Humminbird 597

  • belletaine
    Nevis, MN
    Posts: 5116
    December 12, 2013 at 5:29 pm #1359209

    I bought the portable pack and ice transducer to use my 597 on the ice in flasher mode.
    When you power it up it will say “Transducer not connected”
    Here are the steps to get it setup…
    1.Power it on and when the blue opening page comes up press the menu button.
    2. A green screen will come on, scroll up to normal and tab to the right. This will take it out of demo mode and you’re good to go.

    To avoid doing that everytime you go out you need to disable the demo mode.
    To do this-After you’ve done the above steps hit the menu button twice.
    Scroll over to setup
    Scroll down to demonstration which will be turned on, just shut it off and you’re good to go.

    Hope this helps people going this route

    targaman
    Inactive
    Wilton, WI
    Posts: 2759
    December 12, 2013 at 6:17 pm #1371069

    Thinking about doing this with mine but need more info on interference when fishing by other flashers. Tired of looking at the flasher.

    Tim J
    Duluth, MN
    Posts: 539
    December 12, 2013 at 7:05 pm #1371080

    THANK YOU!! I used mine last weekend for the first time and that was very annoying to deal with every time I turned it on.

    muskiefever
    North Metro
    Posts: 127
    December 12, 2013 at 7:39 pm #1371085

    How would you compare the 597 to other flashers? I have a 597 cihddi on my boat that i may have to get an ice ducer for.

    Tim J
    Duluth, MN
    Posts: 539
    December 12, 2013 at 7:48 pm #1371088

    worked great for me. I like that you can set the max depth so you can always use the full flasher screen. Also is capable of a 6 color palette. And all your lakemaster data and waypoints are right there too.

    belletaine
    Nevis, MN
    Posts: 5116
    December 12, 2013 at 8:47 pm #1371104

    Quote:

    worked great for me. I like that you can set the max depth so you can always use the full flasher screen. Also is capable of a 6 color palette. And all your lakemaster data and waypoints are right there too.

    I think I’m going to like it for the reasons you stated Tim. I had this on the bow of my boat and didn’t cost much to convert it! Got it out today and messed with it awhile, enjoy the waypoints.

    FishBlood&RiverMud
    Prescott
    Posts: 6687
    December 13, 2013 at 7:42 am #1363366

    I converted my 898cSI to a Genz box. Works great. Can put my Marcum in the same hole as long as noise rejection is set to LOW on my Bird.

    briansmude
    Posts: 184
    December 13, 2013 at 8:55 am #1363341

    Try using the standard sonar screen. You can fine tune every detail and being able to see what happened seconds earlier is invaluable to me. Give it a try, I think you will agree with me.

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