Lowrance Broadband Sounder-1

Finally went out and purchased the lowrance Broadband Sounder-1 which was hooking upto my LMS525c DF. After letting a mate know I had it he wasted no time coming over and helping with the fitt up. A rather simple device to install. When at the shop they informed me that I may need to update my 525 with the latest ver 2.4 to give the extra features for the new Broadband. I checked my 525 only to find I was only running ver 1.6. After chasing up an SD card and a Mini card reader I went onto the Lowarce webby and downloaded the ver 2.4. Putting it into the 525 was easy as when you turn it on it automatically recognises the sd upgrade and does the install for you. By all reports the broadband is a good thing boosting orginal 250 watts up to 2000 watts giving a 3D image of clarity with separtion of fish, thermoclines and bottom detail. Does anybody have one of these they can give feedback on? So now its the big wait to see how this puppy goes in the water. The boys are ready and waiting for the phone call. I will give some feed back as soon as i can.

Tez


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Tim has been trialling one recently in the Deep

Thu, 2009-01-08 09:59

Hopefully I will be back on the water in a few weeks to give it a go myself.
Tim's been getting bottom in 300m with his unit.


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Wow , sounds great Andy. Now

Thu, 2009-01-08 10:12

Wow , sounds great Andy. Now you have raised my excitment with the new toy even more. I did see some sonar pics which showed absolute highest 3D clarity and thats what got me interested.Ok now Ive got to let the boys know, Cheers

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I also interested

Thu, 2009-01-08 13:29

Guys

I look forward to your feedback, just looked at the Lowrance site and it looks very interesting, I am also getting excited looks like an addition to my setup also Smile 

Johno 

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how much does the broadband

Thu, 2009-01-08 15:24

how much does the broadband unit cost?

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Between $800 and $1000

Thu, 2009-01-08 15:25


I think.Wink
Prices have been going up though lately, with the exchange rate.

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retail

Thu, 2009-01-08 15:30

I think the retail price for it atm is $990

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Picked mine up for $899.00

Thu, 2009-01-08 15:44

Picked mine up for $899.00 from All Boat. They did say the price will be going up.

Tez

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