Lunker777 Posted November 2, 2010 Report Posted November 2, 2010 Hey everyone I have been lookin for a f/f and gps combo for my little boat for a while now. On another forum I cruise a humminbird 718 has come up for sale with GPS and the wide transducer,.... the guy is asking $250 Is it a good unit ??? I was wondering if I can hook that up to a standard deep cycle battery ? or if I need more ? Basicly I have a H.Bird 585 right now... its currently hooked up to my deep cycle battery that powers my trolling motor and it works fine ! by tthe looks of it, the 718 has the same base as my 585 ... so can I hook up the GPS puck and just drop the unit onto my old base ?? Thanks for any help !
AzuluSpookd Posted November 2, 2010 Report Posted November 2, 2010 I used to be a lowrance guy....now I have the Humminbird 787c2 and absolutely love it. Not sure about that particular unit, but I have to say that humminbird makes some fine stuff now.
Uncle Buck Posted November 3, 2010 Report Posted November 3, 2010 the 718 i believe will only do point tracking... not full gps... a lot of the humminbird stuff interchanges... i've got a 767, matrix 17 and a matrix 67... all the plugs are the same... (mounts, power, gps/accessory and transducers) check the gps puck to see how many satellites it'll pick up... AS-GR4 - 4 satellites AS-GR16 - 16 satellites AS-GR50 - 50 satellites... make sure you get the "Y" cable, it allows you to hook up the gps and other accessories
Lunker777 Posted November 4, 2010 Author Report Posted November 4, 2010 the 718 i believe will only do point tracking... not full gps... a lot of the humminbird stuff interchanges... i've got a 767, matrix 17 and a matrix 67... all the plugs are the same... (mounts, power, gps/accessory and transducers) check the gps puck to see how many satellites it'll pick up... AS-GR4 - 4 satellites AS-GR16 - 16 satellites AS-GR50 - 50 satellites... make sure you get the "Y" cable, it allows you to hook up the gps and other accessories I asked him about the GPS puck and this is the response .... " The puck is a gr 16/4. Hope this helps. " Would that mean it picks up 16 satellites ?
Uncle Buck Posted November 4, 2010 Report Posted November 4, 2010 they didn't make a 16/4... it's either a 16 or a 4...
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