Furuno 585 & Lowrance HDS 7 sounders. will they run at the same time
I own the Furuno 585 with a transom mount 600w and a Navman plotter (C Map) on my UB670 Southwind, its time to upgrade my chart plotter, so I am looking at the Lowrance HDS 7 combo the mapping from what i can see is far better than my Navman using C Map.
The Idea of having a back up sounder is nice for me also giving a different veiw of the same ground, sales men recon the lowrance is equivilant to a 3kw transducer on the HDS? would i still put a 1kw on the system for the deep?
Shoot through hull transducers, do you loose much signal with them? the Southwind has limited space to mount stuff on the transom.
Will the frequencys of both sounders cancel each other out and make them not work or will it be a seperate signal that each unit has that does not confuse them?
Is anyone running these two units at the moment
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Justin
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HuggyB
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I know
one member here runs a HDS and a 585 side by side successfully, so hopefully they will chime in and also give you their thoughts on shoot through hull (but from what I know, unless you get a specifically set up wet box system, you do tend to lose a bit of signal strength).
The wet box systems for the Furuno (without looking to hard) are priced at $1400 locally for a 1kw while a transom mount/transducer will run you about $1k.
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Ryan Thipthorp (not verified)
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info!
Some units Justin do interfere, some dont depending where the transducers are placed and what frequencys are mixing!
As for signal strength, if the glass is thick yes but most smaller trailer boats including your banana not an issue. I recommend wetbox/shoot through setup for 2kw plus but for 1kw the transom 1kw with bracket a good option. If you have the transducers on the opposite sides of the transom that would be better re interference!
harro
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yes
I have a 585 also, and recently installed the hds7 combo, still waiting on my old 5200c lowrance 2 months now, but yes they work great together, i have even used both sounders and all good, pm me for more details,
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