IM BACK!!! - Top 3 common Garmin Echomap Issues and how to avoid them!
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- Опубліковано 16 лип 2024
- We are FINALLY back with another video!!
It has been a while but it feels good to finally be back!
Today we are going to be covering 3 common mistakes I see people make all the time with their Garmin units and how to prevent and fix these issues! - Наука та технологія
I called Garmin a couple of years ago about the whole zoom thing. They are real good about getting back to you quickly. I took the call while I was still on the water and they told me the same thing you just covered! "Good on ye."
Heck yes buddy. Just got an echomap uhd 95sv, middle of the cold Canadian winter, boat in storage, been going through your how to's, preparing for the summer.
Love your easy to follow content.
Great job. Succinct, and to the point. I wish more videos were like yours. The time and effort you put into these videos is greatly appreciated.
This video helped me as a beginner, thank you. Glad your back. I just tried out the simulator mode yesterday evening. Although as you said, simple things, I saw exactly what you mentioned. Thank you again.
I reviewed your settings videos on both the side scan and the UHD downscan modes and readjusted my settings today based on your recommendations. The results are absolutely amazing. Thank you so much for these videos. Garmin needs to buy your videos and link to them in their owners manuals. Keep up the good work. You rock!
Thank you ! Call them and let them know! Lol
Glad your back! Your content has helped me immensely!
Glad you are back! Hope you’ve been busy fishing
Great to see you back behind the camera!!! Great video
I despise youtubers that are long winded. Thanks for getting to the point. i get so tired of listening to people talk about their family, or fishing trips , or other crap that nobody cares about. I wanna hear the facts, explained simply, or at least to the point. You do a great job. Gonna subscribe, which i dont typically do. Thanks!
Excellent job and very very helpful. Thanks for taking the time
Welcome back. Another great video!
Glad to see you back!
Great video! That is definitely 80% of the questions I’ve seen on FB!
Glad you’re back - hope you’ve been getting some fishing in!
Some here and there!! Only thing keeping me sane!
New user just bought the Garmin 106SV eco maps looking forward to learning more about it. Thanks for the info.
Super helpful tips! Especially that manual zoom thing...was out fishing and could not get my Garmin to behave! lol One of those simple fixes that only takes a sec if you know what your looking for. appreciate it!
Thanks man, having a learning curve with this Echomap, going to try these settings to see if it helps!
Thanks for the info. Solved the issue I was having with my side imaging zoom.
Thanks for your videos
Nice man! I had been having issues with mine turning off and not powering on. Last weekend out at Emerald Isle NC, hit some chop and it turned off and wouldn’t turn back on. I’m sure the issue now is that it’s not clicked in completely.
Happy to see you back, now get back to making awesome videos
I’m on it !
Hey good questions. I saw the one where you addressed some common problems. I will look for the settings video and check it out. Thanks. Water ranged from 5 feet to about 24 feet where I was today. I have tried this in water up to 60 feet with similar results.
I have 2 settings videos, one for 54 and one for 56 in regards to side imaging.
Both should work for your depths.
To me it sounds like your range isn’t set properly
Hope they help!
Great video, this manual zoom was so frustrating, cheers mate
You just fixed a problem I have been having. Keep making vids.
I’m glad it helped!
Thank you! The manual zoom was killing me! Fixed now!
appreciate it! the manual zoom had me scratching my head yesterday 😅
Thanks so much for posting this man.
Covered a few of my noobie issues. Earned a new sub.
Thanks for the simple explanation, zoom was killing me as other screens have an off setting. I have a G3 1652 that I’m fitting out with good electronics as most lakes here are 9.9 limited. I have a EM 126 sv that I mounted up front but after watching some of your vids I ordered a 93 uhd that I plan on putting up front and moving the bigger screen back where I do most of my chart plotting. It’s getting old scooting to the ft of the boat to pause the screen and drop a waypoint lol. Thanks to your help did drop my first waypoint a couple weeks ago on a rock pile that I caught a nice four pounder on. Livescope helped too 😜
That’s awesome to hear!!! Congrats
Thanks for the info man! Much appreciated.
Very useful, simple tips.
Good job explaining these issues. For me, I cannot seem to get anything to show on my sidescan sonar. I have tried the default settings and explored various settings. Nothing seems to be working according to my expectations. I only get black or solid unintelligible clutter.
Have you checked out my settings videos?
How deep of water are you in?
Thanks for the tips new user trying to take it all in thanks
Hell yes brother!! Thanks
Very helpful, i was very frustrated when my side view screen kept changing
G'day Max. From Australia. Ha ha, I think you solved one of my problems on down Vu with the bloody zoom, I knew it was on zoom but was looking for an off button in the menu lol. Ahh you have made my day. Cheers.
Glad to hear that!! And it’s the simple things that can get you!
Thank you
Steve will do it
Great video. Can you do one one tracks / Routes. It seems as mine in continuous which means I am alway running over and over each train making it very clustered. Also if I make a trail I want to be able to run it without overwriting the trail
I know you’ve done a video about way points with garmin in the past. I still struggle to efficiently get these imputed when scanning on big motor. I came from lowrance and marking was super quick and easy. Maybe a little deeper dive video? Enjoy the content man!
Hey there! What part is a struggle? I sure can do another one on waypoints
Thank you MG Marine Tech for this video. I'm not sure if what you address will assist me. I've only used my new Garmin 2 times on the lake. I I don't see my down imaging or my side imaging. Maybe they are zoned out. I'll check them next time I'm on the lake. This unit is so dam advance, and it wasn't cheap. $500.00 for my Echomap UHD 73SV. It came with all the Maps too. Everybody raved about these units. So, i choose it over Hummingbird. Not going to give up on it just yet. It might be my transducer. The Real Time GPS maps are great. But, all I want now is to have it up and running in simple mode . Maybe, i need to do a Reset, maybe not. I'll keep playing around with it. I'm not at the lake every day. But, I can go in my back yard, fire up the unit and play around it as I did this evening. I guess I can put it in simulator mode to do or check on these adjustments. Why doesn't Garmin provide these simple set up/ training tutorials. From what I seen, they have these so called reps. that talk way over our heads.
Shoot me a message if you need help!
Thank you bro
Thanks. The manual zoom was driving me bonkers!
Welcome back! Issue I'm having with my Garmin 74sv is how do I update the unit? I downloaded the update to my Active Captain app and connected via bluetooth to my Garmin unit. But I get a message on the Active Captain app saying to update I need an internet connection. So I don't have that at my boat. Anyway, can you do a video on updating the GPS!
I believe the app requires WIFI internet to first download the update to your phone. Once it’s fully downloaded you can then connect to the units wifi and let the update run
Yesterday while on the water I noticed when I was at the helm unit using conventional sonar it showed vertical static lines like when you are out of the water. Side imaging and down imaging worked fine. Do you have any ideas? My bow unit (93 sv) worked fine in all 3 views.
Great videos! I have watched the ones on settings, but I still cannot seem to get crisp images, particularly on my sidevu. I believe my transducer is levelled properly, and I have the stock one, not the upgraded gt56.
I'm having the same issues I wonder if I have it too flush with the bottom of the boat or I'm wondering I have mine mounted pretty far away from my engine and I have a deep V so the transom gradually goes higher towards the side of the boat so I'm wondering if it'd not far enough in the water??
Can you spray contact cleaner on the connectors on the cradle and back of the unit.
Does the boat need to be started for the garmin to come on?
My Relief Shading is working in my active Captain app on the phone but not on my 73SV with the Navionics card.
optimal setting for vertical walleye/zander fishing (traditional sonar with flasher). Really hard to get right settings with low interference.
Good info. Enjoy your videos. Can you touch on the map a new lake recoding feature, how to use it and how to view your map after you make a recording. I fish a lot of small lakes that there is not a map available.
Hey Paul, look through my videos I have a pretty in-depth video that shows exactly how to use QuickDraw contouring feature
Good info….
How do you change the settings from meters to ft?
more videos please on explaining how to use these machines, thanks
Do you know how to save routes and change colors each time out? Could you do a video?
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What is the thick yellow line at the top? I don't remember that the first couple of times I used mine and then it appeared. Also your tips solved the zoom issues so thank you!
That is where the transducer beam originates from, and is totally normal
My Garmin works for several hours and then it shuts down. Once it dies for the first time, it will happen more frequently. This can be on dead calm water, no jarring of the device. All the wires are proper gauge, connections are solid, fresh water only (no corrosion). Cradle appears solid. Any thoughts?
Does anyone know where I can find the cords I found one on the side of the street think it fell off a boat and i was wondering if its water proof
On the Garmin 1242 Xsv. A couple of the buttons on the touch screen won’t work. Any help on how to recalibrate the screen or if something else needed to be done, is greatly appreciated.
Thats something I would talk to garmin about
Always a simple explanation for someone new to Garmin. Just when I think I've got the different models figured out, I don't. Is there simple description between the Echomap UHD 93sv & a UHD 94sv other than a little more $$$?
It’s only the pre loaded maps that’s different. Everything else is exactly the same
94sv has coastal maps installed.
Cradle sucks. Mine kept powering down. Bar I told me to update to the latest version. Still did it. They sent me a new cradle almost immediately as the next step.
Manual Zoom got me! I’m not sure how it got turned on. It was only on my down view. Thanks..perfect timing.
I see SOOOOO many people have this simple issue and I don’t understand how they get it turned on either. Maybe a glitch of some kind ????
@@MGMarineTech I am wondering if my knuckles hit it while driving. I noticed that it hit the MARK button for making WP's a few times.
@@MGMarineTech Just curious why you wouldn't use the Auto in the zoom selection?
@@jimmydollar you can, this was just showing people how to get rid of the issue.
I only run my gps and depth but I have a problem with my Garman echomap sv , where it freezes on me and stops leaving my crumbs and stops my depth …… It’s about 8 years old and I’ve never had any sad card in it
I saw the video where you showed your steady cast sensor mounted such that it was pointing up. How did that work for you in that orientation?
It didn’t work very well there.
I mounted it to my new boat and I’ve honestly unplugged it.
My style of fishing has changed and I got sick of always having to recalibrate the sensor.
Most likely my install that’s causing the issues, but just haven’t gotten back around to messing with it.
I have a Harmon 106 ultra with gt54 transducer but the right side of the side image is really bad distorted,pretty sure I need a new transducer can you help with warranty or do I have to go directly to garmin?
Most likely a bad transducer,
Just give garmin a call and they should send you another one. They are great to deal with
I am having a heck of a time trying to figure out the proper brightness and contrast not sure what I'm doing wrong having trouble keeping the bottom on the bottom of the graph I have 93 suv
Take a look at my other videos I have settings for several different types of sonar and transducers
I have a question , I saw how you removed it off manual ,, and set it on none ,, but if one sets it in auto ? Would it be the same as none , or what would the difference be ?
Auto for which setting ?
How do you prevent feedback through the transducer from the trolling motor? I have the same Garmin transducer but mounted to a PowerDrive V1 and if the trolling motor is running I see feedback on the fishfinder
The best solution is a garmin force trolling motor.
Other than that it’s hit or miss to get rid of it
have you seen the garmin not being able to keep up with the map overlay? i can see all my waypoints but non of the map shows up anymore
I have not seen that??
I have the 106sv and the 9sv. I just purchased them and conceted them to each other. The 10 always has line in the middle (black area) of the side view, lines in the top of the live down view, and never in the traditional down view. The 9 is in my tower and seems to get the lines in the same spot after it get warm or warmed up. The only thing I could find that made since is interference from some where but I'm not sure what could cause that. Is there a simple fix for this also?
If this help, I also have the gt51 transducer that came with the boat and it is a few years old. I did not use the gt54 that they came with. Thanks for your help if you have time.
Hey Jim, take a look at my screen shot break down videos. It will explain what those lines are
Do you have a video on how you installed your transducer to your terrova?
I do not, but I just used the included trolling motor transducer mount and a cornfield crappie cable saver to run the cable up the shaft. It’s not fail proof but it’s better than nothing
I have a Garmin 12svx touch, not reading bottom could that be Manuel is on?
There are a couple of things that could be going on.
Message me on Facebook or email me some pictures at mgmarinetech@gmail.com and I’d be happy to take a look
Hi MG Marine Tech, I have a Echomap 72sv on my boat (Sea Doo Switch) with the transducer mounted in the engine compartment. I am not getting any depth readings and it is showing me fish all over the place with the depth of the fish. Any ideas or thoughts on what the issue might be? I would appreciate and comments back. Thank you
Please explain by “transducer in the engine compartment”
What transducer and is it inside of the compartment or on the outside of the boat?
I'm trying to switch my unit from KM/h to Mph in my garage under the speed heading. Does it need to have GPS reception in order for that function to change on screen? It's still showing km/h for some reason
I wouldn’t think so as long as you change the setting
I’ve just bought a renegade 440 with a echo map uhd front view I want to know if I can connect a sounder with side view to this or should I only have 1 unit on my boat. Thanks I’m in QLD Australia 🇦🇺 keep posting your videos your info is easy to understand. Cheers mate 🤙😎
Do you know what model you have?
@@MGMarineTech
I can’t get out to the boat to look it’s raining and nighttime here but the owners manual says it’s a 6 inch model if that’s any help. If not I’ll get back to you tomorrow thanks 🙏.
@@maxloughlin9971 no worries. When you get time let me know what it is and I’ll see what I can do
@@MGMarineTech
Thanks I’ll do that as soon as it stops raining I’m travelling full time now camping in my Troopy. Thanks for replying mate.
I just watched another one of your videos and got all the info I need. Thanks mate I subscribed keep posting more videos your info is awesome 🙏⚓️
Great video - all these help.
My current issue is with a 1st gen echomap 73sv - can not get it to power up. Checked all cables and voltage - all good - unit will not power up - never dropped it - took it off the boat in fall worked fine - first try this spring and nothing. Garmin helping me through the steps but turning into a dead end. No service shops around - any ideas? Thanks
Yes it’s most likely a bad cradle
Have you tried connecting the power cables directly to a working battery to eliminate any boat wiring issues and see if it would work in general?
I’m going to do a video here on how diagnosis no power up situations
Thanks for the quick reply MG, yes I have it stripped out of my boat now - checked battery voltage, cables, fuse - right through the to plug that goes directly into the sonar unit. This is an older cradle where the plug is just held in place and plugs directly into the unit - checked the prongs in the back of the unit - no corrosion and none missing or bent. Totally stumped and disheartened - great unit - had planned to move it to the bow and have 2 units on the boat.
@@muskokafishnhack the next step is to make sure there is power coming out of the cradle.
I don’t remember the exact pins that are the power and ground but that’s what I will be covering
Great video. So many setting on each view. I just replaced my trolling motor with a ultrex..i checked the fuse in the head its ok. Ive got extensive dc electrical experience but this is making me loose hair. Side view runs clean on 455..noise on 1k? Cant remember but highest..also bad noise in 2d..Clears after a few seconds on auto gain..wierd! Ive rerouted power and added ferrite clips...considering running separate power from battery to my front unit..thoughts? Thanks Rob
Are you powering the unit from a trolling motor battery now ?
Where is the transducer mounted?
@MGMarineTech absolutely not..everything is separated
Even took start battery off charger..been on this for a couple of weeks..transducer is on TM. done several times over th years. I don't see any dammage on transducer cable..unit is 3 yrs old. I just did the first update from garmin yesterday. I live on a lake so testing isn't a problem..will do that today before the weather gets bad. I haven't called garmin tech yet..wanted to do all I could. Just wondering if you ever heard of wierd transducer ops. Down view is perfect..2d is bad..I can live with 455 but I'd like to fix it
@MGMarineTech I also upgraded the power plug from TM. Added new 50a breaker at TM battery..it's a 80lb 24v ultrex brand new
@@robfranke1 if it started when you replaced it with the ultrex that makes sense. Minn kota trolling motors are EXTREMELY electrically noisy and if the transducer is mounted to the trolling motor it makes the problem very hard to eliminate. Garmin will tell you to put the ferrite bead on it (which doesn’t solve major interference issues in my experience) and after that they will blame the motor. Which they are kind of right to do. The new brushless motors don’t have these issues.
The the ultrex was a used unit, (sometimes even new ones will do this) there could be damage to the magnets in side or even worn brushes will make this issue worse.
One thing you can try is to “braid” the power cable for the trolling motor. Basically twist the power cables for it together.
Others have found that running a ground wire from the skeg of the trolling motor to the negative of the trolling motor battery bank helps as well.
I've even wrapped the TM cables with aluminum tape from ft plug to 4 ft back..worked thru metal pedal pan hole. Ferrite clips on all garmin cables..
does the garmin float if it does happen to fall out in rough water?
Negative, they will sink
Hey what finder would you go with lowerance 7fs or the garmin echo map 7uhd sv
I’d spend slightly more and go with the 9” echomap garmin hands down
If you have multiple units own your console or bow can you name individual units
Yes I believe you can under the network settings
Scroll speed set up for kayak? Thanks
Set it to auto unless you are trying to stretch marks. In that case speed it up faster than what you would typically run for that speed.
Any advice on trolling motor interference (EMI) on the Echomap screen on bow mounted units with transducers mounted to the underside of the trolling motor? THX
Stay tuned I am going to have a video just for that
@@MGMarineTech Thank you I have an Echomap 93SV UHD with a MinnKota Maxxum
Good evening.
I have a 26ft. Crusier yacht. I want to learn how to read the unit death. First timer.
Hi Willie !
What unit do you have ?
Have you ever been on a lake and the GPS map doesn’t work? Is that possible not to have a GPS signal?
I’ve not had it happen to me more than a few seconds.
But it’s totally possible to loose gps signal
I use a Garmin Echomap UHD 63cv with a GT24UHD transducer at the bow of my boat. It’s only a year and half old. The past two weeks I haven’t been able to use it because it keeps telling me my transducer is not connected. I’ve read that it mean my transducer is shot, but I can’t believe that. So I’ve turned to UA-cam for suggestions. Have any?
Check all the connection points for corrosion.
Unplug and plug back in the transducer
@@MGMarineTech Thanks,, appreciate the reply.
hi i have a 9sv and it is extremely slow! the map is so slow to render. The unit keeps freezing and shutting off. any idea why?
Is it up to date? Is it networked with other units?
The issue I had recently was a transducer not connected. I have 2 of these units in my boat so I swapped out the cradle and head units and still had the same thing. Garmin sent a new cradle and it's fixed. Just by swapping them out I'd have figured the ducer was bad. Any input on why this happened???
Let me word this better. I'd power up and when I'd turn sonar in id get a message saying transducer not connected power down and check connection. Everything was connected properly. I swapped cradles and heads and the same thing,but a new cradle fixed the issue.
@@mrwho2118 yes I see this quite a bit, and I haven’t seen one single solution fix it every time.
Sometimes all that is needed is to simply unplug the transducer and plug it back in, other times it’s just a restart that is needed.
In your case it sounded much more consistent and did sound like a faulty cradle to me.
I assume sometimes the pins don’t make contact properly between the unit and the cradle or the cradle and the transducer.
Hi mate why when I’m trying upload my software for the 125 uhd an lv 34 it is saying 100% with error
That’s a strange one. I would probably do a reset and then try with a SD CARD, you might have to do a forced update. A call to garmin might be in order
I have a UHD 64cv and on the navigation, I can't zoom in closer than 12 miles or I get a blank map. I've updated the software and charts for my area, still no change. Any ideas?
Hmm that’s interesting.
Does it do it on all the areas of the maps
@@MGMarineTech Yeah, it even shows my last trip around the lake, but when I zoom in from 12 miles to 8 miles, it's just a blank yellow map with my old route just there in the middle of blank yellowness.
Areas where it shows streets etc, all disappear when I get past 12 miles :/
Can you do a video of down vu settings on a gt56?
Yes sir! That is on the list to get wrapped up here
Hey man I have two echomap 93sv’s, one at the front one at the console. I bought the Garmin cable to try and link them together, and I get an error code that says “remove unsupported devices from panoptix port”. The two graphs are compatible because they are both the same, any idea?
Most likely one of them needs to be updated.
Are you trying to network anything else with them?
No I am not, just the two units together so I can mark waypoints on both of them at the same time from the console. So I have to get two new sd cards and the active captain app correct?
They’re from 2015 and I don’t think they’ve ever been updated, they both look the same so they’re probably both due for an update.
@@dylancollier9527 are they “plus” units?
I am not sure, they just say echo sv on the top left corner. They’re 9” graphs, with just normal down vu, side vu.
Just watched your video about sharing data among units. I hooked up my 2 echo map 93's but get message saying they are not compatiable. Used the panoptics cable. Any idea why? One is uhd the other isn't.
What is the other unit ?
@@MGMarineTech echo map chirp 93 sv
@@worship945 the 93 chirp isn’t compatible to be networked with the UHD unit.
That figures, I thought echo maps would. Thanks
@@worship945 they do, the chirp is just too old to network to the newer units
Is it common that my image quality/clarity looks nothing like it does on simulator?
No it should look better.
This time of year however the clarity of the water can be bad which will make the image suffer.
Have you tried my settings videos ?
That's simply but how about maps? It takes a life time for it to load
I just installed a uhd ultra 106 sv and it’s been updating for over an hour. Is that normal. Screen said it would take a long time but….
No that’s not typical. Did anything strange happen while it was working on the update
@@MGMarineTech thank you for the reply. The update finally went through, took 4-5 hours. I almost gave up but glad I was patient. I enjoy your content
4:10, I see your buttons is hihde from the picture until you touch the screen...HOW? Where can I find where to hide the "meny"????
Check out my other videos. (One if my first) I show you how to do that.
GT 56 user here.The left side of my side scan is super dark in shallow water. Right side is perfect. Do I have a bad transducer?
I’m going to be doing a video very shortly on the symptoms of a bad transducer.
But in the mean time there are a couple of things you can check.
Is your transducer mounted on the right side of the boat? And if so, if you trim up does it get better?
Does it get better if change the frequency?
Thanks for the response. It’s mounted on the bottom of my kayak. Downscan and 2d sonar work great. No complaints with either one of those.
I haven’t changed the frequency tbh. I’m currently operating it on 1070 and downscan on 840 I believe.
@@mathiotoutdoors8464 usually the dead giveaway of a bad transducer is one side will be basically black for the entire side.
But when changed to a different frequency it will look normal.
@@MGMarineTech I have a tourney this weekend. I’ll try using another frequency and see if that helps. If not, I’ll reach out to Garmin. Thanks for your insight.
I have a echomap ultra 126sv on the Home Screen the side view icon is gone\missing
I have used it in the past but can’t get it to work?
Please help
Sounds as if there isn’t a side imaging transducer connected to the unit.
For instance if you only have livescope connected to the unit you won’t have a side imaging option.
@@MGMarineTech no I have another transducer on the trolling motor.
@@jbdishman try unplugging it and plugging it back in.
have you found out why these units freeze and shut down intermittently? i have 3 of them linked and its very annoying and a lot of prople complaining of same issue. seems like only happens on the water????
Which units ?
@@MGMarineTech uhd 93 sv
@@Williampinion25 I’ve not heard of that issue??? Have you talked to garmin?
In general, the TI units are faster in response to inputs. This is seen when quickly switching between sonar, downscan, chart, and split screens ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxeAxH15LxhjGlg5-CRYqjTGTEH0tbY4vk recommend The Hook units will show some lag on button pushes and screen switching. The big ticket item though is maps. If you install a mapping card such as Navionics or the free C-Map Genesis which has a lot of map detail, then moving around the map with the cursor or when running down the lake can lag significantly on the Hook units, but is seamless with the TI units.
I have a Garmin GPSMAPS 7610 that is now giving me a “system missing” code when powering on??? Nothing else will come up. Does anyone know the fix for this.
I’ve not heard of this one???
Did you recently update?
I’d give garmin a call
@@MGMarineTech No sir, it just started this. I called Garmin and this unit is no longer in stock and they no longer have any parts. I can’t even talk then into taking it back and at least looking at it and attempt a reset on it. I verified that I am getting the correct voltage. Also, if I continue to hold the power button down, I will get another code that says Recovery System Location, but as soon as I let the power button go, it just powers off again?
@@tac13011 hmmm I’m honestly not sure what to tell you to try, other than to call them back again and talk to someone new.
They might be able to tell you how to factory reset it or load the firmware from a SD card