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Xi5 and down imaging question...
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10/22/16 11:36 PM
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Joined: Oct 2016
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CMFishes
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Green Horn
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Since there's been a lot of Xi5 talk in this forum as of late, I figured someone might be able to offer some advise. I am STRONGLY looking at purchasing a Tracker Targa V18 in the near future and when I stopped into BPS and spoke with a salesman about having it come with the Xi5, he indicated that I would not be able to run a bow unit with DI because of the way the mounting bracket is designed and that the transducer cable for the DI would get caught up in it when deploying/stowing the TM. He said that they have seen it time and time again and that the best option would be to put an SI/DI/GPS (an Elite 7-Ti in fact) unit at the helm, and put the sonar unit the boat comes with at the bow. Does anyone know of a way around this? A better set up?
Also, if anyone knows anything about the Targa18's performance/reliability...I'd love to hear opinions on that as well. My heart really wants a Crestliner Fishhawk 1950....but don't know if there's 15k (I'm assuming) worth of difference between the 2.
Thanks in advance guys. I've been following the forum for a few years and am a crappie fisherman FIRST when it comes to chasing fins and have always enjoyed the great information and camaraderie in this section. I used to have a login (CMFish) but forgot my password and the recovery email is no longer valid so....
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Re: Xi5 and down imaging question...
[Re: CMFishes]
#11894665
10/22/16 11:39 PM
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Joined: Jul 2012
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Davedave
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I don't know anything about the Targa. I run DI on my xi5, and I run the cable down the shaft. Many on here have posted pictures how they do it. I'm not saying it's a clean looking set up, but he's wrong.
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Re: Xi5 and down imaging question...
[Re: CMFishes]
#11894866
10/23/16 02:01 AM
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Joined: Feb 2010
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shut-up-and-fish
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Get the boat w/out the motor then come see me for the savings. I also provide installation and can run the DI transducer on the motor and up the shaft. Works well...
I no nothing about the Targa to give you any advise....
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