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 fish elite 480 by eagle
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01/03/11 05:56 PM
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Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 998
Brandon A
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i got the fish elite 480 depthfinder by eagle for christmas. any of yall had any good or bad experience with it??? need to know so i can decide if i will lmount it on my boat or take it back to buy a different one. it will go on the console, and i dont have anything up there right now, so everthing is an upgrade lol. here it is to refresh ur memory http://www.eaglenav.com/Products/Fishfinder-Chartplotters/FishElite-480/
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Re: fish elite 480 by eagle
[Re: Brandon A]
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01/03/11 06:17 PM
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Joined: Apr 2009
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Outdoordude
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I've had one for two years and it has been beat to death on my little boat (not intentionally). Slamming waves, spearing and being swamped by waves, rained on, heat, cold; still clicking as good as it was when it was new.
It has the clearest picture you can get from a black and white unit and the GPS has never failed me.
If you notice any moisture inside the screen, just unscrew the screws on the back of the unit, open it up a little bit and set a blow dryer at it for a while to dry it out. I had to do this once after hella-spearing a wave on Rayburn. It only let a little water in that one time and has been fine ever since I dried it back out.
I had it at the console for a year then moved it to the trolling motor after I got a HDS. Still love it.
Scott Jones
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Re: fish elite 480 by eagle
[Re: Outdoordude]
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01/03/11 06:49 PM
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Joined: Feb 2009
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Brandon A
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cool, thanks for the report.
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Re: fish elite 480 by eagle
[Re: Brandon A]
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01/04/11 01:46 PM
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Joined: Jul 2009
Posts: 208
kevin9574
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I've had one in the console for about a year now with the hotmaps card, and I love it. I'm new to a lot of this and I'm still learning how to use and read it. Eagle has a deal you can download that let's you demo the unit on your PC http://www.eaglenav.com/Downloads/Product-Emulators/ I still use it to learn how to use the features of this unit
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Re: fish elite 480 by eagle
[Re: Outdoordude]
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01/04/11 04:31 PM
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Joined: May 2010
Posts: 4,711
RaiderDale33
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I've had one for two years and it has been beat to death on my little boat (not intentionally). Slamming waves, spearing and being swamped by waves, rained on, heat, cold; still clicking as good as it was when it was new.
It has the clearest picture you can get from a black and white unit and the GPS has never failed me.
If you notice any moisture inside the screen, just unscrew the screws on the back of the unit, open it up a little bit and set a blow dryer at it for a while to dry it out. I had to do this once after hella-spearing a wave on Rayburn. It only let a little water in that one time and has been fine ever since I dried it back out.
I had it at the console for a year then moved it to the trolling motor after I got a HDS. Still love it. You still have all the golden coordinates for oak creek on that 480?
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Re: fish elite 480 by eagle
[Re: RaiderDale33]
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01/04/11 05:50 PM
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Joined: Jul 2009
Posts: 208
kevin9574
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I've had one for two years and it has been beat to death on my little boat (not intentionally). Slamming waves, spearing and being swamped by waves, rained on, heat, cold; still clicking as good as it was when it was new.
It has the clearest picture you can get from a black and white unit and the GPS has never failed me.
If you notice any moisture inside the screen, just unscrew the screws on the back of the unit, open it up a little bit and set a blow dryer at it for a while to dry it out. I had to do this once after hella-spearing a wave on Rayburn. It only let a little water in that one time and has been fine ever since I dried it back out.
I had it at the console for a year then moved it to the trolling motor after I got a HDS. Still love it. You still have all the golden coordinates for oak creek on that 480? wish I had the golden coordinates for Oak Creek  LOL
huntersandpatriots.com pro-staff 2010 Kills- 1 '09 Ford F-250, 2- Samsung Cell Phones, Enough Bud Light Lime to float a bass boat, & several bottles of Crown http://www.huntersandpatriots.com/
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Re: fish elite 480 by eagle
[Re: kevin9574]
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01/04/11 06:04 PM
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Joined: Jun 2008
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snmcc
TFF Team Angler
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I just got one for my bow. Tried it out works great for the money
 Boatless for minute
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Re: fish elite 480 by eagle
[Re: RaiderDale33]
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01/04/11 07:00 PM
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Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 2,772
Outdoordude
Extreme Angler
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I've had one for two years and it has been beat to death on my little boat (not intentionally). Slamming waves, spearing and being swamped by waves, rained on, heat, cold; still clicking as good as it was when it was new.
It has the clearest picture you can get from a black and white unit and the GPS has never failed me.
If you notice any moisture inside the screen, just unscrew the screws on the back of the unit, open it up a little bit and set a blow dryer at it for a while to dry it out. I had to do this once after hella-spearing a wave on Rayburn. It only let a little water in that one time and has been fine ever since I dried it back out.
I had it at the console for a year then moved it to the trolling motor after I got a HDS. Still love it. You still have all the golden coordinates for oak creek on that 480? Perhaps
Scott Jones
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