I went out two weeks ago and my 2D transducer that is gel coated into the bottom of the boat quit working. Thankfully I have Lowrance exterior transducer for downscan/sidescan that I was able to switch 2D over to. Any ideas how to test it to see if cable is lose or transducer went dead? Looks like its one color from the surface down to 30 feet or so.

I have a HDS Live 12 that the transducers are plugged into. I’ve had this setup for a couple years and its worked great until a couple weekends ago.

Can you post a pic of what it looks like on the screen? What Transducer?

I believe this is the transducer. 9-Pin Shoot-Thru Hull Pod Med/High CHIRP (No Temp)

I took a picture with the boat under the carport this morning so not very accurate as I know they have to be in water. The center part of the graph is the shoot through transducer. The images on the sides are the Total Scan running in 2D. The way the shoot through transducer looks on this picture is how it looked the other morning when in the water. Solid color all the way through the profile. Depth wouldn’t pickup either.

sounds like the ducer is bad, has happened to me a couple of times with birds.

That’s what I’m afraid of. I did like the shoot through as it helped me know the depth when running on a plane. The Total Scan is great but loses depth at anything over 20 MPH.

The top of the screen says 3-1 so you have not changed the source to the Shoot Thru Hull transducer. The source selection is on the sonar menu

Do you have a total scan transducer or an AI3-1 they are different?

That photo in the center looks normal for on Concrete and not in the water.

I did change the source from 3-1 to Thru Hull and back to 3-1 again all in that one screenshot. The 3-1 is on the edges and the thru hull is in the middle. Scroll was very slow for some reason with either transducer selection. I’ll get some screenshots on the water and post them.

Thanks for the help.