New 4.0 software for the HDS units is available now.

**Cane Pole** · 05-02-2011, 11:43 AM

Originally Posted by broncomo

Thanks for the responses.
I went to a differant computer and a differant card had to do the download from an air card and it took about 10 hours to download, then transfered to the new card and put it in the unit this morning and all is good to go. I guess there was something with the other computer that it didnt like. Dont know why i never got a error.
Good news i now have 4.0 on my HDS 5 and also loaded it on a buddies HDS unit this morning. Now i just need to do my 7 and my 8 that are on the boat.
Thanks again for the responses.

I tried it on another computer (Vista) and it would not load to SD (but said it was loading sd). My original download was via Windows 7 with no problems. I dunno.

**beagle man** · 05-02-2011, 12:38 PM

I downloaded on vista and you have to type in sd/mmc in the file line or it wont take, took me 3 time to figure out just putting it on the computer would not work, last download I typen in sd/mmc in file location and wala worked. installed on 7 and 8 and all is good.

**shorebound1** · 05-06-2011, 09:24 AM

Just got mine loaded up last night. No problems, but I haven't had time to play with the new stuff yet.

**GoneCrappieFishing** · 05-08-2011, 05:09 PM

The download went flawless on my card but I was trying to install on the hds 8 first and I was never seeing anything happening. Finally after 3 times, I decided to try it on my hds 7 and it downloaded right to that unit. Hds 8 still hasnt got the download. Came here looking for help. If it works on my 7, I would think it should work on my 8 without changing to another card. Frustrated but happy about 3 screens on my 7. Huge improvement there.

**GoneCrappieFishing** · 05-08-2011, 07:43 PM

Did everything I can think of and retried everything over and over following the instructions to the letter. I had to download the 3.5 version before (Was back when purchased a year ago) and it took to my hds8 as it was suppose to. There seems to be some reason my unit wont take the new download and I would appreciate the fix if anybody knows what it would be. Done working on it for today as it has taken up 4 hours or so with nothing to show for it.

**jaxsprat** · 05-08-2011, 08:51 PM

Does it make any diff if u put card in then start hds or do u start hds then insert download card-- which slot do u use?

**mduncan62** · 05-08-2011, 09:01 PM

you need to put the card in, then turn the unit on.

**Crappiegirl1** · 05-08-2011, 09:51 PM

Jason, we could use you over on the "Lowrance hds discussions and interptations" thread. would you please stop in?

**Jason Gilstrap LOWRANCE** · 05-09-2011, 07:32 AM

Guys, got this e-mail this morning from Lowrance.

“Due to the high demand for the new HDS 4.0 update, you may experience difficulty downloading the update to your computer. Please try again over the next day or two for a better download experience

**Crappiegirl1** · 05-09-2011, 12:57 PM

after i did the update, my screen started freezing upon start up. where it says "accept" it would not take enter and move on---getting better, but a lot of turning it off and on.

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