I am glad I upgraded when I bought my 999 ; I think its worth it. I seldom use 800 because the image isn't that rich and/or I don't know how to sharpen it. I just looked at my images ; they are sharper on the unit and pc.
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I am glad I upgraded when I bought my 999 ; I think its worth it. I seldom use 800 because the image isn't that rich and/or I don't know how to sharpen it. I just looked at my images ; they are sharper on the unit and pc.
I used an 899 for 4 years. I did not know about the upgrade program until I had already used the compact transducer. So I bought the HD transducer. I was sorry I spent the money. Yes there is some difference in clarity but IMHO it was not worth the money. Even though I had the HD transducer my settings stayed on 455.Quote:
Originally Posted by BamaBill
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That's because you need to go into the Sonar tab menu and CHANGE the selected XDCR to Hi Def from Compact!Quote:
Originally Posted by Alphahawk
You will then have the 800 kHz frequency available in the menu to select frequencies.
I upgraded my 899ci HD SI when I had the chance and it was a big difference, even the 4355 kHz is cleaner.
Very familiar with my sonar settings. I am no rookie or stranger to sonar. I did many comparisons with the 800 vs 455.....All I said was it was not that big a difference IMHO.....some difference yes....but not enough to warrant what I paid for the transducer. So next time don't assume something. You didn't ask me did I change settings you just assumed I had no clue.....Quote:
Originally Posted by sfw1960
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Originally Posted by Alphahawk
I don't recall saying you were clueless.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alphahawk
I didn't assume, I read that your settings stayed at 455 kHz as quoted above, so I can only go on the information that was provided- which at best was unclear to most folks that would read what you typed.
There's a great deal of difference using 800 kHz as there is using the new Mega units at 1.3 MHz - but they almost constantly need some adjustment to get the most from them.
I have absolutely zero regrets by swapping the HDSI when I ran the 899, there wasn't much difference in price for me, but because you may have paid a high retail price outright - you don't find the difference (to you) worth it.
That's not to say that a person that DOES know about the XDCR exchange program wouldn't find the $85 up charge to bad for the improvement and addition of more functionality.
So maybe if you'd done the transducer exchange, you would have thought the images were well worth the $85 swap.
For every 10-15 people that do the exchange, maybe one feels it wasn't worth it - but I am not one of them, so theres no need to assume anything about me either. :biggrin
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