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Took mine out for the second time yesterday. I launched from Ballard Park in Melbourne FL, drove south to Sebastian Inlet, then out to the wide Atlantic. The boat did great and everyone had a blast. Trolled and bottom fished but only had one keeper in the end. A Minn Kota would have been ideal for parking over reefs instead of guesstimating anchoring positions to drift back over the fishing spots.
Took mine out for the second time yesterday. I launched from Ballard Park in Melbourne FL, drove south to Sebastian Inlet, then out to the wide Atlantic. The boat did great and everyone had a blast. Trolled and bottom fished but only had one keeper in the end. A Minn Kota would have been ideal for parking over reefs instead of guesstimating anchoring positions to drift back over the fishing spots.
I was going to install one of those, but honestly the alternator on the boat is so good that I have not had to charge the batteries for the past three trips, even running my sound system with amplifiers for five six hours at a time during Island trips.
That being said I'll probably eventually do it because it's a little bit of a pain to get into the battery compartment to stick a battery charger on it.
NMEA 2000 network installed.
I attached a screenshot of what audio looks like on the Simrad.
It's pretty nice!
It gives full access to the EQ and zone controls, subwoofer etc.
I also connected it to our Connext screen, but it's not showing up as a device on the Simrad so Yamaha may have it disabled.
I installed in the same location on my 255. I agree with Zak, it’s not needed for the house batteries but I installed it for my charger for my trolling motor batteries which are housed in the changing room.
Can anyone provide pictures and\or exact model number of the "thru-hull" transducer on the 252 or 255? Is it a true "thru-hull" or a "shoot thru hull"?
8’ antenna, the upper compartment roof is super thin. No way you could put an antenna up there without damaging the roof from the stress forces. I had to reinforce it with a piece of marine ply painted with epoxy, that’s the 4 bolts you see with fender washers. That thing ain’t going anywhere
Can anyone provide pictures and\or exact model number of the "thru-hull" transducer on the 252 or 255? Is it a true "thru-hull" or a "shoot thru hull"?
This may have already been discussed on here, but I was disappointed that the boat did NOT actually come with the built in sound system control pad pictured on the website below the Simrad screen. I believe it was also in the videos on the spec model. Does anyone know where I could get one of these for install? Trying to control things on the touch screen is next to impossible while moving. Thanks in advance.
Based on your posts, you know a heck of a lot more about this than I do. If you can confirm that a second one can be hooked to the screen, I'd be interested in buying it. I just know it's harder than heck to control it from the screen while cruising.