VX-1 Pro disappointment (UPDATE)

  • Chad777
    Posts: 19
    January 10, 2013 at 7:35 pm #1304772

    I hate to admit it but it wouldn’t be fair to Marcum or those considering one to not speak up. I discussed this in my first post, but many people won’t read the entire post to find the outcome so here it is…..

    As stated in my previous post- for the first couple hours of fishing the VX-1 was perfect. Then it became cluttered. When I adjusted my gain to the level at which I could see my jig there was tons of clutter. Last night one of my friends took a camera to that same location. Turns out the “clutter” that showed up was bait fish. Lots of them. I don’t know why he was able to mark his jig with much less clutter. Perhaps a smaller cone? Whatever the case, what I thought was bad readings from my VX-1 was 100% operator error.
    Please keep in mind before cussing at me that this is my first flasher and I have very little experience with them

    John Schultz
    Inactive
    Portage, WI
    Posts: 3309
    January 10, 2013 at 8:00 pm #1129103

    Good to hear. You will like your LX-5 though anyway. Like has been said in your previous thread, most flasher problems are either a bad battery or user error. Actual problems aren’t that common. My LX-5 was messed up right out of the box when I got it and marcum fixed me up pretty quick. They are pretty knowledgable once you get in touch with them.

    stretchout
    Menomonie, WI
    Posts: 132
    January 10, 2013 at 8:08 pm #1129108

    Kudos for coming back with this report!

    Keep ’em charged up, and have fun out there.

    fishinfool
    mn
    Posts: 788
    January 10, 2013 at 8:17 pm #1129109

    also keep in mind when your battery gets low it will give you alot of clutter onthe screen forcing you to turn up the gain… you are also dealing with entry level Marcum, if yor near others fishing with Marcum 3 or higher, you may very well get feedback from them also. FYI

    FF

    BBKK
    IA
    Posts: 4033
    January 10, 2013 at 8:23 pm #1129115

    Quote:

    also keep in mind when your battery gets low it will give you alot of clutter onthe screen forcing you to turn up the gain…

    That is backwards, when the battery gets low it will show nothing and force you to up the gain to 8-10 just to see your jig, then you will need it on max just to see your jig, then you will not be able to see your jig at all, then 5-10 minutes later you will not mark bottom on full gain. The whole time the unit will be flickering, the whole display. I just went through this the other day with a crap battery.

    pete/ny
    Youngstown NY
    Posts: 230
    January 10, 2013 at 8:52 pm #1129132

    Quote:

    also keep in mind when your battery gets low it will give you alot of clutter onthe screen forcing you to turn up the gain… you are also dealing with entry level Marcum, if yor near others fishing with Marcum 3 or higher, you may very well get feedback from them also. FYI
    Just because its an entry unit does nort mean it shouldn’t work. We have 4 of these VX Pros in our group and they all work well. No issues at all. Marcum has great Customer Service and will take care of any problems.
    FF

    Geerdes
    Brandon, SD 57005
    Posts: 791
    January 11, 2013 at 2:39 am #1129247

    Quote:

    Quote:

    also keep in mind when your battery gets low it will give you alot of clutter onthe screen forcing you to turn up the gain…

    That is backwards, when the battery gets low it will show nothing and force you to up the gain to 8-10 just to see your jig, then you will need it on max just to see your jig, then you will not be able to see your jig at all, then 5-10 minutes later you will not mark bottom on full gain. The whole time the unit will be flickering, the whole display. I just went through this the other day with a crap battery.

    Mine with gain turned up could see jig 8-10 gain but then it would start giving me lots of clutter. So I experienced both when my battery went bad.

    gillfisher
    God's country - Wisconsin
    Posts: 86
    January 11, 2013 at 10:35 am #1129299

    Glad to hear all is well, thanks for the update.

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