Product Description: Humminbird 717 Combo: Powerful DualBeam PLUS sonar, full-function GPS navigation ready and high-contrast viewing at a ROCK-BOTTOM PRICE! Serious fish-finding power, and GPS ready without blowing your budget! The Humminbird 717c delivers clear, sharp views of the bottom, fish and structure with its 5" 320 vertical resolution 16-level grayscale display and 80 degree DualBeam PLUS sonar. And it's fully GPS ready just add your GPS receiver or a hand-held GPS to show position, mark hotspots and find your way home. You truly get all the high-performance function plus the intuitive controls and quality you expect from Humminbird at a price you can swallow. Feature packed and user friendly: High contrast 320V x 320H ultra-high resolution 5" 16 level grayscale FSTN display; DualBeam PLUS sonar delivers wide coverage and better bottom definition... selectable 20 degree or 60 degree beams, or simultaneous operation; GPS ready trackplotting capable: 750 Waypoints, 20 Routes, 10 Tracks with 2000 Points Each... just plug in your own GPS receiver or a hand-held GPS; 2400 Watts PTP, 300 Watt RMS Standard; Sonar Coverage: 20 degrees @ -10db (200kHz) 60 degrees @ -10db (83kHz) (80 degree Total Coverage); Reliable performance from shallow to 1000 ft; Water temperature and speed capable; Optional 90 degree QuadraBeam or WideSide bank scanning transducers (sold separately); Digital Flasher View delivers real time, flasher performance; Real Time Sonar instantly captures the action under
Amazon.com Product Description: The Humminbird 717 Fish Finder is for serious recreational anglers ready for a step up from traditional fish finders, while still retaining incredible ease of use. The 717 is compact, but full of already built-in capabilities, with the ability to add advanced accessories, making it the perfect companion for your fishing outings.
The Humminbird 717 uses DualBeam PLUS sonar, selectable between 20- and 60-degree beams, or simultaneous operation to deliver both wide coverage and better bottom definition up to 1,000 feet with a target separation of only 2.5 inches. This fish finder includes real-time sonar at up to 40 times per second, and Sonar Echo Enhancement sensitive enough to track a jig to over 40 feet. This unit's high-speed, micro-dynamic transducer is reliable up to 70 mph, and even includes water temperature and is speed capable.
The 717 has an ultra high-contrast, 5-inch FSTN LCD screen with 320 x 320 lines of resolution in 16-level grayscale for crisp images with high visibility, and an adjustable backlight. The 717 is also capable of upgrading to GPS trackplotting, PC-connection, and a full-screen trackplotter, a 3D track, and a split-screen sonar track with an adjustable split. Despite all its various functions, this unit remains easy to use, and all its advanced upgrades are plug-and-play compatible, from the GPS receiver, to the SmartCast wireless sonar link and PC connection accessories.
The Humminbird 717 features real-time flasher performance, Bottom Lock to enhance resolution and separate fish from structure, one-touch zoom with 2x, 4x, 6x and 8x zoom levels, and X-Press Menus so you can access the most important controls with fewer button presses. This fish finder also features both fresh and saltwater options, the ability to choose between TruArch for actual fish returns or selective Fish ID+ with target depth, and Freeze Frame to instantly pause the sonar display, allowing more time to see the details.
The 717 comes with a transom mount transducer, and a tilt-and-swivel, quick-disconnect mount system, for either Gimbal or in-dash mounting. This unit measures 6.9 x 7.7 x 4.5 inches (W x H x D) as a Gimbal mount, or when in-dash mounted requires three inches of behind-dash clearance. For upgrades, this system is compatible with optional QuadraBeam Bottom Scanning, and WideSide Bank Scanning Transducers. The Humminbird 717 is built tough with fully gasketed and waterproof construction, and is backed by a manufacturer's one-year warranty.
What's in the Box 717 fishing system, transducer, mounting hardware, and product manual.
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Fish finder from "Beach Audio"
I was pleased with my purchase of a Humminbird 717 from "Beach Audio". They had one of the lowest prices, and they shipped the item within a day or two of the order date. It was packaged well. I would gladly buy from them again.
The Humminbird 717 is a fairly complex fish finder. It was easy to install and it appears to have great capabilities, once you learn how to operate it. Considering how sophisticated this unit is, the instruction manual is very poorly written, especially if the buyer is a first-time fish finder user. Much of the learning process was "trial and error" ... Read More
