I formatted the new micro-SD card and downloaded the latest 3.0 firmware from the Marcum website.
I can get the pre-record working but I think I’m doing something wrong because if I caught a fish and wanted to capture the past video using the pre-record setting, when I hit the hotkey to record, I end up with 2 files (1 is the pre-recording of 3 minutes that I set up in the pre-record setting and 2) it starts recording a new video file which I wouldn’t need.
I thought when I push the down arrow hot key that it would only capture 1 file of the previous 3 minutes that I set in the pre-record setting.
I set the pre-record to 3 minutes and then set the playback/record to LIVE and then pushed the hot key down arrow to capture the previous video.
I can’t get the compass to work after repeated attempts, but on Monday I will try it on a lake and not in my kitchen and hope it calibrates properly and I will test out the flasher, chart and graph settings.
The compass never goes between 10 o’clock and 2 o’clock when I slowly spin it around.
Another issue I’ve had is the battery was at 1.5v when I opened the box and when I charged it the chargers red light stayed on after 2 days but when I unplug it and plug it right back in it turns green but the voltage of the battery off the charger is only 12.2v after 2 days on the charger.
I tested the charger on another 1 month old battery I have and the light remains red until I unplug it and then it also turns green when I unplug it and plug it back in, but when I take my other battery off the charger the voltage is 13.15v, so the charger is charging, but the battery in the box was in bad shape and the light doesn’t change colors to indicate when the battery is charged.
I hope at least the flasher, chart and graph work when I test it on Monday because I can buy another battery and I have another charger and I can live without the compass.
All I wanted was the convenience of a graph/chart and camera that records, all in 1 unit.
Oh and the camera down fin wasn’t in the box.
I think my LX9 is cursed.
February 21, 2020 at 11:09 pm
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