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The Garmin Striker Vivid 9sv is a 9-inch fish finder with CHIRP sonar, ClearVü and SideVü scanning, and a built-in GPS. It comes with the GT52HW-TM transom transducer and a tilt/swivel mount. Quickdraw Contours builds your own depth maps on internal memory, with contours at 0.3 m intervals. It suits anglers who want a large, bright screen and side-scan imaging without a chartplotter's price or complexity. Against rivals it lacks mapping cards and networking, so it is a standalone sonar unit rather than a full navigation system.
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Owners of the Striker Vivid line praise the bright, high-contrast screen and the clear side and down imaging for the class. Many find the menus easy to learn and Quickdraw Contours useful for mapping their own spots. Complaints center on the lack of charts and on side-scan performance in deeper or choppier water.
The Garmin Striker Vivid 9sv is a fishfinder with a 9-inch color display and a built-in GPS. It comes with a GT52HW-TM CHIRP SideVü transducer. CHIRP sonar draws a detailed picture of fish and bottom structure with less clutter. ClearVü and SideVü scanning show the view under the surface in near-photographic detail.
The display is readable in bright sunlight, and there are 7 color palettes to choose from. The GPS shows boat speed and lets you mark waypoints. With Quickdraw Contours, you can make your own HD maps with 0.3 m contour intervals and store them in the device's internal memory. The Striker Vivid series are fishfinders, so an external map or map card can't be installed.
Wi-Fi connectivity works with the ActiveCaptain app for smart notifications, the Quickdraw Contours community, waypoint transfer and software update notifications. Other functions include Ultrascroll, which shows fish while the boat moves fast, a fish symbol ID, Autogain, an adjustable depth line, and A-Scope, a real-time view of fish in the transducer beam.
