showdown 5.6 problems

[gman2002]

so i just got a brand new showdown dualbeam and today was the first time on the ice with it. i was in 12 ft of water and i couldn't see my jig . with the sensitivity all the way up i could see it once in a while but my jig would fade in and out and so wouldn't fish that showed up . i also noticed how jerky everything was - normal ? do i have a bad one ? it was basically impossible to fish with. also i thought that it would save the setting but everytime i jumped to a different hole i had to reset everything . all in all a very frustating day on the ice,a depth finder shouldn't be that much work. i'll try it one more time for about 5 min and if its the same i'll have to call marcum .unlees someone has some ideas that maybe i'm doing something wrong ?

[pulsar_nx]

Seeing a jig can be difficult sometimes if the jigs profile doesn't bounce the signal back. I've found jigs that do that but once bait is added I can easily see it. I can see a microscopic marmooska like these fine but a teardrop twice its size would be very difficult. Hopefully this helps you out.

[PerchJerker]

i'll try it one more time for about 5 min and if its the same i'll have to call marcum

Why wait? I'd call them now, something is definately not right and they should be able to take care of it for you. Good luck getting it figured out.