Lunker777 Posted July 8, 2012 Report Share Posted July 8, 2012 Hey guys ... I was out perch fishing today and I had a lot of noise/clutter on the screen. I was fishing anywhere from 5 to 30 fow and the image was pretty well the same . I tried adjusting the angle on the transducer and it improved the clutter , but only while moving ! Is this an issue with the angle of transducer? Will I have to either have a clear iimage while moving and a clustered image while fishing or is there a way to get best of both worlds ? I also turned off auto sensitivity and set it @ 60% .... It's set to shallow water also ! Which helped the image a bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pikeslayer Posted July 8, 2012 Report Share Posted July 8, 2012 Seems to me the top few feet is reading thermocline.?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickingfrog Posted July 8, 2012 Report Share Posted July 8, 2012 My unit has a "surface clutter" adjustment that would typically clear that up. Don't know about yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike rousseau Posted July 8, 2012 Report Share Posted July 8, 2012 My unit has a "surface clutter" adjustment that would typically clear that up. Don't know about yours. X2 I would be willing to bet that an HDS unit has that setting.... I can't remember ever seeing a unit without this menu function... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinker Posted July 8, 2012 Report Share Posted July 8, 2012 Could also just be junk in the water......bugs or plankton kinda things or something. Definitely turn down sensitivity and surface clutter. S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmac1984 Posted July 8, 2012 Report Share Posted July 8, 2012 Lowrance has that surface clutter option too, should help clear it up for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowanjo Posted July 9, 2012 Report Share Posted July 9, 2012 I got this from a lowrance pro Try putting your unit in shallow water mode first. then change your ping speed 18 then try this. noise reduction on low surface clutter on low color line 72 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bucktail Posted July 9, 2012 Report Share Posted July 9, 2012 It probably is your transducer placement. I hope not. Make sure there are no rivets ,strakes or anything inb front of it. Clean water flow usaully eliminates alot of surface clutter. make sur your transducer is 1/8th to 1/4 inch below the centerline of it , below the true bottom of your boat. use a ruler or other straight edge. if you have already done this then use the shallow water clutter option to claean it up. I hope this helps. darren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i2cool2fool Posted July 9, 2012 Report Share Posted July 9, 2012 For what it is worth.... I had a similar issue with my Eagle FF. My issue was the pins on the back of the FF where bent and not all were making proper contact when I plugged in the cable. After noticing and some adjustments, my issue went away (until the pins bent again - cheap/poor design). Best of luck. Hopefully you issue is not a big or difficult one to resolve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunker777 Posted July 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2012 (edited) It probably is your transducer placement. I hope not. Make sure there are no rivets ,strakes or anything inb front of it. Clean water flow usaully eliminates alot of surface clutter. make sur your transducer is 1/8th to 1/4 inch below the centerline of it , below the true bottom of your boat. use a ruler or other straight edge. if you have already done this then use the shallow water clutter option to claean it up. I hope this helps. darren I installed the ducer as to Lowrance directions. I lined the center line of the transducer with the bottom edge of the boat with a straight edge. and I made sure to mount the ducer level as well. I think it just has to do with settings. I have to turn the sensitivity down as well ! Oh ya, and I mounted it in a spot where the water flow "should" be clear and smooth. no rivets, strakes Edited July 9, 2012 by Lunker777 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grimsbylander Posted July 9, 2012 Report Share Posted July 9, 2012 You really should go on the Lowrance website and download the user manual for your unit. I have an HDS 8 and a 7 and found the information valuable. In fact, I printed the manuals out and put them in a binder which I still read through and pick up tips. The HDS series are fantastic units but they're are not "one click" units and weren't designed to be. I still plug mine in at home, turn off the tranducer and experiment with the settings, organize waypoints, etc. just to get more familiar with it. For instance, in your picture you posted you have that amplitude scale down the right side of the screen. I, like many peole, found it of no use and turned it off gaining more screen space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bucktail Posted July 10, 2012 Report Share Posted July 10, 2012 (edited) Here is a really good forum on the HDS units. i am blown away with all it can do. I installed my HDS-8 2 weeks ago and LOVE it. I found a tire in 85 feet of water in Boshkung lake and could tell it was a whitewall! http://continuouswav...TML/002784.html Its funny the amplitude scale was mentioned. When I am on Lake O its all i look at, kinda like the Matrix!!LOL Edited July 10, 2012 by bucktail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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