Short Version:
Are there any methods of marking waypoints on sidevu that avoid pausing the sidevu sonar? I'm hoping I'm just missing something.
Full Story:
I finally got my sidevu transducers hooked up to my GPSMAP1242, and took it out on the river yesterday. (First impressions of image quality are good, but I'll hold off on getting into comparisons vs my previous Lowrance until I spend some time with it.) The one issue I noted is that I was not impressed with marking waypoints on sidevu. The method I located in my manual (and BBC search) requires pausing the sidevu first. The problem I have is that the sidevu is now totally paused while I edit the name and icon for the waypoint from that screen. Which means if I happen to pass by another exciting bit of structure during this process, I'll miss it. On the Lowrance, I would just add the waypoint info while the sidevu worked in the background and I could check it out once I finished in the menu. This way I never had to quit idling along as I worked.
I will say that in the month I've been using this new GPSMAP1242, this is the only case I've found where I've liked the user experience of my old Lowrance Carbon 16 better. So overall I'm pretty happy so far.