Garmin 441s. Need some help on installation

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Garmin 441s. Need some help on installation

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I just installed Garmin 441S on my mac 26x . The depth is not registering on the display. Im folating in about 18" of water and no numbers are showing up just two dashes --. All cables are connect and GPS works. also, what method do you use to route the wires inside the pedestal . Maybe I didnt program something right but I was hoping to get this running by this weekend. Thanks Brian
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Brian

Can we have a little more info on your set up? Where is your transducer mounted and does Garmin specify a limit to that units resolution or ability to give accurate readings at such a shallow depth?

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The transducer is transom mounted. I just dont understand why its not reading.
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problem solved
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BNG wrote:problem solved
Okay... great news. Now share the solution for future Garmin users.
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I reconnected and connected the tranducer plug and reset the factory default settings. Restored the power and it started working. I'm not sure really what happened, but its working now.
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Re: Garmin 441s. Need some help on installation

Post by Love MACs »

Welcome to my world. :) That is exactly what I did to my old 162 and presto :!: Back to its old self again. There is also a setting with in the System's tab that allows you to set water depth reading...but u probably already knew that :wink:


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