Humminbird Helix Gen 4, 3, 2, 1 Settings, Setup, & Program Tutorial for Fishing

[@danfabisac]

That guy is a great teacher! I know nothing and he got me in the game!

[@hookedntravel]

thank you for the kind words

[@svenlindahl5607]

Just bought a Helix 5 for my boat and TOTALLY love this video. You get to the point. Lots of information and I am going to save this video. This is by far one of the best instructional videos out there for the Humminbird product. They should be paying you for your work in putting this together

[@hookedntravel]

Well every watch helps towards that goal! thank you for watching and subscribing

[@GmanfromTexas]

The best Humminbird setup video on KZbin. Thanks!!!

[@hookedntravel]

thank you for the kind words! tightlines!

[@rosskroeber6157]

Newbie Humminbird Helix Gen4 user here. Great setup video and while my head almost exploded with all the info, it showed me what settings I should focus on (for now). Will re-watch this a few more times! Thanks!!

[@hookedntravel]

Glad you enjoyed! Please like and subscribe!

[@steveturko2046]

This is an awesome demonstration of setting up the Helix unit. Very much appreciated.

[@hookedntravel]

thank you for the kind words! share, like and subscribe to help us build this channel!

[@ferrosjewellers4558]

@@hookedntravel thank you for this precise setup. Well worth the time spent.

[@natesanburn3501]

Agree, this is a great video from someone new to setting these up. Thank you for doing it.

[@hookedntravel]

thank you for the kind words

[@km-b4253]

Wao! Thank you so much. Bought a boat with a helix 9 and didn't know how to used it. Thanks to you guys i know everything now 👍🏼👌🏼

[@hookedntravel]

thank you for the kind words

[@Fischize]

Thanks, Gentlemen! I have a Helix 12 Gen 4 and I have not been able to get it dialed in. I will definitely use your tutorial to help set my units better than what I have them on now. Cheers.

[@hookedntravel]

thats great!

[@jeremywood357]

The best setup video! Thank you.

[@alexkyle9900]

Great for setting up my fish finder! love it!

[@hookedntravel]

thanks for the kind words! nightlines

[@RobertNagel-c8z]

Best tutorial I’ve seen yet! I am confused about the fact that early on you explained that in order to have new settings saved you have to switch to real mode. Then very shortly without explanation it appears you switched to simulator mode and then proceeded to make all the setting changes.

[@hookedntravel]

You're supposed to have it in non-simulator mode when setting up your unit along with the video. All we did is have the unit in simulator mode for demonstration purposes only for the video. (simulator mode is just retail mode). Just so it looks as if you're using in your boat in real time.

[@brucehoffman7063]

Great information! You’ve answered a big problem I’ve had from the marine boat dealer I got my hummingbird helix and depth finder from . They said I’ll have to get another depth finder! lol they don’t know what there doing. The told me to go out to the lake and try it. They don’t take them out and see if it works. Dang ! I got the y connector. Just need to get other transducer, thx I subscribed and I’ll be back! Thx! I’m the 69 year old fisherman! Keep the faith! 👍🥸🙏

[@hookedntravel]

awesome, glad to hear.

[@2dleavitt]

Great video/instructions ! Thanks

[@leecanady6749]

Very Very Professional and informative.

[@hookedntravel]

thank you!!

[@neilgrubguts9270]

Great video, thank you for taking the time to get people going and set up, could you tell me what model high speed do i need to suite one of the newer helix 8 gen4. Cheers and thanks again

[@hookedntravel]

high speed transducers?

[@gingerhicks1034]

Awesome setup video.

[@hookedntravel]

Thank you!

[@jonathansabatino3987]

great video easy to follow and understand

[@hookedntravel]

thank you!

[@SteveClarke-tt1dc]

Great Video! Thanks!

[@1MoreFish]

Nice job guys!

[@hookedntravel]

thank you! make sure you like and subscribe! cheers

[@brianbartos6388]

Well done explaining ! THX

[@hookedntravel]

Glad it helped!

[@RonMroczenski]

Grea t video! Question: I have a HElix9 G2n Di, Can I hook the locator to my Terrova I-pilot Transducer ?

[@hookedntravel]

@@RonMroczenski yeah as long as your trolling motor has a transducer in the bottom of the head. Most come with the U2 transducer (universal 2)

[@steveturko2046]

Question….I have a 12 in. Helix Gen 4. Your demonstration definitely got me going. I do seem to have a problem however and hoped you might be able to answer. My unit is hooked up with the 2 transducers and the y connector. I show that temperature is connected but I don’t seem to be able to get a readout on the unit. Any ideas. Thanks guys. Keep up the good work.

[@fishin2themax245]

Very informative !

[@stevek8833]

Great video. Thank you.

[@hookedntravel]

thank you

[@brianharrington5593]

Great video, well explained. One question that I have, regarding networking, ethernet, with a HB9 G2N, MSI, Chirp, GPS hooked up with a HB9 G4N MSI, MDI, Chirp, GPS.When you go into networking screen what should have yellow checks at the end of the lines or should there be any yellow checks. I am trying to get Mega360 from Bow unit (G4N) back to console (G2N). What is right, what is wrong?

[@johntyler4570]

Awsome tutorial! Love these Video's

[@serkansarkan9842]

how do we open scope , i have new helix 9 ty..

[@MAlameddine]

Hi , your video is amazing and very helpful, much appreciated, I just installed helix 9 and having issue with fiding the data box showing on the sceen when i switch on quick view, how do i enable the data on ? what is it called on the setup feature? Thanks

[@alvinjohnson2004]

Thx you so much. As a new angler trying to learn his fish finders (2 G2N) l watched many videos but none explained the setup as simple as you have. Thank you.

[@hookedntravel]

no problem, thats why we did this!

[@carlhibler7700]

Great informative video,Thanks.....

[@hookedntravel]

no problem

[@captaincaveman9233]

Will the Gen 4 share waypoints with a gen 2 through Ethernet box?

[@gregorysunderlandsr1544]

I didn’t quite understand what you were saying about transducers. It sounded like you said not to use the expensive one but then you said to use a “y” cable and use 2 transducers. I understand what the cable does but what transducers would I use? I just bought a used Helix12 gen 1 and when the snow melts I’ll install it.

[@hookedntravel]

The Y Cable - is used to be able to have side Imaging and Dual Beam traditional sonar on your unit. it allows you to use two transducers on one unit without the use of a transducer switch

[@vhype233]

Within the box setups what does Sm 3.2 mean?

[@kellybarr4050]

Great video. Super informative. Wondering if you know if there is any fuel burn screens available with the Helix mega 10 g4n

[@richardj6593]

Please tell me why I cannot see my shaded path as I am charting when using auto chart live. Software is updated and is gn4 unit. What screen do I go to after hitting record and what settings to get the shaded area each side of boat to show as I chart?

[@turdferguson5300]

Should I be able to see fish on side scan with a 9" screen, 800 transducer? When I'm 40' from the bank I want to see the fish stacked up and I can't currently do that. I'm considering making the move to all new Garmin electronics. Any suggestions? My 360 sucks as well. I knew there was a bottom in the lake before I got in the boat. I'm not going boating, I'm going fishing so I want to see the fish.

[@hookedntravel]

How far are the fish up the bank and how shallow of water? You can zoom in to the sidescan on a 9” screen for more resolution

[@turdferguson5300]

@@hookedntravel The boat is on the river bank drop off so 18ish feet but that varies, set on 40 foot off which ever side I'm scanning. When I enlarge the area nothing shows up fish wise, no shadows or fish their selves so I'm guessing they would be 6' to 12'. We scanned 4 miles of river yesterday and didn't see anything except structure. I've never liked the Helix 9s or the 360, I would honestly rather have a flasher. I'm going to check on the Garmin echomap ultra 2 12" tomorrow. If I can't see that it's time to quit. I've fished Chickamauga Lake for all of my 60 years and it's never been as bad as it is now. Without these graphs fishing is a waste of time.

[@ronreitz2399]

I really appreciate your approach to educating us. I have a opinion question for you Joclyn. I currently have a Helix9 and have a Mega360 and Mega live hooked up to it. I am looking to purchase a new unit this spring my question is helix or solix, 12 or 15 for best images? I have read to many forum's and heard to many opinions. I would like to hear your technical opinion.

[@hookedntravel]

The biggest factor will be your budget. Your biggest factor between the two are going to be your pixel dimensions per each screen and how that factors into your budget. More pixels per screen and you're going to fit more details onto it what your sonar is seeing. Your second biggest factor will be which transducer type and what you're using it for. You have to take into an account that you can zoom in on your side scan, down and 2d. As well as your Megalive. Here at the shop we'll see sidescan on our 9" units, then zoom in right side only to zoom in to fish and structure. It's going to allow more pixels per image when you zoom. That details will be limited on your transducers capabilities. With all these points, keep in mind the solix are harder to program. Honestly we can't tell you which one to go with, with money as no object 15" is going to have more pixels and a higher model will have more features. But it's also dependent on the time you have to dedicate to learning that unit. Most units can do way more than what 90% of users will ever learn. Without knowing how you fish and your boat setup, and how often you fish. We can just lay out it for you

[@richardj6593]

Question for you.. I fought with auto chart live for 2 weeks after getting my helix 10 g4n. I could never see the colored path on the base map with contour lines as I mapped. Nobody, including Humminbird tech, could figure it out. Then by accident I found out that you have to zoom in to be able to see the depths and colored path as I map. Why doesn't anyone say you have to zoom on all these videos?

[@hookedntravel]

we unfortunately haven't gotten that far into depth on a tutorials for birds. This video goes over the outline of setup and initial programming thats to be done out of the box to get the user 95% of the way there from the start. As far as the mapping goes, its most likely due to the processing power it takes to draw map contours on the zoomed out range and tying it together. Zooming in helps takes the processing power load off unit.

[@ytwyrm]

Hi. Thanks for the video, very informative. I just ordered my Helix 7 Mega MSI G4. I do not believe it comes with two transducers. Is that right? The single transducer is supposed to be side imaging and all of the above, although not very large for sure.

[@hookedntravel]

not sure which package you ordered for your setup. The smaller puck is usually just the skimmer high speed sonar and the long big puck is the combination one

[@rickk4742]

Thank you for the awesome video. Question how can I add voltage to my overlay. I believe there was a way to do this. I can't seem to find it now. I have the Helix 9 Mega SI+ GPS G4N. Thanks

[@hookedntravel]

Thank you! its at the 20min mark in the video. he put its in the bottom display bar on the left. cheers

[@sbdude52]

Thanks excellent .How do you use humminbird to return to a " marked fish " It seems that since I'm a new user I have a difficult time finding the " mark " on my sidescan . Also when I " mark " a fish ,it first marks where my boat is and then I can move the cursor to go to mark the fish on side scan ..

[@hookedntravel]

You’ll place the cursor over the fish on the sidescan or the sonar screen. Make sure it’s marking it on waypoint at cursor and not the boat position. You’ll go back over to find the waypoint on the mapping screen. Some units will display a waypoint on sidescan and some don’t. Generally your using the chart to track back to the waypoint. A separate GPS puck hooked via nmea 2000 network makes the track back to that waypoint a lot easier because it has the direction the boat is facing. It’s not necessary though.

[@sbdude52]

@@hookedntravel Thanks

[@oniva01]

I have a Helix 7 mega si g3n gps; when you put your navionics card into your unit does it download the maps onto your unit or do you need to leave your card in. It appears in the video that you take the card out and the maps remain.

[@hookedntravel]

you leave the cards in for the mapping to remain. There on the SD card

[@craigkellam1580]

Great video. I have Helix SI G4N at console and Helix 8 di G4n on ultrex and Helix 12 DI G4N on bow with 360. They are all linked. My temp works at console until i turn on front graphs then temp goes off of ultrex, so now reads air tenp. I go to where it shows T1 and T2 and the SI for console is shaded and shows others in white to where it can only be my only selection. Any help would be greatly appreciated. .

[@russellleung9571]

Awesome stuff!

[@charlescauchi4096]

It doesn't harm the transducer when it is out of the water? Very video to understand . It was very helpful.

[@hookedntravel]

Thank you for the kind words. It can over an extended period of time, it’s not recommended. Accidentally leaving it on overnight once or twice usually wont hurt it. These transducers we use for the videos are old and retired. Just for display and seminar purposes.

[@GospelTestimony]

Do you guys have recommendations for setting up your Helix for hard water?

[@hookedntravel]

That’s one of the videos we’re gonna try to post this winter when we get some time to film. But big thing will be to get the right transducer selected and getting the sonar/mapping screens to use the only information you’ll need for ice fishing. Using only those two as essential pages.

[@GospelTestimony]

@@hookedntravel The sooner, the better. I have a Helix GPS and want to make sure my settings are correct for ice fishing.

[@hookedntravel]

Hey Gospel Testimony. We just filmed your video for ice fishing the hummingbird helix. I have to get them edited, I am hoping to have them out within a week and a half.

[@GospelTestimony]

@@hookedntravel Awesome thanks, I should get a notification when you load it. I'll keep my eyes open for it.

[@hookedntravel]

@@GospelTestimony kzbin.info/www/bejne/bIqpZ62bhLGIoKM

[@mattgrubb9925]

Quick question, at the very end of the video you were pressing the minus button to zoom out. But it was zooming out. Do you know why? I was on a lake today and couldn’t zoom in or out on the map.

[@hookedntravel]

Did you mean as it “wasn’t” zooming out? Sometimes it can be if there’s a map card in it or not. The unit may need a soft reset. Unfortunatley sometimes hummingbird units will need a soft reset when the operating system turns buggy.

[@mattgrubb9925]

@@hookedntravel yes, I meant wasn’t zooming. I found out that I have to ouch the zoom buttons very very hard to get them to work. Not ideal.

[@mattgrubb9925]

Push

[@hookedntravel]

@@mattgrubb9925 Yeah we notice that as well. Especially if your not used to it.

[@jamesathendune9026]

Thank you Kyle, I have subscribed based on this presentation. Joclyn , we have only spoken on the phone but I wish you were in my area of North Western Ontario to assist me with my Bird. I am waiting for supply to catch up with demand. When it does I will speak to you again for a competitive quote for two Solix units. Currently I have a 1197 which works well but it does not compare to the new units now marketed by Humminbird. Keep up the good work and all the best to you two!

[@garygolemgeske1078]

Can’t get sound alarms to work.?

[@juninhobonilhabravo]

voces podem me ajudar a configurar humminbird helix 7msi para peixe grande com profundidade 15metros ...... peixe no tamanho de 1metro a 2 metros...... qual a melhor configuracao .

[@hookedntravel]

Eu aumentaria sua sensibilidade até que ficasse granulado e depois diminuiria até que ficasse apenas levemente granulado. Um peixe tão grande naquela água rasa não deve ser problema para marcar. Você deve ser capaz de ver os peixes diretamente abaixo e parcialmente abaixo do ângulo do seu cone. Ao pesquisar, eu usaria um ângulo de cone mais amplo e estreito ao desacelerar e jigging. Já conferiu nosso vídeo de interpretação de sonar no canal. Repassa o como fazer e a interpretação de cada retorno e em diferentes cenários.

[@garygolemgeske1078]

Can not hear sound alarms?

[@speedpiet887]

Can you not sail on the contour lines with navionics? Thx for your videos

[@hookedntravel]

are you talking about hooking up a motor interface to follow contour lines?

[@brucejarrell5707]

I have helix 7 g3. Came with 1 transducer. What part # 2end transducer do I need? Can I order from u? Ship to texas?

[@hookedntravel]

They will have the part# on hand and You can call the Store at 1- 519-539-5494. They can set you up with everything you need! cheers

[@robertbennett6418]

I updated my Helix and if I can do it anyone can do it. I'm not so computer literate but figured it out.

[@hookedntravel]

awesome to hear!

[@normandare7635]

what accessories, i.e. trolling motor, graphs, gps, mega 360 etc, should be connected to the ethernet hub. I'm having a hell of a time figuring this system out and no local experts

[@hookedntravel]

The Humminbird systems aren't the most user friendly unfortunately. I don't have a system infront of me to go through it exactly for you. Give the store a call, the boys there should be able to help you.

[@jamesathendune9026]

Joslyn can be very helpful at Angling Outfitters.

[@SurfNTurf54482]

Down Imaging & Side Imaging are the correct options for 'birds, not Down/Side "SCAN".

[@hookedntravel]

thank you. they are pretty universal terms across the industry as a whole though.

[@KevinsNorthernExposure]

at 3:24 you went from real to simulation mode without saying you did that....there is no way the real mode would show that level of sonar out of water.

[@hookedntravel]

This video put in demo mode is to simulate what it would look like on the water. We’re doing this in store. Pleas follow along with the video in real mode. This is a setup video.

[@KevinsNorthernExposure]

@@hookedntravel lol...The beginning of the video states that being in demo mode won't save changes for Gen 4 units.....so THE VIDEO took it out of demo mode to reflect that...then at 3:24, it changed back to demo mode while you continued to make changes.....without stating that YOU CHANGED TO DEMO MODE.

[@dennisgrabow1434]

Can I get a copy of this 😊 On paper

[@hookedntravel]

lol, I would have to write this down just as much as you would. I don’t have the scripts anymore. Plus Joclyn has this in his memory doing this over course of several years!

[@ross7684]

AS a tutorial, it would have been a bit more helpful to slow down the selections you are making and point out which control buttons you are using as you move through the screens and make selections.

[@hookedntravel]

thanks for the note. This is Joclyn slowed down for the video, the guy lives at mach 10. Since theirs no touch screen, the controls are pretty straightforward. You can also pause it at anytime. Cheers

[@ross7684]

@@hookedntravel Thanks for the response. I was in the process of purchasing a new boat so was trying to learn how to operate the system when I first commented. I have since purchased the boat and I've also purchased all the electronics, accessories, cables, and adapters to network 2 Helix units and an iPilot Link trolling motor so am reviewing the video again. I'm following much better the 2nd time through and especially appreciate the insight as to which views are most valuable.

[@hookedntravel]

@@ross7684 awesome glad everything is working out great for you! Tightlines

[@robertmccombs8254]

What they do not tell you, if you place a memory stick whether, for a chart or any purpose, The Helix loses its water tightness due to the door being held open and the plug will not go back

[@TheDuck-n2l]

Humminbird is high-priced garbage!!!!!

[@TheDuck-n2l]

Don't buy any hummingbird units. If you expect 1' contours on this garbage you will be very unhappy. $3000 Helix 15 does not show 1' contours with an additional $500 map chip.....