Garmin live scope

[Flatwater]

My question is what is required for the live scope to work?
the adds never say what is actually required but only what it works with.
garmin live scope bundle, includes echo map and chart plotter $3299.
‘garmin live scope plus, works with gps map or chart plotter $1,699.
garmin livescope plus LVS34 works with sonar module or gps maps $1,199

i just find this all confusing. If starting with nothing is it truly $3299 for everything you need or do you still need more?

I guess I just want to know what it cost to get a garmin livescope functional?

I just watched a guy on utube catch 5 2# crappie by selecting the biggest in a school I was just amazed, not that I could ever afford one, but I would like to know the real cost of the system?

I did buy a hummingbird side scan for $500 years ago and it truly does help find brush piles, logs and such.

[CrappiePappy]

I bought my Livescope setup several years ago from a site sponsor dealer (C.c member discounted). I paid $2200 for a Garmin Echomap UHD 93sv unit (without the GT56 transducer), the LVS32 transducer & the GLS10 Black Box. I then purchased a $100 mounting stand (no longer mfg'd) and a 68ah AGM battery to run the whole system. Total cost of all these components was around $2600.

The size of the unit's screen & whether or not you stay with the LVS32 transducer, or go with the newer LVS34 transducer will affect your price. But, further costs will depend on what mounting system you decide on & whether or not you decide to purchase a separate battery to run the system. (& the cost of the battery would depend on what type & size of battery, as well as the brand -- Lithium, AGM, Flooded cell, Sealed cell)

Another possible cost could be another battery charger for the separate battery for your Livescope system, should you go that route.

[Flatwater]

found whole garmin systems for $2,599. however they do not include the transducer for the main unit? This is weird, why do they make it so hard to get this system? Then I got to go down the rabbit hole of what kind of transducer? Will I need dual frequency for running traditional sonar? Etc.
I should add that my units are all 10+ years old. But they work! I know how to use them, but my eyes are not what they used to be, a 9” screen would double my current 5”. Kinda funny, my boat is a 1987 worth about $1,800. I like hunting crappie all year not just in the spring so I like to find them in deep water suspended, in brush, channels or holes so electronics are required. Now I am thinking 10” and skipping the front sonar, just better quality side and down scan.

My question is what is required for the live scope to work?
the adds never say what is actually required but only what it works with.
garmin live scope bundle, includes echo map and chart plotter $3299.
‘garmin live scope plus, works with gps map or chart plotter $1,699.
garmin livescope plus LVS34 works with sonar module or gps maps $1,199

i just find this all confusing. If starting with nothing is it truly $3299 for everything you need or do you still need more?

I guess I just want to know what it cost to get a garmin livescope functional?

I just watched a guy on utube catch 5 2# crappie by selecting the biggest in a school I was just amazed, not that I could ever afford one, but I would like to know the real cost of the system?

I did buy a hummingbird side scan for $500 years ago and it truly does help find brush piles, logs and such.

[Ranger690]

I put Livescope up front and never mounted the regular transducer that came with the Garmin 1242. I don't need it. Livescope shows me everything I could need. Now I do have Side Imaging at the console and I would not do without that for searching where to start. But one you turn on the Livescope unit and have a look around, you may find you don't need anything else up front. Go 10" screen or better. 9" is fine, but you will always wonder about the 10". If you can swing it, go 12".

The way you mount the display can matter. So many good mount out now, you can raise the unit way up and even pivot it toward you for better viewing. You are right, all of it is a rabbit hole. Good luck, but go ahead and get it and be ready for Spring.