Get the best deals on lowrance lss 1 structure scan when you shop the largest online selection at. It depends on what your use is which is the best for you. Designed for all nsdisplays and hdsdisplays, structurescan sonar imaging takes finding fish and structure to the highest level of viewing detail ever achieved. The structure scan has a 3d display that works like a side scan, but allows you to see the point at which the fish are suspended. Sonars work using echo sounds, which is a form of active sonar, an electrical signal that is sent from the sounders transducer thats then converted into. Simple, powersful, 3d scanning with structure sensor. Jul 12, 2015 structure scan settings help, simple problems solved with range adjustment. Us2080082a1 us12631,229 us63122909a us2010080082a1 us 2080082 a1 us2080082 a1 us 2080082a1 us 63122909 a us63122909 a us 63122909a us 2010080082 a1 us2010080082 a1 us 2010080082a1 authority us united states prior art keywords sonar left side scan system boat prior art date 20040802 legal status the legal. The hds gen3 fishfinderchartplotter combines a brighter, multitouch display and enhanced processor with leadingedge fishfinder technologies including chirp sonar, broadband sounder, structurescan hd, downscan imaging and trackback view.
Humminbird side imaging gives you a 180 degree sidetoside perspective on. With the best side imaging fish finders, natural structures, automobiles, submerged wreckage boats, and even schools of baitfish, will all show up in clear and clean detail. Choosing a transducer is an important part of designing your sonar system. A range of leisure and commercial depth sounder, fish finder, down scan, side scan and 3d imagery units and systems. Select sidescan fullscreen viewing for super crisp detail with 600 ft. Overlay downscan imaging onto your broadband sounder view for the ultimate fishand structurefinding display. The side scan allows you to see that the fish is toward the side. Abel abu abu garcia abu garcia ambassadeur abu garcia reels accurate accurate reel ambassadeur ambassadeur 6500 avet bagley baitcasting reel bamboo bamboo fly rod. It helps me tell how far out the structure is from the side of the boat so i can make a more accurate second pass. Overlay structurescan sonar images on top of traditional charts for a unique view into underwater structure and its location on the map. Side scan sonar images can often be interpreted similarly to optical images, yet they have very distinctive properties such as the nadir, the presence of acoustic shadows, and rangevarying. How to read a lowrance fish finder 2020 explained and tips.
With this unique imaging view, anglers gain a better understanding of where fish and obstacles are located in relation to their boat. And the speed to capture highquality, fullcolor 3d scans in seconds instead of minutes. In deeper water side scan will still reveal a greater area than traditional sonar and proves just as useful. Down scan max range 100ft in the 800khz 300ft in the 455khz side scan max range 150ft per side in the 800khz 250ftper side in the 455khz maybe the guys who have use one can chime in on how well it work and the approx. The sounder scan control is not limited in scan size or time. Nope your 2d transducer is blocking the signal from the structure scan transducer swap them around put the 2d higher than the structure scan transducer viewing 12 posts 1 through 12 of 12 total you must be logged in to reply to this topic. The hardware consists of a deployable transducer thats raised and lowered when needed. Its the first to give you full and phenomenal panoramic underwater sonar imaging with pictureperfect viewing. Structure scan remains open for business and is committed to working within the environment that covid19 has created. Low chirp or 50khzlower frequency means higher power for deepwater fishing medium chirp or 83khzspecifically designed to give the widest coverage area, 83 khz is ideal for watching a bait under the transducer in shallow water high chirp or 200khzhigher frequencies display a higher resolution image making it easy to discern fish. How to see fish on structure scan, proper side scan. The sidescan is for looking for lumps or ledges once in good country go to 2d to check out fish.
As the name suggests, 3d technology gives anglers even more detail and creates an image thats easy to. There are two components to the lowrance lss system, sidescan and downscan. Structure scan settings help, simple problems solved with range. Side scan capabilities allow you to have a far greater sidetoside range of imagery for marking fish and structure along side your boat as opposes to standard sonar 2 dimensional imaging. Best side imaging scan fish finder 2020 dont buy until. Why structurescan side imaging makes a difference in all types of. A range of leisure and commercial depth sounder, fish. Sidescanners use much higherfrequency pings, and theyre bound to see a bit differently. I was up and scanning within 15 minutes of opening the box. The amazing structurescan imaging feature shows targets as well as their imaging scan shadows game fish and baitfish alike. The white line down the middle is the sonar bang, where your boat is, and to either side you can clearly see fishattracting structures like these. High frequency sonar cuts through murk with crystal clear up to 480. Sidescan sonar also sometimes called side scan sonar, sidescan sonar, side imaging sonar, sideimaging sonar and bottom classification sonar is a category of sonar system that is used to efficiently create an image of large areas of the sea floor.
Side scan will allow you to scan both sides of the boat or in the settings you can change it to just one side of the boat. To understand why structurescan makes a difference in all types of fishing, let us first make sure we know the fundamentals of what we are looking at and the terminology being used. View downscan imaging with broadband sounder in splitscreen, to remove all the guesswork. While our office remains open, our office staff is primarily working from home and rotating time at the office as part of our pandemic safe work procedures. Using 3d waypoint overlay on the lowrance structurescan 3d transducer and module, you can easily revisit fishing areas, structure, and other underwater features for the most cuttingedge, revolutionary transducer and module youve ever used. Lowrancesimrad structure scan thoughts from those who. Synchronized sonar history trackback with waypoint marking. With this unique imaging view, you gain a better understanding of where objects and structure are located in relation to their boat. Humminbird side imaging sonar uses a razor thin beam to take a sonar snapshot of the area up to 400 ft. Scans leftscans rightand for the first time, scans straight down from your boat. Outlines the practical fishing applications of side scanning as featured on humminbird sounders. Sidescan sidescan broadcasts a sonar beam to each side of your boat allowing you to view structure, and terrain without having to drive your boat over the top. The secondary transducer is normally fitted on the opposite side of the transom to your primary transducer but can be fitted alongside, as long as they are far. If you have selected the create structuremap option in the record sonar dialog, the convert structure log to map dialog is displayed when you select stop in the logging sonar dialog.
Side scan image can be on the left side andor the right side of the boat. Easily identify vertical drops and crucial depth changes. The lowrance 3d structure scan, on the other hand, gives you a picture of the fish in the water column. Since the release of structure scan several years ago, lowrance has recently taken it further with its 3d structure scan. Use in live mode or scan an area to create a detailed map for on or offthewater viewing. What you get as we pointed out earlier the 3d structure scan is an additional transducer that you connect to your existing fishfinder provided its capable of displaying 3d structure scan, in this case a simrad nss evo2. If the transducer for the structure scan is not on a seperate switch, it will run all the time and drain power. I am running a furuno 585 and was able to pick up the artificial reef on it but not on the side scan or down scan. A good general starting point is three times the depth. A combination of standard sonar, structurescan hd sidescan and downscan, and the new structure scan 3d, gives the angler a fantastic understanding of fish, depth and structure in relation to their boat. I fitted the structure scan up to my hds 7m last week and got a chance to use it on the weekend. Structurescan the combination of side imaging and down imaging side scan image can be on the left side andor the right side of the boat. A range of leisure and commercial depth sounder, fish finder.
Structurescan consists of two powerful sonar views. Damage prevention specialists canada structure scan. Hey guys, having trouble with my side imaging on my hds7 with insight, unit had been working fine then notice that one side of side imaging was a lot darker than other, have checked to make sure transducer is sitting level under boat, down imaging works fine. Sidescan sonar is a category of sonar system that is used to efficiently create an image of large. There was only one way to put the theory to the test. No wires to limit movement, and no turntable to limit the size of what you can capture. Lowrance structurescan 3d transducer and module bass pro shops.
The side structure scan jsut really shows up structure and habitiat as matt says. Dec 22, 2011 a good general starting point is three times the depth. I found it basicly useless as it didnt show anything the sounder showed. Nov 16, 2011 outlines the practical fishing applications of side scanning as featured on humminbird sounders. With so many different technologies, transducer selection may seem mystifying. Lowrance structure scan sonar the outdoor line forum. Humminbird side imaging does side imaging the best especially in shallow water and is very adjustable which makes it a good fishing tool also. Both humminbird side imaging and lowrance structure scan do very well as a search tool. A side scan sonar beam is actually shaped more in a rounded fan shape in the vertical and has a very narrow beam in the horizontal. Go9 display with cmap pro charts installed 3in1 active imaging. For allaroundtheboat viewing, humminbird recently introduced 360 imaging, which adds forward imaging to side and down imaging dialing in structure and fish up to 150 feet from the boat. In an instant, the ultrathin beam scans the area up to 400 feet to the left and right of. Networkable with up to three multifunction displays or ethernet modules.
Then adjust it down for a better picture of the structure as you pass closer to the structure the second time. The sounder responds to scan locations that correspond to those command inputs. You can actually here the transducer clicking out of the water if it is on all the time. Scantrack allows viewing of 3d images from any angle with pantiltrotate control. The sounding frame may include the whole or any portion of the earth and the frame may begin at any time. Regardless of brand and i choose humminbird for a few reason but waited a few years for the technology to prove itself and then saw first hand a metes unit bream fishing they work better than anything within the boundaries of their design. This article will outline all aspects of structure scan sounder settings to.
To understand why structurescan makes a difference in all types of fishing, let us first make sure we know the fundamentals of what we are looking at and the terminology being used structurescan the combination of side imaging and down imaging. The 3d perspective makes the sounder very easy to read straight out of the box. The viewing angles and touch screen controls are also. The return image for this slice is then added to the images taken immediately before and after to build an incredibly detailed view of the lake bottom. Aug 11, 2016 hey guys, having trouble with my side imaging on my hds7 with insight, unit had been working fine then notice that one side of side imaging was a lot darker than other, have checked to make sure transducer is sitting level under boat, down imaging works fine.
Why structurescan side imaging makes a difference in all. Simrad 3d thruhull structurescan transducer with fairing. Understanding structure scan hd sounders kaydo fishing world. Wider sidescan imaging crisp side viewing detail, with extended 600 ft183 m sidetoside coverage, provides wider scan, saving you time in finding productive locations. Structure scan settings help, simple problems solved with range adjustment. Increased sidescan range and unrivaled clarity so you can scan up to 600 off each side of the boat with incredibly detailed, highdefinition views. Since 1968, west marine has grown to over 250 local stores, with knowledgeable associates happy to assist. Used in conjunction with the builtin broadband sounder, structurescan gives you an underwater panoramic view. Structurescan the combination of side imaging and down imaging. Down scan image di is the conventional fish finder like view.
He also gives us a stellar explanation of how sidescanning sonar is. The sidestructure scan jsut really shows up structure and habitiat as matt says. Side scan image can be on the left side andor the right side of the boat down scan image di is the conventional fish finder like view which is presented in a cross section, but is scanned at 455 or 800khz, giving a more photo like display. Sidescan sonar news newspapers books scholar jstor june 2008 learn. You can set your device to only scan in the shallows which will allow you to to set the range well over 100 feet to the side and still make out important detail. Simrad structurescan 3d module with transducer west marine. Lowrance structurescan operation manual pdf download. Short video on how to use the 3d structurescan and how to adjust the features and settings.
The sonar image on your display starts with the transducer, so its characteristics greatly affect the performance of the system. The transducer should be on a seperate switch on your control panel somewhere. How to see fish on structure scan, proper side scan adjustment. Sidescan sounder recommendation fishing fishwrecked. Side scan sonar also sometimes called side scan sonar, sidescan sonar, side imaging sonar, side imaging sonar and bottom classification sonar is a category of sonar system that is used to efficiently create an image of large areas of the sea floor. This is sure to be popular with anglers who dont like getting too technical with their electronics. Humminbird side imaging sonar uses a razor thin beam to take a sonar snapshot of the area up to 240 ft. Two dimensional side scan has been on the market for years and while it certainly increased the amount of ground we could cover and the way we looked for fish and structures, much of its success depended on how well you understood and read your sounder. Lowrance structure scan side scan with down scanwow.
Lowrance structurescan 3d transducer and module bass. Structurescan hd offers bestinclass, sidescanning range and resolution, plus. On the left side of the screen, sidescanning sonar reveals a large school of striped bass in the shallow water off the right side of the boat. Lowrance structure scan side scan with down scanwow top. Side imaging sounders structure scan can view up to 300 ft either side of the boat, and i have had mine working still quite well at 70m in the downscan mode. Lowrancesimrad structure scan thoughts from those who have.