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depress the key once (turning Zoom ON), the window is 5 feet on the 20-
or 40-foot range setting, if you press the ZM key again the Zoom window
is expanded to 10 feet. Depress the ZM key again and the Zoom feature
is turned OFF. When in the 80-foot range, pressing the ZM will give you a
10-foot viewing window, depress ZM again and it will become a 20-foot Zoom
window. The 160-foot range has a 20-foot window, or it becomes 40-foot
when ZM is depressed again.
Up & Down Keys - The UP/DN keys are used to move your Zoom window
up or down in the water column. When you first depress the DN key, two
YELLOW blinking lights will appear on the LX-5 display. The YELLOW blink-
ing LEDs will be 5 feet apart between the 1-foot and 6-foot markings on the
YELLOW scale located on the inner circle of the display dial. If you remove
your finger from the keypad, the blinking YELLOW indicator lights will disap-
pear after 2 seconds.
If you hold the DN key, the two blinking lights will remain on and move down
the display (with audible beeping) until you locate them in the area that you
desire. To increase the Zoom window to 10 feet, depress the ZM key (audible
beep) and then depress the DN key, then the blinking YELLOW lights will
appear 10 feet apart on the inner YELLOW numeric scale in the center of the
LX-5 display. You can then locate the Zoom window at the desired viewing
depth. Even though your YELLOW indicator lights are no longer blinking, your
Zoom window is still set and in position. To check the location, press either
the UP key or the DN key to activate the visual blinking lights to reacquaint
yourself with the location. The blinking YELLOW lights will assist you in setting
the location and act as a visual reference.
The benefit to the MarCum design is that it allows you to move your Zoom
window between surface and bottom, and in turn, zoom in on any 5- or
10-foot section of water (on the 20-foot depth range). There are many species
of fish that are not bottom huggers that we all enjoy pursuing. Crappies,
sunfish, perch, tullibees, whitefish, trout (rainbow, brook, brown, etc.) as well
as lake trout are not bottom huggers and often suspend anywhere within the
water column. The MarCum design allows you to have two sizes of Zoom
window per depth range and position the Zoom where you need it for the fish
that you enjoy pursuing.
Dual Beam Transducer - The LX-5 comes standard with a dual beam
transducer that allows the user to choose between a 20- or 8-degree transmit
cone (angle). When the LX-5 is first turned on, it will be transmitting utilizing
the 20-degree element. To change the cone angle to a narrower eight degree
transmit, simply depress the NBT key located on the keypad and a RED LED
will light indicating the LX-5 is now transmitting using the 8-degree element.
This option allows the user maximum flexibility by narrowing the “dead zone”
associated with fishing sharp breaks, reducing or eliminating interference from
nearby sonar in hard bottom situations, eliminating viewing other lures or baits
from nearby anglers, or narrowing the cone in deeper waters to view fish in an
area of closer proximity to your bait.
