Livescope?

TRIGGER

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Put a new trolling motor on the boat and a new livescope mount (the FO dominator) and can't get the bottom right. In this picture I'm setting in open flat bottom water. No matter how I angle the transducer it looks like this even spinning the trolling motor all the way around. Any ideas?
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TRIGGER

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It seems like mine did that once and leveled out after I did the calibration.
You may be on to something. I know I calibrated it when I originally installed it but now it's saying that it's not calibrated. I am going to try to go fishing tomorrow and will mess with it some more. I am learning a little more about it from y'all's suggestions. WTM mentioned the AHRS. I didn't know anything about it so started doing a little reading. If I turn the AHRS off then it gives the ability to level the bottom. I'm going to mess with it. I have another transducer I can swap it with if need be but hopefully I can get this one figured out. I didn't have any problems when I first installed it.
 

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You may be on to something. I know I calibrated it when I originally installed it but now it's saying that it's not calibrated. I am going to try to go fishing tomorrow and will mess with it some more. I am learning a little more about it from y'all's suggestions. WTM mentioned the AHRS. I didn't know anything about it so started doing a little reading. If I turn the AHRS off then it gives the ability to level the bottom. I'm going to mess with it. I have another transducer I can swap it with if need be but hopefully I can get this one figured out. I didn't have any problems when I first installed it.
yeah doing a calibration might fix it and even if the TM shaft isnt plumb AHRS is supposed to level it up to 15 degrees or so per garmin. id also double check the install and make sure the TM shaft is plumb when on the water and you standing on the bow. you never know.
 

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You guys were right the calibration fixed it. Also now that it's fixed I can see my bait better than ever with the new mount. I think it's because it's a zero degree mount. Thanks for the help.
We rig and sponsor jake lawrence,he won the bfl the other day on kylake.He runs his on a perspective mound in forward mode,when shallow he runs it a click or 2 above the highest settings mark.He also has the fish obsessed mount,we tried it first and he didn't like it compared to the factory one.3 days before the bfl we added a second livescope to his boat on the fish obsessed mount above his factory perspective mount,it's in perspective mode.
 

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