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Location: Kodiak, AK | mrmuski - 4/5/2010 7:25 PM
I just purchased the scan unit also. I noticed in the mounting instructions they said that the closer to the HDS transducer the better. I am not sure why.
I also noticed that they refer to the yellow wire going to a switch. I emailed Lowrance about this and have yet to receive a reply. I don't understand what the switch is for?
This is to the best of my understanding, so I may be wrong, but you want them close to the 2D ducer so the Downscan will be "scanning" the same thing a the conventional ducer and the pictures will coincide; you want the data to overlay.
As far as the yellow wire and the switch, it allows you to power the LSS independently of the head unit. Meaning, if you don't want the LSS on, you can either turn it off at the switch, or go into the menu and turn the LSS off; the switch being the easier of the two. You do have the option of omitting the yellow wire and powering solely through the head unit, but that either leaves it on when ever the head is on, or like I said, you going in and manually shutting it off. And on my HDS8 at least, the menus aren't the fastest scrolling things I've ever seen. I plan to put mine on a switch. I like to be able to "kill" my electronics when the boat is off the water in the garage for the night; as the pucks will still draw power, head units will still have power "sitting" at the plug without a switch and so on....power accellerates corrosion, etc.... |
