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Title: Left side of si "fuzzy"
Post by: steelebob on May 30, 2015, 04:17:15 PM
This been going on for a few weeks. The screen starts getting fuzzy at 5mph on the left side, then if I switch the engine to idle the left side gets streaky black blogs as pict. This will happen no matter what lake I'm on. I repositioned transduce and have tilted it many different ways.[attachimg=1]
Title: Re: Left side of si "fuzzy"
Post by: steelebob on May 30, 2015, 04:19:00 PM
Sorry first time posting pictures. This is my trans setup.
Title: Re: Left side of si "fuzzy"
Post by: steelebob on May 30, 2015, 04:20:23 PM
This is a different angle
Title: Re: Left side of si "fuzzy"
Post by: N9Phil on May 30, 2015, 06:36:19 PM
Raise your motor up a bit and that might help.  The top 3 feet or so on the left side image is your motor blocking your signal.
Title: Re: Left side of si "fuzzy"
Post by: steelebob on May 30, 2015, 07:11:44 PM
The picture was taken in the driveway, so the motor is not in its "normal" position. How do you raise a motor??
Title: Re: Left side of si "fuzzy"
Post by: RonnieB on May 30, 2015, 11:01:05 PM
Trim or Tilt your motor up. Mine does the same thing. I have to trim my motor more than I thought. Mine did real good in a local clear lake with just 2 people in boat. Last trip with 4 people in boat full of gear, ice, full baitwell, ice etc. I actually had alot of difficulty fine tuning my setup. I wonder if weight and the depth that the boat sits in water affects it.  Even at 6-7 mph, the angle of my boat in the water is slightly different with motor trimmed up. Maybe boat is spraying water or bubbles toward transducer?? I'm still learning...  :P

What was your chart speed, sensitivity and sharpness set at?
Title: Re: Left side of si "fuzzy"
Post by: rnvinc on May 30, 2015, 11:28:19 PM
Something looks more amiss than just the left side ...

Next time out get screenshots with these ...:

*Bring SI Range in to about 50ft each side ...
*Boat speed and chart speed at about 3 ...
*SI Frequency (try both 455kHz and 800kHz) ...
*Beam Frequency 200kHz ...
*Max Depth under Sonar tab to 20ft below deepest water in your lake ...
*Contrast 10-12 ...
*Sharpness Off  ...
*Noise filter under Sonar tab Off ...

Rickie




Title: Re: Left side of si "fuzzy"
Post by: steelebob on May 31, 2015, 06:15:41 AM
I'll park it on a hill so the motor is in the "normal" position and take another picture. I  automaticly run the motor in ?"max trim" now, so I will try playing with that.
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