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stillwaterangler

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Hello everyone,

I'm wondering if I need to do the upgrade on my Showdown 3.2. I have been having problems with it reading the bottom. I put it down the hole and it reads that it's 236 feet deep. It does this for approximately 2-3 minutes, then it displays the correct depth and then I can see my jig. I guess it works but not like it used to that's for sure. Do any of you have this problem? If so did the upgrade fix it?

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Hello everyone,

I'm wondering if I need to do the upgrade on my Showdown 3.2. I have been having problems with it reading the bottom. I put it down the hole and it reads that it's 236 feet deep. It does this for approximately 2-3 minutes, then it displays the correct depth and then I can see my jig. I guess it works but not like it used to that's for sure. Do any of you have this problem? If so did the upgrade fix it?

I have the upgrade (bought it that way). I would say it would be wise to upgrade. If that isn't the problem, they should be able to detect what is. Just a thought anyway...

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Hey,not sure if Marcum wants people to do it this way, but if you live around the Twin Cities you can just take it there and they will upgrade your unit as you wait. I took mine in 2 Fridays ago and I just waited in the lobby wile they did the upgrade, typicaly takes about 15-20 min, with my luck my unit had an issue that they had to fix also (for no extra cost) so i was there for about 40 min. but that is a lot better than waiting till a few days for shipping.

BTW, mine was the original VPG, I had very simmilar problems, but I have not been able to go and test it out since the upgrade.

Can't say enough about MarCum / Versa E's customer servicer. friendly and helpfull.

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Hey,not sure if Marcum wants people to do it this way, but if you live around the Twin Cities you can just take it there and they will upgrade your unit as you wait. I took mine in 2 Fridays ago and I just waited in the lobby wile they did the upgrade, typicaly takes about 15-20 min, with my luck my unit had an issue that they had to fix also (for no extra cost) so i was there for about 40 min. but that is a lot better than waiting till a few days for shipping.

BTW, mine was the original VPG, I had very simmilar problems, but I have not been able to go and test it out since the upgrade.

Can't say enough about MarCum / Versa E's customer servicer. friendly and helpfull.

You will be amazed by the upgrade! mine has been upgraded from the original VPG to current software and you won't believe the differece!

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BTW, mine was the original VPG, I had very simmilar problems, but I have not been able to go and test it out since the upgrade.

Can't say enough about MarCum / Versa E's customer servicer. friendly and helpful.

Can you post back here if this fixed your problem? I have an original (first year) VPG as well, it does this same thing so often, always on start up. Just curious to see if there is a fix. I took it back to nature vision years ago in Brainerd, but they told me there was nothing wrong with it.

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I have not had a chance to test it out yet since the upgrade, I am waiting for safer ice.

My ice fishing motto is the same as when I was in the military: “never be the first, never be the last”

But I have been told and have read in numerous places that the upgrade will fix all the problems, might as well do it now wile its warm so you can hit the ground running when the ice is better.

I will let you know when I get out on the ice and test it out.

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I was finally able to go out and use my showdown since the 5.6 upgrade, it seems like all of my problems have gone away. It now locks on to the bottom depth instead of jumping around. Worth the price of the upgrade, and worth it if you can ever find a used VPG for cheap and than going and getting the upgrade vs buying a new one.

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