Ok, just to follow up and my progress here.
Finally after having sending my old unit in and receiving it back with the same issue that was never addressed by HB I received a replacement unit in the mail today.
This unit connect with the ipilot link and does not shut down my 899 when it connects.
My only concern is this........
The replacement unit came preloaded with old software. 6.860
Newest is 7.020
I want to update my ipillt link controller and remote and my 899.
According to humminbird website the latest ipilot link software is ONLY for 899 units with software 6.9 and above.
I dont know what order i should update everything in. I dont want to update my 899 to the latest version and have the same issue possibly happen as before.
And I dont want to update the controller and remote as the HB site says its only for software 6.9 and above.
Any thoughts on this guys.
Thank you.