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Marcum transducers

Burbslayer

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I was using my LX-5 this weekend and all of a sudden I was not getting any signal, tried a buddy's LX-5 ducer and still nothing, Its like the ducer isnt recieving a signal. I talked to a guy at the New Hope store and he said they could fix it while I wait for around $70. Has anyone else had a similar problem and does that sound acurate to get it repaired??

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The ducer sends the signal to the head unit to be displayed. If you tried another and it didn't work, it's not the transducer. I had the very same thing wrong with my LX3 last year. Sent it back in to Marcum and they fixed it for $70 or $90, can't remember which one. They never did tell me what was wrong with it, but it definately was in the head unit.

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My lx-1 went bad on friday. I borrowed a buddies lx-3 becuase i was heading to mille lacs, then leech...of course thats when the marcum quit.

Got a new transducer for $80 at reeds and it still isn't working...I think i also have a problem with my head unit. crazy

How fast is their turn around? Should i just mail it in to Mlps and wait a month, or drive it up there and expect a 2hr turn around?

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You guys are right its not the transducer, Its not clicking or making any kind of noise, I just tried my buddy's to see if it was. I would save the reciept for the ducer you bought Truth. The guy at Marcum in New Hope said its something in my head unit and they could PROBABLY fix it while I wait. otherwise the next day. You do have the option of mailing also he told me

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You guys are right its not the transducer, Its not clicking or making any kind of noise, I just tried my buddy's to see if it was. I would save the reciept for the ducer you bought Truth. The guy at Marcum in New Hope said its something in my head unit and they could PROBABLY fix it while I wait. otherwise the next day. You do have the option of mailing also he told me

If they told you that they can fix it while you wait, then I assume they are not replacing a board, but thinking a solder connection came loose. That could something that is easy for you to fix on your own.

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I acutally just got off the phone with Marcum 5min ago...I told the guy that i had already bought a new transducer and tried a new battery - he says OH...well we'll just mark this up as a warrenty repair then (since i bought my ducer at Reeds by Mille Lacs), but if it comes in looking like it got ran over with a truck, then we'll charge you $69.95 for the base repair fee....AWESOME CUSTOMER SERVICE..Said if i mail it in today the fix will only take 1 day and you'll definetely have it back by next weekend!

...Anyone want a brand new transducer for $60

Located in mankato or owatonna...or anywhere in between.

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...Anyone want a brand new transducer for $60

I'd keep it for a bit, wait until you get your unit back and running 100%. Might be fun to run it a bit under matched conditions, see if you get any changes in performance?

I split my oldest marcum's ducer cable last year, it still worked but it was old and abused. When I finally got a new one it was very noticeable.

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