Lx7 What's the latest?

[FISHINGURU]

Maybe you should call them?

Naw, couple hours after I made that post they responded, works everytime!!

[fishwater]

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.

I just got back from 3 days on LOW, the lower gain control does seem a little coarse. Found pretty much the same thing, either fat lines or too faint in many instances.

[fishwater]

The battery lasted 10 hours no problem.

Mine lasted 10 hours easily too. I did notice that it took over 10 hours for the green light to come on when charging? Seems kinda long. I wonder if the new charger is slower than the DCS chargers or if my charger is wonky?

[aczr2k]

We'll find out on the green light vs. red light. Mine was plugged in for 36 hours or so with the red light still on. I left it plugged in all week up north, I'm curious to see if the green light is on now?

[whateverisbiting]

Sorry did not notice how long it took to charge...was charged overnight. I agree with the low end sensitivity...could use finer increments and noticed that I had to adjust it when the battery voltage was dropping.

[Neiko]

I picked mine up yesterday and for giggle just threw it overnite on the charger. Had the green lite this morning. Less then 9 hrs plugged in. This is a very awesome unit. I can understand what some people say about the thickness of the lines but thought afterwards if I put it in a deeper mode it might make the lines smaller. Overall I am very pleased with it. I went out on a local lake and had a full house with nephews and my 2 yr old so didn't get to play with it too much as the kids were having fun catching perch with it. Can't wait to use it for Laker fishing in a couple of weeks. Yeah it is a lot of money but I really believe it is worth it.

[icefitchin]

So, I thought this thing was supposed to be USB compatible for software updates. Where are ya supposed to plug a USB in? And if it is set up for USB why didn't it come with the USB cable?

Not sure what to think of this unit yet.

[stumper]

It is located on the back side under the rubber cover. I have never seen a cord come with anything thats "updatable"..BTW, it will use a micro usb cord.

[Hardyboy]

So, I thought this thing was supposed to be USB compatible for software updates. Where are ya supposed to plug a USB in? And if it is set up for USB why didn't it come with the USB cable?

Not sure what to think of this unit yet.

The unit is capable of USB connection but its not currently in use yet! They installed it for future use for home downloading when they have updates for it. Since its brand new dont expect an immediate update to be available. Long story short its capable but not in use yet.

[springermnguy26]

I had mine out again over the weekend. I am starting to get the hang of it. I did notice a few times the screen flashed out, seemed like once every half an hour. I just seen a video online. It showed the center depth had a feet and a decimal place. Such as 20.8 feet. My unit just displays 20 even. Is anyones different then mine? I can't find anyway to adjust it!

[aczr2k]

Mine just shows feet also, no decimal point.

[deadduk]

Reeds is one of the worse stores out there IMO. No wonder some of you guy's are waiting so long.

I ordered and received a brand new LX-5 Transducer that is cracked down the side like it got dropped a few times. Emailed them twice now in the past 3-4 days with no response yet.

It's the first time I've ever ordered anything from them and probably the last, they didn't make a good impression on me.

I would have to agree with you on that. Last year when I got my FL 22 from them in the mail the 3 way switch was broken for the transducer. I called them with no response several times and no returned calls!!!!! Then I did get in touch with Vexialr and they sent me a new one the same day but it cost me $45.00 to FedEx before my trip. Reeds is not a bad place to buy minnows, but thats about it!

[Hardyboy]

I had mine out again over the weekend. I am starting to get the hang of it. I did notice a few times the screen flashed out, seemed like once every half an hour. I just seen a video online. It showed the center depth had a feet and a decimal place. Such as 20.8 feet. My unit just displays 20 even. Is anyones different then mine? I can't find anyway to adjust it!

Mine just displays feet without the decimal also.

[fishwater]

If you set your target adjust to 5, put it into narrow beam and rub the clear-plastic protector slowly the decimal place appears... Try it.

Mine also only displays feet.

[fsnrod]

Is 10 hrs on a battery all you get? I get over two days on my lx5 .

[fishwater]

I haven't experimented with trying to get longer run-time & 10hrs is about the longest I've used mine so far.

I've heard that wide beam and the lowest display setting will give you the best run-time under the current software, don't have enough experience with mine yet to confirm if that is true or not.

[cichlid_baby]

Best way to get better run times might be to turn off the LX-7 and bring the Vex with you instead...

[Esox_Magnum]

Had about 10 hours on mine to and meter still was over half.... We charge every night anyway so as long as itlasts a day I'm happy plus I don't miss the noisy Vex I used to have....

[CaptainMusky]

Best way to get better run times might be to turn off the LX-7 and bring the Vex with you instead...

more likely to get skunked too if you do as you suggest.

[JSK76]

Whatever happened to the dynamic depth that was talked about in the icast video? When I'm fishing in 22' and in the 40' range (or auto) I'm still only using half the screen. "Using the whole canvas to write on" is one of the biggest features I was looking forward to.

[hamms-scooter]

How many of you guys sold your lx-5 or lx3 to get this unit? Or is it just the back up now?

[Esox_Magnum]

Dynamic depth is still coming will be an upgrade. I kept my LX-5 as a 2nd unit and for the wife to use....

[JSK76]

Sold the Showdown but going to hang onto the LX-5 as a backup. I went back to the LX-5 for a while the other day to see what I thought of it after using the LX-7 and it seemed strange to use mostly because it seemed so small.

[Neiko]

Sold me LX5 and don't regret it so far.

[Northlander]

Still have my LX-5 and will buy a 7 in a year or 2 when they get all the goodies added on to it and some of the typical 1st year bugs worked out.