Brainfish Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 I have a lowrance elite 7 hook with chirp that works pretty well although lately it has been losing the depth reading at speed, which doesnt worry me too much , however when i slow down it gives me ridiculous readings which does worry me. As well , when this happens i dont get the sonar picture back. Any ideas ? Cheers Brian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berleyguts Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 (edited) Is it giving you really deep readings? My Humminbird does that sometimes... the transducer keeps flipping up. I’ll have to fix it down. Edited January 26, 2018 by Berleyguts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brainfish Posted January 26, 2018 Author Share Posted January 26, 2018 Nup. Really shallow readings. I just read somewhere that i should take it off the auto sensitivity setting so will try that next time im out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yella king Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 I would check to make sure your transducer hasn`t moved as when travelling at speed any turbulence will cause trouble. you could also try moving your transducer down a bit more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 4 hours ago, Brainfish said: I have a lowrance elite 7 hook with chirp that works pretty well although lately it has been losing the depth reading at speed, which doesnt worry me too much , however when i slow down it gives me ridiculous readings which does worry me. As well , when this happens i dont get the sonar picture back. Any ideas ? Cheers Brian. G'day Brian, check that your power source and all connectors and cables are in good condition. As has been mentioned the transducer could be moving under speed. Outside of that there's really only the settings which could need checking / re setting. Good luck bn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 I have a hds5 and on auto it reads crap....but turn to manual depth with manual sensitivity and its a whole new ball game..rick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berleyguts Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 18 minutes ago, rickmarlin62 said: I have a hds5 and on auto it reads crap....but turn to manual depth with manual sensitivity and its a whole new ball game..rick I’m going to try that on my Humminbird, too. I assume it’s on auto. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rozza_b Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 had the same issue with my HDi elite when i updated it, found that the fishing type was set to shallow water changed over to general fishing and the issue went away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 the lowrance have a fishing mode in settings for saltwater freshwater deep shallow trolling...also check your power source as a voltage drop gives whacky readings on hds5 don't have radio n pumps on same loom..rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mii11x Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 my hds gen 2 does this at times....i just turn it off then back on and the problem goes away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brainfish Posted February 6, 2018 Author Share Posted February 6, 2018 Thanks everyone. Have gone to manual settings and all went well today. I also realised that i had downscan frequency set on 455 khz not 800 khz although not sure if that would cause my problem. Bonus today was catching 8 nice bream . On 26/01/2018 at 9:46 PM, rickmarlin62 said: I have a hds5 and on auto it reads crap....but turn to manual depth with manual sensitivity and its a whole new ball game..rick Nup. Really shallow readings. I just read somewhere that i should take it off the auto sensitivity setting so will try that next time im out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevvyy Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 I had the same problem with my hook 7 sounder , would loose depth reading at speed . i found using the general fishing mode under setting to fix this and it has been great since . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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