Good rule of thumb that is taught by a lot of sounder classes is (this applies for both side imaging & down view): Finding fish = Brightness low, Contrast high - This really makes the shadows of the fish really stand out. Finding Structure = Brightness High, Contrast low - This will make fish shadows generally harder to see, but really make land marks "pop".
I've learned a lot from your videos thank you. I have the Garmin 9 inch. What settings do you recommend for down view if I'm using the mega down high frequency? I know the cone angle is smaller than at 455hz so I'm assuming depth plays a part. Is there a video you can direct me to that covers this?
From my experience the higher frequencies do require raising contrast a bit and sometimes brightness depending on if I’m searching fish or structure. Because the sonar cone is just a sliver in clear vu I don’t believe Garmin units change the cone angle, although I could be wrong. Here’s a video I did on sonar cones 90% of Anglers DON'T KNOW THIS!! ruclips.net/video/qh2fRf6Y-W8/видео.html
great info, thank you. Quick question, if you have 3 different displays on the screen e.g. side view, traditional sonar, and clear vue. Can you adjust contrast, brightness for each individual display?
Yes, just select the menu button and it will give you a choice of which sonar screen menu to adjust. The only thing you can’t adjust individually is the backlight brightness.
I have 2D sonar Garmin 3 in 1, maybe 7 or 9" idk. Down image, traditional, clear view, map, and side view. Any suggestions to help me get the most out of this unit?
Open up your chart, hit menu bottom right then select “waypoints and tracks” then “active tracks” take a look at the record mode and see if it is set to “wrap” and record interval set to “resolution”. Also see if you accidentally turned something off that has the bar next to the setting turned gray instead of green. If you would like the setting spreadsheet send me an email to Doubletfishing@outlook.com
TY for the excellent videos. I noticed that you generally fish deep lakes. I fish Florida where the average depth is around 12 ft. or less. Can you tell me what frequencies I should be running for optimum performance on my Echomap Ultra 106 SV ? When I used standard sonar the bottom picture looked like massive weeds where there where none so I'm very confused on how to get the best picture of the bottom in such shallow water.
Hi Jay, assuming you’re talking about clear and side view images frequency isn’t the special sauce to a good image in shallow water. First is speed and direction, the best speed I’ve found is 5-6mph and because of the narrow sonar beam turning directions messes up the image, straight or wide turns works best. Another feature is setting the the scroll speed to auto and turn the interference and other advance settings lower. Not sure if you have the recommended settings cheat sheet, if not send me an email and I’ll reply back with the attachments. Doubletfishing@outlook.com
@@JayJayDobro try going to your public library and see if they have a pc connected to a printer. You should be able to pull up the email and print it out from there. That is provided they have the correct software to open the file. Just a thought... Tight lines
Hey man just watched your podcast with wendel. You really know these units. I have the 74sv with 54uhd and I recently purchased the garmin vision chip so I can have relief shading. Problem I have is that I can’t create a combo with the relief shading map and sonar. It will only let me use the relief shading chart on its own. Do you know about this or have a solution?
Good rule of thumb that is taught by a lot of sounder classes is (this applies for both side imaging & down view):
Finding fish = Brightness low, Contrast high - This really makes the shadows of the fish really stand out.
Finding Structure = Brightness High, Contrast low - This will make fish shadows generally harder to see, but really make land marks "pop".
Thanks for sharing Peter, tight lines!!
Thank you sir, it's appreciated more than you know. I seem to always forget a thing or two when out on the water.
Me too! That’s why I made up those cheat sheets😂
Thanks for the Tips ans instructional content! New to Garmin and really need to get familiar with it.
Welcome to the channel Charles!! Have a great day
Great information. As always, thank you for sharing and keeping this old dog up to speed. TTFISHING.
Thanks for your continued support Mark!
Thanks Buddy. Very good advice on the settings.
Have a great day!!
Thanks for sharing those tips!!!! Stay Safe & God Bless!!
You as well, thanks for watching!!
This is a great video. It would be great to do a video of transducer placement on the boat.
That is really specific to the hull design, pretty hard for a one size fits all.
I've learned a lot from your videos thank you. I have the Garmin 9 inch. What settings do you recommend for down view if I'm using the mega down high frequency? I know the cone angle is smaller than at 455hz so I'm assuming depth plays a part. Is there a video you can direct me to that covers this?
From my experience the higher frequencies do require raising contrast a bit and sometimes brightness depending on if I’m searching fish or structure. Because the sonar cone is just a sliver in clear vu I don’t believe Garmin units change the cone angle, although I could be wrong.
Here’s a video I did on sonar cones
90% of Anglers DON'T KNOW THIS!!
ruclips.net/video/qh2fRf6Y-W8/видео.html
Just getting into the fish finder world. What happens if you run your transducer out of water? How does it hurt it ?
Supposedly it can overheat and damage the internal components.
@@DoubleTFishing thank you sir. I was thinking along them lines but wasn’t sure.
How do you get the brightness adjustment on the screen on the uhd2.
Currently not available on the 2 series but it’s been turned in as a suggestion several times, have a great day!!
great info, thank you. Quick question, if you have 3 different displays on the screen e.g. side view, traditional sonar, and clear vue. Can you adjust contrast, brightness for each individual display?
Yes, just select the menu button and it will give you a choice of which sonar screen menu to adjust. The only thing you can’t adjust individually is the backlight brightness.
Thank you. Tight lines.
Thanks for the tips, great video!
Have a great day Scott!
Great videos, just starting out with the 93sv 54. Would like them sheets please 🙏
Hi Steve, send me and email and you’ll get an auto reply to sign up for a free newsletter and download page for the sheets, have a great day!
Just purchased the 126 sv with LV 34 transducer……now I need to learn how to operate it. 😂 thanks for the tips young man. 👍🇺🇸🙏
Have a great day!! Let me know if I can help
@@DoubleTFishing I sure will…..I’m green to this but want to give it a go first before I reach out for help. Thanks fella. 👍🇺🇸🙏
I have 2D sonar Garmin 3 in 1, maybe 7 or 9" idk. Down image, traditional, clear view, map, and side view. Any suggestions to help me get the most out of this unit?
Send me an email or go to the link in the description to get the settings cheat sheet, doubletfishing@outlook.com, thanks for watching!!
The controls on echo map uhd2 are different. They don’t have on screen control option.
Correct some of the UHD2 controls are different
Have a garmin 94sv that the tracking stopped working or I hit the wrong button. What are the correct settings or how to turn it back on.
Open up your chart, hit menu bottom right then select “waypoints and tracks” then “active tracks” take a look at the record mode and see if it is set to “wrap” and record interval set to “resolution”. Also see if you accidentally turned something off that has the bar next to the setting turned gray instead of green. If you would like the setting spreadsheet send me an email to Doubletfishing@outlook.com
Thank You Sir !
Thanks for Sharing!
Have a great day captain king!
TY for the excellent videos. I noticed that you generally fish deep lakes. I fish Florida where the average depth is around 12 ft. or less. Can you tell me what frequencies I should be running for optimum
performance on my Echomap Ultra 106 SV ? When I used standard sonar the bottom picture looked like massive weeds where there where none so I'm very confused on how to get the best
picture of the bottom in such shallow water.
Hi Jay, assuming you’re talking about clear and side view images frequency isn’t the special sauce to a good image in shallow water. First is speed and direction, the best speed I’ve found is 5-6mph and because of the narrow sonar beam turning directions messes up the image, straight or wide turns works best. Another feature is setting the the scroll speed to auto and turn the interference and other advance settings lower. Not sure if you have the recommended settings cheat sheet, if not send me an email and I’ll reply back with the attachments. Doubletfishing@outlook.com
ty for the quick reply....yes I have your settings sheet but alas no printer
@@JayJayDobro try going to your public library and see if they have a pc connected to a printer. You should be able to pull up the email and print it out from there. That is provided they have the correct software to open the file. Just a thought... Tight lines
The one is just a .pdf, should be able to double click open it and print, Rick
@@DoubleTFishing ah, ok great. he should be fine then...
Hey man just watched your podcast with wendel. You really know these units. I have the 74sv with 54uhd and I recently purchased the garmin vision chip so I can have relief shading. Problem I have is that I can’t create a combo with the relief shading map and sonar. It will only let me use the relief shading chart on its own. Do you know about this or have a solution?
Welcome Peter, that was a lot of fun, I’d never done anything live.
No I don’t think you can use relief shading in a combo screen.
@@DoubleTFishing you did great 👍 thanks for the confirmation
Good video Rick!
Have great holiday season Gerry!!
Good stuff
Have a great day!!