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I have a new installation of twin TZT16F's, a DFF3D, and the 165T-50/200-TM260, plus a CHIRP B175HW-20. Boat is a 35' Intrepid.
I'm not certain we've configured things properly. I'm somewhat pleased with the performance of the 50/200 element after some playing around with options. But the same cannot be said for the tri-ducer nor the CHIRP sensor.
See the pic, below. The right half of the port screen is showing the 50/200. It sees a fair number of marks, plus my downrigger spread. Pretty good. I've set the 50/200 Transducer Configuration to Manual, 1kw 50 and 1kw 200. Should I pick another transducer model in Setup for better results?
The starboard screen in the upper left is the CHIRP B175HW-20 sensor, which is a thru-hull just ahead of the hull step. Like this picture shows, it often misses fish that the 50/200 is seeing. It also loses depth reading above just 21mph. I have the configuration set to B175HW. Is there a setting that would help me see depth when I'm at planing speeds? I have friends with through-hulls in the same spot, but have no problem holding bottom readings at speed.
The tri-ducer is the most disappointing. I rarely mark fish, but by turning the gain all the way to 75-80, do mark a few. Interesting, though, is the marks show in roughly the same position, even though there should be port, center, and starboard views from the tri-ducer. The live view shows the occasional flash, but nothing actionable.
Obviously I have a lot to learn about various options and gain settings, but think I should start with solid info on configuration - given the hardware, am I using the correct Transducer Model Configuration settings?

I'm not certain we've configured things properly. I'm somewhat pleased with the performance of the 50/200 element after some playing around with options. But the same cannot be said for the tri-ducer nor the CHIRP sensor.
See the pic, below. The right half of the port screen is showing the 50/200. It sees a fair number of marks, plus my downrigger spread. Pretty good. I've set the 50/200 Transducer Configuration to Manual, 1kw 50 and 1kw 200. Should I pick another transducer model in Setup for better results?
The starboard screen in the upper left is the CHIRP B175HW-20 sensor, which is a thru-hull just ahead of the hull step. Like this picture shows, it often misses fish that the 50/200 is seeing. It also loses depth reading above just 21mph. I have the configuration set to B175HW. Is there a setting that would help me see depth when I'm at planing speeds? I have friends with through-hulls in the same spot, but have no problem holding bottom readings at speed.
The tri-ducer is the most disappointing. I rarely mark fish, but by turning the gain all the way to 75-80, do mark a few. Interesting, though, is the marks show in roughly the same position, even though there should be port, center, and starboard views from the tri-ducer. The live view shows the occasional flash, but nothing actionable.
Obviously I have a lot to learn about various options and gain settings, but think I should start with solid info on configuration - given the hardware, am I using the correct Transducer Model Configuration settings?
