Those are some really cool colors in those baits

i have ordered parts from them for quite a few years now and they are great people to work with fast shipping to.

Hey thanks a lot JAnderson for those links that helps me out a ton and thank you iowaboy1 for the help to its great to know theres others willing to help others out in time of need. if i can help you guys out just let me know thank you

Thanks Janderson for the help i have been looking online trying to figure out if i can buy a transducer with the plastic mount for the boat and ice ducer for ice fishing and use them on the same finder all i could find was a suction cup one that it comes with

Well sorry for the late reply I finally got my 859 working I called Humminbird and got the latest update on my finder. The link on my I pilot is a different story.

Tried everything to get it to link to my finder after Humminbird transfered me to Minnkota the lady had be erase all the spot locks etc on my link controller then I was able to update my link controller and remote

Now everything is working good I haven’t been out on. The water to try it as my boat is in the shop. As for the depth wacking out going to 1.9′ deep Humminbird said to change the range from auto to manual and adjust it a little deeper than what I’m fishing and change from fresh water to salt water as that’s what they were finding to make the finder keep track of the bottom

Thanks eyekatcher I’ll look into a good sd card

Yup it’s the only finder I have on my boat And I don’t know anyone else that has a finder or I pilot with the link. They all run just the I pilot terrova mostly for spot lock for jigging for lake trout

I did check the finder it’s running on the 2D element I checked that yesterday on the water I’m going to call hummingbird tomorrow and see what they say thanks again I’ll let you know what I find out

Hey JAnderson I have reset the defaults 2 times now and still no change still the same problems. I will try to post some pictures of the transducer its just a little bit below the bottom of the transom it is having the same problems sitting slow trolling or on plane. What i cant figure out is why the first few times out the finder was reading everything Perfect then BAM its going hay wire with the depth etc even after the update on the finder.

The other problem i was talking about with the Ethernet cable is that i unhooked the long extention ethernet cable that goes to the front of my boat then put my minnkota on the floor with the power on and hooked the cable on the minnkota up to the short either net cable coming out my finder together deployed the motor and shortly after still the same thing flashes I pilot connected shutting down power and shuts my fish finder off I dont know what else to do I spent 4 hrs on the water yesterday messing with it

Im going to call humminbird tomorrow and see if i can get something figured out. thanks for the help guys

Not sure kfrj01 I have tried mine on automactic and tried it on manual a little deeper than what i was fishing at and it still goes crazy one mine reading 1.9′ etc to reading fine the next I cant figure it out along with all the other problems Im having
Mine is brand new just got the boat with the
humminbird 859ci HD DI finder and a 24v Minnkota I pilot with link. I have tried all kinds of stuff talking with other humminbird and minnkota users and I still cant get my problems figured out Plus hours online chatroom at humminbird and still cant get anywhere. Im about to pull the last of my hair out I spent a ton of money on this finder and i pilot with link set up only to have it crap out on me.

Thanks reddog I’ll give that a try.

Thanks Ron I’ll go and see if I can find some answers on my finder

Hey thanks Ron for the info I tried all the things you have suggested and I’m still coming up with the same problem

Thanks guys I will get me some ordered up thank you

Thanks guys for the info i will check it out and try to get the right cards so i can take advantage of all the cool features on this set up as soon as i get the other link problem figured out.

Thanks JAnderson I’ll check that out to. I upgraded my finder today that worked but every time I deploy my terrovia with the link / Ethernet cable hooked up turn on my finder shortly after it pops up I pilot connected then automatically shuts my finder off

If I unhook Ethernet link cable the finder works fine. Humminbird is sending me a new Ethernet cable to try I sure hope it works

thanks Janderson i really appreciate this help im going to try to get it done today. Im having the same issue you said you were had. I tried to register my i pilot and it wouldnt let me do it and the live chat was closed for the night. I also saw the 2 stickers on my motor but wasnt sure which one was the right one to use i tried both and it wouldnt let me register using either one so I will try the live chat right now Thank You

My big problem right now is im not really good with computers kind of limited skills i think this computer is running with Windows 7

Thanks guys I got the SD card and went to Humminbird.com and i have my finder registered it shows it and i went to updates /software and down loaded it and saved it but I cant get it to save to my SD card. Dam Its kicking my butt im ready to pull the last little bit of hair out that i have.

I also tried to register my I pilot on the humminbird page and click the Add button but nothing happens. I dont know its getting late I guess i will pound on the computer again tomorrow and see what I can come up with.

Oh Im way out in Wyoming. Im in the middle of no where with no much around. It looks simple in my humminbird manual to down load the new software but so far no luck. thanks trfishin

Hey Thank you JAnderson i really appreciate all the help I have just finished registering the finder and i pilot. I will also check out the humminbirdselect.com to

another ? on the SD card does that have to be one from Humminbird or can it be a regualar SD card like I use in my digital camera? They didnt give me a SD card so im not sure if it came with one or not? The dealer that i bought the boat from is a 3 hours away so they arent much help Im not sure they know much on them to be honest i think its a install and you figure the rest out.

As far as the power problem with it shutting down its crazy if the electric is in the water and the link wire isnt hooked up it will work fine but if I hook the link wire up and the electric motor is down it will start that shut down by its self Oh and it flashes really quick I pilot connected then goes into the shut down automatically.

Thanks again i really appreciate all the help and info.

Thank you Ron I will check out those links to

JAnderson I just recently bought a new Alumacraft boat I had it rigged up with the Humminbird 859 combo HD DI finder and the MinnKota Terrova I pilot with link. To be honest this is alot more than im used to I have been using an old eagle for the past 12+ years and its pretty simple.

The finder is Hooked to my 1000 cranking amp starting batter thats hooked to a Mercury 150 4 Stroke outboard. The voltage right now with just the finder on is 12.3 volts on my finder and the same checking it at the battery with my meter.

The power wires are hooked from the finder into the main power toggle switch on my dash then from there back to the starting battery. This problem will still happen even when im running 3/4 throttle down the lake.

I havent updated the humminbird or the link remote and controller im not sure how to do that.

hey thanks for the info. I haven’t tried updating anything on this unit but I will do some checking for sure. as for the shallow water mode I don’t remember seeing that on here either. I also run the sensitivity up pretty high just where you start to read a little bit of clutter on the screen but still can read the fish and my jig. thanks for the info I will try it out and let you know how it goes thanks Trfishin

hey thanks guys for the information I really appreciate it.

as soon as I get on the lakes in Minnesota it does it all the time (drives me nuts)

it sure doesn’t make since for sure and it does drive me nuts to. fishing for these lake trout you need to be able to stay put on top of them when its going haywire its like driving at night with the lights off I don’t have the gps hooked up as this fish finder came off my brothers boat he has 2 of these units and only used one so He gave me one but I don’t have a gps puck for it last time I looked they were about $180 just for the puck. I was thinking of running like it is until down the road I decide to buy a new finder then I will get one with an internal gps antenna built in that will be one less thing that I need hooked on my little 14′ aluminum boat