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Location: Eau Claire, WI | Sorry J didn't ask...
I was hoping to network my consol unit with my bow unit and found that with today's technology and for being cost effective that I was best off with a hand-held unit for now. I was opting for the Garmin 60 C but after learning of the H2O and that I could use the same chip in it as I do in my X15 I made my choice. I asked him if it would update fast enough when traveling at 40mph+ and he didn't think it was an issue... Now I'm getting a little concerned.
Suspect you might want to call Lowrance customer service on the 800 number listed on www.lowrance.com I have found them helpful in the past.
My whole goals was that I was hoping to be able to punch in waypoints on my console unit and then view them up on the bow when I want to fish over them. I was told that with today's technology the only way I could do that was by removing the mmc chip and then uploading the info to the bow unit (they would not view shared waypoints over the nema connections). So I figured rather than do that I would buy a hand held and put a ram mount at each location and just move the hand held from the console to the front deck.
I've been told that networking two units together to view the same waypoint/mapping database on each unit simultaneously is the next wave of technology, but I suspect the first models will be very pricey... Might just be cheaper to buy a 618 tiller and start fishing out of the back again with all my electronics mounted in the back...  |
