Lx7 What's the latest?

[CAMAN]

Im not blaming anyone and im not even angry. I understand the business aspect of it and i know i need to wait my turn. Does not mean i cant be disappointed and wishing for my new locator that im super excited to get and use. Ive been excited about this for a while i guess you could call it kid with a new toy syndrome.

Completely agree! Weren't you one who picked it up on Cyber Monday when GM had that issue with their HSOforum? You got a GREAT deal on it, so you can't complain to much, right?

[icefitchin]

I ordered mine from Reeds. I had to actually call them yesterday to get my tracking number. Should have it sometime today. I second the "llittle boy with a new toy" excitement.

And I do play on playing with this thing on my couch until I get some ice!

[Hardyboy]

Completely agree! Weren't you one who picked it up on Cyber Monday when GM had that issue with their HSOforum? You got a GREAT deal on it, so you can't complain to much, right? [/quote

You are exactly right, and did get a great deal!! Soooo ill just whimper a little and not whine LOL

[gquist]

I ordered mine from Reeds also, I emailed them yesterday to check on it and they sent a tracking # back within a couple hours.

I see Marcum put the manual online in the support section for those that want to learn how to use it before it get here.

[Evobassfish]

Ordered mine from Gander mtn. Its the 15th and have not received a confirmation # yet for my order. The email that I got said the manufacture is scheduled to ship my order on the 15th. Not going to hold my breath:(

[FISHINGURU]

They are all over the shelves at the big C, I was just there and could of bought 20 of them if I wanted.

[ameyers41]

I got mine from Thorne Bros. on monday. Can't wait to try it out.

[icefitchin]

I just got my LX7 today. I have a question for those who do have theirs. After inspecting the unit i noticed that the transducer showed signs of wear ( small chip and a few dings). When i power up the unit, i noticed the transducer makes a clicking noise. The screen pops up and all the displays come up fine, but the screen is cluttered in yellow ( like a normal flasher would look if there was a whole bunch of interferance). And the digital depth keeps reading like 249 feet.

Now, i realize im just playing with it in the kitchen and the transducer is not in the water. For those who have theirs, is yours doing the same thing? Im just wondering if there was damage to the transducer, and if the "interferance" clutter is just because im not using it in water.

[Neiko]

They are all over the shelves at the big C, I was just there and could of bought 20 of them if I wanted.

Which one were you at as I have been talking to the Rogers one and they didn't have any. The guy is getting one shipped from another store for me.

[FISHINGURU]

Owatanna, I seen a stack of em and they had a few set up at the end of a couple isles.

[muc33]

I just got my LX7 today. I have a question for those who do have theirs. After inspecting the unit i noticed that the transducer showed signs of wear ( small chip and a few dings). When i power up the unit, i noticed the transducer makes a clicking noise. The screen pops up and all the displays come up fine, but the screen is cluttered in yellow ( like a normal flasher would look if there was a whole bunch of interferance). And the digital depth keeps reading like 249 feet.

Now, i realize im just playing with it in the kitchen and the transducer is not in the water. For those who have theirs, is yours doing the same thing? Im just wondering if there was damage to the transducer, and if the "interferance" clutter is just because im not using it in water.

if it is chipped I would call customer service.

[Hardyboy]

I just got my LX7 today. I have a question for those who do have theirs. After inspecting the unit i noticed that the transducer showed signs of wear ( small chip and a few dings). When i power up the unit, i noticed the transducer makes a clicking noise. The screen pops up and all the displays come up fine, but the screen is cluttered in yellow ( like a normal flasher would look if there was a whole bunch of interferance). And the digital depth keeps reading like 249 feet.

Now, i realize im just playing with it in the kitchen and the transducer is not in the water. For those who have theirs, is yours doing the same thing? Im just wondering if there was damage to the transducer, and if the "interferance" clutter is just because im not using it in water.

Like was said above if theres a chip in it then call customer service. as far as the false reading and the ducer noise it is because it was out of the water. you will get the noise and a false reading as its designed to operate while submerged.

[icefitchin]

Thanks for the help guys. Im gonna call them tomorrow.

[Jimmy from Cottage Grove]

I bought mine at Marine General at the ice show. My unit came from them, not from the factory. My unit does have some clutter on the screen like interference. The gain is turned way up from the factory turn it down, and that will go away. Also mine says it's 298 feet. So I wouldn't worry to much about it. I am sure it will work fine on the Ice. Oh by the way my transducer clicks. My lx-5 makes the same noise. It's just more noticable on the lx-7 because the unit itself does not make any noise.

[icefitchin]

Whew!! Thanks Jimmy. You gave me the answers I was hoping to hear. With it being new technology, i just wasn't sure. The chips on the puck aren't major, just wanted to make sure I was getting the same "reading" that other new units were getting out of the box.

Thanks

[WhiskeyPete]

Take a breath everyone. At least you've pulled the trigger and have or will soon have a new 7 for the upcoming season.

As for myself....I'm upgrading from my LX3tc. I'm having a tough time trying to decide between the 5 or 7. Waiting to hear some REAL reports from some REAL owners. I think I need to go fishing and think about this......

[Mid-Lake Rock]

Icefitchin,

I had someone fall on my MarCum and broke the transducer arm (a 250lb guy will do that). I called customer service and they sent me a new arm and all I had to pay was shipping. It was way past warranty and not Marcum's fault, but they took care of me. On another Marcum unit, I damaged the charging system (my fault). They sent me a replacement for half price over buying it in the store. They have good people there. I'm guessing it is probably busy at MarCum as the ice season is just starting and things get damaged over the summer.

My brother and I have really been hard on three transducers over the past five or six years and they all still work great. In your case, I would send them a picture of the ducer and ask for a new one and see if you can use the ducer you received until you get a new one. Jon Marshall at MarCum is a go to guy and will make sure you are happy.

Please post a report about the 7 when you get it on the ice.

[Castinski]

Whew!! Thanks Jimmy. You gave me the answers I was hoping to hear. With it being new technology, i just wasn't sure. The chips on the puck aren't major, just wanted to make sure I was getting the same "reading" that other new units were getting out of the box.

Thanks

Some minor pitting is normal. Chips are not. They all should give off a clicking noise.

[Hardyboy]

Whew!! Thanks Jimmy. You gave me the answers I was hoping to hear. With it being new technology, i just wasn't sure. The chips on the puck aren't major, just wanted to make sure I was getting the same "reading" that other new units were getting out of the box.

Thanks

also if your going to play with it out of the water put it in demo mode it will give you real fishing scenarios and you can play with all the settings to see what they do while your resting warmly on your couch.

[gixxer01]

Big C in Rogers has a few available.

[Jimmy from Cottage Grove]

Well I finally got mine out on the ice yesterday. It was pretty sweet. I fished right next to another lx-5 in the same portable, and there was zero interference between the two of us. The different zoom display is going to take some getting used to. I am kind of dissapointed in the sensitivity of the unit. It is very touchy. I had my gain set at 4 and I thought it was too high my bait was almost 1/2 inch on the zoom (crappie minnow), but on 3 I couldn't see my bait. It made it more difficult to see how close the fish were, it all blended together to much. I couldn't get that super fine line, like the lx-5. I would like to get it down more to that 1/4 inch to 1/8 inch range. The other thing I didn't like, is it automatically sets your 20,40,60 depth range for you. I was in 33 feet of water and it put me in the 80 foot display instead of 40. Not a big deal since I can manually adjust it down to the 40. There is also a few features I am not really sure about what they do. There is a sensitivy, and a target sensitivy. I am not sure what the target sensitivy does. I only got a card talking about the zoom feature in the box. I am not sure if I am missing a owners manual, or if that one card talking about the zoom is it. Did anyone else get a different owners manual? Overall it seems like a pretty solid unit, it is just going to take some time to get use to. Also I had it on the ice for about 8 hours with little drain on the battery.

[crawler harness]

Bought mine this Wednesday at Big C in Owatonna, I read the owners manual the night before so I could play with the one on display. Had the worker there beside me and he was trying to show me things, but I ended up showing him how to do more things on it that he didnt realize were on there, now I have to wait for the ice to get better around here.

Here is the link to the owners manual.

http://www.marcum.com/Portals/1/Downloads/LX-7_Users_Guide.pdf

[Jimmy from Cottage Grove]

I tried it on my computer it won't open the link. All the others worked!

[JSK76]

I'm with Jimmy, I got mine yesterday and spent 8 hours fishing with it and I was in 18 fow and the auto range put me in 40'. My biggest gripe is I manually put it in 20' range and along as I had the flasher and one other feature running like the vertical display it would read 18' in the middle of the flasher like it should but if I went to the flasher only it would read 18' for 2 to 3 seconds and then switch to 15'. Also ever so often the bait, bottom and fish would flash off for a split second. It didn't do this right away but for a while it was doing it about 11 seconds apart and seemed not to do it as much at the end. I also would get a gost blip in the left bottom of one of the dashboard gauges when I would run it in the graph mode.

I was very impressed with the target separation, I brought my camera with and would put the minnow on the bottom and just barely lift the minno of the bottom and I would get separation and you could hardly tell it was off from the camera.

I knew it wouldn't be 100% that's why I held onto my lx5 but with Marcum I know they will take care of it.

I thought I already lost the manual but come to think I don't think I ever seen it.

[Hardyboy]

I tried it on my computer it won't open the link. All the others worked!

just go to marcums HSOforum and you can read the manual there.