Decided to buy a Helix 7 but came home with this:
https://s26.postimg.org/jd7qysr3d/IMG_2570_1.jpg
Now somebody will have to teach me how to use it. LOL
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Decided to buy a Helix 7 but came home with this:
https://s26.postimg.org/jd7qysr3d/IMG_2570_1.jpg
Now somebody will have to teach me how to use it. LOL
Wow! Nice unit. Good to see you went bigger than you started to. Lots of good people here that will help answer all your questions. You will be glad later when you are seeing and catching all them fish. Looking forward to seeing your reports and pictures.
Thanks man. When I first started checking into electronics I decided to get a Helix 5, then I talked myself into a Helix 7. After going to a boat store today and looking at screen size, etc... I was torn between the Helix 7 and Helix 9. After going back to my shop and looking online I saw that the Helix SI 9 and the Helix Mega SI 9 were the same price. I went back to the boat store and checked into it and there's were both the same price too and that price was $300 more than the Helix 7. It was sort of a no brainer after that. It's the nicest thing I've ever bought for myself that didn't have a motor on or in it. It will definitely help my son and I catch more fish, so that's what matters most. I'm looking forward to getting it put on and getting out on the water. I'm tasking my 15 year old son with learning how to use the Helix. What would take me a year will likely take him 30 minutes. LOL
I feel like I've come out the stone age since I had a Humminbird 535 on my old boat.
Very nice. It is always worth it for a bigger screen. But a bigger screen...AND mega.... that's going to make you real happy. Take your time and read up on how to do the best job installing it (wiring it to battery instead of boat wiring, avoid running wires close to trolling motor power wires, do not wire up to trolling motor batteries, getting the transducer mounted in the best location and properly leveling the transducer...) it can save you a lot of frustration down the road. But most of all.... enjoy it!!!
I have the same unit , love it
Nice. Now do you have to upgrade the ducer to the HD or did it come with it?
MEGA units (all sizes) already have the best available xducer in the box (MEGA xducer) ...Quote:
Originally Posted by DrNip
(previous HELIX 9 SI G1 did indeed come with the Compact SI xducer) ...
Rickie
Thanks for the replies. I'm really excited about getting it on the water. Can someone give me advice on transducer location, on an aluminum boat with rivets? No Jack plate. I'm concerned that I don't have a good place for the transducer without obstructions...... I've been watching youtube videos and it mentioned rivets causing issues. Also, I don't know how I'm gonna clear the motor with the side imaging.....
Awesome unit! Welcome to c.c
Got one of them on the way myself!!!
Nice unit. Should be a helpful tool
That's a really nice unit, congratulations! The one piece of advice I will offer is once you are up and running and get it out on the water would be to make some recordings to play back at home to see how the settings work on your own water and water conditions. It really helped me to see how it all works and to really tweak the settings to get better performance on the next trip out. I like to keep them around 10 minutes or so max.
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Originally Posted by FurFlyin
If you can take a few pictures of the back of your boat showing how far motor is and post Someone can tell you what you will need to do.:twocents
Okay, that went way over my head. Are you saying I can record what's shown on the screen, pull the unit off the boat and power it up while sitting in my house and go back through what was recorded?Quote:
Originally Posted by 6poundtest
Yup, that's exactly what you can do. Or you can sit in your boat in your driveway, depends on if you have a second mount or power supply in the house. My Helix 10 SI, that I use in my 12' rowboat, I have it all hooked up self contained with it's own little battery so I just set it up in the living room and sit back on the couch using the simulator mode and replay whatever recordings I made last night or whenever. I can play it fast or slow, pause it, change all the settings and check out all the little details I see.
And I'm pretty sure the Helix 9 has that capability as well, it has dual card slots so put a SD card in one slot, punch the record option from the correct view and away you go!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XYu2P_OJZ0Quote:
Originally Posted by FurFlyin
I have the Helix 10 Mega si. As you can see from the pics my transducer will scan into the motor when fully trimmed down. All I have to do is trim motor up a little and it is no problem. The new Mega transducers are pretty big and while I have not seen them mounted on every boat out there, the ones I have seen, that are mounted on transom......have to trim their motors up a little also. It is not a big deal. My boat has no rivets so can't help you there.....but as you see it has a transducer plate built onto it.....really works out well. The images I get......IMHO.....are good.Quote:
Originally Posted by FurFlyin
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Those images are incredible Alphahawk. If mine look like that I'll be thrilled. You posted, "As you can see from the pics my transducer will scan into the motor when fully trimmed down" I don't see what you're referring to, can you tell me what it is that I'm supposed to be seeing that's your motor interfering with the transducer?
Oops.......forgot to upload the pics I went out to garage to take....Quote:
Originally Posted by FurFlyin
LOL.
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looks like a good purchase, I am curious when he mounts the transducer also. I have rivets does not seem to be an issue with my Helix 5. But I lowered my ducer so I can get readings at higher speed which has caused a spray which is throwing water on my motor but not sure if that is a big deal. I was told it is hard to get readings at high speed without throwing a spray.
Thanks AlphaHawk for the extra pictures. If yours works like that, mine should too.
You done good grasshopper. A wise choice Furlyin good luck with your Helix 9.
LittleJohn
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Fur box. I blew mine on an ulterra. Lol. Gots to have them toys.
They'll be one of those on my boat in the future too.Quote:
Originally Posted by BAMA S