musicmanjer
New member
Hey Johnny and other forum folks,
So I know this sounder is old and after a year of working a $70k boat rebuild, I dont have the funds to replace my 3kw FCV 292 sounder.
2 days ago we were bottom fishing and my sounder froze up, 537’ stopped scanning. I rebooted it and it gave me a grey screen, and a solid tone. Did not go through its normal startup cycle.
I know the requisite answer is “replace it” but we are commercial fishermen and my crew and I depend on fishing for a living. We do not have $8-9k for a new system, haul-out for new transducer, etc.
Is there something I can check on to revive this unit? We depend on it to fish. My Furuno RDP139 has a 600 watt finder, but it wont work for the 700-1000’ we fish for Opakapaka and Gindai (snappers).
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Mahalo,
So I know this sounder is old and after a year of working a $70k boat rebuild, I dont have the funds to replace my 3kw FCV 292 sounder.
2 days ago we were bottom fishing and my sounder froze up, 537’ stopped scanning. I rebooted it and it gave me a grey screen, and a solid tone. Did not go through its normal startup cycle.
I know the requisite answer is “replace it” but we are commercial fishermen and my crew and I depend on fishing for a living. We do not have $8-9k for a new system, haul-out for new transducer, etc.
Is there something I can check on to revive this unit? We depend on it to fish. My Furuno RDP139 has a 600 watt finder, but it wont work for the 700-1000’ we fish for Opakapaka and Gindai (snappers).
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Mahalo,