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Side Imaging Forums => 798c SI => Topic started by: hgv on August 20, 2012, 01:42:46 PM

Title: Y cable question
Post by: hgv on August 20, 2012, 01:42:46 PM

My boat has an older flasher built into the dash. It also has a thru hull transducer. I recently purchased the 798ci SI HD unit and its transducer is mounted on the transom. Is it possible to "Y" the flashers data into the 798 so that while on plane I cabn measure depth / utilize the thru hole transducer?

Title: Re: Y cable question
Post by: bobxxx on August 20, 2012, 10:17:01 PM

doubt if the ends would even match.

Title: Re: Y cable question
Post by: terry0540 on August 21, 2012, 09:47:21 AM

I have a 1999 model boat that came with a Humminbird and I am using its trandsducer and "Y" cable with my 798 with no problems

Title: Re: Y cable question
Post by: Roddy on August 21, 2012, 10:38:11 AM

hgv, Whate modle number flasher do you have?

I think the cable ends won't mate up from a old flasher to the Y-Cable. :'(

If you can post a pix of the flasher cabls end.

Roddy

Title: Re: Y cable question
Post by: hgv on August 21, 2012, 01:32:37 PM

I will get the model number of the flasher tonight and post it,  thanks

Title: Re: Y cable question
Post by: Humminbird_Greg on August 21, 2012, 01:34:20 PM

Like others have said: it depends on the connector end of the flasher’s transducer.  We may still have soma adapters that may allow older transducers to work but they may also be limited to using only the 200kHz sonar versus the 200kHz and 83kHz sonar of the correct transducer.

Post an image of the transducer connector as well as the full model name of the Flasher unit.

Title: Re: Y cable question
Post by: hgv on August 21, 2012, 04:55:16 PM

OK will get that info tonight.

I would be happy with just the flasher on the 798 working while on plane

Title: Re: Y cable question
Post by: hgv on August 21, 2012, 09:07:27 PM

It is a Lowrance Bluewater Pro 1220 :(   :'(   :(      I would have swore it was a humminbird, crap