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I was planning on turning my existing unit into a ice unit rather than buying a whole now shuttle.  Although heavy and risky.... it would be sweet to have a 10in screen for the ice. I bought a new power cord , Ice transducer,  and storage bag to make it happen.  Problem I have is, the unit is a Helix 10 Si- GPS Gen 1 and this unit does not have chirp or the Ice mode that comes with the newer units. I did a software update to version 1.9 like I thought research told me to do, but still do not have Ice mode? Am I doing something wrong or does the Gen 1 just not have the option like thought? Or will just adding the transducer be good enough?  Any help would be awsome! Thanks

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I’m not sure what ice mode actually does but I did the same thing with my solix 10 and it works great but has chirp. I have it mounted to a gimbal mount in a pelican hard case. I just turn up the chart scroll speed. I think that’s all my old helix did in jigging mode. Which the solix also does not have.

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Do you happen to know which case it is? I also have a pelican 2300 , but look like it will be tight for transporting, fishing,  and a battery. 

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I’m not sure off hand. It’s just big enough for the ff, cables and transducer. I take my lithium batteries out of my boat for winter so I mounted a battery tray inside my sled.  I do have to run the power wire from my sled to the ff but it’s only 4-5’. That battery also powers lights I put up. 
 

Remember the bigger screen needs more power so I don’t think a little 3-5 amp hour battery will work well.

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Awsome! Ran mine today and was awsome, just turned my screen down and had plenty of juice with my 12ah lithium. Loved the big screen!

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