Topic: Trouble Shooting Question

[DoubleGobble00]

First off, I must say this 898 is the best thing I have EVER bought. It is worth its weight in gold. I do however have a question. In shallow water the normal depth finder view is pretty much blacked out down to 5 feet. I have mainly fished shallow water so far but it would be nice to have this fixed. What do you think is causing it? I thought it was the trolling motor interference but it is there whether the trolling motor is on or off. HB sent me a trolling motor choke but it has little wires (maybe 12 gauge) to connect to my 6 gauge (wires ran to battery) or 10 gauge wire on trolling motor. I am not a real big fan of splicing wires to my trolling motor which could reduce my trolling time. What do yall think?



Also, when using side scan the right side is sometimes real dark. Esp in shallow water. I believe this is due to me sitting on the right side of the boat when driving and the boat leaning to the right side. I could adjust the transducer but then when I have a passenger it would level the boat out more. What ya think... It is worse in shallow water since the angle of the SI does can not travel far before it hits the bottom. In deep water you can hardly notice it.





DoubleG

[Jolly Roger]

Hi DoubleGobble00,
Have you tried to set the sensitivity down a notch? I do it if I scan in shallow water and that helped so far on my 981.

For the dark right side: If it only shows while you are sitting on the right side of your boat I think you already have the reason figured out. The question is what is more important to you. Clear picture when fishing or when driving?

The last picture looks a bit grainy to me. Have you turned on the sharpness in this picture? I would turn it off, 'cause the pictures aren't very detailed when it is turned on.

Regards / Harry