I've been on the water five times now with my Lowrance Gen 1 units and my new LSS-2. I'm trying to get it dialed in. In the picture, I'm in 5.1 feet of water, and I'm very shadowed out to the side of the boat. The imaging doesn't go very far at all.  I expected to be able to see further out to the sides. Am I doing something wrong? Were my expectations too high?

Regarding how far you can see out on the side scan, I think Tom did an excellent job of explaining that already.

I have a designated unit set up at the helm with the down scan & side scan views only, the down scan and side scan feature is structure + structure. I prefer the down scan versus the sonar view because I've found that it's more detailed and reliable, (I have the GPS feature fully expanded and a sonar sliver displayed on the other helm unit).

I'm typically running 60’ off either side in 10-15’ water, which covers the area in front of my spread nicely (I can see the down rods on the side image if they are angled into the water) The further out you try to scan, the smaller objects become, and therefore less detail.  I typically run a 23% contrast, a blue screen, and really like the "look ahead" feature for both running and trolling.  With a blue 60' setting a mid-45” muskie will be white and about 3/16" long, the fish shadow tells you how high it is riding in the water column. 

This is was my third full year using the structure scan, and I would feel naked on the water without it now, I've doubled back after seeing a muskie and/or baitfish several times and scored. I see you are already at 800 KHZ, so it just going to take some more time on the water to get dialed in. I still have the Doc Samson video, if you're interested in it shoot me an offer.