I would "think" it should have had the yellow wire connected and operational because the Elite FS is stated as supporting Active Target (as opposed to "mostly" supporting Active Target). Apparently if you use a Live power cable, the Elite FS will turn the unit on/off like a user would expect it to do.

Exactly what I was gonna say. If the FS is supposed to be used with AT, it would have the provisions to actually control the mundane functions of POWERING UP THE UNIT. HAHA.

Elite FS Power Cord> At this time what you see is the correct configuration.. There is no Yellow wire on the FS. Its better to switch the yellow wire for on and off on the AT so at this time no yellow wire if they hear from customers that they want the wire to turn on and off then it could change. So to all that believe this is a mfg defect this corrects the record.

LMAO! Larry, that's an answer that matches the shortcoming that inadvertently occurred because someone had their head up their a** at the time product planning was working on the parts list of what went in the box. How convenient, but it is insulting to the intelligence of the customer.

So, by what you said, for customers who have a Live unit and Active Target, there's a general feature desire for the display to be able to turn the AT on and off. HOWEVER, if the customer happens to have an Elite FS unit instead, he/she suddenly has no urge to have the display unit be able to turn the AT on and off. Yeah, that just makes a world of sense!

What really happened is glaringly obvious, but you go right ahead and tell that with a straight face. I'm a big Lowrance user (with $20k+ of their gear on my 21' boat right now) but I'm not stupid.

Go back and look at the prior Elites Non of them have the yellow wire.

So what do they have to do with the price of eggs in China? They aren't on the Active Target supported model list. The Elite FS was released as supporting Active Target,so it's cable should have been designed to support power management for AT. The ball got dropped.

If the FS is advertised to run the AT, then it should with no modifications. Installing a switch on the yellow wire was Lowrance's way of working around the software update - need to turn the AT off to reduce battery drain and dry firing the transducer all day long. Besides, switch installation is an extra cost to the customer and an added point of resistance for wiring to fail.

Buying a properly pinned power cable makes for a cleaner install.

Larry, I had confirmed this with Lowrance , not a Lowrance Pro Staff. Thanks though