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Has anyone had problem with the 797 or the 997. I"ve been thinking about taking the dive. I’m just checking to see how their costumer service is. And if you were satisfied. Very important question when you are spending that much money. I've been beaten bad by another company. So for all I find out has been very favorable. Also has anyone ran a humminbird and a 200 khg. lowrance at the same time. Be nice if it will work.
hi crip . i have used humminbird for years . tried another brand that was on sale at wam-mart . didn`t like it . guess i will stick with humminbird .have had som probablems when i sent it in they repaired it and sent it back . 3 to 4 day turnaround .
I have bought six Hummingbirds for my boats in the last 2 years. I love them in the Lowrances used to be a little better on structure, but were aggravating to use and they CANNOT COMPARE to the new Hummingbirds. When I use fish ID and it shows fish at a certian depth I can drop lines down at that depth and catch them. The new NVB models are awesome your card slot is empty so you can save more data. This is great for saving side images. Which no one else will have for 8 to 10 years due to patents. Also you can download updates when new technology comes out. When possible every serious fishermen should buy a 997 NVB. Though the 797 NVB is a great unit and I use it on my G3.
Crip47,
I ran both the 997 and a Lowrance at the same time and did not have any problem with one interferring with the other one. If I had to choose just one between the 997 and the 797, it would be the 997 hands down. The 997 is so much easier to see.
Crip,
When I first ordered my 997, I realized I was missing a part that holds the wires in the back of the unit. It was no big deal, it just took a little longer to hook up the wires when I went out. I posted a message on the side imaging yahoo site asking what I should do to get the part I was missing. I also emailed Humminbird directly. I think it was like a race to see who could get the part to me the fastest. Not only did I get a FedEx package the next day, I got another FedEx package the following day. I guess one of the sales/tech guys had access to the small part I needed and Humminbird Corp sent the part as well. Needless to say, I have been Very impressed with Humminbird and I love the unit. Now I can't wait to save enough to have one for the console.
Later,
Buzz
Thanks 1weezer, You've helped me make up my mind. I just hope they have good customer service. If I ever get my lowrance back (working) I'd like to run them together. Already got my wife used to the sticker shock. Thanks again
I almost forgot. How it it to see in daylihgt and at night. Also, do any of you run the PLATINUM LAKE MAPS. And do you like them. Do you have the chip or is it preloaded? I just tried to order one but they could not tell me that. So I'll check into it in the morning. Thanks, You guys have been great
I run 2 595 humminbirds and you have to turn one of them off. i get static off them when both are running dont know why but i do. i run hotmaps usa and us navagable rivers they are pretty close but not exact.
Running Two Finders Should Not Cause Interference, Unless The Transducers Are To Close Together. Which Sometimes People Due On Thru Hull Instalations. Hummingbird Has Outstandind Custumer Service!
You guys have been great. I'm getting the 997 without maps. I've got a hotmaps prem south and that should do me fine. I could not ask for better help then I got here. Thanks to you and thanks to Ed, great site
Still no word on my other unit
I use to run 2 LCX17M plus my 997 at the same time with no issues. I sold off my LCX17M's & LowranceNet. I went with a nice 787 for trolling motor. The HB has wider beams which is very helpful to find structure. My LCX's 20 degree beams were just too narrow for me.
I am getting ready to buy an HB 575 or 737 and want to hook up my Garmin 72 to it. I have lots of great crappie and grouper waypoints on the Garmin. I am fortunate to be retired on the Harris Chain in Central florida and also fish Homosassa bay. Will this work andy suggestions. should I go for color? I think the only bad reports on HB are the retail guys trying to sell somthing else.:)
WELL….. I just bought the HB 997. The first thing I did was call tech. support. Took two minutes and got my questions answered. They have software to convert other units way points to theirs.. Nice... You do have to regester your unit first. I also called Lowrance about my unit they have, 1.5 hours on hold, they’ve had it for 26 days and they still don’t know when I will get it back
Thanks for the info, I have an old humminbird DX that works great for years aand I just leave it setting in the sun all the time. If I have learned anything from the news lately, it is do not believe advertising hype.
So is the 997si the hot ticket now. really thinkin about buying one. Is it money well spent?
My 797 is entertaining. Look at the bright side of owning one. When you go fishing and don't catch anything, you can say: Oh! I was just out mapping. That is lots better than saying they weren't biting. Who is to doubt you? It is definitely a good $2000.00 alibi.
Gotcha they are def. the sh** Whats the fish doin over there?
I dunno. I been staying inside and playing with my Humminbird. I got it down pretty good. Lots of table top time. ha
so you can hook up 997 to pc?
what am i looking at on the 997si dont understand si positioning
Yep. But you can only manage GPS type stuff and system type updates. They coulda let us have access to the bmp images, but no. You gotta pull out your memory card to read/save your images.You can playback your recordings, but you can't save your recordings to your computer. They could have gave us access to this too, but no. Probably come out with this feature in yet another MODEL.Quote:
Originally Posted by DTG
Sooner or later the memory connector will wear out or you will get water in the SD slot. It will have to be shipped back to Humminbird for repair. It is endless.
I like my Humminbird!
whats the catch to mounting transducers on 997. my transducer is kinda in front of my motor,on the back of my boat is this a problem?
you have to mount it 15" away or more from your main motor.
it also has to have smooth hull in front of it so you don't get bubbles flowing across the TD.
Mine works great, sure can find structure on the bottom I didn't know was there.
its approx. 15" but offset to right side of motor. the transducer now is level with the bottom of the boat when motor trimmed down completely about 5 inches betweeen boat and motor. it should shoot below that according to angles in manual
Finely got my Lowrance back and they did an exchange.. It works. The 997 works great. Real easy to use but I have to make a bracket for the transducer. But boy I’m happy with it. I ran both units together and only had trouble with the lowrance when I was in forty ft. or more of water. If the bracket doesn’t work I’ll leave both units on the boat. I was also worried about the sonar on the 997 and now I think it’s better then on Lawrence…. Thank for all the input
If both are running same transponder frequency, and they are within a close proximity of one another, either unit can pick up the main or harmonic frequency of the other. This causes strange things to appear.Quote:
Originally Posted by DTG
I found your post on SI yahoo groups. I see you got the same response I got when I asked the same question. Zilch.. I am not supprized. Bunch of Bassturds there. Humminbird guys were visiting here for a while. Somebody must of peed on their campfire. Prob me.
If you can, takesome pictures of your transom (different angles) and post them here. There are some knowledgeable folks here. Tell us what it's doing or not. I am sure we (collectively) can figure it out.
put in yesterday and that thing is a piece of art. Bad to the bone and to complicated to figure out in the 108 degree weather but it was clear n o prob.
Cane Pole, no one peed in my campfire – but I wouldn’t put it past any of the Scouts in my son’s Troop! No, something far worse has kept me from posting here, on the Yahoo Si Group and other sites: work! Have a lot going on at home now as well which leaves very little time to get out on the posting boards and help out. To think that I have to show up here five – six days a week and actually do something to? Why they should be happy to pay me just for showing up! Thankfully none of my bosses reads this web site… :D If you don’t see a response from me than I either: have no idea, think the question was already answered by someone else, or have seen the post and so would not know to respond to it. I am usually always available by e-mail though.
Humminbird Greg - it looks like it would be well worth it for the company
to pay someone to keep tabs on the message boards.
Maybe you can con them into paying you to read Crappie.com? :cool:
Thanks Jeff, actually I was hoping they would pay me to go fishing! Small chance of either happening as I am the resident Trainer/Safety Rep. so posting on the boards is just something I do to help out. Besides, I would hate to waste all those years of accumulated knowledge without sharing it or helping others. My afternoon class got cancelled for this week and so I am trying to play catch up on everything else.
We fished cm fri and sat cm tour. and without the sidescan we would have not caught the fish we did, not that we smoked em but we found all our fish suspended,marked em and fished.
I understand your answer. I am just used to being here on crappie.com and seeing questions answered over and over. Don''t matter how many times it gets asked. It still gets answered and without sarcasm. Not many people wanna go searching the archives for a bit of info. Besides, searching thru archive stuff sucks. Most of the time I don't know what the key word or phrase, etc should be. (I am supposed to be savvy on this stuff. ha)Quote:
Originally Posted by Humminbird_Greg
Oops, I meant that the question had already been answered by somone else in the same post. I don't mind answering the same question over and over - after all I got kids!
We have some great people in customer service for sure. Sometimes they get a little busy and people get a little frustrated. That's why we try to monitor these sites to help in any way we can. If you can't get thru to our requlare csr please Post anytime and we'll get you an answer as quickly as we can.
Eddie@Humminbird
Hummingbird guys, you all are a wealth of knowledge on the new systems. Im sure i will be asking a ton of questions when i get back from Iraq and make that huge purchase :) The only thing that i really understand is the frequency and harmonics issues, being im a frequency manager for the Army :)