Just got a new 998c HD SI and got a new LakeMaster card to go

in it. I have a 898 with a Navionics card in it, I was wandering if I will be able to share the waypoints and all once I put an Ethernet cable between the tow of them. I went with a LakeMaster due to the fact that when and if I decide to go to the new iPilot link I could use the "follow contour" feature on the iPilot link. And now I am wandering it the two cards will share the way points ? Just wandering if anyone had tried or had an experience with running 2 different brand map cards and Ethernet ?



Thanks

Maachuu

The waypoint sharing will work fine no matter what map chip you use.

The waypoints are in the unit, not on the map. The unit just displays the waypoints as kind of an overlay on the map.....regardless of who's map chip it is.

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Originally Posted by BobB

The waypoint sharing will work fine no matter what map chip you use.

The waypoints are in the unit, not on the map. The unit just displays the waypoints as kind of an overlay on the map.....regardless of who's map chip it is.

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Thanks BobB, that was kinda what I thought but I know I have some waypoints on a sd card and wasn't sure how they would work between the 2 units. I have upgrade HB's a couple of times over the years and always save my waypoint to a sd card for later use if I need them.

thanks

Larry

Keeping the waypoints backed up to a SD card is definitely the way to go.

There are 2 ways to go with the waypoints on the units once they are networked.
1. The units share the waypoints, but they only exist in the memory of the unit you marked them on. When networked, the waypoint from the "other" unit will show up in a different color, but the waypoints from both units can be viewed on either one.

2. You could back up the waypoints as you have, bring them into waypoint management software and save them back out as a single file. If you load that "merged" file on the SD card back into the unit, the unit will load the ones it doesn't have into that unit, and both units could then have all waypoints on the unit locally.

#2 would require other steps to fill in the blanks.

Thanks Bob :ThumbsUp

how is the down image view working for you. I got a 998C HD , It's great but I'm bummed with thy down images.

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Originally Posted by brettw

how is the down image view working for you. I got a 998C HD , It's great but I'm bummed with thy down images.

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I had a 898 up front before I got the 998 and I can tell it is a little clearer and the new back lighting is really good out in the sun.I still haven't learned completely how to read the images but I do believe I can see more on the 998 straight out of the box and no adjustments made. Will attempt to change some of the settings as I become more familiar with the unit