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Re: ipilot*link
« Reply #50 on: March 17, 2013, 09:32:53 AM »
No, I've been reading threads, and  I'm going out right now to try tying the battery grounds together and see if it helps.  I'd say that's the most likely issue due to the voltage difference between the two systems.  It's pretty bad noise.    Udate:  I tied the grounds of the two systems, but there's no way to tell if it works until I can get it in the water.  Screen is just black on land.
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Re: ipilot*link
« Reply #51 on: March 30, 2013, 10:41:24 PM »
OK, I called HB support and they sent a ferrite ring to wrap the transducer cable around.  I grounded the battery terminals together, and no improvement on the interference.  Since it was much easier to wrap the ethernet cable (where I suspected the interference issue to be coming from), that's what I did.  That did the trick, and I have good quality SI while using the TM about 98% noise free.  I would think an additional ferrite ring would finish it off, as the ethernet cable is thicker, and I could only get 3 wraps on it, vs 6 on a td cable.

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Re: ipilot*link
« Reply #52 on: April 01, 2013, 02:10:22 PM »
Let the Humminbird CRC folks know about that Mark.  It may be that we need to get a different ferrite ring for the Ethernet cable or develop a short plug-in cable for it that has these (I’m thinking along the same lines as the choke cables for the InterLink here).

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Re: ipilot*link
« Reply #53 on: April 01, 2013, 09:28:08 PM »
Let the Humminbird CRC folks know about that Mark.  It may be that we need to get a different ferrite ring for the Ethernet cable or develop a short plug-in cable for it that has these (I’m thinking along the same lines as the choke cables for the InterLink here).


I called both MK and HB customer support to let them know my findings..  HB was grateful for the followup.  MK is sending me a second ring, and I'll try it in both locations to see what works best.  (Correction:  evidently MK called HB and had them send me the second ring, because that's where it came from)
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