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    Having Trouble - Lakemaster

    I was wanting to buy Navionics because the detail on the contours. I already have Lakemaster but the countours are junk. I was told I may not have something set right.

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    I can't get pics to post here. Follow the link below for a comparison of the two graphs.

    http://texasfishingforum.com/forums/...8#Post12769408

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    Only Lakemaster HD maps have the 1 ft contours and it looks like this isn't an HD map. What lake is it?
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    Lake Bridgeport in Texas.

    Can i upgrade my card to HD?

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    Quote Originally Posted by txfour View Post
    Lake Bridgeport in Texas.

    Can i upgrade my card to HD?
    Looks like it's available on the Mid-South v4 card.

    https://www.humminbird.com/support/Find-A-Lake
    https://www.humminbird.com/sites/hum...idsouth_r2.pdf

    You might want to note the following at the end of the list of lakes.....

    Contour Line Density - Spacing of contour lines does not determine if a map is High Definition or not. LakeMaster uses 1-ft contours on most of our High Definition maps, but not all. On some lakes that are deep and have steep break lines we use may use 3-ft contour spacing, because the lines become so dense that it isn’t functional. It’s still High Definition,i.e. “high accuracy.”
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    You can purchase Bridgeport as a single lake with Chart Select ----- $19.99
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wayne P. View Post
    You can purchase Bridgeport as a single lake with Chart Select ----- $19.99
    If you go this route only purchase the lake, not the bundle. An SD card with the bundle on it won't load on the old numbered series.
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    So I have to buy a whole new card? I can't download an update this one for a reduced price?

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    Go into settings, go to chart, go to chart select. If it says Auto it should be reading your card. Otherwise select the right or left slot, or the Lakemaster chip, whatever comes up as you go right/left through the options. See if that clears your issue up.

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    our Lakemaster is set at 1000ft view while the Navionics is set at 405ft view. I would zoom in a little tighter with the Lakemaster and see if it changes any. Also depends whether this lake is HD.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BoatBuggy View Post
    If you go this route only purchase the lake, not the bundle. An SD card with the bundle on it won't load on the old numbered series.
    Crap! says I have to have a 32mb card. All I have is a 16MB.

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    Quote Originally Posted by txfour View Post
    Crap! says I have to have a 32mb card. All I have is a 16MB.
    I don't know if that's a real requirement. I have the Toledo Bend and Sam Rayburn bundles each one on their own 16 Gb card.
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    Quote Originally Posted by txfour View Post
    Crap! says I have to have a 32mb card. All I have is a 16MB.
    You can use a lot smaller card for that map. Just select and purchase the map, no other layers. Download to an encrypted card.

    The file is 82.98 MB
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    The original Chart Select had a larger card size requirement, but that was changed. Most of my single maps are on 8GB cards since I had a few that size when I decided to get a few maps to test.

    All you have to do is check the total file size you want to download and use a card that has that capacity plus a little.
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    So I donwnloaded the lake, but it wont pull up on the graph. I did not do the bundle, just the $19 HD Contours. I even took my lakemaster card out and only hav the one card in. Shows nothing. What am I doing wrong?

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    Are you going into the menu and selecting the Lake that you downloaded onto the card?
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    Quote Originally Posted by txfour View Post
    So I donwnloaded the lake, but it wont pull up on the graph. I did not do the bundle, just the $19 HD Contours. I even took my lakemaster card out and only hav the one card in. Shows nothing. What am I doing wrong?
    Were you on the lake or did you move the map curser to the lake location to view the contour map?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wayne P. View Post
    Were you on the lake or did you move the map curser to the lake location to view the contour map?
    It's like the GPS won't even work without the Lakemaster card. Yes, I am selecting the lake, there is just nothing there.

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    With just one layer there is no need to select it. I had an 1198 and I used a single layer chart select map. tx4 did you use your model # when you downloaded that chart. I would power the unit off then with the chip in it power up again. Also I did not notice what software release you have. Bob

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    O-M-G!!!! I got it. For some reason, when I close the SD card slot door, it was ejecting my card every time. I have to leave the door unlatched and it works fine. And to think I fished all day without this graph hahaha.

    Thanks to all for all of the help.

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    My 1198's won't read the current Chart Select maps. Just the ones before the Layers version came out.

    When I put an old card in, the background changes to a highway map, doesn't do that with new ones.
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