How does this depth finder work

[jjgag60]

This depth finder is on my 02 SANTE. How do you make it work. It wont read the depth. It only reads what the shallow depth distance has been set to. Which buttons do you push to keep it in the reading mode, so you can see the depth as you are under speed.

[louismblais]

RE: How does this depth finder work

Can't help you but if you find out please make sure to let me know. Got the same problem! Seriously, email me if you find out anything, i would greatly appreciate. I'll do the same of course if I learn anything

louismblais@gmail.com

[Roonie287]

RE: How does this depth finder work

Mine was reading a constant 1.7 ft, and I found a bunch of help online, but basically its shot. I ended up getting a replacement sent out for very little $20-30 to cover shipping and handling. They made me send in the old gauge and they sent out a new one. Hope that helps. Tip: save your fuse from the wiring, they wont send it back with one.

http://www.planetnautique.com/index....73&start=0
http://store.humminbird.com/humminbi...unders-p1.html

[SkiTower]

I have a hummingbird but when it was first installed (dealer install) something similar happened. They troubleshot it and ended up replacing the transducer. Worked ever since.

[saceone]

I have the same problem!!!

please let me know if you find a find a way to fix it

[Mikeski]

Looks like the unit that was in my 1995. The fix is pretty simple... Remove the gauge from the dash, remove the sender from the hull, throw them in the trash and replace them with the Faria oil bath unit. Seriously, the problem is with the sender that is glued to the hull. The glue in transducers have bad signal transmission through the hull, the oil bath units do a much better job. Alternatively you could install an outboard transducer on your current guage and most likely have good results. I futsed with that hummingbird unit on my old boat for years before I got wise and trashed it.

[jjgag60]

Depth finder

Thanks for all your help, is my unit a Teleflex or a Hummingbird? It has a small "T" on the top of the gauge. See it in the picture.

If I do go with a oil bath, which one will fit and look similar to my old one.

[wakedog01]

RE: Depth finder

It looks like the same one I have. On mine, pressing the set button toggles through a few modes: shallow, deep, keel offset, & then back to depth reading.

[steve-o]

RE: Depth finder

The 'T' icon is a Teleflex. The Hummingbird will have 'Hummingbird' wirtten out on it usually. Sometimes they will also have either or for the transducer. I am convinced the hummingbird and the teleflex are rebranded chinese made components. If you look at most depth finders, they function similar, look similar, and the transducers are very similar.