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Location: north central wisconsin | Hey guys/gals, up on a Vilas trip now and my gen 1 hds 10 mao/nav decided not to update any longer unless I'm going over 1mph. I can't recall changing any settings and presently looking for the track smoothing setting if there is one. The backlight also continually blinks, which my hds 7 doesn't do if plugged into same supply, so I do believe unit is on the 'blink' pun intended. . I'll be advancing to new birds or Garmin once I know if losing job or not later this summer. For now, looking to replace this unit with something I can plug into the same plugs. Was there a great upgrade to gen 2 units? Hds 12 touch screens ok? Several on ebay for fair enough price. Just need to get by for another year(ish). For reference I replaced my lcx 111 with this gen 1 hds 10 last year and I felt the 111 was nicer over my years of ownership so I am curious re the gen 2s and later, but again I do desire to plug/play with my old blue connectors.
Thanks in advance for any experience related advice. On a positive note, the fish are moving in Vilas, having a great camping trip with my daughter, albeit as busy as I've ever seen it.
Edited by Reef Hawg 6/27/2020 10:58 AM
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Location: 31 | The blue PP works NP all the way threw Carbons so you should be good.
I remember G1/G2 being pretty much the same, and the G3 being a solid step up, but probably recommend looking at a carbon if you decide to stay with Lowrance.
Couple reasons; you can run the 3-D transducer with the Carbons for a future upgrade, the 3-D transducer is a big step up from the LSS-1 and 2 transducers. The Carbon also has dual processors, which makes it noticeable faster than the G3. I've had good luck upgrading with used units to 1 step under the latest model, hard to beat the 12” screen. Glad to hear fishing is good. |
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Location: Mt. Zion, IL | could be a high resistance connection. bigger units draw more power. the blinking could be amplified by the connections degrading over time. Unless they are soldered marine tinned wire that utilized adhesive heat shrink, they will degrade |
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Location: 31 | RyanJoz - 6/30/2020 10:33 AM
could be a high resistance connection. bigger units draw more power. the blinking could be amplified by the connections degrading over time. Unless they are soldered marine tinned wire that utilized adhesive heat shrink, they will degrade
Good catch Ryan! x2 |
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Location: north central wisconsin | Thank you guy's. I'll check on unit availability as well as connections. |
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Location: Eastern Ontario | the biggest plus with gen 2 over gen 1 was ability to share 1 map chip in networked units |
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