Thread: Ifinder?

Originally Posted by FroggerZ

I use a 256K in mine (which is an original Ifinder and no it will not read a 1 or 2 gig card. I tried to do a update with a buddy of mine and share some waypoints but I couldn't find a small enough card that would read in his unit.) Now Cane I know you have a bunch of these smaller memory card stuffed in a drawer somewhere in your house. Also check your camera boxes as they sometimes come with a small memory card to help get people started. I use GPS track maker but any converter will work.

Make sure to down load the latest operating software also from Lowrance.

I have card reader also. If you want to borrow it just send your SI unit to me and I will hold it for you until you return it.:D

Or.... If you can find a smaller SD card w/ your waypoints you can mail it to me with a return envelope and I could send it back with the converted waypoints and the updated version software. Your trying to go HB to Lowrance format right?

Frogger is right. A 256 is plenty big enough.

I sucessfully converted to and from .usr files with GPS Babel.

Jeff

Tom, any card reader for a PC will read the card. It's merely an SD card. Unlike Garmin, the card is the same you would use for a camera. For me to input waypoints from a list, I have done it manually, simply scrolling the cursor to the coords and hitting...enter/enter to create the waypoint.

GPS Coordinate Converter, Maps and Info

I use this site for conversion of waypoints, then will manually scroll the cursor to them.

Once I have inputed the info, I save it to a file on the PC for future use. Then simply stick the card back into the Ifinder and am done.

They are correct in saying to use a card with smaller memory.

Go here for some free Topo Maps from Lowrance to DL into the card. The old Ifinders are slow, so, I would only stick a lake on there that he fishes.

Enhanced Lake Maps | Lowrance

Also, make sure you visit Lowrance site for updates to the Ifinder.

The WAAS is very sensitive and will lose sattelites if in hilly or wooded terrain. I leave the WAAS off and am still able to get within a couple of feet of my waypoints.

I have an original Ifinder and an H2Oc. They are both extremely accurate.

I hope this helps.

I dug up a 256 Meg SD. The best I can tell is size matters and Extenze don't work. I will find out Friday.

Thanks all for the info.

I got him all fixed up. The 256meg sd did the trick. He a happy hooker now.

Thanks again

Tom