Electronics Class ?

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Is there anyone here who has been to any of these seminars? I have heard of them but have no idea where to look. I bought that Electronics 101 from BassEdge. It was decent but I would like to know a lot more. Like how to put stuff on sd card and watch it on computer. Fine tune on the fly. Which palette is best. I have 2 hds 7s and im pretty sure im not utilizing them to their full potential. I want to master my electronics. I think it's becoming more and more important.

[J-Doc]

Sorry if you have seen this already but there is this thread in the General Discussion forum. Lots of good info in here.

Biggest thing I can recommend is understanding the cone angle and how it works. Also how sonar angle is different from structure/down scan. It's a different cone shape and elongated vs a circular cone extrusion. That's the basics to understanding sonar.

There is a lot to learn. Buy the Dr. Sonar DVD's. Doc is a very knowledgable sonar user and answers questions on Facebook also. You can like his Facebook page and learn a few things from that alone.

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I have the basics down. Need to gain knowledge about the fine tuning.

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It would be nice to upload all your gps waypoints into Google Earth to view your spots.

[J-Doc]

There is a way to do that. I'll dig up a thread in another forum that walks you through it and post it later. It's a bit more complex that I'd like.

As for fine tuning, auto is typically best. For sensitivity, noise rejection , etc. As for SD card, it's a bit different for every unit. What specifics are you looking to tune on the fly? As for what pallette is best, depends and varies by opinion. I use white background because of glare in the sun. Makes the image pop.

[J-Doc]

Here is a quote from another forum (crappie.com) where a discussion was had for such a request on how to. It's not much but I'm digging into it a bit more.

And, should you happen to obtain some GPS coordinates of interest .... you can manually input them into your unit, and when you go to them "on the water", they'll be as accurate as if you had input them while you were on the water. And if the coordinates don't "fit" ... say for instance they're in "Decimal Degrees" ... then go here -> GPS Coordinate Converter, Maps and Info and convert them over to the "GPS" coordinate numbers that the Elite 5DSI uses.

You basically need to convert your GPS coordinates and then you can translate them into your Google Maps.

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Sore;

Ask away there is so much free knowledge here it would be a shame to waste it.... I am always shocked how many anglers are on this site that share honest information over all the other boards around.

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Pallette wise, I use #1 for looking up and down and #7 for side-scan.

#1 is the old faithful original lowrance setting. #7 highlights the sidescan superior to the others.

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Ok. How do I watch images on the computer? How to do screen shot? If I do screenshot how do I retrieve it to post it on here?

[J-Doc]

Ok. How do I watch images on the computer? How to do screen shot? If I do screenshot how do I retrieve it to post it on here?

Each model is different on screenshots. You can download a manual for your unit that will tell you. I think you said you have an HDS 7? F&F can tell you. I push the power button and then the (+) button on my unit. His is different.

You have to have a 2gig micro card inserted into your unit. If you have a graph card, you will have to pull the graph card, insert the extra screenshot card, save the image, then remove the screenshot card and put your map card back in if you want to use your map card.

Or be like me and keep your micro card in all the time for screenshots. Map cards won't work on my unit.

As for uploading photos, that's easy. Take the micro SD card, put it in card reader into your computer. It acts as a flash drive or hard drive on your computer. Copy the files and save. Then to upload to OAF, upload it just like you would any other photo. Use the attachments option.