Stay on Target with Heading Lines and Angle Markers!

[@jwcoop27]

Thanks for all the tips on our Garmin units! You’re spot on!

[@audiesimpson4965]

Thanks for the info on heading sensor or steady cast.

[@kennyroche7350]

I was on water other day and I am new with it. Trying to find way points was hard so this helped a lot thx. All your videos help me.

[@elonmust7470]

Off topic to the video, but get this! I was at my local Bass Pro yesterday lamenting the fact that I didn't buy the 106sv for 50% off on black Friday when a salesman asked me if I needed any help. I asked him when the next sale was. A moment later he ducked behind the counter & came up with a box with a note on it. He explained how it was left over from the blafk Friday sale, ONE unit left. I ended up getting a $2099 unit for $999 yesterday!!!! Like it was meant to be!!

[@MGMarineTech]

Very cool!

[@redheadflyer71]

If you’re going to install Garmin Steady Cast, it doesn’t simply plug into the unit. It requires a NMEA 2000 network. That might be a good future video

[@MGMarineTech]

Correct, I have a NMEA 2000 video that shows all that as well

[@cgraz3383]

Great video. Super informative!! Would also love to learn more about how to modify tack color, and if you can make it a solid line vs dotted. Also, have always wondered if you can delete tracks for a single lake. Keep up the good work!

[@MGMarineTech]

Tracks in my opinion are slightly flawed and I have yet to get them completely figured out. There’s a way I think they should work, and then the way they do work lol.

[@cgraz3383]

@@MGMarineTech funny you mention that. I found a way to change the white part of the track to a different color and changed it to red. I can’t seem to find where I did that though. Still learning my way around. Would be nice to have a solid track line. It gets a little clutter with contour lines. Ideally I’d like to have a solid track line that’s not black to eliminate confusion and clutter when graphing.

[@MGMarineTech]

@@cgraz3383 changing the colors can be done easily. I’m not sure about making them a solid line other than black The tricky part comes when you try to save tracks other than the current track.

[@DoubleTFishing]

Great video, very useful thanks for sharing!!

[@ClearviewOutdoors]

Great info as always, keep them coming, thanks for sharing this!!!

[@JohnK-dv7pb]

Thanks. That's a big deal and I had no idea.

[@pw135]

Love your content

[@MGMarineTech]

Thank you for the awesome comment

[@MoviesSam]

This video is perfect for my issue right now. New boat, heading line is on, and I'm moving at about 7mph. The heading line shows 30 degrees to the port, but I know the boat is pointed straight and no way is it going in the direction of the heading line. 30 degrees is alot and a pretty big error. Any thoughts ?

[@MGMarineTech]

Do you have a heading sensor? Like a steady cast or 24xd?

[@MoviesSam]

@@MGMarineTech - I don't think so. The boat is brand new 30' Sportsman Center console. I've got that same question into the dealer.

[@daviddincler7494]

Added a steady cast and mark my WP with the teardrop but can’t find my brush pile help

[@MGMarineTech]

How did you mark the waypoint ?

[@robertteti2253]

Love your videos I have learned a lot from you. Thank you so much. My question today is when adding a heading sensor do I keep my Northup head up or coarse up on which one would I put on with the heading sensor? Thank you.

[@MGMarineTech]

Thank you!! North up will do just that and keeps north at the top of the screen. Switch to course up to keep the map in relation to the boat

[@CrappieCatsTV]

Great info..Thanks!

[@chevynation6476]

Just found this channel and watched 90% of the videos 😂😂😂

[@fishingwiththeks]

Nice. Can you do a video on the heading hold feature and how to get the trolling motor to automatically go to the wave point if you have a garmin force?

[@MGMarineTech]

Once I get a force I would love to do those videos!

[@robertteti2253]

I have a garmin 10sv ultra. How much are they and how hard are they to hook up. Also, do you carry them?

[@MGMarineTech]

Hey Robert, they are very simple to hook up. I am a garmin authorized dealer and installer. Feel free to email me at [e-mail]

[@returnofsid]

Couldn't you fix that problem by choosing a different heading option? There's 3 options, I think. Compass, Heading, and I don't remember lol.

[@jones1394]

Hello I have the steadycast sensor. I have a cable coming from the back of my unit to a three nema2000 3 port Tee connection. The steadycast using a port and I have 12 volts. My problem I don't see it on my garmin 1242xsv unit. Do I need the resistors on both ends to make it come on???.

[@MGMarineTech]

Hey Kirk, check out my NMEA 2000 basics video. It will probably answer your question better than I can here.

[@jones1394]

@@MGMarineTech Hello Sir thank for replying. Yes I did look at your video and it explained everything and I got my answers. Thank you so much. I went to bed happy knowing now what I needed to do🙂. Thanks 😊

[@MGMarineTech]

@@jones1394 awesome! I’m glad I could help!

[@laurensimkin8040]

Great video. I just added a heading sensor and I am having a bit of an issue with accuracy. Do you have a suggestion which source you want it to be set on? Do u adjust when running vs. Stationary fishing!

[@MGMarineTech]

That I’m not sure of, I haven’t looked that far into the settings of the steady cast. I’m still working on getting mine in the proper location

[@ronforeman5317]

I have two Echomap UHD units networked with an ethernet cable. I should be able to install SteadyCast sensor with small NMEA backbone with power, sensor and console graph. Shouldn't the front graph have the SteadyCast info through the ethernet from the console?

[@MGMarineTech]

Short answer is no. The NMEA 2000 network doesn’t share data with the garmin marine network. Check out my Nmea 2000 basics video I go over all those details

[@ronforeman5317]

@@MGMarineTech Thanks a lot. Appreciated.

[@gar58]

I have an Echomap UHD 93sv on the front deck and one at the console which are “connected”. Are these units capable of setting a heading line or would I need a separate heading sensor?

[@MGMarineTech]

Yes they will set a heading line, but it’s only accurate while you are moving. Without a sensor that is Once you stop. Your map can spin, and your heading line may be pointing somewhere completely different than where the boat actually is. The fix for that is a heading sensor.

[@Lray4x4]

I have two new Echomap 93sv UHD units and I can't get the angle or heading lines to display on either one of them.

[@MGMarineTech]

Hmm I take it you followed the steps in the video?

[@Lray4x4]

@@MGMarineTech Yes, I don't know why it won't show up.

[@MGMarineTech]

@@Lray4x4 hmm if you have Facebook message me on there and I might be able to help with pictures etc

[@theluckystrike6371]

👍🏻👍🏻

[@johnnymissfire8464]

I can see this being useful. However I tend to be backing up to my waypoint when anchoring on the river and the map gets stupid. So I touch the waypoint and then the screen shows me the distance to that waypoint as I'm backing up and setting the anchor. If the heading line would show on the back of the boat using the 2 together would be even better.

[@MGMarineTech]

That’s where the angle markers come into play as well as adding a heading sensor to keep your map accurate while stationary.

[@maxcole3930]

With an echomap ultra & steady cast, nmea 2000 starting kit. Is that all you need to get the sensor hooked up & running? Is the sensor just 1 cable to ultra & them power source?

[@MGMarineTech]

Check out my nmea2000 basics video, it will walk you through that all