waypoint transfer
Submitted by donlovesfishing on Sat, 2013-03-23 09:53
hi, Ive been trying to transfer my waypoints onto sd card with no luck. I have looked at other posts and still struggling. I guess I aint the brightest. .lol.I just upgraded my Navionics gold card to a platinum and if possible want to transfer my spots. I am using an hds 5. Is there anyone out there that can please explain in easy step by step guide to help to help me. I would b most greatful..also are they really worth the extra $200 upgrade from the gold one? ..thanks in advance for all the help and advice..cheers Don
grayzeee
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8I0PDcGUIY
I have an older lms unit and it works as per the link. I don't know if yours is the same but worth a try.
If I spent half as long fishing , as I do reading this bloody forum , I'd be twice the fisherman I am.
donlovesfishing
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Cheers grayzeee.. how the
Cheers grayzeee.. how the fishing been? U down south yeah?
grayzeee
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I'm North of river mate.
I'm North of river mate. Fishing been ok when I've had the opportunity to get out. Did the transfer go ok?
If I spent half as long fishing , as I do reading this bloody forum , I'd be twice the fisherman I am.
Belly Fish
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Some other info
I know not strictly what you were asking, but there is some great free software out there that converts downloaded waypoints from one proprietory format to a multitude of other formats. It's called GPSbabel. http://www.gpsbabel.org/
This is invaluable when moving from one brand of GPS to another, or even when upgrading from older models that are incompatible. Saves a whole heap of data entry.
I also use is it when downloading my saved waypoints from my Lowrance unit to my PC for backup purposes. The Lowrance format is .usr and is unreadable, but GPSbabel will convert to Excel or other common readable formats so you can at least see what you've got.
Another great use is if you have waypoints already in Excel, you can format them the way GPSbabel expects, then convert them to the format of your GPS, load onto your SD card and then upload into your GPS.
donlovesfishing
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Thanks belly fish, I was
Thanks belly fish, I was also thinking of putting the waypoints onto my computer, so ill try that software. ..
Seaquest
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Don you shouldn't be saving
Don you shouldn't be saving waypoints on your Navionics card. Use a standard SD card. Your waypoints will be saved in your HDS 5 memory. You just have to transfer them onto a SD card for backup. Go to 1-pages, 2-settings, 3-files, 4-waypoints, then export to SD card.
donlovesfishing
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hi doaks how r mate..still
hi doaks how r mate..still cant get the ocy smell out of my hair...lol..cheers mate im down next week and will give that a ago, my platinum card should arrive next week too..thanks to all for the comments and advice I will let u know how I go..