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CHIRP for HDS 12 Gen 2 Touch

Posted By: Dane K. Edwards

CHIRP for HDS 12 Gen 2 Touch - 10/24/17 06:51 PM

I have a Lowrance HDS 12 Gen 2 Touch. Is there any way to equip it with CHIRP?
Posted By: grout-scout

Re: CHIRP for HDS 12 Gen 2 Touch - 10/25/17 02:13 AM

You’d have to buy a sonar hub for it to chirp. You’d be better off waiting until the gen3’s go on closeout and getting one (sell the gen2 to recoup some of the money). Unless you find a used sonar hub cheap someplace.
Posted By: scruboak

Re: CHIRP for HDS 12 Gen 2 Touch - 10/25/17 02:47 AM

hub for sale in classifieds for gen 2 with transducer .Brand new never installed slewfoot is selling it 400 bucks .
Posted By: grout-scout

Re: CHIRP for HDS 12 Gen 2 Touch - 10/25/17 03:04 AM

Originally Posted By: scruboak
hub for sale in classifieds for gen 2 with transducer .Brand new never installed slewfoot is selling it 400 bucks .



That’s a structure scan box for side imaging, it won’t do chirp. (Unless he has another post there that I didn’t see)
Posted By: scruboak

Re: CHIRP for HDS 12 Gen 2 Touch - 10/25/17 05:45 AM

about as close as he is going to get with that unit.Chirp is built into the unit. I will move on now
Posted By: Dane K. Edwards

Re: CHIRP for HDS 12 Gen 2 Touch - 10/25/17 06:39 AM

Thanks for the help
Posted By: scruboak

Re: CHIRP for HDS 12 Gen 2 Touch - 10/25/17 06:54 AM

No problem but chirp is done from the head unit. It cannot be added. But if I had your unit I would add that box for the price.
Posted By: grout-scout

Re: CHIRP for HDS 12 Gen 2 Touch - 10/25/17 01:54 PM

Aye yi yie, if he buys a SONAR HUB he can get chirp sonar. He has no reason for that lss module, side imaging is already built into his graph head.

Do not buy that structure scan module and think that you’re going to get chirp, the guy above is giving you wrong info.


This is what you’d have to have for chirp on a gen 2. But it will not give you side imaging and chirp, it only does one or the other! Again, if you want chirp you are better off getting a gen3.

http://www.lowrance.com/en-US/m/Products/Sonar/SonarHub-Sounder-Module-en-us.aspx
Posted By: 6BOOMER

Re: CHIRP for HDS 12 Gen 2 Touch - 10/25/17 02:39 PM

^^^^
This cheers
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