i have downloaded the pc app and i can see the world, when i zoom in i can find lakes but there is no depth contours just the outline of the lake, how do i get the depth contours from my card to show on the screen?
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i have downloaded the pc app and i can see the world, when i zoom in i can find lakes but there is no depth contours just the outline of the lake, how do i get the depth contours from my card to show on the screen?
I would assume you are using a Current card. They have a one year span o them before u cannot update em
the card is this years but i don't care to update it i just wanna view the lakes on it on my pc.
Have you tried zooming in and is the lake on your map card area i have an East map and my lake is on mine and contour depths ect,
The PC app may just be a card viewing app so you may have to insert the card to view the card data. Gotta_fish is also right to suggest that you may have to zoom in a fair amount to view any sort of useful data.
Alternatively, Navionics has another software called NavPlanner 2 capable of viewing Navionics card data. It is a more complete planning software so it may not be what you need but still good to be aware of!
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i have my card inserted and i have zoomed in alot, i can see roads and such but no contour lines in the lake, i'm getting a bit frustrated with my lack of skill with technology.
Don't feel like the lone ranger, I can't figure out half of all this myself.Quote:
Originally Posted by gobbler
In the Navionics PC App, if you zoom out (scale should be showing at least 3 digits), you should see clear brown squares around the zones that contain chart regions. If you don't see any brown squares (or maybe its a different color?), maybe the PC App doesn't recognize the card?Quote:
Originally Posted by gobbler
I would say close the PC app and restart it with the card already plugged in. That's how I see my card.
Anyways, software and technology is confusing overall, but I'm a stubborn guy :biggrin
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Are you loged in to the Navionics store? If not log into your Navionics account and go to page that shows your license status your are allowed 5 if you have downloaded the map properly it should 4 left basically you used 1. And you can try and reload the map.
Make sure the lake your looking at is listed for the card you have,Im in NC and have an East card I went over and looked at a Lake in Texas an I dont have contour detail of it .Not all lakes are on the card somewhere there is a list of lake for different cards.I know some bodies of water are not on every card.
i'm in nc too and i know the lakes i am looking for are on there, they show up just fine on the fish finder, i'll keep playing with it but it is getting aggravating, i need a personal tutor,lol.
Mine veiws just fine....my question is ...Can you change the measurements on the PC app. , mines showing kilometers an meters, Any way to change it to miles an feet ????????
I wouldn't make a good tutor.... I put mine on my computer and have forgot what I did. I do remember that it took a very long time and wasn't very self explanatory. You put the card in the puter then install it as per instructions. I think that when the instalation is going on it is using the card and is in contact with the Navionics web site. After it is installed you can leave the card in the unit and the computer has the "card" installed on the puter. You can view the maps on the puter without the card, if that makes sense. There must be a copy on the puter. After a while the program would become unresponsive and would not work...don't know what is going on here but I discovered if I go offline before launching the Navionics program it works OK.Quote:
Originally Posted by gobbler
Now mine is having trouble keeps saying to update fresher data and it hangd up about 86% through ,so I unistalled it and d/l ed everything again same thing, I start looking around and I think they are down(navionics) for some reason ,this might be the problem ,ive sent an email to them ,i'll keep you updated
Mine does the same thing I uninstalled the program a while back then re-installed it with no change. I have learned that if I go offline when I launch the program it's OK. You can go back online after the program has started and it works OK. It must try to go to the update site that causes the glitch. (Just guessing here)Quote:
Originally Posted by gotta_fish
Still have not heard from navionics and still no fresher data update, It still works but wish they would explain things to me
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Originally Posted by gobbler
One thing I did find out is that if the lake your looking at happens to be one they the Nav. people havent charted yet, the lake will show up in the maps...but there wont be any contour lines. It will just show blue, outlining the lake. I wish I could find out how to change the maps to standard ft. an miles and not meters an km. Get off the metric stuff !