Transducer Ticking

Hey guys,

I recently acquired a navman 6600 off mightymouse and fixed it into my new boat. My boat is a small centre console and the transducer mounting plate was a bit on the small side, so i reversed the bracket on the the transducer to fit on the plate...perfect.

I took the boat out on wednesday, all systems go....stopped the boat to do some squidding. And there was this constant ticking took me awhile to figure out what it was, but it turned out to be the transducer! My dads has a furuno and that doest tick!

Is this normal? or have i done something i shouldnt have?

is there antying i can do that can stop it, gets rather annoying.

Hopefully someone one this forum who has a navman sounder can tell me if they have the same issue/problem

Thanks


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Cant see there being any

Fri, 2008-10-10 10:27

Cant see there being any problem , as most transducers tick , could be because you wer in the shallow water mate

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I have a Navman and the

Fri, 2008-10-10 10:30

I have a Navman and the sounder "ticks" when switched on. No problems with how it works and I think the sound is just par for the course

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you mean watts right cause i

Fri, 2008-10-10 12:03

you mean watts right cause i wish i could have a 500 killa watt tranny lol jk

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Ali or FG Jorn?

Fri, 2008-10-10 12:12

As the guys have said, all transducers are suppossed to tick. I've seen posts where people that have ali hulls hear a louder tick because there's a form of resonance through the hull. 

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thanks for the reply its so

Fri, 2008-10-10 12:49

thanks for the reply

its so bloody annoying tho...i guess i'll learn to live with it

i got a 4.75m Ali, my dads boat is a 7.5m ali.

My dad has a furuno 585 and i swear it doesnt tick hahah maybe it doest work...but we do fish deeper in it which is probably why.

i thought i might of damaged a line or something but im glad its "normal"

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Jorn, dunno if this info

Fri, 2008-10-10 13:59

Jorn, dunno if this info helps. I had two fiberglass boats one was a 17footer and the other a 14footer. I had two different models of Eagle sounder but it was ticking on the 14footer and was not on the 17 (probably tickeing as well just not noticeable). Probably the water depth and size of the boat made a difference but as long as it's working, we'll just have to live with the tick.

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tick..bloody tick

Fri, 2008-10-10 19:15

I have a ali boa tand a  navman 4500 and it ticked as well. I mentioned it on this forum before and someone said to put some rubber under the mounts. Since i have done that its no way as bad as it was before..i have an eagle fishfinder as well, but it dosnt make a ticking noise.

Since i have noticed this noise it got me wondering what the bloody fish hear under the boat..so these days i always turn it off if im not watching it !

 

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Fri, 2008-10-10 20:40

Install an AM/FM radio and/or CD player and drown it out.

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i have had navman

Fri, 2008-10-10 21:16

on an 18 ft and 23 ft glass never heard any ticking

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ticking

Fri, 2008-10-10 22:15

The navman i bought off you russ and sandy ticks on my boat ! 

 

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never noticed it

Fri, 2008-10-10 22:17

but then again ,i am half deafLaughing

how is it going anyway?

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tick tock

Fri, 2008-10-10 22:30

 Yes its going ok..wish could change the back ground colour to white...down loaded a manual for it a couple of weeks ago..so hopefully this break the weather is good and i can get out and get to play around with the settings on it....cheers

 

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Wade if you need a hand PM

Sun, 2008-10-12 20:20

Wade if you need a hand PM me, I know the navmans pretty well now.

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Cheers

Sun, 2008-10-12 20:25

Cheers mate! I flying back into town wed...just printed out a user manual off the net..hopefully will be able to figure it out. I like to have a white back ground, at the moment its blue ..i will be in touch if need be thanks

 

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Changing the colour of the

Sun, 2008-10-12 20:31

Changing the colour of the screen is pretty easy. under the menu you should have an option called pallet. and you can change from white, blue and black.

There is other stuff you can do aswell, with Ascope and Bottom lock and setting the proportions of the screen etc. Makes it easier finding fish on the bottom. Our catch rate went up heaps when We started using these features.

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navman

Sun, 2008-10-12 20:36

Cheers! i will be all over it now...all we need is some good weather at the end of this week , and she will be on!

 

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you can do it

Fri, 2008-10-10 22:36

just cant remember how.i was never much at the tricky stuff(well whats tricky for me maybe easy for othersFrown)

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Had the same problem with my

Sun, 2008-10-12 22:20

Had the same problem with my Navman in my Ali but after fitting the transducer to a teflon mount (chopping board 10 mm thick) with a little gasket of sikaflex  the ticking went away!

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lol

Mon, 2008-10-13 09:10

lol