Doug P.

One more question for this Tread: What is the difference in the regular Helix 5 SI/GPS and the one with the KVD option? Is KVD only a branding with a Red Button, or are there more Features and a Pack of Lures? Nevermind - I see it's just a "Signature Series" from Kevin VanDam.

Good Day everyone (newbie here). I'm looking to upgrade my 1992 Bass Tracker Hummingbird (ha ha), as I cannot rely on it at all really these days. I'm not a die hard freakazoid when it comes to fishing, but I do love to get out and catch some fish, bigger the better. I've started looking at newer technology to help me maximize my time on the water, produce more fish per amount of time on my trips. I don't know much about these 2D-Sonar/DI/SI/GPS fish finder electronics, so I figured one of the Bass Pro Shop guys could take me thru the paces and show me some things. The guy at Bass Pro Shops focused on the Helix 5 SI GPS mainly for it's feature and price point (best bang for the buck). I figured ahead of time that $500 was my maximum price I'd spend on electronics. And because I am new to all these fancy tools for fishing, I need to learn to use them and hope they help me catch more fish. All that said, I've read this entire post and have a few questions for Wayne P. as he seems to have the most insight on this thread: Question: Is it possible to connect two Transducers to a "Switch" of sorts, allowing me to have one on the transom and one on my trolling motor connected thru said switch to the Helix 5? That way I could use the one Helix Head Unit with two (one at a time of course) transducers? Do they make such an animal (manual Transducer switching device)? Computer Geek Speak here: Like a KVM where multiple PC's sharing one Keyboard, Video, Mouse? But in this case one Helix 5 would/could use one or the other Transducer via switching between them?? If they do, then this could be a Poor Mans Network connection setup?? What say you Mr. Wayne??