depth transducer

I installed a Garmin Airmar P79 in-hull transducer. The transducer reads depths >15FT very accurately to the chart but anything 15FT or less, the depth indication starts flashing and does not continue to update until going into deeper water. The transducer was mounted in accordance with all...

Do you have an electronic depth finder on your dinghy to help exploring for the big boat, or would such a thing be useful to you? I was watching one of the latest SV Delos videos, and it showed the crew exploring a poorly charted river using a handheld depth finder. Looked like a Hawkeye that...

My original Standard Horizon DS10 sounder display is almost unreadable and until I pull the boat to add a new garmin DST800 triducer, I want to pair the original transducer to my Garmin 741xs chartplotter. I plan to buy an 8-pin cable and wire the transducer wires into it to try to get the data...

My depth instrument, which has worked just fine until recently, will light up as usual when turned on but just show dashes instead of a depth. Is there an easy, simple way to tell if the problem is the transducer or the instrument? The boat is in the water. Thanks!

My depth instrument, which has worked just fine until recently, will light up as usual when turned on but just show dashes instead of a depth. Is there an easy, simple way to tell if the problem is the transducer or the instrument? The boat is in the water. Thanks!