I am considering transferring my Garmin Echo UHD93sv from this 8ft boat to another larger boat. Will I have to recalibrate the compass after I do so???

61 views and nothing Where are the Guru`s at? Stumped I guess.

Just me but I recalibrate mine about once a month. The Minn Kota Terrova too. Just for accuracy.

I don’t see how that stays calibrated in the first place, to be honest.

It has never been Calibrated grout-scout
It made an effort but would go so far then stop. I think it was just a little too windy for it to complete the process.Every thing else worked. I was able to snipe three very nice crappie & two small LMB from a small gravel pit.Think i`ll try again on a calm day.

Looks like crappie dinner to me....

Why would you say that Mr. grout scout sir???

I thought you were talking about the LS compass pointer. Now I think you might be referring to a heading sensor. Which are you referring too?

NO I`m speaking of the LS Compass Calibration setting under the "Sonar Setup" menu on the Garmin UHD unit. That little direction Indicator that shows up on the screen to show where you are aiming your LS transducer after you`ve calibrated it correctly. Do you have it on your Garmin LS screen? maybe you can help me .

Ok, that’s what I originally thought you were referring too. Mine doesn’t work properly and that’s why I said, “that I was surprised that yours did”. It’s the one fault that I see with garmin.

Honestly That`s not exactly what you said sir.Your statement was "I don`t see how that stays calibrated in the first place,to be honest". but it`s all good.

Ok, I’ll try to explain it, not sure you’ll follow. Mine is mounted on a TM, it goes up and down. Yours is mounted on a pole, that pole flips to the right and flops to the left, gets turned forwards, flipped backwards, gets turned every which way to Sunday.

Now if mine won’t stay calibrated and it only moves 2 directions, then I definitely don’t see how one mounted on a pole that gets flipped in every direction possible could ever stay calibrated.


So…because that pole is not stationary in any shape or form….”I don’t see how it stays calibrated in the first place”.


If it’s never been calibrated, then YES, it would need to be calibrated to work properly.

I follow your explanation but SORRY you are incorrect! There is no flippin or floppin happening with the pole as it is securely held in place by a ram mount & I assure you it is quite stationary until I decide to move it. The transducer itself is mounted on a 0 degree LS mount in "Forward" position and only moves when I want to click it into the "Down" position (I never use Perspective mode) no different than any other pole set up I`ve seen on Youtube or this Forum & only gets turned on the Day of the week I select. So with all due respect SIR ,suggestions aside, having not seen it,you are in no position to speak on it`s behavior.

Never mind, good luck.

Everything works fine on the Garmin unit just fine!! Except when I use the Live Scope there should be a little directional cone icon on the screen to indicate the direction of where the Transducer is shooting & before I can produce it the units compass must be calibrated If that`s what you mean by the on screen pointer working correctly then NO it`s not! I`ve had the boat out many times & caught fish I just never elected to calibrate the compass. So when I pick a day, & finally decide to do just that, it was a failure. RATS!!! I think I was just in a hurry but i`ll figure it out

For the directional cone to work properly, you will need Garmin steadycast module and NEMA. Another couple hundred dollars.

Not according to all the Garmin Calibration Videos I`ve watched

Per Garmin, beam icon on Livescope screen will NOT track livescope transducer direction without adding some sort of heading sensor (such as a SteadyCast or 24xd). Both of these will require the addition of a NEMA network.

Has nothing to do with what Im trying to achive.I`m trying to make the boat Icon appear on the screen & i`ve seen to many videos to where it wasn`t necessary! Heck one guy calibrated his Compass inside his home studio !

It's amazing how when you try to help someone, they just call BS.

For the "Beam Icon" to appear on the screen, the compass must be calibrated. Once the compass is calibrated, the "Beam Icon" will appear on the screen.

The "Beam Icon" will NOT track movement of the Livescope transducer without the addition of some sort of heading sensor, as I stated earlier.

All of the above information is from my experience setting up over 200 Garmin units with Livescope (both LVS32 and LVS34 units) and dealing with Garmin technical support when there were issues.

If you still continue to believe it's BS and want to believe YouTubers, good luck with your endeavor and if you still believe what I posted is BS, just give Garmin technical support a call.

Tight lines,
Lynn

Calm down capt! Don`t be so sensitive . I am NOT trying to track anything! I understand that the beam Icon will happen after the compass is Calibrated.That`s knowledge that hasn`t escaped my comprehension I`m simply trying to Calibrate the compass and I don`t need a heading sensor to do it.

I hate to say I told you so but this was accomplished in my garage without a heading sensor.
tech guy

Yep the icon is useless without installing steadycast.