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Name:	4PAR -	Reply
Subject:	Shallow/Deep Alarm
Date:	10/2/2008 12:47:13 PM

The alarm on our depth finder goes off every minute or so constantly. It is the kind that allows you to set a deep warning and a shallow warning. I have follwed the directions and reset it several times but nothing seems to work. The readings on it seem to be fairly accurate so I think that part is functioning properly but the alarm is driving us crazy. I really don't care to have the alarm anyway because I constantly watch the gauge when we are in shallow areas. Can the alarm be disconnected and still allow the gauge to work properly?

Name:	CAT BOAT -	Reply
Subject:	Shallow/Deep Alarm
Date:	10/2/2008 3:08:35 PM

Maybe it is not the depth finder alarm you are hearing! It maybe a engine warning. After all, 8 replaced his depthfinder and what he heard was the engine alarm. Funny, but true. Sorry 8, had to throw you under the bus.

Name:	4PAR -	Reply
Subject:	Shallow/Deep Alarm
Date:	10/3/2008 10:52:55 AM

I'm pretty sure it's the depth finder alarm but then again I'm certainly no expert.
It has exactly the same tone and cadence as the depth finder alarm.

Name:	nelems,robert -	Reply
Subject:	Shallow/Deep Alarm
Date:	10/3/2008 3:19:25 PM

If it is an in-dash depth finder(like a small gauge),it will have an external alarm,separate from the head. Trace the wires from the head unit to a small round beeper,under the dash. If that is the one going off,just clip one of the wires.

Name:	4PAR -	Reply
Subject:	Shallow/Deep Alarm
Date:	10/6/2008 12:45:51 PM

Yes that is what kind it is.
Thanks, that is what I had hoped I could do. The beeper is very annoying.

Name:	old blue chair -	Reply
Subject:	Shallow/Deep Alarm
Date:	10/7/2008 12:59:01 PM

before you cut wires that you may want to use in the future if it is like mine you can turn the depth / shallow alarm off

Name:	4PAR -	Reply
Subject:	Shallow/Deep Alarm
Date:	10/8/2008 10:06:19 AM

I have tried to follow the directions to do that and it doesn't work.
I think the beeper has just gone bad. Since Bama is off we are going to the lake this weekend so I will see what I can do with it.
Thanks.

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