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Hey greg i backed my software up to 6.50 that you sent me, still will not show my snapshots. I think that i had 6.1 before i went to the latest update....snapshots that i took after the (6.5?) the latest update are there...you scroll down the snapshot page and you see that snapshot for a sec then it goes to a circle with a slash ........second question if i go with the heading sensor antenna, i have my 998 and 788 connected via ethernet can i run both off the same antenna?
I don’t know what is happening with the screen snapshots kyrich. I would watch it and see if it happens again and if it does I would first try a new formatted memory card.
Yes, two (or more) units Ethernet connected that can share a GPS Receiver.
I can put the card in my pc and the pics are still on it...........the unit will not read them
That is the part that I don’t understand kyrich. If they are on the memory card they should display in the unit unless the picture file got corrupt somehow. If they were though I would think that your PC would have problems showing them as well..
Wait a minute! There is a *.DAT file associated with each screen snapshot. Dare these still on the memory card too? What is the file size that is showing for them (if they are there)?
When you go to the full Chart View and place the cursor on a waypoint that you made with a Screen Snapshot; does it show the thumbnail image or not?
The .DAT file (that Greg speaks of) is necessary for the unit to display the snapshot...
Just as a test... I created a SNAPSHOT folder (on a SD card) and put 2 snapshots in it (1 snapshot with its associated .DAT file and 1 snapshot without the associated .DAT file)..
Then I put the SD card in my unit and the only snapshot that the unit would display is the snapshot that also had its associated .DAT file...
Open your SNAPSHOT folder on your PC and make sure there is a .DAT file associated with each .PNG snapshot...
What I find curious is kyrich says the snapshot thumbnail shows for a second on the snapshot view ...and then changes to a circle with a red line thru it....
My test above showed that my .PNG snapshot without a .DAT file does not display a thumbnail at all on the unit snapshot view...
The thumbnail/circle with a red line thru it seems to me that the .DAT file somehow became corrupted...
Rickie
Hey guys..............i know ive been slow responding.....getting over the flu.
Ok there is a .dat file with each .png
There's no way I know of to check the .DAT file for problems as it is a file format not read by Windows...
Do you know anyone else with a HB unit that you could put your SD card into their unit and see if acts the same...??
Also check this question from Greg above...When you go to the full Chart View and place the cursor on a waypoint that you made with a Screen Snapshot; does it show the thumbnail image or not?
Rickie
It won't show on my 998 also with that card. The .DAT files are showing they are smaller than the .PNG
I don't know kyrich.... The only thing I can figure is the .DAT files got corrupted somehow...
You say the .PNG snapshots still open on your PC....at least you haven't lost them completely....
I keep 2 separate files on my pc for HB snapshots....
*1 is labeled HB snapshots - unit useable (these still have the .DAT file with them)...
*1 is labeled HB snapshots- not unit useable (these I have lost the .DAT file and can only be viewed on my PC)...
Rickie
Ok here's a pic full map screen .....went to waypoint and hit view snapshotAttachment 113979
Greg should be checking in Monday or so....
Maybe he has more ideas....I'm at a loss here...
1 thing I may experiment with is trying to find a way to corrupt the .DAT file and see if I can replicate your issue...
Kyrich...you did say that this only occurs on the saved snapshots that you had taken before the update to 6.5....??
Snapshots taken now after the update are ok...??
Rickie
Yes rickie...any snapshots taken after the update are okQuote:
Originally Posted by rnvinc
The second unit has to have the same display size (vertical and horizontal pixel count) for the screen snapshots of one unit to display on another.
That still doesn’t help. That thumbnail even looks messed up as it is showing two images side-by-side which it should not do. Somehow the data has been corrupted...
Greg do i have any options?The .PNG files are ok on my pc, i agree there's something going on. Is any way to reformat card.Quote:
Originally Posted by Humminbird_Greg
You can try copying the files to another SD card.
Other than that I don’t know of any options kyrich.
Ok ............thanks gregQuote:
Originally Posted by Humminbird_Greg
I did another test with .PNG files and .DAT files...
From my PC,
*I created a folder labled SNAPSHOT
*Into this SNAPSHOT folder I copied one (1) .png file of a certain snapshot and 1 .DAT file from a completely different snapshot...
*I put these on my SD card and inserted into my unit...
It would not display the snapshot or the thumbnail from the Snapshot and Recording view...
This tells me that the associated .DAT file is specifically for the .PNG snapshot it's attached to...
At least you still have .png that can be viewed on the PC....
Rickie