When all else fails...

If after doing a software update it still persists, contact Lowrance for further assistance.

Mine does the same thing. I treat it like windows. Turn it off and on. Seems to fix it. Making me think my next one (this week) might NOT be a lowrance unit. doing some more info searching and playing with other brands. Lowrance might just lose me over this one 'cause it's been doing it since day one... Ill try the ping rate thing at AOTY ceremony if it does it and if your there Bill, you might see it in person. All brands have hickups but at the price.... I don't want the headaches anymore. I'll post results on this thread...

Mine does the same thing. I treat it like windows. Turn it off and on. Seems to fix it. Making me think my next one (this week) might NOT be a lowrance unit. doing some more info searching and playing with other brands. Lowrance might just lose me over this one 'cause it's been doing it since day one... Ill try the ping rate thing at AOTY ceremony if it does it and if your there Bill, you might see it in person. All brands have hickups but at the price.... I don't want the headaches anymore. I'll post results on this thread...

Yesterday mine did it as soon as it was turned on.

Ya, Then I turn it off and on again and it seems to straiten out. Some times off and on 2-3 times... seems to be a common problem. gonna try Bills fix and update then set on low chirp... Beyond that i'll be looking to them for a fix.

interesting.
i have the elite 5 non chirp.
now and then the depth flashes but still have the bottom on display.
ping is at the slowest. i also have intermitnet lock up , have to unplug the power cable to restart,

Well this is unwelcomed news. I recently purchased the lowrance elite 5 chirp . I have not installed it yet. Seems as this is a common problem.  . Hope its just a connection problem or down load fix

I have a call in to see if there is something I haven't thought of.  I know their first question is always "software current?"

I have a call in to see if there is something I haven't thought of.  I know their first question is always "software current?"

What is the procedure for updating it?

My 5x chirp does the same thing. Stops after a while. Kinda random.

+1

It happened to my HDI version too.
Right before it happened I put a bunch of dielectric grease into both plugs the night before. While it was not reading depth, I plugged/unplugged for several times. That did not help.

So I cleaned out the plug with my finger, plugged back in, it worked.
I am not sure if it was a coincident. Just throw it out there if one of you guys happen to use too much dielectric grease, clean out and give it another try.

It happened to my HDI version too.
Right before it happened I put a bunch of dielectric grease into both plugs the night before. While it was not reading depth, I plugged/unplugged for several times. That did not help.

So I cleaned out the plug with my finger, plugged back in, it worked.
I am not sure if it was a coincident. Just throw it out there if one of you guys happen to use too much dielectric grease, clean out and give it another try.

Almost seems like a pin fit issue ???

It happened to my HDI version too.
Right before it happened I put a bunch of dielectric grease into both plugs the night before. While it was not reading depth, I plugged/unplugged for several times. That did not help.

So I cleaned out the plug with my finger, plugged back in, it worked.
I am not sure if it was a coincident. Just throw it out there if one of you guys happen to use too much dielectric grease, clean out and give it another try.

Almost seems like a pin fit issue ???

I think if it were a pin fit issue it would affect the display along with the depth readout.

I had a another brand of fish finder where I had an issue with having to reset constantly. After much inspection, electrical grease , cleaning pin fits checking connections. I finally narrowed it down to the connection where the head connects to the base and it was problem solved.

I have a call in to see if there is something I haven't thought of.  I know their first question is always "software current?"

My software is 4.0.5.1.11 and the website shows 4.0.5.1.13 so I am not current. I guess we must copy the update to an SD card to install it.

Time for a Bird!!!!!