Tuning sounders

[Raider Ronnie]

Just wondering how many guys manually tune their sounders all day (gain & range + -) compared to running in auto ?
My thought today's newer machines are so much better than older machines and can tune better than you & faster.
What do you say ?

 

[CEShawn]

That was one function I like about the Furuno's were the AUTO FISH and AUTO CRUISE range... Cruise taking some of the clutter out...

I do still like the Furuno where you can manually turn up the gain. Mainly for canyon fishing perhaps with finding the thermocline...

I go back and forth...

 

[FirstLightNat]

I like to run auto range most of the time but gain , color gain and a selective frequency transducer all are adjusted with tide strength, bait and chum conditions . If you have a modern high end unit you may be suprised what a little tweaking will show. I run a pair of 1kw wide 23 degree air mars On a ray marine dsm 300 and e120

 

[pugsley]

i never use auto