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HawkEye FF3300PX Portable Fish Finder with Temperature Sensor | 
 enlarge | Brand: Norcross
Category: CE
This item is no longer available
Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 66388
Color: Black/Grey
Media: Electronics
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries: 4
Batteries Included: No
Battery: 4 AA
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 2 x 3 x 4
MPN: FF3300PX
Model: FF3300PX
UPC: 818800330315
EAN: 0818800330315
ASIN: B00016R6A0
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| Features:
| • | Depth, Fish, and bottom Structure readings from 3' to 120' | | • | 2 Stage Audible Fish Alarm | | • | Fish Size Identifier | | • | Variable Zone Temperature Sensing System | | • | 2 Button Easy Touch Programming |
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Product Description
State-of-the-art features in a palm-sized unit that fits in your pocket. A unique floating transducer on a 35-foot cord sends signals to your fish finder and gives you instant depth, fish, temperature and bottom structure readings from 3 to 120 feet; as you move, the readings are updated four times per second. A two-stage audible fish alarm puts you on alert, while the size identifier lets you know what's down there. Adjustable sensitivity readings, automatic bottom composition detection, and easy-touch programming. The rugged device is water resistant and has a pivoting, backlit LCD display. Comes with removable belt clip, storage bag, and neck strap. 1-1/2Hx2-3/4Wx4-1/2D".
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| Customer Reviews:
 works but could be better September 22, 2004
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
I purchased this fish finder from the factory sales on ebay for around $40 +/-. when I took it out to the bay to go fishing I found that it does not work at all in water deeper than 120'. when in water < 120' the fish finder works as it is designed, it shows the depth, temp, and basic symbols to identify bottom features, large fish, snd small fish. the water temp is the temp at the depth of the transducer only, and the depth of the fish on the screen is told by a 1/10 bar scale(you do the math to determine the depth of fish) the bottom features are depicted on the screen by boulders on the bottom, the more boulders the rougher the bottom (not actual sonar picture of the bottom). I found that unless you can get the transducer to work through the bottom of your boat there is no hope of trolling, the transducer will start to drag behind the boat and stop working if the wind is pushing you too hard, not to mention what happens if you put your engine in gear. from the lake shore the only problem I see with this fish finder is that the cable sinks and pulls the transducer back to you, which the maker advised to add fishing floats to the cable every foot or so to keep this from happening. my conclusion is that if you want a fish finder to mooch in your small boat without an electrical system, or for fishing at the lakes shore, this will work, but if you want a fish finder for a boat with 12v power.. buy a real fish finder
 Good idea but poorly designed. August 25, 2004
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
I have owned 3 of these over the past 2 years since my initial purchase. I now own none after having finally given up on the product and the customer service and thrown the latest iteration of the product in the trash.
While the product is designed to be intuitive and user-friendly, it just plain doesn't work. It appears to be easily confused by thermocline and underwater vegetation. The programming of the unit does not allow it to sort the difference between thermocline, vegetation, and fish. In addition, the icon-based fish-and-rock display does not allow the user to get around this by interpreting a "real" image.
As they were getting some complaints about this, the company responded by changing the program and sending me a new unit. It seemed to show some improvement, depending on water clarity, but, alas, stopped working on the first outing. Then they replaced it with unit number 3, a refurb programmed to display depth and temperature in metric units. It seemed to show some hope of working so I decided to live with the metric system. That was taken care of on the second outing when a trickle of rain put it death. I could have gone back to customer service, who are quite friendly, but after having spent far, far more time dealing with a faulty product than actually getting to use it, I decided the trash was a more rational approach.
Save yourself the headaches. This seems to be another example of a product rushed to market and released before it was ready.
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