I did this on my 2011 Reata. Spent a long time trying to decide. Couldn’t be happier with it. Bought a plastic mounting block from west marine,glued it using epoxy, then screwed the transducer to it.
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I should mention, I didn’t experience the issue if I used Manual or Auto. Just Dynamic and Dynamic Manual. Also use Graph mode with vertical zoom. I think if you are using Manual or Auto range, things seem to perform fine.
I also experienced issues with 4.07 and rolled back to 3.17. But I have to say, I am still a big fan of Marcum but am a little discouraged by my recent experience. Similar to others, the screen would flicker bad, and eventually freeze up the unit entirely. Further, the menu buttons would not work either once the unit froze up. The only way I could recover was to force the unit to power down to restart. I do have a LX-7 that is a couple years old, so I too am wondering if newer LX-7’s may have more CPU, memory, or better video card that can handle the update more smoothly. The sensitivity change was also something I experienced, but that didn’t bother me too much since it seemed to work at a setting of 2 just fine. Not sure what application would require a setting beyond 5 or so. That along begs the question if the sensitivity “enhancement” was intentional or not. Either way, I am holding in strong with Marcum and just hope they take folks seriously about these issues and look to resolve.
I custom made a cable for my terrova and hooked it up to my Marcum LX7. Works perfect, although I did have to experiment a bit to eliminate interference, but finally got it right. PM me if u want and I will tell you how to make a cable, or point you to someone who can help.
My opinion is to definitely return it and get 18lbs lead, or maybe the Suffix 832 12 Lbs (but probably not best for beginners). Regular 18 is cheapest and most widely used and discussed. 18 LBS lead will dive 5 feet per color at 2 MPH. Suffix 832 12 lbs will dive 7 feet per color at 2mph.
Thanks, Brian. Hopefully others will learn this technique and be able to enjoy mille lacs though the entire season if they don’t already.
Prayer sent.
