Thread: Garmin's CHIRP SideVu and DownVu..

Originally Posted by kosmo

rickie,with the garmin unit,are they switching between pulse and chirp.and if so,while there on chirp do they have the option to change between low,medium or high to compare to see which gives the best image at a particular range or depth ?

I'm not sure kosmo...I guess we will learn more as customers start using the units and reporting in...

Rickie

Shellback is trying out his Garmin 70dv this week at Kerr Res in Virginia. He will probably post some pix when he returns home Monday.

i have the Garmin 70DV, with 2D sonar and down imaging, no chirp transducer. The chirp SI transducer comes with their black box add on that gives side imaging. Not sure if I will be going that way or not. here's a few screen shots I took last week. The fish were biting in water 5-7 feet deep, so I didn't spend much time fooling around with the new unit. The old bridge shots were taken in some choppy water, so I think the clarity was effected. I think I am going to be very happy with it!

Originally Posted by Shellback

i have the Garmin 70DV, with 2D sonar and down imaging, no chirp transducer. The chirp SI transducer comes with their black box add on that gives side imaging. Not sure if I will be going that way or not. here's a few screen shots I took last week.

Ron ....is the 2d and the DI in the same xducer for this model...??

(Can you post a pic of the xducer...??)

Rickie

Originally Posted by rnvinc

Ron ....is the 2d and the DI in the same xducer for this model...??

(Can you post a pic of the xducer...??)

Rickie

Rickie, I think the 2D & DI are in the same transducer. I also think you have to add a black box(like Lowrance) to get SI.

Originally Posted by rnvinc

Ron ....is the 2d and the DI in the same xducer for this model...??

(Can you post a pic of the xducer...??)

Rickie

This is the supplied transducer with the 70DV. https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/shop...-12087-01.html

Originally Posted by Shellback

This is the supplied transducer with the 70DV. https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/shop...-12087-01.html

I've gotta get that Garmin xducer so I can test it on my 1197...

Wire splicing time again...

Rickie

Originally Posted by Shellback

i have the Garmin 70DV, with 2D sonar and down imaging, no chirp transducer. The chirp SI transducer comes with their black box add on that gives side imaging. Not sure if I will be going that way or not. here's a few screen shots I took last week. The fish were biting in water 5-7 feet deep, so I didn't spend much time fooling around with the new unit. The old bridge shots were taken in some choppy water, so I think the clarity was effected. I think I am going to be very happy with it!

The di looks good shellback,i also like the 2d

Originally Posted by kosmo

The di looks good shellback,i also like the 2d

Me too, that's what impressed me the most.

I do not see much difference in showing similar steel structures by Garmin 70dv and Humminbird 385ci DI: