Updated to 6.64 back in August. All went well with no problems. Took the boat out last Thursday
run for a couple hrs and all went well with the 898. Went back out Friday and run unit for about three hours and noticed my DI (only) began to show white lines going across the whole screen horizontally.
Tried different views and it only did this on the DI screen whether it was split or by itself. Shut off and reboot. no good. Shut off again and went to simulation mode. The lines were still there. So now I am thinking its the unit and not the transducer. After I got home I decided to do the restore.
This fixed the DI issue. So now I am thinking it was a software problem. I will take it back out this coming week and try it again and see how it turns out. In the meantime I have a few questions after I make a statement.
This is the only update since I installed the update that had the casting rings and many other features.
So I am wondering should other updates had been installed prior to my last update? Also it appears that my SI/DI images are much clearer. This is a good thing meaning I would really would like to keep this update.. So if all goes well with no more problems I will accept it as a one time glitch.
So here are a few questions that I need to know the answer to.
1. If I still have a problem, can I update to a older version software(6.64) to see if this takes care of it?
2. I see a new update just came out on 9-5 (Version 6.740). Should I resolve the problem I have now before I update again? This update seems to be for the HD (which I don't have) models but it was in my account.
3. Has anyone else had this problem since updating to 6.64?
I have no pictures of what the screen looked like. When in view of di screen all looks normal but as data comes out from right of screen it is just a bunch of white lines that covers the whole screen.I will take a camera with me the next time out just in case needed.
Thanks for your time to respond.
Billy