GARMIN SOUNDER/GPS PLEASE HELP

[REEL NAUTI]

GOT A NEW GARMIN 3205 FOR MY 23 DVCC. RAN ALL THE WIRES...GPS WORKS FINE BUT THE UNIT IS NOT READING THAT I HAVE A SOUNDER CONNECTED... THERE ARE ONLY TWO OTHER WIRES THAT I NEEDED TO CONNECT WHITE/BLUE TO THE WHITE/BLUE AND WHITE/BROWN TO WHITE BROWN....STILL NOTHING. DOES ANYONE HAVE THIS TYPE OF SETUP?????ANYTHING IM DOIN WRONG??? PLEASE HELP :?:

 

[jeffnick]

I have a Garmin combo unit.
The Setup, Interface, Serial Data Format has to be set for "Garmin Remote Sonar"...this means you can't get NMEA from it for other uses...so I use a second GPS for my FloScan.

Sorry about the focus, my camera can't do any better close-up.

 

[REEL NAUTI]

HEY JEFF THANX FOR THE REPLY....BAD NEWS IS THE SETUP TAB IS DISABLED WHEN I SCROLL THROUGH THE MENU.... IM USING THE GSD 21 WITH THE GPS 17 ANT. GONNA HAVE TO CALL GARMIN SUPPORT MONDAY MORNING AND SEE IF IM DOIN SOMETHING WRONG.....

THIS MIGHT BE THE DUMBEST QUESTION EVER POSTED ON HERE BUT HERE GOES..... DOES THE BOAT HAVE TO BE IN THE WATER TO GET A READING FROM THE SOUNDER ND NOT GET THE "CHECK WIRING" ERROR CODE????

 

[TheOtherLine]

THIS MIGHT BE THE DUMBEST QUESTION EVER POSTED ON HERE BUT HERE GOES..... DOES THE BOAT HAVE TO BE IN THE WATER TO GET A READING FROM THE SOUNDER ND NOT GET THE "CHECK WIRING" ERROR CODE????

No. I dink around with mine on a boat lift and I will still get a reading.

The only dumb question is the one you don't ask that leaves you uninformed and even dumber...... I've asked my share of questions that, I am sure, has left people shaking their heads, wondering how I'm capable of getting the boat in gear :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[REEL NAUTI]

ALIRIGHT I CALLED GARMIN AND HE GAVE ME STEP BY STEP DIRECTIONS ON HOW TO FIX THE PROBLEM.....IT TOOK ALL OF 28 SECONDS TO DO...SOMETHING THAT I WAS PULLIN MY HAIR OUT ALL WEEKEND......JEFF YOU WERE RIGHT....ONLY THING WAS IS THAT I HAD TO GO TO SYSTEM MENU AND TO THE COMMUNICATIONS TAB AND TURN ON PORT 1 TO REMOTE SOUNDER AND THATS IT... WORKS FINE NOW....THANX GUYS FOR ALL YOUR HELP