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Redge, Yes I have an Off Set, but my GPS receiver is only 3' for my TM. You may not be aware but if you have the 360 hooked to an SI unit, you can use it for DI and SI. I have not set it up that way to see how good the images are. I would have to change setting every time I wanted to go back to my transom SI xducer ..... because as you know I only have one 998 on my boat and use a TS2 switch. But if a person had a bow and console unit that might be pretty cool. dj
Rickie, I assume that I need to still select the SI xducer after I replace it with the XTM 9 WIDE DI 20 T ? I need the 2d for depth when the 360 is "ON" and it also has a slit screen 2d/360.
I have done a little more research about the offset with the 360.
With the bow 360, the offset is backwards......I guess assuming the 360 is on the front and you are fishing from the back.
This would be a problem if wanting to put the bow 360 at the back of the boat....and wanting to use the offset for correction.
The transom 360 offset is forward. Assuming the 360 is on the back and you are fishing from the front.
I guess the software engineers assumed we are always going to put the bow 360 on the bow and the transom 360 on the transom instead of just giving us a Forward or Backwards choice in the software.
I have requested a software change on a couple of other forums.
BobB, with the 360 TM on my 998c SI you are correct, it can only be set backwards. But when I read the manual all the "off set" is for is to correct the GPS receiver location error so it is easier to determined were the waypoint is actually at. If your GPS is at the rear of your boat and you mark a waypoint that is under the TM xducer, the waypoint is set where the GPS receiver is located, which could be 20' to the rear on a big bass boat. Is this not correct? On my boat the GPS is only 3' from the TM. dj
I don't have the 360 yet, but I think others are using the offset to offset to your fishing position, so what you see on the 360 represents the actual direction from you.
See some of the shots Kosmo has posted where the offset ring from his transom 360 shows the actual position of the bow of the boat....especially useful when vertical fishing or trying to determine where to cast to a target.
In your case, if the 360 and HS gps is at the bow and you are fishing at the bow, you already have the correct perspective.
Correct...still select "Hi Def SideScan" as the Transducer Select setting.....Quote:
Originally Posted by rdjj71m
It is my understanding that when the 360 is turned on, the unit shuts off the SI piezo channels in the HDSI...but still uses the 2d piezo you have selected in the 360 menu...
So, there shouldn't be any different settings than if you were using a single HDSI xducer and the 360...
Rickie
BobB, Kosmo ..... must just be setting this 360 as if the GPS is at the bow no matter were it is located. The 360 TM on my 998 doesn't draw a circle, it has a line back the distant of the off set and a dot. If you look on page 33 of the 360 installation Guide you will see what I'm talking about.