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Location: Kodiak, AK | I didn't notice when the first one was made, but I went through two 8's from the same store in one week this fall and my newer (current) one has the issue too.
I got the first one in October and had the zoom problem. Got the second one later that week and had the same issues. All of my issues came in a two week span, so they may have been different batches, but they were bought a week apart, and the newer one still had the issues with the Premium chip. I'm still on my second one, and it didn't work until I put the Platinum charts in it. (The third one I tried was the display model down at West Marine.) I talked to you about it when it was all happening, and you were a great help. It came down to a local bass pro here who runs HDS suggesting that it may just not jive with the North Premium chip and letting me borrow his Platinum charts, and bingo, that was it. So now as long as I don't run Premium in it, it's fine. And I'm not complaining. The Platinum Marine Charts are amazing.
So I'm sure things have changed now, or at least for the sake of new buyers, I hope they have. But both of my units, made as recently as this summer were still having hiccups. That's why I'm waiting as long as I can before I buy LSS...I want the boys in the south to fish it and call out as many bugs as possible before I buy mine this spring.
Edited by esoxfly 2/7/2010 12:33 PM
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