pidge Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 Hey guys and gals. A buddy and I were out fishing last weekend and a strange thing happened with the depth finder. For whatever reason the screen would go all funny with verticle lines and the depth would be off...way off. It's a problem that didn't happen all the time. Just random. Shutting off the unit would sometimes solve it, but within miniuts the issue would come back. Fishing in 30' and a bottom that looked like Mars surface for instance all of a sudden these verticle lines would appear and the depth would read 1' maybe 2'???? We tryed fooling with the wires in the back of the unit, but had no luck with that. Connections look fine, but I'm sure there might be something internal that's messed up. Anyone ever come across something like this before? And if so did you find a solution. Don't have money right now to go and buy a new unit and this one marks or at least did mark the bottom flawlessly. I've included a few pics to help explain better. Thanks. Pidge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerritt Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 Unhook the transducer and put the unit into demo mode. If the lines are still there it is a problem with the head unit/LCD screen. If they disappear then I would suspect the transducer as the culprit. G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paudash Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 looks like a transducer issue, it might be riding up in the bracket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pidge Posted June 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 (edited) Ahh good idea Gerritt! Will do when I get back up there. Thanks man for the tip.Transducer looks to be in its normal position. I'm not sure what you mean Paudash of it riding up in the bracket. Do you mean kinda on a 45 degree angle? Edited June 19, 2014 by pidge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NANUK Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 Most likely the transducer is pooched, common problem with lowrance transducers after a couple of years use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pidge Posted June 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 Thanks Stonefish. Didn't know that with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinker Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 Were there other boats close by you? Could have been interference from other units near by.....if not, yeah, id say your transducer is pooched. S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmos Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 Had exactly same experience with my humminbird couple years ago. I had to replace transducer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pidge Posted June 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 No boats in the areas Sinker. Thanks. And thanks Costa. Ill start with replacing the transducer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 Unhook the transducer and put the unit into demo mode. If the lines are still there it is a problem with the head unit/LCD screen. If they disappear then I would suspect the transducer as the culprit. G Yup. Great advice Gerritt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 Yup most likely the ducer The newer lowrance units don't have that problem. Only the older ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pidge Posted June 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 Thanks Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisherman7 Posted June 20, 2014 Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 had the same problem with mine. Something had chewed the wires. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted June 20, 2014 Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 had the same problem with mine. Something had chewed the wires. Damn Atlantics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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