Lowrance hds 7 acting up.

This topic has 9 replies, 4 voices, and was last updated 9 years, 9 months ago by Redngoo.

Viewing 10 posts - 1 through 10 (of 10 total)

Author

Posts
September 2, 2016 at 12:38 pm #283454

muddywaters
Participant

Has anyone experience any issues with thier hds graphs, when I turn it on it won”t boot up? When I turn mine on it boots to the lowrance start up screen then it pops up a message that the upgrade failed, But I aint tried to update the unit. Then it starts to reboot again, its a continuous non stop sequence that just starts over and over. Any suggestions as to what might be going on or to try. It wont even let me soft or hard reboot, I have to use the master power switch to turn the power off to the unit.

September 2, 2016 at 3:53 pm #283455

GRR884
Participant

What Generation? Did you try soft reset?

September 2, 2016 at 4:37 pm #283456

Redngoo
Participant

Yea Im having trouble!. My gets stuck on 1.6 ft though. I have 2 hds gen 2 link together. Ive 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 Ive talked with them). Even though there out of warranty the unit are only 3 yrs old. Mine are 8,s.2013 PANTERA 2MERCURY 200 PRO XSMINNKOTA 80LB FORTREX25 fury

September 2, 2016 at 6:00 pm #283457

muddywaters
Participant

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

September 2, 2016 at 8:25 pm #283458

Redngoo
Participant

Muddywater. Have you contacted lowerance with your issue.? Your unit is under warranty2013 PANTERA 2MERCURY 200 PRO XSMINNKOTA 80LB FORTREX25 fury

September 3, 2016 at 12:32 am #283459

GRR884
Participant

Ive 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 dont work a hard reset. The Lowrance forum on BBC is very helpful.

September 3, 2016 at 3:24 am #283460

apdriver
Participant

Redngoo wrote:Yea Im having trouble!. My gets stuck on 1.6 ft though. I have 2 hds gen 2 link together. Ive 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 Ive 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 theyve been in the boat bidness a long time.

September 3, 2016 at 7:53 pm #283461

Redngoo
Participant

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. Im a Lowerance guy for many yrs. Im stumped on this though.2013 PANTERA 2MERCURY 200 PRO XSMINNKOTA 80LB FORTREX25 fury

September 5, 2016 at 11:23 pm #283462

muddywaters
Participant

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.

September 5, 2016 at 11:38 pm #283463

Redngoo
Participant

Glad ur unit is under warranty. Hopefully you will be up and going in no time.2013 PANTERA 2MERCURY 200 PRO XSMINNKOTA 80LB FORTREX25 fury
Author

Posts

Viewing 10 posts - 1 through 10 (of 10 total)

You must be logged in to reply to this topic. Login Register