Tackle Junkie Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Hi Guys, I went to Browns for the first time last weekend and everything was great with my boat with the exception of my sounder. It stopped solidly reading the bottom in either 200 or 50Hz mode after 350m or so. Is this normal - or is there a setting that i have overlooked. I think i had it in auto mode set up for deep water. The sounder works great until i went over the shelf. Its not the end of the world - but if i can read bottom up to Browns etc i would be good. The funny thing is it would pick it up randomly every 5 mins or so and produce readings then die again. Any help from someone with a HDS would be great. Thanks, Josh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy744 Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 what transducer are you running? 83/200 is shallow water 50/200 is deep water ( i think maxium deep you can read is 1524mtrs) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tackle Junkie Posted January 27, 2011 Author Share Posted January 27, 2011 what transducer are you running? 83/200 is shallow water 50/200 is deep water ( i think maxium deep you can read is 1524mtrs) I definately have the 200 / 50 Hz Transducer. I lost bottom on both frequencies. Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANDRE Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Hi Guys, I went to Browns for the first time last weekend and everything was great with my boat with the exception of my sounder. It stopped solidly reading the bottom in either 200 or 50Hz mode after 350m or so. Is this normal - or is there a setting that i have overlooked. I think i had it in auto mode set up for deep water. The sounder works great until i went over the shelf. Its not the end of the world - but if i can read bottom up to Browns etc i would be good. The funny thing is it would pick it up randomly every 5 mins or so and produce readings then die again. Any help from someone with a HDS would be great. Thanks, Josh mate, ive a HDS5 unit, been to browns etc a few time with no probs. maybe a stupid question but has the transducer been installed correctly, wiring etc..? Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickF Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 You can manually increase the gain to pick up the bottom again, AND also adjust the pulse rate to a slower rate for deeper water. Auto settings don't always work the best on my unit either. Read your manual and have a play around with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
framedtrash Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 do you have the correct transducer setup in your settings in the hds unit and for deeper water isn't a faster ping ideal you want faster returns not slower ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickF Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 No, you want lower power for deeper water therefore slower pings. 200hz gives greater detail but has a shallower range, 50hz gives less detail but works in deeper water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy744 Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 in my opinion you want the ping set flat out at 100 per cent , (you want the echos reading the bottom flat out and sending the information back ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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