2.41 upate

Well I went out today to test the new 2.41 update for my Garmin Livescope. First I reset defaults on my 2.20 update and went and spot locked on a huge brushpile. Took a whole bunch of screenshots in amber, green and blue using default settings. Then adjusted gain for each color. Took screenshots of all. Then I cast out a cork with a 1/8 oz weight at 8' and a 1/16 oz jig at 10'. Took screenshots at 35, 30, 25, 20, and 15 feet using all 3 colors. Could hardly ever find my jig in the 20 to 30 foot range.

I then installed the 2.41 software, reset defaults and repeated above procedures. Overall picture quality about the same, maybe a little better but I could see my jig at 35 feet all the way back to the boat. Huge improvement, very little to no dead zone and the starburst array in versions 2.30 and 2.33 is greatly reduced. I took a ton of screenshots, I'll only post a few of 2.41. In my opinion I like it!Attachment 374985Attachment 374986Attachment 374987Attachment 374988Attachment 374989Attachment 374990Attachment 374991Attachment 374992

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Of course I have to at least post 1 picture from my Birds!Attachment 374993

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Yeah but did you catch any crappie! [emoji1787]

Think I'm going to do the update. Hoping my ghost tree will go away but maybe not.

I fished for about a total of 10 minutes, caught 4. Today was about research, hope to just go fishing tomorrow! I happy I did the update.

Thanks for the report. Think I will upgrade when I get the chance. Do you use the perspective view?

Roy, that’s good news now that I know you’re happy I’m going to do the update on mine tonight...I’m heading to the lake myself tomorrow forecast is looking good hope the fish are biting. Good luck to you!!


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Roy, which unit do you have i think i remember you having the 93plus at one time. With the update is your unit better or you back where you was befroe the 2.31 update. Would i be better to update if i wasn't going to use perspectve. I see some good videos don't know what unit they are from.

Nice pics Roy even if I don't have Garmin's. I liked the bridge shot.

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I don't use the Perspective View, from the images and videos I've screen I probably never will. Not impressed at all.
I used to have a 933sv plus unit. Hated the glare on the screen. Moved up to an Echomap Ultra 122 unit. Love it, no problem with glare even in direct bright sunlight.
I had rolled back my software from 2.33 to pre Perspective View software 2.20. It was better but not as good as it originally was.
Today was my first day using 2.41 software. For me it was pretty good. Close to what I originally seen when my unit was new. I'm happy.

Thanks Roy
I'll probably load it.


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Roy
The last 3 livescope pictures look clearest to me.
Are those 2.41?

Thanks

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All of them are 2.41

Tried out the 2.41 today and overall I’m satisfied with it. No dead zone and no problem seeing my jig. The gain setting is more like it was when I first starting using it. The gain setting with 2.33 was in the 50’s back in the 60’s now[emoji4]. Thanks Roy for sharing the pictures and your thoughts about it!!!


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Pulled the trigger!
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Do y'all think 2.41 is better than 2.10?

Never saw 2.1

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i fished with 2.41 yesterday and still have a dead zone. The dead zone looks like it is where the ghost tree used to be 10-15 feet out right where my 13ft jigging pole reaches. played with gain, tvg, noise nothing seemed to help. when casting I could see my jig most of the way but very noticeable vertical jigging. with that said still caught some nice fish.

I had a small area yesterday where my returns were weak but overall I'm pleased with 2.41. Looks like some Garmin units are still having issues. May be hardware more than software.

• Try these settings with your update, Info direct from Garmin:
  
  
  • Factory reset sonar defaults
  • Factory reset the Chartplotter/s in the network (to make things easier, please simplify the network, just one chartplotter and the live scope system if possible)
  • Unplug the GLS 10 from power for at least 10 mins (Power cycle)
  
  
• Gain – set to auto medium
• TVG- set to off
• Noise reject- Set to medium
• Color gain – Set to Default
• AHRS- Set to on and compass is calibrated
• Forward Range- Set to 30-40 ft (please not lower than 30 ft forward, we are comparing customers images to images we are testing)

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Originally Posted by granville hunter

i fished with 2.41 yesterday and still have a dead zone. The dead zone looks like it is where the ghost tree used to be 10-15 feet out right where my 13ft jigging pole reaches. played with gain, tvg, noise nothing seemed to help. when casting I could see my jig most of the way but very noticeable vertical jigging. with that said still caught some nice fish.

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I have the same thing with 2.10. seems like mine is related to bottom hardness. 12-16ft with a hard bottom I have a bad dead zone in the area the ghost tree would be, the crazy part is I was in a buddy's boat and he had great images in the same location.

Again, seems to be more hardware related issues as well as some software issues. Seems like people with same hardware and same software in the same area are getting different returns, hence it seems like they are having some issues with the quality of some of their hardware.

New technology issues
Imagine how good it will be in 5 years.
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I updated to the newest version 2.41 on my 93 sv plus and i did not like it, the ghost tree was visible when noise rejection was at medium and bright orange when noise reject was on low. I reverted back to the previouse update, i believe it was the first version when perspective view came out and it fixed that issue. I'll probably give the new update another try using a SD card vs the Active Captain App that i used to see if there was any difference.

Curious if you have a hard bottom where you were testing it, and what version you went back to?
Also water depth?
I've read these factors affect the results.

Thanks

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I updated to the newest version 2.41 on my 93 sv plus and i did not like it, the ghost tree was visible when noise rejection was at medium and bright orange when noise reject was on low. I reverted back to the previouse update, i believe it was the first version when perspective view came out and it fixed that issue. I'll probably give the new update another try using a SD card vs the Active Captain App that i used to see if there was any difference.

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I went back to 2.33, yes there was hard rocky bottom where I fish and I usually fish anywhere under 30ft of water but mostly spend my time in 12-20 ft of water.

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Curious if you have a hard bottom where you were testing it, and what version you went back to?
Also water depth?
I've read these factors affect the results.

Thanks

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How do I save the current version on an SD card in case I want to revert back? I have always used active captain.

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I went back to 2.33, yes there was hard rocky bottom where I fish and I usually fish anywhere under 30ft of water but mostly spend my time in 12-20 ft of water.

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How bad was the ghost tree before? Could you adjust it out with settings?

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How do I save the current version on an SD card in case I want to revert back? I have always used active captain.

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You can’t save your software version on the unit to a chip. You would need to get a copy of the version you want from someone who downloaded it when it was available on Garmin website. Garmin does not keep older software versions available when they come out with new updates.
Im pretty new to Garmin but I think I may start downloading updates and saving a copy of them on my computer each time they come out with a new one. I’ve only updated my unit once when I first bought it and that time I did it through WiFi through the ActiveCaptain app.

what unit do you have? I only know how to revert back to the previous version on the 93sv echomap plus units. I would save the update to a folder on your computer so that way if you ever needed or want to revert back its on your PC. It's really easy, just click on Download and then click on the up arrow and click on "save as", then put it in the folder you want on your PC.

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How do I save the current version on an SD card in case I want to revert back? I have always used active captain.

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The Ghost tree was really bad when I did the 2.41 update on Active captain, I can get the tree off but I have to set noise rejection to high, with noise on high I cant see my jig anymore which is pointless to me. I redid the 2.41 update yesterday using a SD card and it's much better than the Active Captain version but the ghost tree is still more noticeable than 2.33 version. I like 2.41 better than 2.33 because I can see my jig better.

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How bad was the ghost tree before? Could you adjust it out with settings?

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That's what I've been doing now too, I've been saving the Updates to my computer everytime garmin comes out with them.

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Originally Posted by lowe rider

You can’t save your software version on the unit to a chip. You would need to get a copy of the version you want from someone who downloaded it when it was available on Garmin website. Garmin does not keep older software versions available when they come out with new updates.
Im pretty new to Garmin but I think I may start downloading updates and saving a copy of them on my computer each time they come out with a new one. I’ve only updated my unit once when I first bought it and that time I did it through WiFi through the ActiveCaptain app.

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Took 2.41 out today 1st time.
Its pretty good i suppose.
2.2 may be as good for vertical jigging, hard to say
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Good news! I'm glad you like it.

I do think garmin has greatly reduced the arch, ghosting effects. It will get better hopefully but I'll be leery of new updates until the RSA all clear signal

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Originally Posted by Roy

Good news! I'm glad you like it.

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