LX-5 Questions

[vexilarkid]

I just recently purchased an LX-5 and have used it a fair amount so far and really like it with the exception of no reading in the 20 foot range from 18'-20'. I know there has been alot of talk about this issue and I'm not trying to start any issues but is there anyone that has not had this problem. Also just to clarify I did set up my FL-18 right next to it and could read all the way down to 20' with no problems. I am wondering if anybody knows if Marcum has said anything about this problem or if it is a minor inconvenience a person will have to live with. Thanks for the comments.

[CNY Tim]

I have been fishing with MarCum units from the get go and was fishing in 38' of water over the weekend and caught just a hair of bottom in the 40' scale and bumped it up to 80' setting to get a little more bottom content and still slammed the perch. It's something I'm used to and do not consider it to be a problem.

So how do you like the contrasts in display sharpness with your LX-5 compared to the FL-18. Try the NBT, SFL with Zoom in deep water it's amazing how crisp, sharp and accurate it is and what I really love is how fantastic it is in shallow water heavy weeds. It's the most incredible unit I have ever used!

[Corey Bechtold]

I have the same problem. I just lower my transducer down a bit further so it reads the bottom. I have to call Marcum to see if they are going to fix the issue.

I like the unit otherwise.

Corey Bechtold

[Rockin Rod]

Same problem here too. It's annoying. This should defintely be fixed. I don't like going to the next scale up.

[ds]

I used mine for the first time this weekened. I played with the Zoom feature in 28 FOW and it worked but I had to turn the gain all the way up. Anyone else notice this? Maybe it normal?

[vexilarkid]

First in reply to Tim I do really like the cripness of the display and the sensitivity of the unit compared to the FL-18. I agree it is much more precise in shallow water with soft bottom and weeds. Back to the main question thought is that this past weekend I fished with my LX-5 and Vexilar FL-18 side by side in 19' (Transducer level and just below bottom of ice) and my FL-18 performed just fine in the 20' scale where as my LX-5 would not read anything until I switched to the 40' scale. It really isn't a big issue but it frustrates me that when I email Marcums customer service department they tell me to go exchange it and when I call the customer service department they cannot give me an expanation or they tell me a technician can but it's probably more than I wan't to hear. They also will tell me that this is common with all other flasher units and to just switch to the next scale or move my transducer down. I know this would all work but I would just like an explanation of why it won't read in this depth range and if they are going to attempt to fix it. If anyone has some answers or suggestions on who to speak with please let me know.

[CNY Tim]

I don't know what to tell you other than I probably could have told the masses when I did my first comparison of the LX-3 and FL-18 but I considered it to be a non-issue. I know I don't want MarCum to touch anything on the inside of the LX-5 but I do wonder if it could be done by replacing the depth stickers on the unit to correctly reflect the depth it would be pretty easy to just change the depth scale sticker to reflect this I would think.

I would email a suggestion to MarCum Customer service about this. There engineers listen closely to the customer, we made suggestions the first year about the restrictions in the soft pack opening on the LX-3 and my LX-5 has the deeper opening so that we can see the full screen quite easily, give it a shot...