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| The elite 5 i just bought has a single plug in for both the transducer and the power for the unit. I want to hook up my Elite 5 to my Built in US2 transducer on my minn kota. The adapter cable for this is the MKR-US2-9, SWEET. Simple hook up right, NOT. The adapter cable plugs into the US2 then into the back of the elite 5 for sonar, BUT THERE IS NO POWER connector to go to battery. I have a power drive and i cannot figure this out to save my life.. So, how the heck do i get power to my elite 5, while at the same time using the US2 transducer on my minn kota.... |
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Location: Stevens Point, WI | This maybe somewhat of a dumb question, but have you plugged the adapter into the US2 and then into the Elite-5 and tried to power it on? Perhaps that cable provides power to the unit.
PS-This would NOT be a Lowrance issue. Minn Kota makes the trolling motor and the adapter cable. Why would Lowrance know? This is a Minn Kota product that is built by them and offered by them, NOT Lowrance. I don't blame them for not knowing, it's not a product they'd even know about.
Edited by TJ DeVoe 6/3/2012 7:48 PM
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Location: Hayward, WI | It should have a red a black wire that need to be hooked up to power. There should be 2 wires coming out of the plug that goes into the back of the unit, one plugs in to US2, other has red and black wire to hook up to power. |
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From the compatibility chart. I don't see Elite 5 in there.
MKR-US2-9
Eagle
Cuda 168, Cuda 168EX, Cuda 128, Cuda 240 S/GPS, Cuda 20i S/GPS, Cuda 242, Cuda 250, Cuda 300, Cuda 350, FishElite 320, FishElite 480, FishElite 500C, FishElite 520C, FishElite 640, FishElite 642C, FishMark 320, FishMark 480, FishMark 500C, FishMark 640C, SeaFinder 240DF, SeaFinder 245DS, SeaFinder 250DF, SeaFinder 320DF, SeaFinder 480DF, SeaFinder 500CD, SeaFinder 640C, SeaFinder
642C, SeaCharter 320DF, SeaCharter 480DF, SeaCharter 500CDF, FishEasy 2*, FishEasy 245DS, FishEasy 250DS, FishEasy 320C, FishEasy 350C
Lowrance
X-47, X-47EX, X-50DS, X-67C, X-86DS, X-96, M-52i, M-56, M-56i, M-68C, M-68i
It does look like the Elie 5 is similar to the eagle FishElite 640, so.....? Are there a couple wires for power on the adaptor cable?
Edited by Shep 6/4/2012 1:55 PM
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| I have an Elite 5 on my 80 Terrova US2, it can be done. Quite sure I bought the cord at Gander. Cord splits at the unit......one (two wires wrapped together) goes to your power source, the other to your sonar for the US2 cord on the TM. |
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Location: Stevens Point, WI | The chart is right here, the Elite-5 is on there. Thinking about it, depending on where you bought it, you might have a cord that was made prior to the unit. Elite-5 is a pretty new unit. They must have updated that cord so it's compatible with the Elite-5, guessing you just need a newer MKR-US2-9.
Here is the chart, Elite-5 is on there.
http://store.minnkotamotors.com/media/document/2012_MK_US2Compatibi...
Edited by TJ DeVoe 6/4/2012 1:28 PM
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| Updated list from the Minnkota factory store list. My guess is it should have the power wires on it as stated by Muskie-addict. If not, it was an early release that didn't require them?
Send the adaptor back from the place you got it, and tell them to send you the correct(new) one with the power wires. |
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Location: Hayward, WI | All the models require the power cord, is should have it. |
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| Seems odd. The way I'm understanding it from what's been said....... the US2 cable is the only connection/cable?? This would mean that the unit stole its power from the TM?
Opening post I thought said Powerdrive. I was referring to my Terrova unit. Wondering if that makes any difference??
I had a new 55PD on my last boat and that one hooked up to my old junker (2002-ish) Eagle sonar just fine via US2. Same system: US2 connector and 1 wire containing 2 power wires that went to battery, which split at the locator. Same power cable shape that plugged into the back of the unit.....unsure if the pin configuration was the same or not. I know you could swap transducers between that old unit and this Elite 5.
Either way, US2 is US2. It should work. All the lower end Lowrance/Eagle stuff I've seen is the same setup, power wires separate from transducer wire or connector to sonar.
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| Here's a picture clearly showing the power wires.
Send yours back.
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| Yes the MKR-US2-9 works.. It does have the power leads comming out of it. Now my problem is that i have a power drive 70 with a universal sonar... I guess minn kota's universal sonars "original" switch over in '06 and i have an 05'. My dealer provided me with the wrong information on the us2-9... So, anyone want to buy an 05' 70lb 24 volt minn kota with auto pilot and a 60'' shaft ? Its in great shape, but I need to be able to read bow depth. Not going to happen with the elite 5 and universal sonar.... Only the adapter was made for the US2 |
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Location: Stevens Point, WI | Guest - 6/4/2012 3:08 PM
Yes the MKR-US2-9 works.. It does have the power leads comming out of it. Now my problem is that i have a power drive 70 with a universal sonar... I guess minn kota's universal sonars "original" switch over in '06 and i have an 05'. My dealer provided me with the wrong information on the us2-9... So, anyone want to buy an 05' 70lb 24 volt minn kota with auto pilot and a 60'' shaft ? Its in great shape, but I need to be able to read bow depth. Not going to happen with the elite 5 and universal sonar.... Only the adapter was made for the US2
That's right, they updated the US. I too had the US the first year it came out and then upgraded the year US2 came out, that makes sense.
So much for it being Lowrance's fault, darn technology goes out of style the day it's released, similar to how fast Lowrance and Humminbird don't support units of the same age. |
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| Ah ha! Original Universal Sonar. But I thought you said the US2-9 fit?
Anyway, try to find a MKR-US-9. From the original Universal Sonar Chart, it list MKR-US-9 fits the FishElite series, which should have the same power/transducer plug.
Good luck finding one, though.
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| You could always bypass the wiring problem and use the ol' hose clamp transducer mount on the bottom of the trolling motor. Obvious minus is that you've got the wire dangling, but if you put that in some corrugated plastic like your trailer wire harness.....its really not THAT big of a deal. Only issue I ever had with that was occasionally pinching it in the deploy mechanism.
Would save you upgrading a perfectly good trolling motor.
Honestly, I'm not an overly big fan of US2's sonar in the 2 US2 units I've had. Just MY personal opinion, but I don't think it reads as accurately or with the same sensitivity, is prone to some electrical interference and I tend to get the "flashing depth of death" blink, blink, blink...... 0.9, 0.9, 0.9...... at times. |
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