997 Setup Help

Okay so I thought I was all set up but now when testing it at the wing this weekend had some questions. First when putting in at everts the depth finder basically was red all the way across the board. Second when up at the dam on the minnesota side the depth finder would read the depth of the second return and not the first. What setting or issue would cause this?? Lastly I cannot get the depth finder to show temperature. I know there is another plug for both speed and temp but isn’t temp also in the transducer?? Thanks for the help

I am sure Jason or some one will chime in. I have the 797c2si I know when I switched from Lowrance to HB I had to set my sensitivity settings way down compared to my LW. The birds seem to be way over powered. If I remember right my sensitivity usally runs about 2-5 in 2D and 4-6 on the SI and I am still learning down imaging settings yet.

Have fun with your 997 when you get her dialed in it`ll open your eyes to new underwater world.

My first guess is also sensitivity. Sounds like you need to bring it down.

In the sonar xpress menu, scroll down to sensitivity and bring it down a few notches.

Regarding temp: it may in fact be reading, but you need to select that information to be displayed.

In the main menu system, go to setup (tab looks like two little tools)
Scroll down to user mode and select advanced.
Then scroll down to select readouts. There, you can change any of the 5 digital readouts along the left side of the display to show anything you want, in any order you want.