu0iyls.png
Rickie
I'm pretty sure it's mounted correctly. Took it out for the first time today. Marked fish on brush, fallen trees, piers, etc. Only issue is the constant surface clutter showing up on the left side of SI. See pic. What is causing this? Seemed to go away when I sped up. It did this no matter what angle the motor was trimmed.
BTW, I had the surface clutter setting as low as it would go.
If that's the TM pushing the boat at 2.7mph - that is aerated water from the TM prop ...
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Algae or plankton bloom would be on both sides ...
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Set the boat adrift when you see that on the left side --- If it goes away something on the boat (Or the boat itself) is creating it ...
Rickie
Surface Clutter only affects the 2d image ...Quote:
Originally Posted by nccater
Rickie
I was driving with the outboard. It did not go away when I slowed down. If it's the boat creating it, what are my options?
Remove the xducer and stick it way down in the water ...
If it goes away - there is something on the left side creating that (it really looks like aerated water instead of a hard return like a ladder or floatation pod - (and your OP pix show no obstruction on the left side) ...
Rickie
Maybe the transducer is bad
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would the speedometer thing on the left side of the boat be causing this? although it's folded up above the transom, could it still be causing this interference?
Anything to the side "can" block the SI Beam ...Quote:
Originally Posted by nccater
Remove the xducer and stick it way down in the water to verify if the issue is the HB...or the boat ...
Rickie
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Originally Posted by nccater
Mine would do the same at about the speed in your pic, if I scanned at 4.5-6 mph it went away.
Increase your speed more and see if that helps.
In closer review of the pics you posted, hopefully the tape or packing "skin" that is stuck to the bottom of the ducer has been removed. It is on the left side. Just an observation.
how about prop wash?? Anybody motor through including you??
I just recently installed a helix 7si in my boat. I read on a forum that the ribs in the bottom could cause interference and u may have move it left or right to fix it some. In your picture it seemed a little closer to one rib and not center. Idk if that would cause it but it's a thought. Glad to see this post it may help me with any problems I have with mine since I have yet to put it in the water.
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Looks like turbulence off the bottom of the boat. Some people live with it or run another ducer on the other side. A splitter cable merging the two together makes it go away
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