Lowrance HDS-7

After owning this product for two years I can see why they discontinued it, they show in the advertisement how the screen looks but in real life that's not the case.

Great clear screen with structure scan; see everything on bottom....found key fishing spots with ease....love the GPS feature, made it easy to figure out new lakes and hot fishing spots....

Its the best product and i perfer keypad screens than touch screens

An example of poor documentation is immediately apparent on page 4 of the manual which tells one to go to this web site for video tutorials. Click on Support, Tips and Tutorials it says. No such item is on the support page. The videos that are elsewhere on the site are not tutorials but sales fluff telling how great the unit is. The manual leads one through the menus telling what items will appear when you click (which you can easily find by clicking) but with no explanation of what the items do or why one would use them. For example: Page 8 and page 80 both tell about multiple "Fishing Modes" that have to do with water clarity and depth and "Ping Speed" with no hint as to what these are used for. What if you are not fishing at all. Perhaps a fisherman already knows this stuff, but I don't. There is a large section concerning gauges and dashboards with nothing about the data that is available to display.Where does this data come from? Are all the sensors that supply it part of the Lowrance or does it connect to a data bus of some kind. How would I add a sensor?

Purchased new MDX 2072 with motor guide Xi5 trolling motor and two HDS-7 GEN 2 units networked for the bow and console. I have been fishing and guiding on the Cumberland, Barren, Green and Nolin watersheds for years and feel the future is very bright with the shared technology of lowrance and motor guide. Awaiting my gateway cabling to network the trolling motor and HDS units, will provide follow-up comments after the spring season.