sonar view questions

[xltier]

Is anybody aware of a site that shows different views of a sonar that tells you what may be wrong with a installation.My new echo map 94sv is not showing very good and I don't know y.I think I got the ducer mounted right.I have a pic of the screen while out on the water.

 

[dingbat]

Is anybody aware of a site that shows different views of a sonar that tells you what may be wrong with a installation.My new echo map 94sv is not showing very good and I don't know y.I think I got the ducer mounted right.I have a pic of the screen while out on the water.

What is wrong with it?
Pretty hard to mess things up with the unit in auto

 

[xltier]

its the traditional sonar that looks weird.i whish I could upload a pic

 

[dingbat]

its the traditional sonar that looks weird.i whish I could upload a pic

How does it weird? Saturated? Blobs instead of crisp?

CHRIP? Or non CHIRP?

Auto mode? Go to manual mode and reduce sense to 80%

 

[harringtondav]

...a possible cause: Inside transducers should be embedded in a solid puddle of epoxy on a flat surface inside the hull. No bubbles or voids. Gluing a transducer down with silicone won't work well, unless it ends up under water in a very wet bilge.

 

[xltier]

its outside the boat on the transom

 

[xltier]

How does it weird? Saturated? Blobs instead of crisp?

CHRIP? Or non CHIRP?

Auto mode? Go to manual mode and reduce sense to 80%

bare with me ,this is my 1st one.i am trying to learn this stuff and want to know how it works.it is a bunch of multi colored vertical lines very close together across the screen is the only way I can describe it.The downview seems normal to me.

 

[southkogs]

There's a "How-To" for photos HERE.

 

[TunaFish389]

Does this happen at any speed or is it speed dependent? Try turning your noise filter to medium or high, does that change anything?

 

[xltier]

slow or anything-I do not know how to change noise filter.lol

 

[xltier]

There's a "How-To" for photos HERE.

it tells me that page doesn't exist.?

 

[xltier]

its the traditional sonar that looks weird.i whish I could upload a pic

https://www.thehulltruth.com/marine...e-tell-me-why-i-get-map94sv.html#post12584980

 

[TunaFish389]

From a sonar view, select MENU > Sonar Setup > Advanced> Surface Noise. This helped my traditional view but lower model. Can't remember what was on the screen but it didn't look right.

Edit: seen the pic and you could try what I said but pretty sure my noise was coming from the top down as yours appears to be coming from bottom up.

 

[GA_Boater]

There's a "How-To" for photos HERE.

SK - Check your link link.

it tells me that page doesn't exist.?

This one does work - https://forums.iboats.com/forum/forum-rules-and-guidelines/10524592-photo-tutorial-dec-2017-update

 

[xltier]

i dont know if this means anything or not but i remember hearing a ticking sound comeing in the sterio speakers with everything turned off except the sounder.I was rather fast paced also. i couldnt imagine what could have been causing that,

 

[dingbat]

i dont know if this means anything or not but i remember hearing a ticking sound comeing in the sterio speakers with everything turned off except the sounder.I was rather fast paced also. i couldnt imagine what could have been causing that,

The ticking is most likely a grounding issue.

As for your screen, you are over zoomed for one. Turn off zoom and see what happens

 

[xltier]

ok ill look for that. didnt even know that it had zoom. not a very good operators manual with this..

 

[TunaFish389]

Good caught on the zoom.