Map Card

**gotta_fish** · 03-24-2012, 04:57 PM

I own a H-B 788 ci combo what is a good low budget map card for it I live in nc

**rnvinc** · 03-24-2012, 05:48 PM

The HB units will only use the Navionics or the Lakemaster cards...

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There is occasionally a used card that pops up on the boards..but not very often....You might post a WTB in the "Personal Classifieds" section...

Rickie

**gotta_fish** · 03-24-2012, 06:12 PM

Thanks ,do you know if it worth the money to get one my hb has a basic map on it ,ive never had a gps of any type on my boat

**Dutch** · 03-24-2012, 06:53 PM

I just bought the Navionics Hotmaps Premier South Edition for my 597ci and I am glad I spent the extra coin to get it. Only one lake I fish that isn't mapped in HD and the ones that are I have found areas to fish I never knew was there.

**SeaRay** · 03-24-2012, 09:00 PM

Just wanted to pass some info on to you. Took me 2 years to figure out, so maybe I can save you some time. I bought the navionics basic map card. It does add more detail and is probably worth the money. However it took me 2 years to realize you can purchase a PC app from them for $25 that lets you update, edit and add info to your DF. With the app on my PC I can call up my home lake and see a lot more detail on my big PC screen than my DF screen. I marked spots that looked good and downloaded it to an SD card and when you pop it in your DF it automatically uploads all the info to your DF. Likewise WP or other data you have added on your DF will download to the SD card and you can add it to your PC map.
What I don't know is if you even need the Navionics Map card to do all this, but since I already bought it I guess it doesn't matter. You might want to check it out though. There are also updates from HB that you can download from their site and update your DF, but I have not done that yet.
SeaRay

**Dutch** · 03-24-2012, 11:16 PM

You buy a Navionics card and they will give you the PC app for free right now. I haven't downloaded mine yet.

**rnvinc** · 03-24-2012, 11:31 PM

Originally Posted by gotta_fish

Thanks ,do you know if it worth the money to get one my hb has a basic map on it ,ive never had a gps of any type on my boat

If your unit has the older Unimap base map... You would definitely want a Navionics map card...
If your unit has the newer ContourXD base map... Here is the list of lakes that it covers...
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If your lake is not listed... Your unit's base map will only have lake borders with no contour lines...So you would want to get a Navionics map card ..

Rickie

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