Tried my above mentioned set up for the first time, yesterday. I liked it, but I'll have to run it more before I decide if I am going to stick with it. I had it set up on my console unit, which is 9 inch screen, and even after playing with various screen splits, I just found it ...... odd to view. I liked it better if I was in 10' of water or less, because being on a smaller screen, the water column took up too much of the pane size for my liking, when in deeper water.

I would really love it if Lowrance came out with an update that allowed you to eliminate the water column if you so choose. That is an update I would definitely perform.

I tried adding a pane for 2D as others have mentioned above. And while I liked having the 2D on the screen, the small screen size pretty much makes that a no go. At least for me. I really didn't mess with the side scan range that much though. I'll give that a try the next time out, to see if increasing the range will make me like it a little more.

The layout itself isn't the problem for me .... it's my screen size. Very cool set up though.