I just switched to HDS 12" Lives replacing my HDS Gen 2 9" touch screens. I've been using Lowrance since 1973 and have always had excellent service which is one of the reasons I stayed with Lowrance. I've been watching a lot of videos on "how to" use the HDS live units and these are the best I've seen. Thank you for your continued support.
I watched this video and this series in its entirety prior to purchasing over 10k in Lowrance products and I am happy with my purchases and lowrance experience. I've been a customer for over 20 years and love my experience overall.
In general, the TI units are faster in response to inputs. This is seen when quickly switching between sonar, downscan, chart, and split screens th-cam.com/users/postUgkxeAxH15LxhjGlg5-CRYqjTGTEH0tbY4vk recommend The Hook units will show some lag on button pushes and screen switching. The big ticket item though is maps. If you install a mapping card such as Navionics or the free C-Map Genesis which has a lot of map detail, then moving around the map with the cursor or when running down the lake can lag significantly on the Hook units, but is seamless with the TI units.
Great instruction video, several questions I had were answered. One thing, I think the transducer should be parallel to the water surface, not the lake bottom. Just a clarification, it would be impossible to be parallel to the bottom.
I have wanted this for my bass boat since it came out. The install for these is almost as much as the HDS 12. Now Bass Pro Shops is offering free installation and I am now fixing to pull the trigger on this bad boy. I am just wondering if I should mount in front or back to work with my motor monitoring. Just a great video.
Excellent Video!! I`m very grateful. I have several Lakes that I marked with waypoints. When I made them I put specific information about each one so that I would know what was there. How do I retrieve that info while I`m traveling to it on the lake? When I highlight the waypoint by touching it, then I select the drop down menu it doesn`t give me an option to select info . I have to touch the way point again and go to menu and select waypoint then Edit just to see my info about that Way Point. Is there something did wrong in my waypoint set up?
Good afternoon... Just purchased an HDS Live 9 (BPS having sale and I got in on it) which came with AI 3 in 1 transducer and this will be which replacing my "still working great" 1996 X70A at the console. I may get another HDS Live 9 at the front and then get the Ghost 360, hopefully in the near future, we'll see. Nonetheless, this is a great video 'start' for me, appreciate the very detailed intro.
I don't get to fish a lot each summer but I like the hds system. I don't really want to subscribe to navionics each year. Does the unit stop working if I don't subscribe beyond the 1st year?
Good information. If some of your examples were built into the unit we could solve many of these on the fly. Example.... Channel 1 (blue) needed for Livesight.
Can two HDS Live units use one transducer? I’m in the process of mounting my first HDS Live. In the near future I want to add another at the console. Can I ethernet them together and not add another transducer?
HDMI from iPhone XR worked (past-tence) on one LIVE 12 but not the other. Neither a soft- or hard-reset helped. Now it does not works on either. Just a blank screen. Purchased new cables to no avail. Charges phone but no video mirroring. Turned cycle off to keep on HDMI, too.
hello, I have a Lowrance HDS 9 live, I have a problem with the GPS, many times it won't connect to the map, could the problem be that it doesn't have a GPS antenna? My boat is an aluminum half-cabin.
Hello! More than ten years ago I bought a unit lowrance HDS12 Please guide me how to record and save a track with the depths to create my own depth map Thanks with respect
a few pins of my NMEA connector on the back panel or my HDS 12 PRO broke. Can you please send me a link of where I can buy one? Been looking around but can't find, maybe if I had the part name it would help. Thank you.
Why does the new Live units not work with the Motorguide Xi5 trolling motor? I have been told there is a software issue, pretty frustrated at this point.
I have installed a 12inch hds live with 3d setup.. Issues I'm getting is the water temp is not reading and I'm getting some wierd 3d view.. Any adjustments I need to focus on? Awaiting response
I have a Lowrance Hook 7ts. The depth finder doesn’t provide depth reading. Everything else seems to work fine. What am I doing wrong? I assume I’ve done something wrong in the settings, but can’t figure out what. Help!
Thanks for the info. I will be installing an HDS 12 unit into a 2022 Lund Crossover. You said to make sure the three in one transducer is parallel with the lake bottom. How do we know what that will look like when I am installing the ducer in my garage? I am thinking to put the transducer at a slight angle and make sure to mount it between the strakes where there should be no air bubbles. Is this correct? Thank you so much
The blue connector is for Channel 1 transducer. You would network through the yellow port with Ethernet. You can share a transducer on 2 HDS Lives by connecting them together with Ethernet.
would be great if Lowrance told me why my new HDS 12 Live keep cracking the rear cover? sent it back 2 and they just keep changing the back cover? wonder what going to happen when the warranty runs out? any one with a dash mounted unit check your back covers, cracks forming from the screw locations in both instances.
@@lowrance I dont have FB Iam sure its not a common thing but I have had 2 units do this and from the same spots. Even asked if i shuold change or upgreade to a different unit as it is inconviniant having to wait 4 weeks to get a replacement every time . . .
good evening, a piece of advice, I have 2 transducers, the imaging 3-in-1, and the tm165hw, which of the 2 should be connected on black? and which one on blue? thank you very much
hallo can you help me , i buy lowrance hds9 live and i can not connect with phone , on my phone i switch on hotspot and all the time show me on hds9 diconnect, thank you for your help
Why the flat bottom of the water body becomes in DI a bottom with sharp hills and the shape of the fish, the size is incomprehensible??? it happens because the frequency of signals is less than it should be for qualitative representation (eg Gen1, Gen2) the problem is with new sensor AI 3in1 and Lowrance Live new algorithms ...
So the Lowrance HDS Live is Not Live without the LiveSight Transducer? Makes no sense to call it Live if there’s nothing Live about it without Spending another $1,500 for the LiveSight Transducer.
PLEASE HELP ..MY HDS LIVE 16 WILL NOT FIND MY 3-1 TRANSDUCER ..HELP IT IS IN THE CH2 WILL NOT FIND ..IF I PUT IN CH1 IT DOES WITH NO SIDE SCAN ..HELP PLEASE ..TECH CAN NOT FIX ..MY HDS12 SAME
Hi Larry, were you able to fix this issue? Please make sure both your units are running the latest software update. Also save all your personal data onto a micro SD card and perform a hard reset, after having upgraded the units. If you're still having issues, please sens us a message via FB with your unit's serial number and we'll help you from there.
Hey Lowrance, I have a better idea. WHY DONT YOU MAKE A SCREEN COVER THAT WONT BLOW OFF DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD? How frogging hard could it be? If your engineers can’t figure that out, FIRE THEM. $1000- $4500 screen and you can’t provide a screen cover that won’t blow off is pretty lame excuse.
1. CONTRAST split between Intensity & Contrast which improves darkness of shadows. 2. +/- CONTRAST via Quick-Key for contrast control in either Auto or Manual modes for quickness & ease of use. +/- INTENSITY via Quick-Key for intensity control in either Auto or Manual modes for quickness & ease of use. ( see #1 above). 3. +/- DEPTH via Quick-Key for depth control in Manual mode for quickness & ease of use.. 4. Lowrance StructureScan SI/DI Auto/Manual Scroll-Speed control to optionally decrease compression. Scroll-Speed should adjust all to same speed , 2d, DI & SI. +/- Scroll-Speed via Quick-Keys for quickness & ease of use. 5. Waypoint sorting currently allowed for Name, Nearest, Symbol. Make change to allow sorting by Time(creation-time). 6. Storage should display SD-card Volume-Name if so named instead of TOP or BOTTOM. Show “NAVIONICS”, not “Memory Card - Top”. Show “C-MAP”, not “Memory Card - BOTTOM”. 7. Structurescan(SI) should allow “Water-Column” to be set to ON or OFF. Important to Dual-console HDS users who set unit’s Structurescan in Left-only & Right-only modes. Thanks
Free hat heck it be nice for a weekend fisher man like myself to be able to afford these units and a the ghost. Man have to get a loan to afford this stuff.
I just switched to HDS 12" Lives replacing my HDS Gen 2 9" touch screens. I've been using Lowrance since 1973 and have always had excellent service which is one of the reasons I stayed with Lowrance. I've been watching a lot of videos on "how to" use the HDS live units and these are the best I've seen. Thank you for your continued support.
I watched this video and this series in its entirety prior to purchasing over 10k in Lowrance products and I am happy with my purchases and lowrance experience. I've been a customer for over 20 years and love my experience overall.
Thank you Tobias for sharing your thoughts and appreciation. Tight lines.
In general, the TI units are faster in response to inputs. This is seen when quickly switching between sonar, downscan, chart, and split screens th-cam.com/users/postUgkxeAxH15LxhjGlg5-CRYqjTGTEH0tbY4vk recommend The Hook units will show some lag on button pushes and screen switching. The big ticket item though is maps. If you install a mapping card such as Navionics or the free C-Map Genesis which has a lot of map detail, then moving around the map with the cursor or when running down the lake can lag significantly on the Hook units, but is seamless with the TI units.
Just bought and installed a HDS12 and HDS9 live unit and this video helped tremendously! Thanks!
This vid is packed with a lot of really good startup info.... Thank You......
Great instruction video, several questions I had were answered. One thing, I think the transducer should be parallel to the water surface, not the lake bottom. Just a clarification, it would be impossible to be parallel to the bottom.
You had me at 1:57 kidding. Great info. Upgrading boat and going from elite to HDS👍
I have wanted this for my bass boat since it came out. The install for these is almost as much as the HDS 12. Now Bass Pro Shops is offering free installation and I am now fixing to pull the trigger on this bad boy. I am just wondering if I should mount in front or back to work with my motor monitoring. Just a great video.
MAN THAT WAS AWESOME EXTREMELY IMPRESSIVE......
Thank you. We will come with more videos for you to enjoy.
Amazing information packed video. Excellent job. I’m anticipating upgrading my Elite Ti2’s to HDS Lives. Thanks for sharing this.
I upgraderd to the lives and love them.
Mate you smashed it being an ex product Guy myself in whitewoods.nice to listen to english I understand well done bud.Theo Australia
Excellent Video!! I`m very grateful. I have several Lakes that I marked with waypoints. When I made them I put specific information about each one so that I would know what was there. How do I retrieve that info while I`m traveling to it on the lake? When I highlight the waypoint by touching it, then I select the drop down menu it doesn`t give me an option to select info . I have to touch the way point again and go to menu and select waypoint then Edit just to see my info about that Way Point. Is there something did wrong in my waypoint set up?
Great job I did get an abundance of excellent information
11:28 @lowrance I never received the connectors to keep it from getting corroded.....just looked through the whole box and pieces.
Good afternoon... Just purchased an HDS Live 9 (BPS having sale and I got in on it) which came with AI 3 in 1 transducer and this will be which replacing my "still working great" 1996 X70A at the console. I may get another HDS Live 9 at the front and then get the Ghost 360, hopefully in the near future, we'll see. Nonetheless, this is a great video 'start' for me, appreciate the very detailed intro.
Thank you for your feedback, it is really appreciated. It sounds like a great set-up you're going to have. Tight lines.
I have 2 Lowrance hds live 9 with transducer and active target How do i hook them up the proper way?
I don't get to fish a lot each summer but I like the hds system. I don't really want to subscribe to navionics each year. Does the unit stop working if I don't subscribe beyond the 1st year?
Good information. If some of your examples were built into the unit we could solve many of these on the fly.
Example.... Channel 1 (blue) needed for Livesight.
Can two HDS Live units use one transducer? I’m in the process of mounting my first HDS Live. In the near future I want to add another at the console. Can I ethernet them together and not add another transducer?
Thanks for this information. Makes it more amazing.
HDMI from iPhone XR worked (past-tence) on one LIVE 12 but not the other. Neither a soft- or hard-reset helped. Now it does not works on either. Just a blank screen. Purchased new cables to no avail. Charges phone but no video mirroring. Turned cycle off to keep on HDMI, too.
I’m hooking up my lowrance hook 4xgps how do I get my new lowrance best performance from this display
hello, I have a Lowrance HDS 9 live, I have a problem with the GPS, many times it won't connect to the map, could the problem be that it doesn't have a GPS antenna? My boat is an aluminum half-cabin.
Exactly which buttons you press to start from scratch? First time user Lowrance HDS 7 Live. Thanks
Good job man. Thank you
Hello!
More than ten years ago I bought a unit lowrance HDS12
Please guide me how to record and save a track with the depths to create my own depth map
Thanks with respect
You will need to create an account with C-Map Genesis, and upload the sonar logs that you will have recorded with your unit. www.genesismaps.com/
a few pins of my NMEA connector on the back panel or my HDS 12 PRO broke. Can you please send me a link of where I can buy one? Been looking around but can't find, maybe if I had the part name it would help. Thank you.
hello Lowrance?? Anybody home?
Can the yellow wire on the hds live be used to turn on the radar
Why does the new Live units not work with the Motorguide Xi5 trolling motor? I have been told there is a software issue, pretty frustrated at this point.
Paul T I have a brand new one and haven’t been out since Motorguide replaced it
I have installed a 12inch hds live with 3d setup.. Issues I'm getting is the water temp is not reading and I'm getting some wierd 3d view.. Any adjustments I need to focus on?
Awaiting response
Lots of good info. Thanks for posting.
I have a Lowrance Hook 7ts. The depth finder doesn’t provide depth reading. Everything else seems to work fine. What am I doing wrong? I assume I’ve done something wrong in the settings, but can’t figure out what. Help!
I bought hook 2 9 triple shot. Is it Active Target compatible?
i struggle to see the depth readout on the top left during sidescan. it is a white number with dark center... Can it be made larger?
I cannot get my simulator to work properly? I have it turned on… but no structure/fish etc?
Are there other differences between the sizes of HDS Live beside the screen size
Q) is it normal for the HDS carbon 9 to get hot?
On mine the screen gets hot fast.
Can I set most of this up without being on the water? Or does the transducer have to be submerged in the water
You can set it up out of the water. Just remember to Stop sonar if your transducer is connected to the unit.
Thanks for the info. I will be installing an HDS 12 unit into a 2022 Lund Crossover. You said to make sure the three in one transducer is parallel with the lake bottom. How do we know what that will look like when I am installing the ducer in my garage? I am thinking to put the transducer at a slight angle and make sure to mount it between the strakes where there should be no air bubbles. Is this correct? Thank you so much
You can send us some pictures of your installation via Facebook, we'll be happy to help you from there.
Is it OK to have separate power feeds from differant batteries to your unit if you are hooking up eithernet and or nema 2000 networking ?
Yes indeed, it is recommended to use different power sources for you NMEA2000 network and units, trolling motor, etc.
So I just bought and hds live 7 ... now I'm worried it won't work with my motor guide xi3
On a dual HDS live 12 setup on in console and one in bow should they both be hooked up to the blue connection or just one?
The blue connector is for Channel 1 transducer. You would network through the yellow port with Ethernet. You can share a transducer on 2 HDS Lives by connecting them together with Ethernet.
How come the HD live seems geared for fresh water i have one for the so cal salt water
Can you hook the HDS live up to the smart raft analog gauge interface?
Hi I have a hook reveal 9 with triple shot transducer would I be able to just swap the units over and start using a hdslive
You cannot use a HDS Live with the transducer and power cable you have.
Do u need two transducers to hook up hds12 live...?
You can use two HDS Live units with only one transducer.
They will need to be connected via ethernet
would be great if Lowrance told me why my new HDS 12 Live keep cracking the rear cover? sent it back 2 and they just keep changing the back cover? wonder what going to happen when the warranty runs out?
any one with a dash mounted unit check your back covers, cracks forming from the screw locations in both instances.
This is very strange and it's not a common issue. Please send us a message via FB so that we can investigate.
@@lowrance I dont have FB
Iam sure its not a common thing but I have had 2 units do this and from the same spots. Even asked if i shuold change or upgreade to a different unit as it is inconviniant having to wait 4 weeks to get a replacement every time . . .
good evening, a piece of advice, I have 2 transducers, the imaging 3-in-1, and the tm165hw, which of the 2 should be connected on black? and which one on blue? thank you very much
The AI 3in1 needs to be plugged onto CH2, the black port. CH1, blue port, can be used for the TM165HW
inisiating gauges for my 25hp yahmaha with remotes to my hds 9 carbon
What size wire should we run for a HDS 7 straight to the battery about 10’
Have a good read here ;-)
teamcolibri.blogspot.com/2020/02/what-size-wiring-to-use-for-my-unit.html
Thank you
hallo can you help me , i buy lowrance hds9 live and i can not connect with phone , on my phone i switch on hotspot and all the time show me on hds9 diconnect, thank you for your help
I have the HDS 9 and I cannot get my phone to link to the unit.
How do you do a hard reset on the HDS live 12 or factory settings
Do any body no how to reset to factory settings
Why the flat bottom of the water body becomes in DI a bottom with sharp hills and the shape of the fish, the size is incomprehensible??? it happens because the frequency of signals is less than it should be for qualitative representation (eg Gen1, Gen2) the problem is with new sensor AI 3in1 and Lowrance Live new algorithms ...
So the Lowrance HDS Live is Not Live without the LiveSight Transducer?
Makes no sense to call it Live if there’s nothing Live about it without Spending another $1,500 for the LiveSight Transducer.
I am replacing a 7” with a 9”. The 9” did not come with a gps antenna. Is gps built in?
All our most recent units have GPS antenna built-in.
PLEASE HELP ..MY HDS LIVE 16 WILL NOT FIND MY 3-1 TRANSDUCER ..HELP IT IS IN THE CH2 WILL NOT FIND ..IF I PUT IN CH1 IT DOES WITH NO SIDE SCAN ..HELP PLEASE ..TECH CAN NOT FIX ..MY HDS12 SAME
Hi Larry, were you able to fix this issue? Please make sure both your units are running the latest software update. Also save all your personal data onto a micro SD card and perform a hard reset, after having upgraded the units. If you're still having issues, please sens us a message via FB with your unit's serial number and we'll help you from there.
Is there any training for Lowrance lcx111chd ?
We don't have any on this unit.
You can have a look at this similar unit th-cam.com/video/rnuNg84tM98/w-d-xo.html
Hey Lowrance, I have a better idea. WHY DONT YOU MAKE A SCREEN COVER THAT WONT BLOW OFF DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD? How frogging hard could it be? If your engineers can’t figure that out, FIRE THEM. $1000- $4500 screen and you can’t provide a screen cover that won’t blow off is pretty lame excuse.
Why couldn’t you put a USB port on it our a speaker/mic on it to be able to take calls on could have made the 7 and 9 just taller units
1. CONTRAST split between Intensity & Contrast which improves darkness of shadows.
2. +/- CONTRAST via Quick-Key for contrast control in either Auto or Manual modes for quickness & ease of use.
+/- INTENSITY via Quick-Key for intensity control in either Auto or Manual modes for quickness & ease of use. ( see #1 above).
3. +/- DEPTH via Quick-Key for depth control in Manual mode for quickness & ease of use..
4. Lowrance StructureScan SI/DI Auto/Manual Scroll-Speed control to optionally decrease compression.
Scroll-Speed should adjust all to same speed , 2d, DI & SI.
+/- Scroll-Speed via Quick-Keys for quickness & ease of use.
5. Waypoint sorting currently allowed for Name, Nearest, Symbol. Make change to allow sorting by Time(creation-time).
6. Storage should display SD-card Volume-Name if so named instead of TOP or BOTTOM.
Show “NAVIONICS”, not “Memory Card - Top”. Show “C-MAP”, not “Memory Card - BOTTOM”.
7. Structurescan(SI) should allow “Water-Column” to be set to ON or OFF. Important to Dual-console HDS users who set unit’s Structurescan in Left-only & Right-only modes.
Thanks
Somehow for most of my life I have managed to catch fish without Two or three 12 inch TV screens on my boat.....
Mobile phone will not stay linked with HDS7.
Ooooo a hat wow going all out
Why don’t the left side not show anything on left side
On side scan
Free hat heck it be nice for a weekend fisher man like myself to be able to afford these units and a the ghost. Man have to get a loan to afford this stuff.
Everyone around here is going to Garmin I think lowrance is now behind Garmin and hummingbird
1:28 the guy shits himself ! Unreal !