locodave Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 Hi, Have a new boat that came with a humminbird 917c combo. I get no reading on the fish sounder. No graphics appear, depth is out of whack. I am thinking it is the transducer as the gps works fine. Full screen works too when gps is on. What do you guys think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oz_brett Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 (edited) are you getting a water temp? if you are the transducer is receiving power and sending signal, I would then go in to the settings with my Humminbird you have to select what kind of transducer you have & also have the option to turn transducer off. Edited October 27, 2013 by oz_brett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTROJAN Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 I bought a boat from a guy once who told me that Sydney harbour was so bloody deep that the sounder could never get bottom. Upon closer inspection I found he had the transducer on upside down. Maybe worth double checking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Incredible Hull Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 At times my sounder would play up, there would be graphics but it would be fuzzy and the depth would be out of wack too. I also thought it was my transducer. However I went into the sounder settings, and reset all settings to default and that fixed my issue. Give that a try. Gl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locodave Posted October 27, 2013 Author Share Posted October 27, 2013 Hahaha that is hilarious!! These are the graphics that i get. No depth, water temp etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locodave Posted October 27, 2013 Author Share Posted October 27, 2013 As you can see the screen is fine, just the fish finder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a boat Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 Hi Dave, you can go into the menu and make sure the unit is receiving a signal from the tranny. That transducer alos looks too high and up on the plane I doubt you would get good readings because the bottom surface of the transducer will be out of the water. See it all the time where someone fits a transducer incorrectly. Cheers, Huey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tasksta Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 My Simrad was doing similar crazy things when i first installed it. After a factory default reset all was well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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