help with 1870f and airmar tm260

[nik33134]

Hi, I recently purchased an 1870f and a tm260 transducer. I can't find an option for my transducer. I tried several settings from the transducer menu, but only the 50/200-1T and 50/200-12M give me bottom discrimination and accu-fish. I don't know if the readings are correct though, and whether I should manually change some of the settings to suit the tm260. Any help is welcome.

 

[Snips]

Nik 33134,
Sorry to say that the beam width characteristics for the TM-260 are not in the GP-1870F data base for ACCU-FISH or Bottom Discrimination. The closest transducers in the list would be the CA50/200-1T or 12M but I can't say how accurate the information will be.

Snips

 

[nik33134]

Thank you snips, I wonder if there will be a software update to address the tm260 / B260 problem in the future as they are still very popular transducers. How come the FCV587 has a 526TID-HDD option. Bottom discrimination and accu-fish are great features, but Furuno is losing customers by not fixing simple compatibility issues such as this.

 

[Snips]

Nik33134,
We have asked C-Map (the manufacture) that it be added to the list.

Snips

 

[nik33134]

That's nice snips, let's hope they listen.