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Why is my 2D doing this? #13687837 09/01/20 06:46 PM
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HDS Gen 3. No settings were changed when this started happening. Tried messing with surface clarity and noise rejection settings after the fact but it still wasn’t right. Any ideas? [Linked Image]


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Re: Why is my 2D doing this? [Re: i-Fish] #13687886 09/01/20 07:12 PM
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Any hard bumps to the transducer recently? Any trauma to the transducer cable?

My transducer and cable received some trauma a while back and ever since, will do something similar from time to time. What I do to fix it is to manually set the depth at 5ft when in 5feet or less or 10ft if in10ft or less, and it’ll go away, then I change it back to auto depth.


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Re: Why is my 2D doing this? [Re: i-Fish] #13687964 09/01/20 08:15 PM
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My Carbon at the console has started doing this the past few weeks. I think water temp may be causing this.

Re: Why is my 2D doing this? [Re: i-Fish] #13688067 09/01/20 09:07 PM
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If you can try another transducer and see if that makes a difference.

Re: Why is my 2D doing this? [Re: ezbassin] #13688142 09/01/20 10:24 PM
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Originally Posted by ezbassin
If you can try another transducer and see if that makes a difference.


If that’s what I gotta do I’ll just update the electronics while I’m at it.
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Re: Why is my 2D doing this? [Re: i-Fish] #13688145 09/01/20 10:26 PM
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See the name at top center "Lowrance" that's a dead give away. Lol

Re: Why is my 2D doing this? [Re: i-Fish] #13688859 09/02/20 03:50 PM
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Mine does this as well. When the depth gets over 8 feet it will start displaying depth again. My front unit does not do this. Both are Lowrance.


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Re: Why is my 2D doing this? [Re: i-Fish] #13688920 09/02/20 04:57 PM
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Mine has been doing the same thing for the past couple weeks as well !

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I think you need to set your settings to either freshwater or shallow water

Re: Why is my 2D doing this? [Re: i-Fish] #13688993 09/02/20 05:58 PM
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Your only in 10' of water. Switch to the 83 kHz transducer setting and see if that improves your view.


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Re: Why is my 2D doing this? [Re: i-Fish] #13690213 09/03/20 07:10 PM
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All three pictures look pretty bad compared to my Gen 3 and Gen 2s. You need to check your transducer and check for interference.

Upgrading your units simply because your transducer failed is like buying a new car because your tires are old.

Compare another transducer, just plug it in and drop it over the side. If it has the same problem, you probably have interference and it likely won’t go away with new units.

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Oh and don’t ever use 800 kHz unless youre fishing deep in the ocean.

Re: Why is my 2D doing this? [Re: T Bird] #13690376 09/03/20 09:47 PM
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Originally Posted by T Bird
Your only in 10' of water. Switch to the 83 kHz transducer setting and see if that improves your view.



That should help.

Re: Why is my 2D doing this? [Re: ezbassin] #13690629 09/04/20 01:45 AM
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Originally Posted by ezbassin
Originally Posted by T Bird
Your only in 10' of water. Switch to the 83 kHz transducer setting and see if that improves your view.



That should help.


The point is it’s never done this before in the 3 years I’ve been running these graphs. It’s an indication that something is going on.


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Re: Why is my 2D doing this? [Re: criglizard] #13690631 09/04/20 01:45 AM
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Originally Posted by criglizard
All three pictures look pretty bad compared to my Gen 3 and Gen 2s. You need to check your transducer and check for interference.

Upgrading your units simply because your transducer failed is like buying a new car because your tires are old.

Compare another transducer, just plug it in and drop it over the side. If it has the same problem, you probably have interference and it likely won’t go away with new units.


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