Humminbird & Navionics Maps

[CrappieHound]

If you buy the maps seperate from the unit. can you load the maps onto the unit so that you can then use an SD card in that slot for waypoints or whatever?

The Hound

[PanMan_VA]

No. The unit just reads the information on the card.

[CrappieHound]

Well that stinks.

[ShilohRed]

You have 2 slots on the 997 and only need one for the SD card and one for the maps. Not a problem.
Unless your looking at the 797, Then its a big problem.
Also I checked today and the 3-D maps for the 997 has Pickwick on it. LOL
Pete

[CrappieHound]

The maps should be the same from unit to unit but how many expansion slots you have is the key right? What I am saying is even if I bought a 787c and I purchased the maps I will still get the 3-D maps for Pickwick. Maps are not unit specific are they?

Am I understanding this correctly.

Technology!

The Hound

[TryTooFish]

Maps are not unit specefic!
But they are card specefic! You have to buy the right card for the area or lakes of interest!

[CrappieHound]

Right,Right...that's what I thought. Different cards for different units but not maps.

Gotcha!

The Hound

[Crappie Stalker]

Crappiehound,
Different cards for different map regions. If I had a card for my Humminbird, I could also use it in a Lowrance etc. My 787c came preloaded with the navionics bundle, so I can use the sd card for things like screen snapshots and waypoints. Just remember that the navionics bundle are the 2006 maps. The Tennessee River is not in HD. I believe it is on the 08 maps.

[mduncan62]

WOW, so I ordered a 797 without the maps a couple days ago, and if I understand correctly, I won't be able to run maps and do scans and save waypoints at the same time? I should have researched this a little better I guess. I figured it was similar to my lowrance GPS where I can have a map loaded on an SD and still save tracks and waypoints to the SD.

I'll just have to work around it, or carry two cards I guess.

[jug head]

I use a hand helt gps that reads sd cards