So I do have a new Garmin panoptix coming tomorrow but giving my ice helix 5 to my dad but I’ve been having issues lately. Drop the jig down it picks up but once it gets to the bottom it goes to a faint blue line and disappears and I have to reel it up and drop it down again...doesn’t do this every time but more times then not. It’s the helix sonar gps unit I bought new in 2016. I have restored the defaults, checked all connections everything is good the transducer cord is good no dings or cuts in it nothing. Ice fishing mode is on, it’s in advanced mode, I have to literally turn the sensitivity all the way up. Also switched it from clear mode to max mode to see it better. Could it be because I had the cone set to wide view instead of narrow? I also noticed yesterday when I got home that the one cord was pulled up more causing the cone to be titled so if it was in the water the cone wasn’t setting flush, could that cause that? I’ve never had any issues with this unit until the last 3 trips out. It only has 82 hours of use on it. Could it be bad transducer? I’ve never thrown the unit around never hit the transducer or anything always extra careful with it. Anyone have any ideas on what it could be? Thanks!
