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General Discussion / Possible end to HB Side Imaging Forums...Anyone want to take it over?

« Last post by RGecy on January 19, 2025, 05:18:47 AM »

Well, after 16 years, The Humminbird Side Imaging Forums may be at its end! My job and hobbies no longer allow me time to keep up with the forums and the hosting is not worth renewing from a financial standpoint.

If there is anyone who would like to take over the hosting and upkeep, please message me. Maybe there is someone here who can bring new life to the forums by posting new topics and categories to attract new members. At one point we have over $500 a month in ad revenue and thousands of page views daily. Sadly, I did not keep up with the content and forums.

There is a lot of historical content here.....I hate to see it disappear.

Please let me know if it worth saving.

Thanks for all the years of patronage.

RGecy

For anyone who wants to email me directly, my email is my username and 2 at gmail.com

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General Discussion / Re: Helix g4 no more 360

« Last post by rnvinc on January 08, 2025, 08:09:10 PM »

The G4N May have been released in 2021 but what year was your actual unit built  ...??

The first six numbers in the serial number indicate when that specific unit was built  ... YR/month/day

Rickie

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General Discussion / Re: Helix g4 no more 360

« Last post by reso on January 07, 2025, 10:32:30 PM »

I would think so ,since the unit came out in 2021 with a previous firmware. It was not released with this latest firmware , at least this specific model.
I would try it, if I had the previous software version , think it is 2.880 ...

Reso

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General Discussion / Re: Helix g4 no more 360

« Last post by rnvinc on January 07, 2025, 08:27:12 PM »

Humminbird has always indicated that software older than what came in the unit will not successfully load  ...

I don’t know if the unit would even recognize a software version older than what came on it  ...

I’d be afraid it would brick the unit and have to be sent back to Humminbird  ...

Rickie

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General Discussion / Helix g4 no more 360

« Last post by reso on January 07, 2025, 06:41:35 PM »

Hi guys,

My helix 12 gen 1 got damaged after many years of good service with my as360 pod.

I bought recently a helix  12 mega SI+.  gn4 with the latest firmware and it says that the as360 is not supported anymore ?? That is ridiculous and forces me to invest into mega 360 while I only use the 455 khz at sea....

Is there a way to downgrade tot before 8-2-2024 , the latest  version that does not support the original 360? How to get the older firmware , I have looked everywhere on the net but no success.

Cheers

Reso

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Humminbird In the News / Re: Humminbird releases new Xplore series and MEGA Live 2.0

« Last post by rnvinc on December 09, 2024, 05:32:34 PM »

MEGA Live 2 now on the Humminbird website  ...

https://humminbird.johnsonoutdoors.com/us/shop/accessories/mega-live/mega-live-2-forward-facing-sonar

Rickie

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Humminbird In the News / Re: Humminbird releases new Xplore series and MEGA Live 2.0

« Last post by rnvinc on December 09, 2024, 05:30:56 PM »

Xplore series is now on the Humminbird website  ...

https://humminbird.johnsonoutdoors.com/us/shop/fish-finders/xplore

Rickie

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Humminbird In the News / Re: Humminbird releases new Xplore series and MEGA Live 2.0

« Last post by rnvinc on December 09, 2024, 05:29:15 PM »

Here’s the release video for Xplore series and MEGA Live 2  ...

i=YL8v9HpIkM7tjYHr

Rickie

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General Discussion / Re: Google Earth path to track line on Solix/AutoChart PC

« Last post by Norm_Shea on December 09, 2024, 08:42:02 AM »

Thanks, Rickie.  I might repost there just as information but I actually figured it out.  After yet another call to Humminbird Tech Support, they told me of a feature in the Import/Convert option from the File menu.  If you hold down the Ctrl key while selecting Import/Convert, another popup window appears that allows you to import a polyline.  Using that, it worked great and the tracks are now on the Solix.  Unfortunate that this information isn't included in the AutoChart manual.  Could have saved 3-4 hours of time for what is now less than a 1 minute process.

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General Discussion / Re: Google Earth path to track line on Solix/AutoChart PC

« Last post by rnvinc on December 06, 2024, 08:28:33 PM »

You might also post this in the AutoChart sub forum  ...

http://forums.sideimagingsoft.com/index.php?board=76.0

Some guys watch that forum for new info  ...

Rickie