Greg Duggan
Well-Known Member
Hey all,
Does anyone here work for or with Lowrance?
I have been servely disapointed with the performeance of my LMS520 and 510X since pretty much the day they were installed. I have been batteling with the GPS on 520 for the past 3 seasons. I have changed the Puck module and the power cable to the puck from the head in an effort to resolve a GPS Module Not Responding error. Both were replaced at my cost and at the request of technical at Lowrance. This summer i found that there was a deffinate corolation with the sun and this error. I started covering the LMS520 with a wet towell during blue bird days. I found that if the head unit is in direct sun light and its hot out the GPS dropps out and i get this error. On cool over cast days or with the wet towell trick the unit operates as designed. As you can imagine i am extremley agrivated and disapointed with the hole issue not to mention the $300.00 i blew trying to fix these issues.
I have also had many issues with my bow mounted 510X, this unit is always loosing the transducer. Ussualy i can reboot and it finds the bottom and contineus to work for a couple of hours at a time. I have replaced the transducer and still this issue continues to haunt me.
So, is there any one to turn to for help at lowrance or am i stuck with the cost having to ship and pay for my 520 to be repaired? Do i have a leg to stand on if i call Lowrance and whine and complain about there product?
I really don't want to drop another $1000.00 to replace these units.
Thanks for your input.
GregD
Does anyone here work for or with Lowrance?
I have been servely disapointed with the performeance of my LMS520 and 510X since pretty much the day they were installed. I have been batteling with the GPS on 520 for the past 3 seasons. I have changed the Puck module and the power cable to the puck from the head in an effort to resolve a GPS Module Not Responding error. Both were replaced at my cost and at the request of technical at Lowrance. This summer i found that there was a deffinate corolation with the sun and this error. I started covering the LMS520 with a wet towell during blue bird days. I found that if the head unit is in direct sun light and its hot out the GPS dropps out and i get this error. On cool over cast days or with the wet towell trick the unit operates as designed. As you can imagine i am extremley agrivated and disapointed with the hole issue not to mention the $300.00 i blew trying to fix these issues.
I have also had many issues with my bow mounted 510X, this unit is always loosing the transducer. Ussualy i can reboot and it finds the bottom and contineus to work for a couple of hours at a time. I have replaced the transducer and still this issue continues to haunt me.
So, is there any one to turn to for help at lowrance or am i stuck with the cost having to ship and pay for my 520 to be repaired? Do i have a leg to stand on if i call Lowrance and whine and complain about there product?
I really don't want to drop another $1000.00 to replace these units.
Thanks for your input.
GregD