Quote Originally Posted by klyross View Post
Pulled the trigger on a 73sv Chrip, but not installed yet. I will use these
DI settings as a 'starting point', but, was wondering if you could summarize
some 'general' settings/thoughts from your experience for those of us new to DI and SI to help get us started.

Great pics - definitely a consideration in my purchase.

Thanks.....
Klyross:

I am pretty new to all of this myself. I came from a $99 unit to two $900 units. One of the main things that helped me was going out on the lake without fishing poles and testing out the unit. I did this 4 or 5 times until I finally saw images that I was satisfied with. I also read my manual pretty thoroughly and still continue to do so . Pages 18 to 22 have some very valuable info. "Adjusting the level of detail and color intensity on page 20 is very important. "Sonar alarm setting" is important also. Make sure to set the "fish" alarm so you will be alerted to suspended fish. My units have alerted me to fish numerous times when I have not been watching the screen. When in side view make sure that your motor is trimmed up so it won't interfere with your sonar. You may notice a distorted line along the screen along side the line that indicayes the boat/ transducer.I have noticed on my boat that if the motor is trimmed down, I will get some interference that messes with my returns. Sideview should be set roughly to about 3x the wayer depth. 10 ft of water equals 30 ft side view range.

There are tons of threads here to help you out. I have learned tons from the threads here. Rickie/mvinc is a very knowledgeable guy here. Check out some of the sonar quizzes that are on the side imaging forum.

Good luck with your new unit!!!