Can you stop waves affecting the floor on the sounder ? I have a lowrance elite 4x hdi

  Is there a way to make the floor of the ocean stay flat while waves and swell push the boat up and down it sounds like a Newby question and I feel kinda stupid asking but makes it very hard reading the bottom when every time a swell wave goes through your picture jumps up and down by the same amount is it possible or is there some trick I am missing ? help .......

 


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It's called bottom lock

Wed, 2017-08-02 23:02

if it is a feature enabled within the lowrance S4, give it a go and fine tune the settings.

cheers

scano 

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We're all full of stupid questions

Thu, 2017-08-03 08:24

No point in keeping em stuck in our heads, better off to ask ( that's why we're all here right? ) than to have it go around and around and around in our brains only to arrive back at the same conclusion . My question to all. Any ideas as to how I can work out the magic formula to make this wind PISS OFF and find some fish.... 

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good answer

Thu, 2017-08-03 12:29

 Thats a good answer, Silver Fox, my question is how do you get the wife to understand, my wife thinks i should build another shower in the shed.

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Out of luck

Thu, 2017-08-03 12:07

 No bottom lock on 4x HDI. Only found on HDS range, in Lowrance. Up and down will give you corresponding "waves" on the bottom reading as the measurement between your transducer and the bottom changes--also be aware the roll, side to side, will give you intermittent longer strokes, due to differering return times of transmitted signal, very difficult when trying to pick the transition between hard and soft bottom. 

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Easy Marrisy

Thu, 2017-08-03 16:05

 Build the new shower in the shed, ask her what type of tiles and shower screen she wants in her new bathroom!!! 

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There is, but it's not cheap

Thu, 2017-08-03 16:57

For Furuno at least, you can use a satellite compass, which when networked with an FCV1150 provides heave, pitch and roll compensation to the sounder.  Works brilliantly, but it's a different class of gear than the Lowrance.

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Why not

Thu, 2017-08-03 18:11

 I dont know why we can not have swell compensation on a combo.A gps can read altitude so why cant they add some programming to sort this out. 

I have been told that the digital compass that furuno have that can fix this will set you back 3 to 4 grand.

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 Raymarine you get it in a

Thu, 2017-08-03 18:38

 Raymarine you get it in a combo for much cheaper

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Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?

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Not that simple

Thu, 2017-08-03 19:46

Altitude is the least accurate of the data that a GPS can provide, and regular receivers are not sensitive enough.

The Furuno satellite compass has a pair of high precision GPS receivers and a set of accelerometers to measure yaw, pitch and roll. 

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Gyro

Thu, 2017-08-03 18:47

 I know raymarine axiom has a gyro to take out the roll but does it have swell compensation ?

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 Thanks for the feedback

Thu, 2017-08-03 19:24

 Thanks for the feedback

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Heave compensation

Sat, 2017-08-12 15:26

I run a combination of simrad and lowrance on my boat and have got the ability to use "heave compensation"

As mentioned above thou, its not cheap, but if matched the NSS series sounder with the correct GPS unit, its achievable. I have spoken to navico support thou, as far as im concerned its not perfected yet as the calibration process or lack there of limits the accuracy of algorithms involved.

Bottom lock is the best option that a lot of people use. and depending on what transducer your running, the amount of pitch and roll will cause issues also as ranmar mentioned.