I have an 898 si and am planning a fishing trip in October to a lake that's 600 miles from my home. I just ordered the relevant Navionics chip for the lake.
My question is, can I play around with my 898 and the chip at home while the sonar transducer is not in the water? Years ago, I recall that you were to never turn on your sonar without the transducer in the water.
If not, then I will have to disconnect the tranducer wire from the quick-connect harness. Thanks for any advice.
Dave