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[QUOTE]TJ DeVoe - 7/10/2008  9:47 AM

[QUOTE]Southshore - 7/10/2008  7:10 AM

It finally stopped raining and I was able to take a look at my 2 units on my boat. I believe the techs are correct and you are sharing waypoints but not map data between the 2 units. What you believe is the map data from your chip, is really the built in map data.

I am able to place a waypoint on a preloaded lake map that is built into my x27 and have it show up on the same lake map on 520. However, these maps were part of the preloaded software in each unit and not data off a chip. I tried this with several lakes in Vilas County (Lac Vieux Desert and the Twins).

I can do the same for LOTW using the chip in the x27 and get the waypoints to show on the base map (without detail i.e. contours, islands rocks). However the detailed map will not be shown without a chip in the unit.

If you have a chip for a Canadian lake or any other lake that is not preloaded, (i.e. the Cisco Chain) try it.  I believe you are reading only the preloaded data as the techs have stated. This is with the 3000 antenna and the newest software.

Those techs work with these units everyday and field hundreds of calls each week. They are pretty good at what they do and are always eager to help.  
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So your telling me this is preloaded data on a unit that supposedly doesn't have preloaded data?  Sorry, don't think so.  This is not preloaded data I'm talking about.  The only units with preloaded data are the HD units.  I have LCX-27's that don't have preloaded data of any kind.  So the only data you can see is the chip data.  The newest units with the preloaded data include the LCX-28HD, 38HD, and 113HD.  Those are the newest units with the preloaded data.  So there is no possible way I'm getting preloaded data from one unit to another.  That means it has to be the chip data.  I understand the techs know there stuff, however, I worked with Ron Hunter who is the tournament support Lowrance guy and he's the one who helped me set my network up.  I specifically asked him if this is going to work with a chip and he said yes.  So I'm sticking with what I have heard from him because he would know.

As for your statement about the 3000 antennae and this being the newest software.  It wouldn't make any sense if I was getting the preloaded maps on the 27 when they sell the 28HD with the preloaded maps.  That unit costs another $100, why would anyone buy that unit if they can get the preloaded maps on the 27?[/QUOTE]

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Subject: Re: navionics chip

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Southshore - 7/10/2008 7:10 AM

It finally stopped raining and I was able to take a look at my 2 units on my boat. I believe the techs are correct and you are sharing waypoints but not map data between the 2 units. What you believe is the map data from your chip, is really the built in map data.

I am able to place a waypoint on a preloaded lake map that is built into my x27 and have it show up on the same lake map on 520. However, these maps were part of the preloaded software in each unit and not data off a chip. I tried this with several lakes in Vilas County (Lac Vieux Desert and the Twins).

I can do the same for LOTW using the chip in the x27 and get the waypoints to show on the base map (without detail i.e. contours, islands rocks). However the detailed map will not be shown without a chip in the unit.

If you have a chip for a Canadian lake or any other lake that is not preloaded, (i.e. the Cisco Chain) try it. I believe you are reading only the preloaded data as the techs have stated. This is with the 3000 antenna and the newest software.

Those techs work with these units everyday and field hundreds of calls each week. They are pretty good at what they do and are always eager to help.

So your telling me this is preloaded data on a unit that supposedly doesn't have preloaded data? Sorry, don't think so. This is not preloaded data I'm talking about. The only units with preloaded data are the HD units. I have LCX-27's that don't have preloaded data of any kind. So the only data you can see is the chip data. The newest units with the preloaded data include the LCX-28HD, 38HD, and 113HD. Those are the newest units with the preloaded data. So there is no possible way I'm getting preloaded data from one unit to another. That means it has to be the chip data. I understand the techs know there stuff, however, I worked with Ron Hunter who is the tournament support Lowrance guy and he's the one who helped me set my network up. I specifically asked him if this is going to work with a chip and he said yes. So I'm sticking with what I have heard from him because he would know.

As for your statement about the 3000 antennae and this being the newest software. It wouldn't make any sense if I was getting the preloaded maps on the 27 when they sell the 28HD with the preloaded maps. That unit costs another $100, why would anyone buy that unit if they can get the preloaded maps on the 27?