TBarCYa
Senior Chief Petty Officer
- Joined
- Apr 13, 2005
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Before I take this thing out and return it to the store, I figured I'd ask in case I'm missing something...
In my small boat, I have an older Garmin GPSMAP 440s and the thing is great. One feature that I love, but can't seem to do with the brand new Lowrance Elite 5 HDI is search the included waypoints and navigate to them. It's as simple as MENU, NAVIGATE TO, SEARCH and go on the Garmin but when I go to Waypoints on the Lowrance, the list is blank. The Lowrance came with the Navionics Gold card but if I try to load waypoints from the card, there are no waypoints found.
So, is it possible to do what I want with the Lowrance or should I return it? On Sunday we made a 60 mile run to take the boat out for the winter and couldn't search for fuel... Very disappointing.
In my small boat, I have an older Garmin GPSMAP 440s and the thing is great. One feature that I love, but can't seem to do with the brand new Lowrance Elite 5 HDI is search the included waypoints and navigate to them. It's as simple as MENU, NAVIGATE TO, SEARCH and go on the Garmin but when I go to Waypoints on the Lowrance, the list is blank. The Lowrance came with the Navionics Gold card but if I try to load waypoints from the card, there are no waypoints found.
So, is it possible to do what I want with the Lowrance or should I return it? On Sunday we made a 60 mile run to take the boat out for the winter and couldn't search for fuel... Very disappointing.