Humminbird 598Si With Only 1 Sd Slot Quesiton?

[dfris]

Hi all, Iv got a quesiton for you guys who have a humminbird fishfinder with only one sd slot.

 

I am thinking of purchasing a lake map card. Well the only card that has a few of the lakes I fish is the Hotmaps Premium East version. I live in NC.

 

Anyway, I understand that with only 1 slot, I will have to put in the lake map card, load the map, and then put in another card to save images, and waypoints?

 

My quesiton is, Once i load the map of the lake, Do I need the SD map card anymore? Can I just leave in the Card for waypoints/images for the rest of the trip? Or Am I going to have to load the Map, pull that card, save a waypoint, and then put the map card back in? This would be very time consuming i would think.

 

Could someone explain this a bit for me.

 

Also has anyhone tried just copying the lake map to a larger sd card, and then you would have room for the waypoints?

 

Thanks

Daryl

 

 

[Wayne P.]

No, that is not the way it works at all. Mapping is read directly from the map card, it is not written to the unit's memory.

If you don't have the map card in the unit, you won't have that mapping.

 

GPS data like waypoints are never written to a memory card. They are written to the unit's memory.

GPS works the same with or without added mapping. Mapping is just a background on the plotter view.

You can have Tracks, Routes, and Waypoints with no mapping. The unit comes with a basic background map just for color.

 

You cannot copy digital mapping. It takes the mfg software to do that and you can't buy it.

 

You can use either the Navionics Hotmaps Premium East region or the Navionics+ software.

The Navionics+ comes with no maps, You download what locations you want for anywhere in the country including maps that are on the Gold edition. It is not regional specific. The limitation of that software is 2GB.

It also includes Sonar Charts which is user generated data. You record on a body of water, upload the recording/s to the Navionics server and later download a HD contour map of that location. It is shared data, but is not Navionics data and is only as accurate as the data added by the software users. I use it a lot to create HD maps of locations that probably will never be surveyed by Navionics.

 

To do recordings, take screen snaphots, do waypoint management with computer software, and do unit operating software updates, you need to remove the map card and insert a blank, formatted, SD card for those functions.

When you register the unit on the Humminbird web site to create an account, you get the current unit software version and HumminbirdPC which is computer software to manage waypoints, routes, and tracks.

[A-Jay]

No, that is not the way it works at all. Mapping is read directly from the map card, it is not written to the unit's memory.

If you don't have the map card in the unit, you won't have that mapping.

 

GPS data like waypoints are never written to a memory card. They are written to the unit's memory.

GPS works the same with or without added mapping. Mapping is just a background on the plotter view.

You can have Tracks, Routes, and Waypoints with no mapping. The unit comes with a basic background map just for color.

 

You cannot copy digital mapping. It takes the mfg software to do that and you can't buy it.

 

You can use either the Navionics Hotmaps Premium East region or the Navionics+ software.

The Navionics+ comes with no maps, You download what locations you want for anywhere in the country including maps that are on the Gold edition. It is not regional specific. The limitation of that software is 2GB.

It also includes Sonar Charts which is user generated data. You record on a body of water, upload the recording/s to the Navionics server and later download a HD contour map of that location. It is shared data, but is not Navionics data and is only as accurate as the data added by the software users. I use it a lot to create HD maps of locations that probably will never be surveyed by Navionics.

 

To do recordings, take screen snaphots, do waypoint management with computer software, and do unit operating software updates, you need to remove the map card and insert a blank, formatted, SD card for those functions.

When you register the unit on the Humminbird web site to create an account, you get the current unit software version and HumminbirdPC which is computer software to manage waypoints, routes, and tracks.

 

Fantastic explanation Wayne ~

 

Thanks you

 

A-Jay

[Wayne P.]

One more thing about Navionics software.

A new purchase includes a year of updates.

Navionics adds new data to their servers every day. You won't know where, but if you want, you can update your Navionics card every day and have always have current data.

 

If you want to see the maps, they are viewable on-line on the Navionics web site in the Products tab and then Web App. That is updated daily also,.

Addtionally you can see the progress of the Sonar Charts program by clicking on the circle at the lower left of the panel to turn it Blue when in the 1000' zoom range or closer. That is the Sonar Chart mapping. When the circle is Grey, that is the Navionics mapping.

[dfris]

Wow that is great info thank you, you really cleared it up for me. One question about the Navtronics program. Does it allow you to color shade certian depths on the depth finder?

[Wayne P.]

It only has the shaded depth setting. It does not have the contour highlighting and depth off-set that Lakemaster has.

 

This shows the shaded depth set to 5'.

 

[dfris]

Ok thanks, well this would still help alot, when you want to fish a certian depth. You could easly see where to fish.

Also, do you know the best place to purchase the navtronics + card from,