The 585 with some transducers requier the mb 1100 matching box. Is this not true. I realize what your saying about the wattage. Furuno sheet says that the matching box is needed. What is the story.
The 585 with some transducers requier the mb 1100 matching box. Is this not true. I realize what your saying about the wattage. Furuno sheet says that the matching box is needed. What is the story.
I believe if you buy the Furuno 526 TID-HDD (Airmar B260) it has a built in diplexer so you don't need the matching box. Mine works great!
Copy, Thats the same one I have ordered. Im glad i did not have to spend the extra $200.00
Jeff - Where did you mount the transducer? I heard that the fairing block is pretty big and you did it when you R&R'd the fuel tank, can it be mounted without removing the tank?
Charlie
NOMAD
I couldn't go with the high speed block when I replaced the xducer last fall. The thing is real long and needs a bolt in the front end to keep it from rotating. The bolt is about a foot forward of the xducer hole and would have been under my tank.
Mike
Last edited by NoSlack; 03-23-2008 at 06:33 PM.
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Did you mount it without the block? The 23 has almost no dead rise, is it even needed.
My old xducer had a small flange area to it, and covered the hole by 1/2" on both sides. The new one has maybe 1/16" of coverage over the hole on each side, so the block is the way to get a little more surface area for the sealant to stick to.
Mine is mounted just forward of the engine in the flat spot, so I put the block on without cutting it.
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New Ducer
Mine is mounted in the same location as the original; on the flat spot right in front of the engine. It fits on the trailer inbetween the 2 center bunks with maybe 3 inches clearance on each side. Yes the front edge of the transducer is under my tank but John says they just use a small screw to set the ducer square with the keel and the 5200 really secures it to the boat. Your tank sits up on
3/4" blocks anyway which lets the liquid foam seep into and then it expands to support the tank.
I really got acquainted with the new 585 and ducer this weekend; a couple of rockcod trips over areas I know like the back of my hand and other than a few minor glitches the new unit did well and showed me where the fish were and definitely where they were not! I was never able to see the familiar mark of red rockcod; but I didn't catch any either. Salmon grouper showed up along with all the other smaller junk rockcod, and maybe the schools of these smaller cod were quite thick as I saw large schools of them off to the side of rockpiles. One setback is my high spots are not the same depth on this meter, they are 10-20feet deeper. I'm searching for a certain height so I know I'm on top of the pile so I can drop and at first I drove around in circles hopelessly lookling for a spot 20 feet shallower until I figured it out. I guess I'll get used to it.
5 grouper today 3-3.5#; 3 green stripes and 2 bank perch on the lower 9. A couple of ling bites but nothing stuck.
Anyone looking to upgrade to the Furuno 585 $1114.52 at Ultimate marine.com. Yes the transducer is expensive. I found the 526t-HDD, Yes built in diplexer with temp and fairing block and 10pin plug for $660.00. The store is online www.anyboat.com. Only bummer is that it is in Ca. so you have to pay the $53.00 or so dollars in tax. Hope this is a help.
Josh
I think I paid $650 from Consumers Marine back east - no tax/free shipping. I bought the 585 from Phantom Marine $1104 + tax - Boat Show Price. I wanted to have someone local for service if / when I need it.
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