Thanks for sharing! This was driving me insane out on the lake on sunny days. Had to get on all fours with a towel over my head like an idiot to see the screen well enough to get to the brightness setting!
Happens to alot of us evidently, I thought I was powering off like you said, but I wasn't doing it correctly, I was hitting the power button, going over to power and instead of hitting the enter button, I was hitting the power button three times for some dumb reason and thinking it was powering off and all it was doing was dimming the screen. Any way this video solves it and thanks so much for these great tutorials!
Thanks for the vid. My display went dim and hitting the power button didn't seem to help it any. Maybe I didn't hit it fast enough. The brightness was set at 100 percent. I did go into night mode and turned it on and off and it fixed the problem.
I just purchased the Hook Reveal 7 and was using it in a tournament for the first time yesterday. With about two hours left the screen just went dark. I didn’t touch anything to make it go dark. I tried hitting the power button to get the brightness up, but nothing. I rebooted twice and saw the Hook Reveal logo, but it would go right back to a dark screen. I tried hitting the power and enter buttons, but nothing, so just held the power button to shut it off. Today when I turned it on, it is back to normal. My question is, why did it just go dark in the first place when I didn’t do anything? Secondly, why couldn’t I adjust the brightness at the time, but now it is fine? Thank you for any advice you can give me.
I have 2 HDS5's on my boat (yes, they are dinosaurs, but it's all I can afford) and one of the screens is nice and bright and I can see everything even in bright sunshine. But the other isn't even close, and hard to see in sunny conditions. I am aware that pushing the power button changes the backlight but even on high, it pales in comparison to the front HDS5. So do the screens just go bad over time and start to fade away? Second question; among my pile of hand me down fishfinders, is a LMS 520c and a LMS 332, both having the same size screen as the HDS5's. Are the screens basically the same? Can I switch out a brighter screen for the dull one?
I actually still have an old HDS 5 as a back up display and it works great still somehow. The screens don't typically fade out like that. Unfortunately you can't swap out screen between displays. Aside from the fact that it's a different type of screen on the HDS, they are pressure sealed and if u broke one open, it would potentially get moisture inside and rust out the components.
Any ideas if your unit doesn't power on at all. It doesn't make a beep or doesn't show a logo at all. I know I have good voltage, measured 12.95V at the plug. I've submitted a contact request with Lowrance but always up for information. Thank you!
If every screen is black and white, even your charts, then I would suggest doing a soft reset on it. Press and hold the Pages button and then turn the display on and continue to hold the Pages button until it makes a double chirp sound.
Thanks for sharing! This was driving me insane out on the lake on sunny days. Had to get on all fours with a towel over my head like an idiot to see the screen well enough to get to the brightness setting!
Thank you man, you saved a day. Greetings from Croatia
Thank you for making this video. It helped me figure out why my screen was so dark.
spot on solution. thanks for saving me from buying a new finder.
Thanks! This was exactly my problem but I thought it was just bad sun glare until I tried it in the evening haha
Very easy to understand and useful content. Like others, posting here in comments, this was driving me crazy. No more.... thx.
Thx this just saved me a bunch of frustration
Out on the water and forgot how to fix that. Thank you
Thank you! I thought I was going to have to buy a new unit!
Awesome! Thank you! Thought I had a faulty unit. Too easy!
This happened to me yesterday on the Mississippi river. Hopefully when i get home i can fix it. Thanks
Thank You !!!!!!!!!! OMG !!! I was about to throw my unit away !!! Lol
Awesome 👍 fixed it. Hopefully they do a SW update to prevent this
Dude, you rock. Saved my trip..Keep up the good work man..🥃
I have the original Elite -4X on my 2008 Tracker. I couldn't see the screen either. Even the manual was hard to understand. Thanks for the video.
yup, that fixed it... Thanks!
Thank you fixed mine right up
Thanx for the info ....I will try it today
Thanks you really helped nice video
Thank you so much. You really helped me out!
Happens to alot of us evidently, I thought I was powering off like you said, but I wasn't doing it correctly, I was hitting the power button, going over to power and instead of hitting the enter button, I was hitting the power button three times for some dumb reason and thinking it was powering off and all it was doing was dimming the screen. Any way this video solves it and thanks so much for these great tutorials!
Good info this happened to me
Thank you for the info
Thank you man!
Dude, you rock..!!
Thanks for the vid. My display went dim and hitting the power button didn't seem to help it any. Maybe I didn't hit it fast enough. The brightness was set at 100 percent. I did go into night mode and turned it on and off and it fixed the problem.
Man, thank you!!!!!!
THANK YOU!
Problem solved, Thanks
I just purchased the Hook Reveal 7 and was using it in a tournament for the first time yesterday. With about two hours left the screen just went dark. I didn’t touch anything to make it go dark. I tried hitting the power button to get the brightness up, but nothing. I rebooted twice and saw the Hook Reveal logo, but it would go right back to a dark screen. I tried hitting the power and enter buttons, but nothing, so just held the power button to shut it off. Today when I turned it on, it is back to normal. My question is, why did it just go dark in the first place when I didn’t do anything? Secondly, why couldn’t I adjust the brightness at the time, but now it is fine? Thank you for any advice you can give me.
This happened to me. Seems like a design error to have the power off button double up as the dim switch...
Thank! Your post just helped me out. We put the boat in the water and could barely see the screen. Hit the power button and were good to go.
Thanks
Actually happened to me yesterday again
I have 2 HDS5's on my boat (yes, they are dinosaurs, but it's all I can afford) and one of the screens is nice and bright and I can see everything even in bright sunshine. But the other isn't even close, and hard to see in sunny conditions. I am aware that pushing the power button changes the backlight but even on high, it pales in comparison to the front HDS5. So do the screens just go bad over time and start to fade away? Second question; among my pile of hand me down fishfinders, is a LMS 520c and a LMS 332, both having the same size screen as the HDS5's. Are the screens basically the same? Can I switch out a brighter screen for the dull one?
I actually still have an old HDS 5 as a back up display and it works great still somehow. The screens don't typically fade out like that. Unfortunately you can't swap out screen between displays. Aside from the fact that it's a different type of screen on the HDS, they are pressure sealed and if u broke one open, it would potentially get moisture inside and rust out the components.
If you can please help me to find diagram wire for elite 4x because I by ship with lowrance fish finder and found the plug damage
Why does my unit leave a dark blue wide trail sometimes on chart. The trail that my boat leaves?
You need to turn off your structure overlay on the chart screen. On the menu to the right, you will see the option for overlay. Change it to OFF.
Might you happen to know why the Lowrance Hook 9ts stops reading depth randomly?
Does it do that while you are sitting still?
@@nightanddaymarine8823 yes.
Any ideas if your unit doesn't power on at all. It doesn't make a beep or doesn't show a logo at all. I know I have good voltage, measured 12.95V at the plug. I've submitted a contact request with Lowrance but always up for information. Thank you!
It depends on what type of display you have.
Hi Hook reveal 7 screen keep flashing or flickering. How do i solve this issue? Thanks 🙏
That's usually a power issue. I would check your voltage first. Set up an overlay for it.
WHY WOULD MY DISPLAY ONLY SHOW BLACK AND WHITE???
If every screen is black and white, even your charts, then I would suggest doing a soft reset on it. Press and hold the Pages button and then turn the display on and continue to hold the Pages button until it makes a double chirp sound.
Horrible design power button controls display brightness. Epic fail!
The first 3 minutes of the video was entirely promotional. Skip this nonsense and get to the content.
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Thank you! I thought I was going to have to buy a new unit!