Ok please be gentle, I am coming from two Gen 1 HDS 5 units bow and console. I purchased this boat used almost two years ago and have not been using the system to its full potential. Just been fishing and would finally like to figure out some issues and start using it for more than waypoints, depth and water temp. The boat came with 2 Lowrance Carbon 12 units at the console, 1 Lowrance HDS Gen 3 touch at the bow, NEMA box, 3D structure scan and total scan transducer. To be honest I don't even know what some of that means. I am running the console like this, left side unit has map on top and left side side scan on bottom, right side unit has 2D and down scan on top and right side side scan on bottom. Both units were just updated with the latest.
#1 issue I am having seems very strange to me and I promise I have searched high and low for a thread or a video explaining my issue. I had everything set up correctly to record a trail on the left unit. It was recording cause after almost 2 years it showed approx. 12,000 pings but has never showed up on the map. Since I never run a map on the right side unit I did not notice this but today I realized the trail which has obviously almost colored the entire lake in, shows up on the map on the right side unit.
The other issue is different but the same, and to make it make sense I think I need to explain how I've been marking waypoints. I have only had this boat on my home lake do to life so I don't use it to mark fish catches per say. I have only been using it to mark deeper fish by hitting the down scan screen portion on the right unit. Again all waypoints have been marked using the right unit. As soon as I save it the point shows up on the left side unit map like it should. Today when I noticed the trail showing up on the right side map I also realized the map only showed the trail and no waypoints. Both units show all waypoints and trails in their memory list.
Talk to me like I just landing on Earth from a place with no Tech, you won't hurt my feelings. Hoping this is something simple I've missed. I have watched every YouTube video I could find trying to learn as much as I can on these things and still feel lost. I'd be willing to pay someone close by to help explain this stuff to me if need be.
Thanks in advance for any help you may provide.
P.S. The boat salesman although a serious tournament guy had never run a boat with a 2 stroke or Lowrance so no he wasn't much help.