Flashers

[fisherman-andy]

Iam able to adjust the zoom, but it is only in 5' increments,such as 5-10, 10-15 etc., Should I be able to go from 13 to 18? I have been using auto mostly, for depth scale. Iam using the gain knob to adjust. Thanks.

Lets say your auto depth shows your in 20ft of water. When you hit the zoom you can dial in 5ft increments all that way down to 20ft. So if you dial to 20ft, your zoom will likely be 15ft-20ft window. Do not confuse this with the target button. Be advise the ice35,45,55 have slight different features.

I think some of you dont fully understand your humminbirds yet. Maybe spend more time on the water with it playing with the features of zoom. Or refer to your user manual.

[mr.z 1972]

Iam able to adjust the zoom, but it is only in 5' increments,such as 5-10, 10-15 etc., Should I be able to go from 13 to 18? I have been using auto mostly, for depth scale. Iam using the gain knob to adjust. Thanks.

You will be able to zoom 5-10, 10-15, 15-20, 20-25......

I do not believe that you will be able to do 13-18. Of course I may be wrong.

[fisherman-andy]

You will be able to zoom 5-10, 10-15, 15-20, 20-25......

I do not believe that you will be able to do 13-18. Of course I may be wrong.

You can dial in at 12ft-17ft, in the 20ft range in 5ft increments. In 40ft range that is X2 I believe. So it be 10ft increments and dial in can be something like 24ft-34ft. The deeper such as at 80 ft it be 20ft increments and dial in be by 4ft instead of 2ft or 1ft for lesser depths. I rarely fish deeper than 40ft so I have not tested my Ice 55 in zoom at any deeper depths much.

[fishwater]

Needless to say Hbirds are pretty nice. I've fished around them a bit; my dad just got one as a 2nd flasher. Best we could figure, we would need to have dropped or raised the transducer a couple of feet to get the zoom set directly @ bottom. Any other tricks besides moving the ducer are appreciated..

[mr.z 1972]

You can dial in at 12ft-17ft, in the 20ft range in 5ft increments. In 40ft range that is X2 I believe. So it be 10ft increments and dial in can be something like 24ft-34ft. The deeper such as at 80 ft it be 20ft increments and dial in be by 4ft instead of 2ft or 1ft for lesser depths. I rarely fish deeper than 40ft so I have not tested my Ice 55 in zoom at any deeper depths much.

That makes sense. I have been having issues with mine. I took the support cord off tonight and am going to see if that helps. I will also be playing with the zoom feature too.

Thanks.

[cribbageboy]

Sorry about that Esox. My post was written in haste. We went to a sportsman's show in the late fall of 2009 and that's when he bought it. That wasn't my only mis-type either. I should have said NIB (new in box) rather than just "new". I don't remember the exact specifics on why it had never been opened, but I remember he was happy as a clam to get a flasher for so cheap, and here he is selling it to me now.

[Esox_Magnum]

Good deal, they were a good flasher I think the same or very similar to the current VX-1P