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Problem with hum. 997
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10/08/17 02:51 PM
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D.Brock
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My 997 started acting up about a week ago. The depth would start reading hundreds of feet and the pixels on side image and down image was all jacked up as well. Do y'all think it's the transducer going out or is it the unit. What are your thoughts?
Daniel
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Re: Problem with hum. 997
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10/08/17 03:02 PM
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That is a pretty old unit. Have you tried resetting defaults? Sometimes that can and will correct some glitches along the way. If that does not correct it then possibly the transducer is going out.
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Re: Problem with hum. 997
[Re: D.Brock]
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10/09/17 02:18 AM
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D.Brock
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Will I lose my waypoints or trails when I reset to defaults
Daniel
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Re: Problem with hum. 997
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10/09/17 02:44 AM
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Will I lose my waypoints or trails when I reset to defaults no, but it is always good to back them up to an sd card...its really easy to do
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Re: Problem with hum. 997
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10/09/17 03:32 AM
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Re: Problem with hum. 997
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11/06/17 03:26 AM
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D.Brock
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So I went out this weekend and did reset to default and it did not fix it. I did notice that whenever I would be sitting still it would work fine when I started moving it would mess up. Please tell me its an easy fix. Lol
Daniel
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Re: Problem with hum. 997
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11/06/17 05:32 AM
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Bobby Milam
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Not sure exactly what you are seeing but here's some place to start. https://www.humminbird.com/faqDetail.aspx?id=3660When I had a similar problem with interference from the trolling motor, I added chokes which helped some but most of the trouble came from the power cord on the trolling motor running too close to the fish finder. I finally relocated the FF further away and it cleared up.
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Re: Problem with hum. 997
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11/09/17 09:03 PM
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Tjhook
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We can test it here, and see if it's the transducer.
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Re: Problem with hum. 997
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11/12/17 03:17 PM
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D.Brock
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Do you just need the head unit to test it?
Daniel
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Re: Problem with hum. 997
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11/14/17 02:31 PM
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Mike Keenan
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We can test it here, and see if it's the transducer. On this same subject, by chance do you have the transducer shield / saver in stock?
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Re: Problem with hum. 997
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11/21/17 03:43 AM
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Come to find out my transducer was loose. Tighten it up and works fine now
Daniel
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