Humminbird 10ft Ethernet Cable AS EC 10E for HELIX & SOLIX

If you're running more than one Humminbird unit, this cable is how they talk to each other. The AS EC 10E is a 10-foot Ethernet cable, black, with the keyed Humminbird connector on each end. You use it to wire a control head into the 5-Port Ethernet Switch, or to link two Ethernet-capable heads directly. Once that connection is live, your units share sonar returns, chart data, and waypoints as if they were one system.

Here's the real-world version. Say you've got a SOLIX at the console and a HELIX 10 up on the bow for fishing. Wire both into the switch with cables like this one, power the switch, and a waypoint you drop at the bow shows up at the console instantly. Same with your side imaging or down imaging. Mark a brush pile on one screen and it's on the other. That's the whole point of networking a Humminbird helm, and it starts with clean Ethernet runs.

The 10-foot length covers most console-to-console and console-to-switch runs on a bay boat or a mid-size center console. If you're pulling from the bow all the way back to a console-mounted switch on a 25-foot boat or bigger, measure first. A lot of guys find 10 feet comes up short on a longer hull and end up wishing they'd planned the switch location closer to the middle of the run. Better to measure the actual path, around the console and through the rigging tube, than to guess.

Compatibility is broad. This cable works with HELIX 15, 12, 10, 9, 8, and 7 units in the G2N, G3N, and G4N generations, plus the 11xxci, 9xxci, all 8xxci, and 7xxci HD series, and the APEX, SOLIX, and ONIX lines. If you're on an older 7xxci or 9xxci, check that your unit actually has the Ethernet port and that you're on current firmware. Some of the older heads need an adapter or a firmware update before they'll recognize the network link.

A few install notes from experience. The connector is keyed so it only goes in one way, but the pins can bend if you force it at an angle, so line it up square and push straight in. Don't crank a sharp bend right at the connector either. A tight radius at the head connection is the number one cause of an intermittent link a season down the road. Give it a gentle loop instead. And keep the Ethernet run separate from your transducer leads where you can. Bundling them tight together can pick up noise and muddy your sonar.

One more thing worth saying plainly. For a reliable network, pair this cable with the Humminbird 5-Port Ethernet Switch and power the switch on its own circuit. A generic or third-party switch is the usual suspect when folks report random dropouts. Stick with the Humminbird switch and give it clean power, and the network just works. Once it's set up, SOLIX and APEX users especially report rock-solid sonar and waypoint sharing across every screen on the boat.

Who's this for? Anyone building out a multi-display Humminbird setup, whether that's a tournament bass boat with a bow-and-console pair or a bay boat running a big SOLIX up top. What it's not: it isn't a transducer cable, not a power cable, and not a fix for two units that were never Ethernet-capable to begin with. It's purely the network link between compatible heads and the switch.

Bottom line, this is a simple part that does one job well. It's the cable that connects your Humminbird gear into a real network. Buy the right length for your run, treat the connectors gently, and you'll get years of clean data sharing out of it.