Lowrance hds 7 acting up.

[Redngoo]

Yea I’m having trouble!. My gets stuck on 1.6 ft though. I have 2 hds gen 2 link together. I’ve tried tranducers. Ethernet cable. Rebooted a couple times. Even that has enequal results. Funny thing I done software updates about 6 month ago. That when the trouble started.called lowerance (not much help of the 3 times I’ve talked with them). Even though there out of warranty the unit are only 3 yrs old. Mine are 8,s.

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2013 PANTERA 2
MERCURY 200 PRO XS
MINNKOTA 80LB FORTREX
25 fury

[muddywaters]

HDS 7 gen3 touch. 5 months old and already going out, questioning my decision to get Lowrance over Birds now.

[Redngoo]

Muddywater. Have you contacted lowerance with your issue.? Your unit is under warranty

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2013 PANTERA 2
MERCURY 200 PRO XS
MINNKOTA 80LB FORTREX
25 fury

[GRR884]

I’ve had numerous Gen 1, 2 and 3 and never had an issue with any of them. Every brand is going to have some problematic units. I would try a soft reset and if that don’t work a hard reset. The Lowrance forum on BBC is very helpful.

[apdriver]

Redngoo wrote:

Yea I’m having trouble!. My gets stuck on 1.6 ft though. I have 2 hds gen 2 link together. I’ve tried tranducers. Ethernet cable. Rebooted a couple times. Even that has enequal results. Funny thing I done software updates about 6 month ago. That when the trouble started.called lowerance (not much help of the 3 times I’ve talked with them). Even though there out of warranty the unit are only 3 yrs old. Mine are 8,s.

I had this issue on a HDS unit and BCB told me it sounded like a transducer. Well, I sent the head unit in to Lowrance just to be sure. They sent it back, tested, all OK. Next, I replaced the transducer. Yep, just like BCB said, transducer was the culprit. I think they’ve been in the boat bidness a long time.

[Redngoo]

Not wanting to steal this thread by far.
Apdriver. As stated my units are linked. This is a intermittent problem. When this problem occurs. It affects both units even though. I have unchecked the NETWORK SONAR they are stand alone units at this point. So I took my spare duser and checked it with each unit. Problem still occurs. ( the odds of both ducers and my spare being bad is slim to none).
Things I have tried.
1. Made sure units are set to the right transducer.
2. Swap each ethernet cables.
3. Perform soft reset. ( this helps for a short period then problem reoccurs.
4 . Both units are set to LOCAL on all sonar features .
5. Checked voltage ( set to be displayed on screen) 12.4 on bow 12.6 at console.

When these units are not linked and are acting as stand alone unit the only common factor is the structure scan box. This problem started when shortly after I performed the software updates. Im doing a process of elimination. . Oh yea. When I link the units back together buy using the NETWORK SONAR. It will show correct depth for a brief peroid. Remember though the problem is INTERMITTENT. it very aggravating. When the problem occurs. Oh by the way. I’m a Lowerance guy for many yrs. I’m stumped on this though.

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2013 PANTERA 2
MERCURY 200 PRO XS
MINNKOTA 80LB FORTREX
25 fury

[muddywaters]

This unit is only 5 months old, aint my problem no more, I am sending it back to lowrance this week and going to let them figure this one out, after talking to them they think it may have, for some unknown reason dumped the software. Frustrating to say the least, I had just started imputting crappie brushpile waypoints, those are gone now, as I had not saved them anywhere but on the unit. Grrrrrrr! Well back to loading them again, when i get my unit back of course.

[Redngoo]

Glad ur unit is under warranty. Hopefully you will be up and going in no time.

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2013 PANTERA 2
MERCURY 200 PRO XS
MINNKOTA 80LB FORTREX
25 fury

[GRR884]

What Generation?
Did you try soft reset?

[Bass Cat Boats]

Turn it on works fine for a while then it start going back to start up screen out of a 8 hr day on the water it may do it a dozen times or better what do I need to do

[Redngoo]

Very possible this is a low voltage problem

[catdude28]

Redngoo wrote:

Very possible this is a low voltage problem

Robert, it sure could be.  If the unit is not direct wired to the battery, which it should be anyhow, then that would be the first thing that I would try. Of course, the assumption is that the battery is good.

[Bass Cat Boats]

The wire on the HDS units is fairly small. If the supply voltage is not solid then you can see more line drop in the small wire.

[TonyCrafton]

The small power and ground wires make it hard to get good connections. I have open thought that some of our random power losses and freeze ups are caused with the connection between the small power wire and the fuse holder. I have been looking at going to a fuse block setup for mine. I need to get the block I am wanting to use then hope I can find time to do it when my son is not out in the bot and it is above about 40 this winter.

1997 Pantera Classic
1999 Mercury 200 HP Optimax
Bob’s 6” Hydraulic Jack Plate

[Teekat]

Be sure the sd slot does not have an upgrade sd card in it , it will boot from the sd card slot

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