Osprey Rider Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 Hi Fishraiders, I have a finder/gps combo which came with the boat (humminbird Matrix 17), its abit out of date compaired to what you can get now a days but it does the job. The problem I have is that I can't get the gps side working, which it was (I have all my old co-ord in it. very valuable) . I have checked all the connections and wiring and I have a suspicion that the antenna maybe cactus. A new humminbird antenna will set me back around $250 which I think is a bit steep to be spending on this combo, the problem may not even be the antenna. I was wondering if any of you guys may know if there are any after market antennas which will work on this combo. If I spend $80 - $100 and the antenna isn't the actual problem then it want hurt as much as $250 or the . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TunOFun Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Not sure if this is possible but maybe take your boat to a dealer who has the antennas your talking about. They might let you hook it up to your unit to check that that is the problem before purchasing the antenna. I was able to do this with my antenna but i returned the boat to the dealer it was bought from. Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbielites Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Hi Steve. I have a Matrix 17. You can come and plug your unit into mine to see if that narrows things down a bit, I also have a Garmin Etrex that we could try in your Matix to see how that goes. Cheers. Robbie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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