Vexilar Flasher Family 2013 - Manual (Page 22)

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Auto Range Operation
It is possible to confuse your “Auto Range” operation when fishing over very soft lake
bottoms or during conditions of thick ice. This can confuse the software, as it cannot find
a bottom point in the return signal strong enough to trigger a lock on the bottom. For
this reason, there is a three second delay beginning when you put the transducer in the
water before the unit attempts to lock. This gives the software time to process the signal it
is seeing to best determine the true bottom point.
When soft bottom conditions exist, you may need to turn up your gain initially to help
enable the program to find bottom. Then you can turn the gain back down when fishing. If
you find your Auto setting cannot lock on bottom, the range setting will default to the 300’
range. You can then simply switch to a Manual Range option.
Note: There is NOTHING wrong with your Vexilar when the FLX-28 cannot lock on range
automatically. This is a very unique fishing scenario, and unfortuantely you will not be
able to take full advantage of the “Auto” feature in these conditions.
Low Power Mode & Open Water Use
Low Power mode will disable the digital depth reading. The delay in establishing depth
and range also will limit your enjoyment of the FLX-28 in open water scenarios since it will
not give the instant depth readings anglers expect from classic Vexilar flasher technology.
Because the Auto Range technology was designed specifically for an ice fishing
environment, it is recommended to use Manual Range settings for open water use. Note
that while in the Manual Range settings the digital depth readout will only display up to
50 feet. If you lose the digital bottom depth reading in a known area of less than 50 feet
of water, or does not seem to match with what your flasher display is telling you, these
factors may come into play:
1. Very Soft Bottom
2. Too many fish
(Depth readings will jump up and back to bottom as fish pass)
3. Too Much Vegitation
4. Your actual depth may be deeper than 46 feet
(Shift to 50 foot manual range)
Note - When fishing in very shallow water, you will see the FLX-28 will not register a
digital depth readout when you are waters shallower than 3 feet of water