Scarab 195 helm questions

[Vetterman]

Looking hard at a 195 and I am the type who will often boat in unfamiliar lakes and have always used a chartplotter with a transducer for water depth. Does the helm display already show me water depth or is it deep into other menus so you are always clicking screens to find it. Can I just use a phone with navionics or does anyone suggest bolting my chartplotter to that empty spot beside the display screen

 

[2019scott195wake300]

i guess it depends where you boat. in my lakes that im in all the time i would rather have a transducer. i have the touch screen on my 195 and i have all the info on my screen at any time. it also has navionics but where i boat on grand lake st marys its about 8 to 10 ft and some places are 15 but most of time time it could be 3 ot 4 feet

 

[Nexus]

If your getting the non-touch screen dash, you can display the water depth. But then you will lose the other information you might have had.

The information you can display is:

• Depth
• RPM
• Speed
• Engine temp
• Instant fuel flow
• Average fuel flow
• Clock

I think that's it but I've not been on the boat for a number of months (storage).

A phone with navionics would just give you the charted depth and wouldn't, I don't think, account for fluctuating water levels unless you got something like this:

SonarPhone w/High Speed Transducer Only

The T-BOX (SP200) is a more permanently mounted system that is mounted in a boat with access to a 12 volt power supply (not included). As the name implies, SonarPhone turns your smart phone or tablet into a fully functional sonar system that will rival any high end sonar on the market today.

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[Dean P]

Personally, I would use a seperate chartplotter to provide all that info and use the boat's system for other functions. Pick up a touch screen chartplotter; they're great.

 

[Fabs195]

Hey guys, quick side question about the helm info. What is the info displayed beside the compass? Coordinates??