Humminbird Side Imaging Forums
Side Imaging Forums => 898c SI => Topic started by: snookwhisperer on February 11, 2014, 02:22:22 PM
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898SI was running great for years till yesterday, on the way back in, I lost bottom.
I thought I had kicked up the high speed transducer bracket, instead the whole transducer was gone.
Bought a new one put it in the bilge to see if it would read, shooting thru the hull, no depth. Put transducer in water beside the boat, still I could not get depth reading, so I took the Y cable out and went back to the original set-up, again, still no depth read out.
Could something have happened to the 898 because of the "disappearing transducer"?
Thanks for reading any ideas?
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I'd try setting the defaults and then put the ducer in the water and try it.
Also, check to make sure the correct ducer in selected in the settings menu. Maybe the unit went goofy looking for the ducer after it disappeared.
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Ditto on resetting the defaults. This should reset the Transducer Select menu as well but it would not hurt to manually check it too. I’m afraid that when the transducer was damaged that the transmitter may have shorted out. If this is so you would have to send it in to Humminbird to get it fixed.
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Thanks for the replies, reset the defaults and was able to get a bottom reading but it would freeze for a few seconds than start working again, a couple of times this would happen than it would go to a much larger depth 1500' than would go back to reading right and would start all over again. This would happen with either the y cable or the original cable was in use. The original transducer would lose bottom when I first bought the unit so we put the 2d transducer on, so I'm not sure if I'm having transducer problems or head. I'm using a differ 2d transducer a xnt 9-20-T would that make a difference?
Just check before I send in my Bird. P.S. they're getting 275.45 to fix :-\ Thanks
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The XNT-9-20-T transducer will work with your unit for a depth reading.
Did you try both transducers without the AS-Si-DB-Y cable plugged in?
The original transducer losing bottom: was that at higher boat speeds only or even when drifting?
Do you know of someone else with a Humminbird unit that would let you cross-test to check your sonar? This does not have to be another 898 unit as any but the DI model units would work for this.