Baller skibug Posted July 12, 2019 Baller Share Posted July 12, 2019 Anyone perform the single puck upgrade on an MC? We have a 2015 Prostar. The single puck wiring comes with a set of male and female 4 wire connectors and another set of male and female 3 wire connectors. Are both used or only one set? Will it be evident on which ones to use once you locate dual puck connectors under the dash? Any one have any picks of the connectors under the dash? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller skibug Posted July 13, 2019 Author Baller Share Posted July 13, 2019 Thanks for the pic. I found 2 plugs under the dash but I am not sure if they are the right connectors. Do these look correct? The connector with the red tab has a tag on it that says "ZERO OFF #2" which I am assuming is the 2nd puck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Texas6 Posted July 13, 2019 Baller Share Posted July 13, 2019 What is the benefit of a single vs dual puck setup on a 2015 Prostar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller skibug Posted July 13, 2019 Author Baller Share Posted July 13, 2019 We are experiencing low, sporadic satellite pick up. Used to be 10 - 11, now can be as low as 4. At 4 -5 the boat won't maintain speed/engagement. I talked to ZO and they told me it had to do with the reprogramming of the satellite software and the old garmin pucks are subject to poor reception. That is the story anyway. The others that have converted, on our lake, all get 16 - 22 satellites and have no issues.....so...we dropped the $$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller DavidN Posted July 13, 2019 Baller Share Posted July 13, 2019 Somewhere under your dash you should have the 2 connectors for the old Garmin pucks. They both need to be disconnected. (2 grey connectors in top of picture) Then you need to find these two grey connectors and plug in the harness that comes with the ECI puck. The ECI harness has a couple more connectors, but you just need 2 of them. In my case (2010 Malibu Response) the conversion was super easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller skibug Posted July 14, 2019 Author Baller Share Posted July 14, 2019 any chance you had issues with the password (software key) not being accepted. I get a "password invalid" error with the 16 digit password that was emailed to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller greg Posted July 14, 2019 Baller Share Posted July 14, 2019 I ran into trouble with a password once, turned out what looked like an "L" was actually an "i" (or vice versa. You might check that out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller skibug Posted July 14, 2019 Author Baller Share Posted July 14, 2019 yea...I did a copy/paste so that shouldn't be an issue. My guess is they transposed some numbers in my ZO serial number and I somehow go the wrong code. Process wise, we used a computer and cable that was used for another boat so I know it isn't a softw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller skibug Posted July 17, 2019 Author Baller Share Posted July 17, 2019 FYI...for anyone who cares. I had to remove my cockpit kick board to access the single puck whips that were pre-wired in the ZO wiring harness. I would never have been able to find or access them unless I pull that kick board off. The other connectors that I thought were the puck connectors were actually the ZO head unit to MC display screen connections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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