Out With The Old, In With The New.

[tuffy]

Raiders, raiders, I'm excited.

Got my new Lowrance HDS7 last week, fitted it up Saturday and went out Sunday to play.

Absolutely brilliant unit-------- just got to learn how to drive the bloody thing now. More complex than the X515, which incidentally is on the market for sale.(Refer Swap & Sell with reduced price)

Do Lowrance hold study workshops????

Cheers, Tuffy.

[fryboy]

Hi Tuffy,

Dont know about workshops, but they do 'emulators' which you can download onto your PC and play around with. I note that the HDS 7 doesnt yet have an emulator, but maybe one of the other ones is a close match and you could try that...?

On a happier note, I see that they have one for my x102c, so I'm downloading that for myself!

http://www.lowrance.com.au/apac/Downloads/Product-Emulators/

cheers

Fryboy

[framedtrash]

Russ ive got a lowrance HDS DVD that shows you how to use the unit

drop by work some time and ill let your borrow it

there great units my 8 looks great when sitting over a big school of kings

Edited November 24, 2010 by Framedtrash

[tuffy]

Russ ive got a lowrance HDS DVD that shows you how to use the unit

drop by work some time and ill let your borrow it

Thanks Simon. Is that the same DVD that I got with mine? It's basically the Operations Manual on DVD, or is your DVD different?

Russ.

[framedtrash]

Thanks Simon. Is that the same DVD that I got with mine? It's basically the Operations Manual on DVD, or is your DVD different?

Russ.

i dont think so

its made by Bennett Marine do a google search for more info on it

they pretty much go thru every thing on the unit apart from side/down scan

[tuffy]

Stop worrying everybody !!!!!!! I've mastered it.

3 hours yesterday on the bench, fiddling and entering all my waypoints from my handheld etc and I am now fully up to speed with this unit.

Thanks to Fryboy and Framedtrash for your advices etc.

Cheers, Russ.

[tuffy]

just incase you want some info on lowrance sounders in particular

buy a dvd / book called

depth sounder secrets by rick huckstepp

the guide is based on lowrance sounders but applies to all recommended settings/actions etc

Thanks Shadda, I've got it, but I think it's probably getting a little bit out of date with these new digital sounders. Basics are the same though, and you're right, it is a good reference book to have.

Tuffy