Ron Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 Just wanted to let everyone know about how the service was up at Lowrance office in Mississauga. I was having issues with one of my X135's and made arrangements to go to head office and got them to look at my finders. I explained to him how I use them for ice fishing and he told me to bring the whole setup for him to see. He was impressed to say the least with the setup I had made. Upon listening to what problems I had with the units (I brought both up), he checked the transducer and sure enough, it was "fried". So here I am, in the midst of purchasing a new transducer. I hesitated and also mentioned to him about how my one unit seems to act up every so often as the auto sensitivity locks on. He takes it out back to do some updates on it, come back and says, sorry can't do updates on this unit, did I want to upgrade to a newer unit? Hmmm this is gonna cost me large I figured. Well for 500.00 upgrade I am now the proud owner of the new HDS5! Starts off with a full 2 yr warrenty, including everything in the box. Now how can a person go wrong with that! Thanks Lowrance, I can guarentee you I will be a long time repeat customer! Cheers, Ron... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 I should take my 102C down to see why it goes nuts, if you turn the sensitivity above 76% when ice fishing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeeter Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 irishfield: try turning it on AFTER you land the plane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 nice it makes a great icefishing unit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dara Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 Just wanted to let everyone know about how the service was up at Lowrance office in Mississauga. I was having issues with one of my X135's and made arrangements to go to head office and got them to look at my finders. I explained to him how I use them for ice fishing and he told me to bring the whole setup for him to see. He was impressed to say the least with the setup I had made. Upon listening to what problems I had with the units (I brought both up), he checked the transducer and sure enough, it was "fried". So here I am, in the midst of purchasing a new transducer. I hesitated and also mentioned to him about how my one unit seems to act up every so often as the auto sensitivity locks on. He takes it out back to do some updates on it, come back and says, sorry can't do updates on this unit, did I want to upgrade to a newer unit? Hmmm this is gonna cost me large I figured. Well for 500.00 upgrade I am now the proud owner of the new HDS5! Starts off with a full 2 yr warrenty, including everything in the box. Now how can a person go wrong with that! Thanks Lowrance, I can guarentee you I will be a long time repeat customer! Cheers, Ron... are these as good as they should be for the price? I'm seriously considering a HDS7 but don't want to waste too much money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moemoe Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 I went to lowrance in mississauga this spring with an issue I had with my Lowrance lcx colour, I wasn't getting any signal from my gps puck, they told me to bring it down and they could check if it was the unit or the puck. They told me my unit was fried and I could upgrade to an HDS 7 for 900 bucks. I told them I would think about it and in the meantime I was able to get a second puck off the previous boat owner. Hooked it up and no problem at all......glad they "checked" into the problem for me... On many other boards, there are many gripes about the new hds units. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 the complains were when they first came out and most problems have been solved with software upgrades Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemicropterus Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 Ron did that HDS have gps or was it the plain fishfinder for that price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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