Bass-turd Posted February 5, 2020 Report Share Posted February 5, 2020 I have a humminbird helix 5 DI converted to a portable unit and a while back she pooched. After some troubleshooting it was determined the power cord connecting unit to battery had broke. I emailed humminbird and they gave me the part number to order for here in Canada, and after talking to Johnson outdoors I bought it over the phone, got it mailed in a couple days later. I was happy to see my unit start up when I plugged it in but the really weird thing is I was now getting the screens for the gps model both in demo mode and regular use, plus the navigation menu which I never had before. It says “optional accessory needed to use this feature” when on the gps screen, and since I don’t have an SD card slot for a nav chip I’m assuming I can’t use the gps feature, but is it very weird this happened with just a new power cord, and are all helix units built with the gps feature but different power cords for each model to unlock its features? Any thoughts or ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
мормышка Posted February 5, 2020 Report Share Posted February 5, 2020 Contact Humminbird again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loonietoon1 Posted February 5, 2020 Report Share Posted February 5, 2020 Talk to Jo's at Angling Outfitters he will help you out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass-turd Posted February 5, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2020 Nothing is wrong or not working, I still have everything I had before (sonar and down imaging are still there and working), it’s just the gps nav screens and menu popped up that I never saw before which I thought was weird Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mbocco Posted February 5, 2020 Report Share Posted February 5, 2020 I’m sure it’s just a setting somewhere. Maybe it somehow did a factory reset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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