(Help) Raymarine Dragonfly -Hobie outback - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Cadillyak · 06-13-2015, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by ful-rac

HDS works pretty bitchen'!

It's ok...you guys can switch back....

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Originally Posted by YakDout

Yep, HDS all the way!

Glad u got it fixed. But yea, what they said!!!

kauaiboy04 · 06-15-2015, 02:32 PM

yup, upgrade to the newest software or place in manual. if you're biggest problem is losing your depth reading in AUTO, that's really not a big problem to have. I like to keep mine in MANUAL majority of the time, since I'm always in the same depth range all day.

TJones · 06-15-2015, 04:01 PM

after switching from " The Dark Side " , I figured this would make me happy . Lets be real , I switch head units , like a roll of toilet paper . I have spent thousands on sonar , only to have the guy next to me with an Elite 4 tell me the fish are coming through. I have read reviews about this unit that everything works miraculously in auto mode . "That is the great thing about it" . I was about to do , what half the other guys did and return it . That is when I discovered the meter works as should in manual mode .The overall combination of sonar and down scan is good , but I think an Elite 5 might have more power . The Dragon Fly seems to come up a little short in watts . The HDs 3 , which I also have on my other yak , is failing in the down imaging department . Maybe I am doing something wrong ? Navico support did not seem to be of help . I am not running a LSS2 . Obviously if I were , the down scan would be primo.

06-15-2015, 02:32 PM	#2
kauaiboy04 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Sandy Eggo Posts: 215	yup, upgrade to the newest software or place in manual. if you're biggest problem is losing your depth reading in AUTO, that's really not a big problem to have. I like to keep mine in MANUAL majority of the time, since I'm always in the same depth range all day. __________________ http://socalkayak.blogspot.com

06-15-2015, 04:01 PM	#3
TJones Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 2,526	what a pos after switching from " The Dark Side " , I figured this would make me happy . Lets be real , I switch head units , like a roll of toilet paper . I have spent thousands on sonar , only to have the guy next to me with an Elite 4 tell me the fish are coming through. I have read reviews about this unit that everything works miraculously in auto mode . "That is the great thing about it" . I was about to do , what half the other guys did and return it . That is when I discovered the meter works as should in manual mode .The overall combination of sonar and down scan is good , but I think an Elite 5 might have more power . The Dragon Fly seems to come up a little short in watts . The HDs 3 , which I also have on my other yak , is failing in the down imaging department . Maybe I am doing something wrong ? Navico support did not seem to be of help . I am not running a LSS2 . Obviously if I were , the down scan would be primo.