Marcum vx-1 problem

[Vitreus]

Had some issues with the trusty old VX-1P today. Worked fine in the morning, then started it up tonight and got a lot of beeping, sometimes no display, and then a good old Christmas tree all around the ring with no definitive bottom showing up, ruling out any kind of interference. Any chance this is battery related? I left the battery connected all summer, so I'm hoping that's what it is... But I have the feeling it's worse.

[TyGuy02]

that happened to me and I had to send it in. Relatively cheap fix but it had to do with a fancy electronic part, I can't think of the part's name right now. That was 2 years ago and it happened again this fall while on the boat.

[DTro]

Sounds like a bad battery to me

[Agronomist_at_IA]

Sounds like a bad battery to me

Same here I'd try a battery to see if it fixes it before I would send it in.

[mww24]

Id venture to guess its a battery issue as well. Sometimes the battery will bulge out and it wont be perfectly flat anymore. That is for sure sign of a junk battery. It will almost look like it wants to explode. Try a buddies known good battery to see if it fixes. Then I would see about trying a known good transducer. See if that fixes it. Only after those two troubleshoots would I send it in or take somewhere. If you dont have access to those I would just go to a busy lake and find someone with one. Offer them a beer or a few bucks to do the swaps. Id help you if you approached me. And im sure a lot of others will to. Good luck.

[Vitreus]

Thanks for the advice. I'll check out the battery issue first. Looks like marcum has a flat rate of $80 to fix anything, so not too bad.

[wally diver 2]

I had a similar problem last year with mine had to bring it in. They fixed it within a half hour. Didn't charge me anything. I never sent in the warranty card. They said basically if it looks like its been taken care of they will take care of it.

[Vitreus]

Where did you take it in?

[wally diver 2]

I brought it to marcum technologies in Minneapolis. Their phone number is on their HSOforum and their address.

[Vitreus]

New battery did the trick. Thanks for the advice.

[Creek Kid]

Just curious - how old was your battery?

[Vitreus]

~2-3 yrs