Todd Driscoll

I spent several months beta testing the SpyPole and I'm really impressed with it, absolutely loaded with features. For most of my testing I used it with Echomap Ultra 2s and had a LVS 34 in Perspective mounted on the Pole (along with the GT360) and a LVS 34 in Forward on the Force Pro. I used SpyLink Mode the most, where the Pole mirrors the direction of the Force Pro. When in this mode, when you Anchor Lock the Force, the pedal then automatically controls the direction of the SpyPole. The scanning of the OneVu mode with the GT360 provides really clear and useful images. The SpyLock feature is also really useful, allowing you to lock the Pole on a particular waypoint, hard spot, brushpile, etc., while still moving and searching with the LVS 34 on the Force.

The OneVu (360) scan has 3 modes (Manual, Constant, Auto). If you have it in Constant, then the SpyPole is always rotating and scanning. Auto Mode is really cool and only scans when you move the boat and need to scan new areas of the bottom. If you are relatively still when in Auto Mode, then after the initial 360 scan, the SpyPole will quit rotating and continue to display the data from the single scan.

Call Garmin Support and they walk you through these issues step by step. 800-800-1020

Yes, since both of these units only have one Marine Network port, you need to add the GMS 10 port expander.

That rectangular rubber cover is meant to cover the pins on the other side of the cradle when removing the MFD from the cradle.

You can have multiple SD cards on the same network for saving data, screenshots, etc., but you can't have two formatted ActiveCaptain cards. You only need and can have one AC card for your networked system.

Get into the LiveScope menu, then select the star box just below the hamburger button (three lines) just to the left of the menu at the top of the screen. The hamburger and star buttons toggle between the menu and the presets.

Yes, you can loosen the tension to see if this helps. The tension adjustment screw is located on the left side of the pedal. Also, apply a little WD-40 silicone spray on the friction points and brake disc. Access the brake disc through the underside of the pedal. Apply a little silicone to your finger and rub some on the disc. Just a little. Excess silicone may reduce the brake disc friction too much and result in the pedal being too loose.

When first connecting a Yamaha SHO via NMEA, these engine alarm popups are expected. Although I don't recall the exact menu choices available on the alarm popups, you should be able to permanently dismiss them from the popup menu for each alarm.

Your initial suspicion regarding the lack of a bottom/splashplate cover on the SlideMaster jackplate is almost certainly the cause of your issue. Beam kickback from within the jackplate frame is most likely causing the interference you are only seeing on the shallow portion of the left SideVu return.

The older nonCHIRP and CHIRP Echomap units will not network with the newer Plus, UHD, UHD2, and Ultra Echomaps.

Yes on the transducer. Either get the Ultra with the latest and greatest all-in-one GT56 (if you read 2D sonar from the transom), or purchase the GT36/GT8 combo separately to read your 2D sonar from the inhull mounting of the GT8 (for fiberglass boats), and your scanning sonar from the transom-mounted GT36. You get a y-cable with this bundle to connect both transducers to the Ultra unit. See link below to purchase this bundle: https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/735593

With the Echomap Chirp, the ethernet connection is for Panoptix only (no networking). All later Echomap generations are compatible with ethernet sharing (Plus, UHD, Ultra, UHD2).

It certainly could be the head unit that is faulty, but more often this issue is related to power supply (power cable, connections, fuse, or cradle). If you have access to another unit, try it in your current cradle to help troubleshoot your issue.

Appreciate it! Always glad to help.

You need to get your user data into the universal GPX format, then it will be a straight import into Garmin. I am not familiar with Humminbird, but you can search the internet for various ways to make the conversion of your Humminbird file to GPX. Relative to mapping advice, I need to know which specific Garmin units you have. The newest ones have Garmin Navionics mapping built in, so the exact units you have will dictate which mapping card would be most useful.

A Canada LakeVu mapping card would be your only option (other than recording your own mapping with QuickDraw). However, when I searched for this lake at the Garmin mapping search function below, nothing was found which would mean there is no supported mapping. https://lakes.garmin.com/

No question, your unit will show the hydrilla and the true bottom. First, you want to run a manual sensitivity setting around 55-70. Then run a manual depth range 5 feet or so deeper than the bottom. Here, you should be able to see the hydrilla height, along with the actual lake bottom. This "issue" affects all brands of sonar and is just due to the thickness of hydrilla growth later in the growing season when it is at its thickest. Running any brand in complete Auto mode over the top of thick hydrilla will result in what you are currently seeing.

The LakeVu g3 Ultra is split into and East and West card. Here is the coverage for the East: https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/p/667388#coverage You can order direct from the garmin site above. Or, try BBG Marine: https://bbgmarine.com/

This feature is called Dynamic Lake Level. You need the LakeVu g3 Ultra accessory map card for this feature.

It is taking longer to work through the transducer changeover from CV to GT and ramp back up production than Garmin originally planned. I show a 5-8 week wait on the Garmin website. This is an estimate and they hope to beat that. Exact, reliable dates cannot be provided yet.

With echomap Plus units and ethernet-sharing, yes you can link 3+ units together. But, with the older echomaps and Strikers and Garmin High Speed Protocol sharing (blue/brown wires on PWR cable), you can only link two units.

In order to see Depth Range Shading, be sure to select the Fishing Chart. The Navigation Chart is used for Navigation and shallow areas are shaded using the Shallow Shading feature. As long as your combos include a Fishing Chart, depth range shading will appear. This assumes that you have 2017 or newer Cartography. If you have older cartography, then you will need to use the Navigation Chart for Depth Range Shading.

No question, the down element in the GT transducer is used.

Right. Both the nonCHIRP and CHIRP echoMAPs will only share wpts and routes via High Speed Protocol (blue/brown wires on unit PWR cables). These units will not share with the newest Plus units that use ethernet to share user data and sonar. Plus units only network with other Plus units.