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Location: Stevens Point, WI | Big Perc - 3/22/2009 2:55 PM
The units we carry (The HDS 5 through 10, in both the Insight USA models and Base models) will not accept a navionics chip at this point, causing the customer to have to go to the website and download a software update. Not a huge deal, but why put a unit out that is not fully ready to perform as 90% of the people using them want. It will be interesting to see the side imaging side of things as well as the XM satelite weather on the unit.
Big Perc, the issue with the Navionics chips not reading is not the Lowrance unit. The issue is that Navionics hasn't written the updated software in order for the HDS units to read the chips. The HDS units are new from the ground up, nothing like the LCX units or any other previous units before. Take a look at this clip that WalleyeFIRST did with one of the factory techs/pros.
Edited by TJ DeVoe 3/22/2009 10:39 PM
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