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I have a helix 10 2d that has went bonkers, need some guidance. Yesterday morning it was working fine, then in the afternoon it got too where it wasn't picking up the bottom and the temp was reading real low, if I turned the motor to the left, it seemed to be ok. Using it on an ultrex with the universal sonar, at the end it don't matter which way the motor was pointed it still would not read right, any suggestions? Thanks
Is the unit acting up only when the TM is running ...??
Is there another Sonar unit running on the boat ...??
Rickie
It is acting up whether trolling motor is in it not,I am running a helix 7 di but it has never done this before yesterday
Would a low voltage situation cause this?
Low voltage is always suspect in gremlins in Sonar units ... (It may be a good idea to have the battery load tested) ...
But 1st try turning off everything in the boat except the affected unit and test ... If the issue goes away it's most likely Crosstalk interference from the other unit or some type of electrical interference from a separate 12v source somewhere (TM, bilge pump, motor charging system, etc) ...
Rickie
Thanks Rickie, I'll try to track it down when I'm on the water next time.
I’ve had mine to do that a time or 2 and it was the cables in the back that wasn’t connected good . I had purchased the unit 2nd hand with out a connecter collector .finally got me a connecter Collecter . Problem solved .its the black plastic box that your cables goes into that snaps into the back of your unit that holds the cables securely. No problems since
I have that on mine, I checked to see if that was connected good and it was, but thanks for the heads up
Ok, here is what I have found, either the small adapter cable is bad, or I have a problem with the cable on the trolling motor itself going to the universal puck. Getting a new adapter cable first, think it's still under warranty as I can't see any cuts in it. Wish me luck.
Please update with results when you can ...
Rickie
Will do Rickie, it will be next week before I get the new cable, I would like to test the old cable with a meter, any idea how I go about it?
I don't know if this is coincidence or something else but I had something going on with my navigation screens on my MEGA 9 yesterday afternoon. Instead of showing the water temp, it's showing a number over 100. I don't know if that's a bearing, or an innacurate temperature. I could have messed with a setting causing the bearing to show up instead of temp. I didn't pay enough attention to it to see if it changed much depending on where the boat was. On any other screen other than a map screen, the temp shows up.
Also during the same time span, out of the blue, the autopilot function on my Ulterra started acting crazy and I could see what it was doing on my Helix screen. It ended up driving the boat in a small circle and while that was happening the green line that normally appears on my screen showed up as a black circle. The green line was gone. I turned the autopilot off using my remote then turned it back on and it worked fine the rest of the afternoon.
My batteries are new and I charge them via an onboard charger after each trip out.
Maybe it was just a bad Humminbird day.
Mine lost all sonar screens, to test it, I hooked up an external transducer that I had and it works fine with it, so it has to be the cable or the motor wiring, I hope it's the cable.
Update....... Checked adaptor cable with ohm meter and it checks good, so now I have to check the trolling motor wiring to see if I have pinched a wire in it somehow. Always something.
Ok, update, it turns out that the cable from the us2 ducer that comes up they the shaft and out the bottom of the head of the trolling motor has a connection inside the head itself. This somehow had come apart, dealer not sure how, but the cable was to tight when the motor was turned all the way to the right, anyway he connected it back together and put some electrical tape on it, also have more slack for cable when turning, that is what my problem was. I haven't tried it yet but he assured me it was fixed now, so if any one else has a similar problem check that connection first. Thanks again Rickie for your insight.