lowrance elite 4 hdi chirp - distortion problem

I installed a lowrance elite 4 hdi with chirp a few weeks ago and its been working great. Today I took the boat out and the depth and temp are fine but the screen is distorted. The bottom looks like its raised all the way to the top. I can’t seen any fish indicators and barely any structure. The transducer has a couple light scratches but nothing that should be an issue. All connectors are like new so I’m lost. Any Ideas?

“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.”

-Benjamin Franklin

Malibu Stealth 12
2008 Carolina Skiff JVX16/ Yamaha F60

Did you try to reboot?

Take it back to the factory default settings and start over!

I tried rebooting it and my settings are all on auto. I’ve never had an issue with lowrance so this is really odd to me.

“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.”

-Benjamin Franklin

Malibu Stealth 12
2008 Carolina Skiff JVX16/ Yamaha F60

I’ve seen my E-7 do something similar before. Try getting out of auto mode and set your depth range manually. If that looks good, then go back to auto mode.

May not be the same thing, but worth a shot.

'07 198 DLX Carolina Skiff
FS90 Suzuki

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Also, I wouldn’t rule out resetting to factory defaults just because you are seeing this in auto mode."]
Originally posted by striperskiff

I’ve seen my E-7 do something similar before. Try getting out of auto mode and set your depth range manually. If that looks good, then go back to auto mode.

May not be the same thing, but worth a shot.

'07 198 DLX Carolina Skiff
FS90 Suzuki
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'07 198 DLX Carolina Skiff
FS90 Suzuki

It sounds like you might be zoomed in. Try to figure out how to zoom back out. It should be in the manual.

'06 Mckee Craft
184 Marathon
DF140 Suzuki

Thanks for the input guys. I played with the noise reduction and surface clarity and its fine. I’m not sure how the settings got messed up but I learned more about my new ff.

“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.”

-Benjamin Franklin

Malibu Stealth 12
2008 Carolina Skiff JVX16/ Yamaha F60