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PostPosted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 10:17 am 
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Goby

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Hi everyone,
I've got a quick question about Carbon fishfinders and chartplotters. I am about to buy one, I believe 9-inch display is enough for me. Wanted to ask you on the options real quick, just to see if they are really worth the money.
That's the one I was looking at:
https://www.boatid.com/lowrance/lowranc ... 47564.html
And here's what I wanted to ask:
1) Will I really see the difference between the 2 transducers, structure scan 3d (more expensive) and total scan (less expensive)? Is it really worth the money?
2) What features am I losing if I pick one without the transducer?
Just wanted to clarify this for myself before I go and spend money.

Thanks.


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PostPosted: Wed Feb 27, 2019 4:08 pm 
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The 3D transducer will give you the 3D view. You won't get that with the TotalScan. I would recommend just the TotalScan.

If you buy the unit without the transducer you'll lose out on all the sonar features.

https://radioworld.ca/lowrance-hds-12-carbon

https://radioworld.ca/low-totalscanskimmer

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PostPosted: Sun Sep 06, 2020 12:22 pm 
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I have HDS 9 gen3, it stops reading the depth finder and comes back again it is intermittent, call the tech support few times but not much help. I used Lowrance all my life but next unit will be Raymarine or humming bird. I we with HDS 9 because of outbound auto control.


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PostPosted: Tue Feb 23, 2021 7:36 pm 
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I have a G3 9 for sale in the forums

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 12, 2021 7:43 pm 
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Walleye
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Desi wrote:
I have HDS 9 gen3, it stops reading the depth finder and comes back again it is intermittent, call the tech support few times but not much help. I used Lowrance all my life but next unit will be Raymarine or humming bird. I we with HDS 9 because of outbound auto control.

I am having the same issues with HDS9 gen 3 with latest software, if you downgrade one version the problem goes away but you loose some features.


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