The impressive Garmin Echo 550c FishFinder boasts one of the best and clearest colour screen displays you will find available for freshwater fishing, especially at this sort of price.

The Garmin Echo 550c is provided with a very effective sonar with 500 watts RMS power in conjunction with the exclusive Garmin HD-ID target tracking technology. The video-quality 640 x 480-pixel VGA screen displays a superb level of detail of fish, structures and bottom contours not only immediately underneath your boat but also well beyond thanks to a dual-beam transducer with up to a 120° viewing angle. In addition, the powerful sonar will scan to the very bottom of almost all freshwater lakes as it can reach as deep as 1900 feet.

Garmin Smooth Scaling technology ensures you do not lose sight of the sonar history as the unit changes depth ranges and this technology also gives you the ability to rewind your sonar history to confirm that you have not missed anything.

The Garmin Echo 550c FishFinder works in a comfortably intuitive way and its installation takes only a few minutes using the quick-release tilt mount and versatile transom-mount transducer that are included in the box with the fishfinder unit itself.

Features

• Garmin HD-ID technology
• 5-inch video-quality colour display
• Tilt/swivel mount, transducer, trolling motor clamp and transom mount
• Audible alarms: Yes
• Dual-frequency sonar capable: Yes
• Dual-beam sonar capable: Yes
• Split-screen zoom: Yes
• Ultrascroll (displays fish targets at higher boat speeds): Yes
• Fish symbol ID (helps identify fish targets): Yes
• AutoGain technology (minimizes clutter, maximizes targets): Yes
• Whiteline (indicates hard or soft bottom): No
• Adjustable depth line (measures depth of underwater objects): Yes
• A-scope (real time display of fish passing through transducer beam): Yes
• Bottom lock (shows return from bottom up): Yes
• Water temperature log and graph: Yes
• Water temperature sensor included: Yes
• Water speed capable (displays speed on water): Yes
• Frequency: 200/77 kHz
• Transmit power: 500W (RMS), 4000W (peak to peak)
• Voltage range: 10V-28V input
• Cone angle: 60° or 120° (dual beam)
• Maximum depth: 1900 ft freshwater
• Depth capacity is dependent on water bottom type and other water conditions

Physical and Performance

• Unit dimensions (W x H x D): 6.0 x 5.9 x 1.8 inches (1.5 x 15.0 x 4.6 cm)
• Display size (W x H): 2.9 x 4.0 inches (7.4 x 10.16 cm); 5-inch (12.77-cm) diag
• Display resolution (W x H): 480 x 640 pixels
• Display type: VGA, 256 colours
• Weight: 499 g
• Waterproof: Yes (IPX7)