Troubleshooting

Before contacting the Humminbird® Customer Resource Center, please read the following section. Taking the time to review these tro ubleshooting guidelines may allow you to s olve a performance pro blem yourself, and therefore avoid sending your unit back for repair.

Fishfinder Doesn’t Power Up

If your Fishfinder doesn’t power up, use the Installation Guide that also comes with it for specific confirmation details, making sure that:

•The power cable is properly connected to the Fishfinder control head.

•The power cable is wired correctly, with red to positive battery terminal and black to negative terminal or ground.

•The fuse is operational.•The battery voltage of the power connector is at least 10 Volts.

Correct a ny k nown problems, including removing corrosion from th e battery terminals or wiring, or actually replacing the battery if necessary.

Fishfinder Defaults to Simulator with a Transducer Attached

A connected and f unctioning tra nsducer w ill c ause the new ly-started Fishfinder to go into Normal operating mode automatically. If, when you power

up t he Fishfinder, it goes into Simulat

or mod e a utomatically, even though a

transducer is alr eady connected, this

m eans that the contro l head is not

detecting the transducer. Perform the following troubleshooting tasks:

•Using the Installation Guide that also comes with your Fishfinder, check to make sure tha t the transducer ca ble is securely connected to the Fishfinder. Reconnect if n ecessary, and power up the Fishfinder again to see if this fixes the problem.

•Replace the non-functioning transducer with a known good transducer if available and power up the control head again.

•Check the tr ansducer cable. Replace th e tra nsducer if t he ca ble is damaged or corroded.

Troubleshooting

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