(Help) Raymarine Dragonfly -Hobie outback

[radastaff]

Originally Posted by tsugg

If all else fails, send it back. Sure it's a pain in the ass but I have the first year of the DF 5" and mine ended up(gps wouldn't read) taking a trip back east(factory) and the one I received is working fantastic!, so don't give up be patient.

well
I never give up

so far turning the dial for depth is working.
kinda lazy about taking it apart and boxing it up.
if it seems that this is a defect with some having the same prob,
I can always take it all back to West Marine and break out my
extended warranty paperwork.

when I orig set up my
dragonfly
it didn't have this problem
it came about on its own getting worse over time

battery is fairly new
12v 10.5 ah
Chrome brand thru amazon
wondering if the issue could be related to a failing battery
doesn't seem so
otherwise reads fine all day at least 9-10 hours

P

Ps
did find out some info reading Raymarines forum
http://raymarine.ning.com/forum/topi...-serious-issue

might be a firmware bug

[ful-rac]

HDS works pretty bitchen'!

It's ok...you guys can switch back....

[alanw]

I've occasionally lost bottom on my unit while over thick kelp or giant bait balls.

There are some posts about this problem on the Raymarine site and they are aware of it. http://raymarine.ning.com/forum/topi...bottom-reading

Try updating your software to the newest version which I think resolves the issue. http://www.raymarine.com/view/?id=9512