humminbird dies when marking waypoint

[teamlund]

My 917 hbird dies whenever I try to mark a new waypoint.... Its starts up again automatically without having to turn it back on..really weird. Any ideas?

[reddog]

Have you done anything to it recently, like updating software to make it change?

[teamlund]

Originally Posted by reddog

Have you done anything to it recently, like updating software to make it change?

have not done anything to it. The unit was occasionally shuttign off in rough water when I would hit a wave so i did some bendiing on the power chord to get a better connection. It didnt shut off on lake michigan yesterday in 2 ft waves but now it dies when ever I mark a waypoint which i dont think it was doing before.

[perchjerker]

Originally Posted by teamlund

have not done anything to it. The unit was occasionally shuttign off in rough water when I would hit a wave so i did some bendiing on the power chord to get a better connection. It didnt shut off on lake michigan yesterday in 2 ft waves but now it dies when ever I mark a waypoint which i dont think it was doing before.

I would double check your power connections before doing anything else.

Make sure you are getting 12v to the unit at the connector

[fishyj]

my 997 did this when it was new a few years ago. sent it in for a fix and had it back the same week.

Make sure you don't have a button hanging up somewhere.

[REW]

Team,
Send it in for service and it will come back good as new.
REW

[wllye]

I have a new 958c di that does that when I hit view periodically. Only had it 3 weeks , don't remember it
doing that before the latest update the 6.1 dI believe it was.

[HBirdDeborahCRC]

Originally Posted by teamlund

My 917 hbird dies whenever I try to mark a new waypoint.... Its starts up again automatically without having to turn it back on..really weird. Any ideas?

I would recommend that you check the current under load on the unit. If the unit is loosing power it could cause the unit shut down.

http://www.humminbird.com/uploadedFi...oubleshoot.pdf

Since your unit is turning back on, this almost sounds as if there maybe a button sticking or issue with the keypad on the unit.

Details on service of the unit can be found at the below link:

http://www.humminbird.com/FAQ.aspx?ContentId=1764

Thank you,

Deborah @ Humminbird

[teamlund]

all right, figured soem stuff out. I had the "snapshot" feature turned on on my hbird when trying to mark waypoints BUTi didnt have a sd card in the unit so it would restart itself. If i turn the snapshot feature off i can mark way points all day long. Anyone else notice this or can check their unit to see if its normal...