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MARK FEDRIZZI
07-02-2000, 11:01 AM
HELP!!!!!!
This is the second time I have lost bottom contact with my Lowrance Depth Finder in 2 years.
I will be going along charting and everything is great with my sonar and than BAM!"NO BOTTOM"..
It is on the right frequency and on auto...
in 35 ft of water and it is showing me 350 ft..or deeper.
Has anyone have any ideas before I send it back again to Lowrance for the 2nd time????After awhile we fisherman get tired of being without our units...
Thank You;Mark
Denied
07-02-2000, 11:14 AM
Have had a similar problem, twice. Both times it was a bad transducer. Buy a spare, hang it off the side of the boat to see if it corrects the problem.
Fishing Western Lake Erie aboard "DENIED"
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Predator NE
07-02-2000, 05:22 PM
Are you running two fish finders at the same time? Mine will do that if I run the unit on the bow at the same time. Too much interference
mark fedrizzi
07-02-2000, 06:08 PM
no, i am running only one unit. it was working great, just drifting along and it was gone . no bottom .i run a bottomline hr on the front trolling motor but it was not on when the 350 a went bad
denied
07-02-2000, 06:16 PM
i just got off the plone with cabelas and bought a tranducer . i hope that is all it is . i sent the unit back last spring and they sent me a new unit. i dont like to go on the water with out aunit . thank you for your help
Backwater Eddy
07-03-2000, 06:25 AM
May have a oil film on the transducer, try cleaning it. Has it been bumbed so it is out of alighnment?
If that don't do it I would guess it is the transducer and should be replaced. Check the pin's in the conection also?
Backwater.......><,,>
MARK FEDRIZZI
07-03-2000, 10:15 AM
BACKWATER, WHAT DO YOU MEAN WHEN YOU SAY (PINS).I HAVE WASH IT WITH A DISH SOAP AND IT JUST QUIT. EVERYTHING ELSE WORKS GPS,TEMP,PLOTTER AND WINDOWS.JUST LOST THE SONAR
Backwater Eddy
07-04-2000, 02:00 AM
By pins I ment the pin conections to the unit. But it may be the transducer by the way it sounds now? Best try a differant one and see.
thanks eddy for your help. i have one coming and will change it. the one on there is the oringinal one , and it must be 6years old.thanks again .i was afraid i would have to send the unit back and be with out it for a few wks.the walleyes are biting very good on oneida lake here in new york at this time .thanks mark