I do not have the traditional down imaging option on my unit... And I really want to use it!!! Any help would be great..!!

No such thing as "traditional down Imaging"

Traditional sonar is 2D.

 

You have to purchase either a HDI transducer or a LSS transducer to get Down Scan.

 

Those units are 2D out of the box if you purchase one with a transducer, either 50/200 kHz or 83/200 kHz.

No such thing as "traditional down Imaging"

Traditional sonar is 2D.

 

You have to purchase either a HDI transducer or a LSS transducer to get Down Scan.

 

Those units are 2D out of the box if you purchase one with a transducer, either 50/200 kHz or 83/200 kHz.

 

I have the LSS2 transducer and the unit has built in structure scan.!!

If you did not get either a 50/200 kHz or a 83/200 kHz transducer too, you will not have traditional sonar.

But do I need that specific transducer in order to even get the option on my unit? Because I don't see any icon stating that my unit is even compatible to that option. And I appreciate your response, you're helping me very much!

The icon is SONAR.

You need the transducer for it.

so you have the hds and lss2 modules but no down imaging? Sounds like a setting is off. I would look in the settings and see if down is turned off. It seems like i had to turn it on when i got my lowrance. I cant say for sure since it was several years ago now.

I have an hds7 w/lss1 and i have down and side imaging. I can only run 3 screens at once on mine but when searching its sonar and down imaging split on top and side on bottom full width onnscreen.

I found the issue... The down imaging feature is under the structure tab on the home screen. Also there is a option to switch from left, right, or down... Obviously down is what I want. Thanks for everyone's help though!!!