MARCUM Showdown 5.6 User Manual

Showdown 5.6

Digital Fish Finder

User Manual

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About Your New Showdown Digital Fish Finder

Congratulations! Your new ShowDown 5.6 Digital Fish Finder
delivers unmatched system performance and offers the most
intuitive and easy to use system on the market… the future of
ice-fishing electronics is here! As a result of your purchase, you
will catch more fish and have more fun! When you combine the
simplicity of the Vertical LCD Display with the user-friendly
interface, you will spend more time actually fishing and less time
trying to figure out how to use and interpret what your sonar unit
is showing you

Simply turn your ShowDown 5.6 on to immediately begin
observing the action below. The ShowDown’s Auto Depth Range
feature means there’s no switching between various depth
ranges. Nor will you have to guess at bottom or depth itself. The
ShowDown 5.6 immediately locks on to the proper depth range,
while also displaying digital depth at all times.

In Your Showdown 5.6 Package

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Showdown 5.6 sonar

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Adjustable gimbal tilt-bracket

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8-foot transducer / power cable and 200 kHz – 20 degree
transducer

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Battery Shuttle with retractable transducer arm

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Neoprene soft pack with interior mesh transducer pocket

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Rubber stopper for transducer cable

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12-volt, 9.0-amp battery, 2 amp inline fuse

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Battery Charger

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User’s Manual

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Warranty Card

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Getting Started

Your new Showdown 5.6 Digital Fish Finder comes completely assembled, and
nearly ready to use. Follow the simple steps below and you will be ready to
fish.

(1) Remove the ShowDown 5.6 from the box. Gently remove the entire unit
from the neoprene case. Your ShowDown should be firmly attached to a clear
gimbal bracket.

(2) Make sure all wire connections are solid.

(3) Make sure that the round rubber stopper is securely in place on the trans-

ducer cable, and that the hook and loop battery strap is tight to keep battery
snug in the battery compartment.

(4) Slide fully assembled Showdown 5.6 back into the neoprene case.

(5) The 9 amp battery provided comes with a good charge on it and can be
taken fishing upon opening the box. Before initial use, you may want to charge
it fully if you are not going fishing immediately. To charge the battery, see
below.

(6) Route transducer cable through the adjustable transducer turning arm.
Affix rubber cable stopper at the desired depth above transducer.

(7) Place your Showdown 5.6 on a relatively level spot on the ice, extend the
transducer arm over ice hole, place the transducer into the water, and turn
the unit ON by pressing the POWER key.

(9) To store your ShowDown, turn power OFF, fold in transducer arm, tuck
transducer into interior mesh pocket, and fold hook and loop closure over.
Remember to recharge battery after every use—this will maximize run time
and battery longevity.

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Charging the Battery in your Showdown

Your Marcum system comes with a 3-stage battery charger. This style of
charger has proven to be the most effective and easiest to use of all charging
systems available. Because this is a 3-stage charger, there is no danger of
overcharging your battery. When properly cared for, a sealed lead acid battery
will last for at least a couple of years. Batteries are made to be used, and they
need to be used to make the most of them. The most important thing you can
do is to promptly recharge your battery after each use. Not charging your
battery immediately after use is the number one thing that leads to battery
failure.

For safety reasons, it is recommended that you place your system on
a flat, hard surface like cement or tile when charging it, away from any
flammable materials. Be sure to disconnect the charger from the wall when
not in use, and avoid leaving your battery hooked up to the charger for
extended periods of time.

When you get home from a trip, put your battery on charge right away, and
leave it there overnight, or for around 8-12 hours. Likewise, on the night
before you go ice fishing, put it on the charger again, just to make sure. Again,
there is no danger of overcharging your battery. We often talk to people who
hesitate to charge their battery after each use for fear that the battery will de­velop a “memory” and this will lead to a shortened run time—THIS IS FALSE!!!
ALWAYS CHARGE YOUR BATTERY AFTER EVERY USE!!! Be sure to use the charger
that came with your system, or a similar one that is between .5 amp and 1
amp. Using a larger charger, like you would use on a car, truck, RV, or boat is
likely to cause damage to the battery. There is really very little danger of
overcharging your battery with a low amp charger, and most chargers auto­matically go into “maintenance mode” once a full charge has been achieved.

To charge your battery:

Your battery has a wiring harness attached to it; this is what you plug the
charger into. To charge, simply couple the end of the charger with the end of
the wiring harness. It is normal for a green light to appear on the charger at
this time. It is also normal for the light on the charger to be green if it is just
plugged into the wall. When it is plugged into the wall and battery, you will see
a red LED light appear on the charger. If the light is red, the battery is being
charged. When your battery is fully charged, this red light should change to
green. If it is time to go fishing and the light has not turned green, go fish and
try to allow a longer charging period next time.

If you need to remove the battery, unplug the two battery terminals from the
battery. Remove the strap that is holding the battery in place and lift the battery
out. To replace the battery, place a new battery of similar specifica- tions into the
battery compartment and secure it with the Velcro strap and re-connect the
positive and negative terminals.

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Operating The Showdown 5.6

The ShowDown’s straightforward control panel is designed to let you
concen- trate on fishing. Most settings work by first activating the function
itself (ex: press SENS to trigger sensitivity adjustment), then simply pressing
the UP or DOWN keys to adjust levels.

POWER

ON— To turn your Showdown 5.6 POWER to ON, press and hold the POWER
key for two seconds.

OFF— To turn your Showdown 5.6 POWER to OFF, press and hold POWER
for two seconds. Your Showdown 5.6 automatically preserves your sonar
settings the next time you activate unit.

BACKLIGHT— To turn the backlight on, turn your POWER ON, then press
POWER key again (do not hold key down). To turn backlight OFF, press

Power momentarily again (do not hold down the power button).

SIMULATOR mode— With Showdown 5.6 POWER OFF, enter SIMULATOR
mode by pressing and holding POWER key for 5 seconds. The “SIMU”
indicator will appear at the top-right of Showdown 5.6 view-screen. To exit
SIMULATOR, turn Showdown 5.6 POWER to OFF, then turn unit back ON.

UP/DOWN— Pressing the UP or DOWN key lets you adjust the Sensitivity,
Range, Zoom and Noise. Trigger a function first by pressing the appropriate
function key, then move UP or DOWN.

Showdown 5.6 Features

ICE-MODE

Your Showdown 5.6 sonar offers exclusive ICE MODE, a feature unique to
Versa Electronics brand sonar units, which allows for operation in the
coldest conditions. With ICE MODE active, Showdown 5.6 triggers an internal
LCD heater that keeps the liquid crystals moving at their normal super high
speeds in sub-freezing temperatures. This means that anglers no longer have
to worry about their sonar “slowing down” due to freezing liquid crystal.
While this feature is called “ICE MODE”, you may find that your Showdown
performs better under a wide variety of conditions when in “ICE MODE”.

NOTE: If your Showdown 5.6 is left in extreme cold for an extended time
period with the POWER turned OFF, allow one to two minutes for the Ice
Mode LCD heater to warm the crystals sufficiently after the POWER has been
turned ON and ICE Mode has been activated. After the ICE Mode LCD heater
has been running for an extended period, it is perfectly normal for the
Showdown 5.6 power-head to feel warm.

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