Aqua-Vu question

Picked up a Scout a couple years ago and have never been able to make out much. Seems if the display isn’t in almost total darkness you can’t make out anything. If used in my boat during the daylight it’s useless but in the ice shack it’s somewhat usefull. Im I doing something wrong or is this what I paid for?

Are you putting the shields out (Shade the screen)?

I have the same camera. You need to flip out the shields if you aren’t. Any sunlight on the screen and you can’t see a thing. There is also a fine line with regards to getting the settings correct on the brightness and contrast. When you get it just right for the light conditions, you can see the picture pretty well. Good luck.

Yeap got the shades out with my face tucked in and can adjust the contrast and brightness back and forth and still nothing but a light grey picture. I wonder if this ever worked right.

Do you have the selector on the back of the monitor on the right setting(cam-vid in)?? I know if mine gets bumped or switched I see a grey screen.

…this may or may not be what your experiencing??

My screen will be totally dark/snowy for 10 minutes, then slowly it will clear up starting at a corner of the screen you can see a definite line. Almost like it has to acclimate and there’s condensation on the lens or cover that takes a while to “burn off”. Once it’s finally clears, it’s a crisp, clear screen. Does yours need to “acclimate” as well or anyone heard of this issue?

BIRDDOG

If you know of anyone else that has a similar camera, try swapping the camera and monitors with them to see if there is any difference.

I guess I should have mentioned it works OK out of the water. I’ve used it in lakes, ponds, and rivers. The best I’ve seen was once in the ice shack where it would work out to maybe 2 foot. Even then it was very light. If I turned the brightness down the fish would disappear from the screen. How about the camera lights? Would that cause any problems?

In my humble opinion, if thee isn’t an object within range to provide contrast for the camera, that’s usually what I see. I try to lower the camera gently to the bottom, so as not to disturb sediment and raise a cloud reaaly screwing your visibilty. I try to use the bottom or a log, weeds or other structure to gain some contrast. I also use the hood of my jacket to help shade the screen. I think it’s kind of an acquired skill set. Hope this helps E.

Best of luck to you friend. I have a scout about 3 years old and it worked good for about 1 and a half years now the monitor is junk. I think you get what you pay for with these fragile cameras. So if anyone has a scout monitor or any aqua view monitor for sale let me know. Thanks.

Going on 5 years…. Something is not set right or you are in “really” dirty, stained water. I can see a jig at 20 feet with mine. Somethings not right either with settings or the camera. Mine gets the “ride of its life” in the box on my wheeler and takes a beating real nice.

big G

I bought a Scout II last year & ended up returning it. I liked the design but wasn’t impressed with the image quality at all. The picture on the Scout II seemed very grey & washed out. The older black Aqua-views that I’ve used were much sharper & clearer, especially in low light conditions. I think the original Aqua-views had a much better monitor than the newer TV type monitors. Anyone else notice this?

I may have a ebay item…sold “as is”