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muskyjim |
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Posts: 132 Location: MN | I am having issues with my Lowrance HDS 8 units and am fed up with their support. With the issues I have dealt with on almost every Lowrance unit I have owned in 10 years, I am considering buying a Humminbird on my boat to start the transition from Lowrance. I don't want to do a complete change over as I don't want to spend that kind of cash in one year. Does anyone know if a person can run both brands on a boat without major problems? I know that I can run one as GPS, and other for sonar/structurescan on console, but I also need to have Lowrance up front running, which I like all options available. Will this cause any GPS issues or sonar/structurescan issues? | ||
wallygator |
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Posts: 319 Location: Tomahawk,Wis | Yes you can run different brands and not have problems. I believe you can not link them.. | ||
beerforthemuskygods |
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Posts: 410 Location: one foot over the line | For what it's worth,I have an 899 hd si 'bird unit on my console with the ducer mounted on the stern. I have a Lowarce Mark-5x on my console also with a shoot-thru-the-hull ducer and I have a lowrance Mark-5x dsi on the bow with the ducer mounted on the trolling motor. I have had no interference issues that i have noticed and all of the units are usually on at the same time. My transition to all 'bird units should be complete in another year or so. | ||
muskyjim |
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Posts: 132 Location: MN | Thanks for clarification. | ||
ShutUpNFish |
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Posts: 1202 Location: Money, PA | What issues are you having? | ||
muskyjim |
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Posts: 132 Location: MN | Unit keeps rebooting itself. Usually it keeps doing it over and over, 10-20 times in a row, then all of the sudden it will stop and work. The unit may work for 10 minutes or a few hours, then it goes right back to rebooting. I have updated the software per Lowrance, but it is not helping the issue. Even thought it may be due to Lakemaster chip from info I read, but it still happens with the Lowrance chips. It also is not a power issue or wiring issue, as I have put other units there without the problem. Any other ideas appreciated. | ||
RyanJoz |
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Posts: 1712 Location: Mt. Zion, IL | check the voltage. | ||
muskyjim |
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Posts: 132 Location: MN | I checked the voltage as well. No problems there. Plus I put my Gen 2 on those cables to check if it was voltage or wiring issue, but that one worked fine there, so it has to do with the unit itself. | ||
TomLowrance1 |
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Posts: 4 | MuskyJim, I am new to this site and a Lowrance Prostaffer, let me try to help you with your Lowrance issue. A couple questions to start with? Is the units a Gen1 or Gen2? What software is it running? Does the unit work on another set of cables on the boat? Can you get me a screens shot of the About screen? Do you have an incident number from customer service? | ||
beerforthemuskygods |
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Posts: 410 Location: one foot over the line | TomLowrance1 - 3/6/2015 4:40 PM MuskyJim, I am new to this site and a Lowrance Prostaffer, let me try to help you with your Lowrance issue. A couple questions to start with? Is the units a Gen1 or Gen2? What software is it running? Does the unit work on another set of cables on the boat? Can you get me a screens shot of the About screen? Do you have an incident number from customer service? Very nice of you to try to help, and welcome to the site. | ||
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