marcum lx-3

[Pary]

i'm new to marcum n bought one recently. can anybody tell me how to use the zoom mode. i know it splits the screen in half, 12-6 is whole water column, 6-12 is 5fow or 10fow water from which ever you choose to zoom on the whole water column. Just not sure how to read it well such as depth, color display signal? any help would be appreciated or better yet is the a HSOforum or link of someone showing me how to use this marcum n how exactly it works?

[gspman]

Read the manual here...

http://marcum.com/cs/manuals/LX3tcOwnersManual.pdf

[Pary]

read that already.... how would you use zoom on suspended fish? maybe something is wrong with my marcum. i fished last night in about 15fow, set it to 20ft, hit zoom button once, should read 5fow. gain set at about 2 enough to show my lure/bait but right hand screen reads bottom like half way up n i'm sure its not suspended fish cause the left hand side zoom i can see my bait n the bottom. am i reading this wrong or something? not quite understanding the zoom cause i thought that whenever you hit the zoom buttom n split the screen in half the right hand side should be top water from 12 o'clock to 6 o'clock with 6 always being the bottom. that is my understanding from reading the manual. whenever you use zoom feature is 6 o'clock on right hand side always gonna be bottom depth? sorry for the long confusing and question..

[Dave]

Your understanding is correct. After you hit the zoom button, did you hold the down arrow and move the zoom (5-foot) section down the water column to where your bait is?

[gspman]

Like Dave says, you need to use the up and down arrow to move the zoom window in the water column.

[Deitz Dittrich]

as the 2 posts above state... youhave to hit the down button.. when you hit the zoom button it will start as the waters surface.. when you hold the button down you will see two gold or yellow lines on the right side of your screen.. that is your zoom area.. hold th edown button or up button to zoom in on the area you want to fish!

[BIG DS]

When it is in zoom mode. The right half is the entire water column starting at 12:00 to 6:00. The left half is the zoomed area with the top at 6:00 and the bottom at 12:00. When you turn on the zoom, the zoom window is always 5' and at the top of the water column. If you push the zoom button again it will show a 10' window. There are 2 buttons located just right of the ZM buttom. One is labeled UP and the other DN. If you push and hold the DN button, you will see 2 flashing yellow lights. They will show you where the zoom is located in the water column. If you are fishin suspended fish, put your targets between the flashing yellow lines and they will be zoomed! As far as the colors go, the deepest large red spot will be bottom. When a target (fish) comes in, the bigger the target, the more signal it will return. Green is a week return (smaller fish), yellow is stronger, and red is the strongest (big fish ). I hope this helps.

[Pary]

Thanks for the help guys!!! I understand how to use the up n down buttons to zoom on whatever the right hand side water column i want to fish in. its just that i was a little confused when i went out last night n fished in about 15 fow n i select zoom n arrowed down to my lure n saw that my bottom on the right hand side was 3/4 of the way up from the 6 o'clock that suppose to be my bottom. so i put it back to normal mode which uses the whole screen saw the bottom n my lure, said ok, lets try this again. same thing? Is my bottom alway gonna be at 6 o'clock when in zoom mode? it didn't seem like it last night though my bottom seems to show at about 4 o'clock. is that possible?

[CNY Tim]

Pary I'm in the office call me and I'll walk you through what your seeing..

[Eckie]

Pary...

Told you CNY Tim would walk you through any issues you had. Did the same for me, and it removed any guesswork for me. Got mine out for the first time this year last weekend..what a machine. Other posts offered have been right on the money...great advice by all.

Good luck!

[Pary]

i'm at work tim so i can't call you besides my marcum is at home. i can call you later tonight. email me your #. it'll have to be after 7pm central time though. tia.

[CNY Tim]

Done. I have a guy contacting me from Illinois with the same questions Maybe I need a VTC

[Pary]

Thanks again for taking your time 2 help me CNY Tim!!!

[CNY Tim]

Jim from Yorkville, IL wants some pointers and his unit hasn't even arrived yet. No problem Pary enjoyed talking to you. Your timing was perfect! I was just getting to that section with a new soon to be LX-5 customer, another long time Vex guy upgrading so your questions on the phone were right where I needed them You have my numbers now so if there is anything else I can help you with I'm here...