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Offline Justins

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Moving unit to another boat
« on: January 05, 2013, 03:56:09 AM »
Could anyone answer this for me. Want to use my 998si on my 12 foot tinny can I just buy another transducer and swap the head unit between the boats. I don't need GPS just the sounder, will this affect the unit at all when I use it on my other boat that has the GPS puck or will it just know what is connected and what is not.

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Re: Moving unit to another boat
« Reply #1 on: January 05, 2013, 10:19:53 AM »
It will know what is connected and what is not.  You can run the sonar without gps.
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Re: Moving unit to another boat
« Reply #2 on: January 09, 2013, 02:17:08 PM »
You know that you won’t have GPS but do you also know that means no maps will be shown and you won’t be able to mark any waypoints to?
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Re: Moving unit to another boat
« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2013, 10:27:48 PM »
Thanks for the replies and Greg I thought that might be the case, not bothered though just use my hand held if I need to mark a specific spot. Was more worried that the sounder would give problems if I was moving it from one boat to another but appears that all will be fine just loose the GPS functions.
 

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Re: Moving unit to another boat
« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2013, 07:56:42 AM »
The only caution on moving is to make sure your electrical connects are sound. And to use a power source dedicated to the unit..

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