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Hummingbird help
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10/26/14 01:44 AM
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Joined: Aug 2009
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TwoLakes
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Hi all. I'm on pines for a few days and my 898 si won't recognize my sonar or side imaging transducers or it acts like it doesn't it starts up and shows depths like 878 feet and the sonar won't scroll across the screen. I checked the connections and it seems to be good. Any ideas? I'm on a phone so spelling might be off.
I also reset factory defaults and went to the status page. Is there a way to force a reset or something similar?
Last edited by TwoLakes; 10/26/14 01:46 AM.
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Re: Hummingbird help
[Re: TwoLakes]
#10371883
10/26/14 02:05 AM
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Lee in Texas
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Man, I'm not expert....but, have you checked and re-checked your power connections? I've read that on here before.... Other than reset....I'm at a loss too and I OWN 2 HB units on my rig
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Re: Hummingbird help
[Re: Lee in Texas]
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10/26/14 02:20 AM
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TwoLakes
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I didn't bring my tester with me to the lake. Will anyone be on pines tomorrow that an plug my unit into their connections to test? I may get a voltage tester if I go to town tomorrow.
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Re: Hummingbird help
[Re: TwoLakes]
#10372097
10/26/14 03:56 AM
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Donald Harper
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Go to the menu and find SET TO Default. That will take care of the problem most likely.
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Re: Hummingbird help
[Re: Donald Harper]
#10372121
10/26/14 04:20 AM
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TwoLakes
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Thanks for the suggestion. I did reset to default under the menu. That didn't help unfortunately.
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Re: Hummingbird help
[Re: TwoLakes]
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10/26/14 05:00 AM
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44 Diesel
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It sounds like your are running two separate transducers. If you are might need to check your splitter cable and the connections. Just plug either transducer straight to the unit to test
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Re: Hummingbird help
[Re: TwoLakes]
#10372168
10/26/14 05:45 AM
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JimmyP
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Make sure your transducer is still level. I bumped a stump with my old boat and it started doing some wacky stuff and my transducer was aimed at the motor. Releveled it and it went back to working right. Make sure you have good grounds also.
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Re: Hummingbird help
[Re: TwoLakes]
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10/27/14 02:26 AM
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TwoLakes
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The unit now sees the transducers most of the time. I had some little plastic dental floss things and used the pick end to clean the female fittings on the unit where the cables plug. I don't know if that had anything to do with it starting to work? If it starts acting up again I'll check the transducer and the splitter cable.
Oh the joys of expensive electronics.
Someone told me to spray a small amount of wd 40 in the female fittings but I don't think that's a good idea. Anyone done that?
Last edited by TwoLakes; 10/27/14 02:30 AM.
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Re: Hummingbird help
[Re: TwoLakes]
#10373484
10/27/14 11:47 AM
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Skeeter man ZX225
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Check the bass boat central threads, you can post a question there, I got answers quickly that way.
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