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Originally Posted by jl8200
I think you are getting this message either because of a bad transducer or a bad connection. You need to check your connection to the unit first. I think this is sometimes caused by a bad temperature sensor in the transducer. There is a way to bypass that but requires some splicing of wires. Calling Garmin is your best option to start with however.
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Garmin suggested that my problem was a continuity issue with the wire leading to the xducer so I pulled back on the ducer wire all the way back to the console. I then turned on the gps/sonar and the "sonar turned off" message was not present. So I very carefully pulled/bent and examined every inch of the cable all the way back to the console where it was originally run. While doing that, I lost the signal once, but not at a point that I could ID so I rebooted the sonar and everything good. Then I bent/pulled and examined the cable again and couldn't get it to fail again. Bottom line, I refished it back to the bow and it is now (emphasis on the "now") working. I'm guessing it will work until it won't, probably after I hit a big wave, but for now, I'm going to cross my fingers and hope it works. thanks for all the advice.