Panoptix display in shallow water.

Does this look normal. I can’t pick up a floating rap until close to dock.

Any suggestions?

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LVS32 or 34?
What software are you on? 19.20 or 20.0?
How far underwater is the ducer?
Do you have the ducer tilted up 2 clicks for forward view?

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Ok, whats your gain, color gain and color limit set at? Typically they should be around 60, 85, 45 (give or take in different conditions.

Increasing your backwards view distance will make it easier to see your lure close to the ducer.

Reminder its a 30 degree wide beam, the closer to your ducer, the smaller the beam width, I believe at 10’ away the beam width is only like 28” wide.

The video doesn’t look that bad, check your ducer element faces for any obstructions like dirt, slime, scratches.

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Does the ducer orientation look correct?

dandorn wrote:

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Does the ducer orientation look correct?

yes, but play around with adjusting it up/down 1 click at a time (never more than 2 clicks should be needed) Also know that water clarity and debris can effect the sonar signal returns. I always found the max range BEFORE you started losing signal strength on the LVS32 to be about 50′ (I typically fish pretty clean & clear water) after that you’ll notice more degration every additional 10 feet you extend it out.

The LVS34 is supposed to increase that range and return strength by 30%.

Are you able to move your transducer (Summit pole) without loosening the bolt ?

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dandorn wrote:

Are you able to move your transducer (Summit pole) without loosening the bolt ?

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You should be able to. As long as the bolt isn’t super tight. Have it tight enough to hold in place, but still being able to rotate the ducer.

Thanks RJ.

just be careful not to OVERTIGHTEN the plastic screws and break the threads, it’s just 3d plastic…I’ve also heard of print errors happening resulting in some screws not able to fully tighten down, Summit will send you a new one if that’s the case and its deemed defective.