This guide explores various transducer installation and mounting options. You can choose a specific mounting option below or browse through all available choices. Most Humminbird units come with everything necessary for installation and operation on most boats. (The exception to this would be products marked "CHO", which stands for "Control Head Only".) .
Note: Inboard boats, wood or metal hulls, and sail boats create unique transducer mounting needs. Alternate transducers and mounting methods are detailed below.
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Transducer Definitions
- DI- Down Imaging
- SI- Side Imaging
- MDI- MEGA Down Imaging
- MSI- MEGA Side Imaging
- T- Provides Temperature Reading Sensor
- TH-Thru Hull Mounted
- XM- MEGA Imaging equipped Transom (back of boat) Mounted Transducer.
- XNT- Transom Mounted Transducer.
- XTM- Trolling Motor Mounted Transducer.
- XNT- Transom Mounted Transducer.
- XP- In Hull Mounted Transducer
- XPT- Portable Transducer
- XI- Ice Transducer
Trolling Motor Mounting (XTM)
The standard transducer can also be adapted to mount on the lower unit of most trolling motors using a different accessory kit. This accessory includes a bracket and hose clamp that allows mounting the transducer to the body of most trolling motors.
Note: When installing a transducer on a Riptide Instinct QUEST or Ulterrra Models that Auto Deploy/Stow/Trim it is important to leave enough slack in the Transducer Cable between the Lower Unit and Control Head to allow for motor operation.
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- Click here for Instructions on Installing and External Transducer
- Lower Unit Dimensions and Mounting External Transducers for Minn Kota Motors
Portable Mounting (XPT)
The standard transducer can be adapted for portable installations with a portable mounting kit available from Humminbird. This accessory adapts your transducer to a suction cup mount for temporary installation on the boat hull or other surface.
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In-Hull Mounting (XP)
In-hull transducers are recommended to be installed inside of a single layer fiberglass hull. These transducers come with an installation kit containing a two-part slow cure epoxy.
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Thru-Hull Mounting (TH)
Thru-hull transducers install through a hole drilled in the hull of the boat. Larger boats or boats with inboard motors create turbulence that make transom mounting ineffective. Also, hulls that are very thick or are double layered, or made from materials such as wood or metal, (which do not conduct sonar signals) make inside the hull mounting inadvisable. We have thru-hull transducers available in metal and plastic.
- Stainless Steel & Bronze Thru Hull Transducers Manuals
- Plastic Thru Hull Transducers
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Note: Bronze transducer mounting options are not recommended for Aluminum or Steel Hull boats.
Note: Plastic transducer mounting options are recommended for wooden boats.
Visit our article on our transducer exchange program for other transducer possibilities depending on your boat's needs.
