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Thanks for your suggestions anyway.File types | Find file converter | Software | Articles | FAQs | Privacy policy | About us | RSS So it appears the problem only occurs in uncharted waters. Zoomed right in and motored up to channel markers and it was spot on. I had the boat out in Sydney harbour last night and it was totally accurate. I am now assuming that the area above Salt Pan creek is not charted and their map is inaccurate beyond that point. This is the Navionics chart and only shows channel markers up to Salt Pan creek on max zoom. I like to be able to see these all the time. the other items on screen are water temp, battery voltage, distance traveled and time. You assumed correct, picture taken at home hence no depth and the location of the black marker. Eg, The map is not showing any channel markers. Was there any difference when you zoomed in. I assume you have gone into the CHART menu & changed from the default Lowrance to Navionics?
Not knowing how to reverse, went into the menu, selected "Back to Default" settings, then started over again. When I got my unit, played around with settings to a point I stuffed up a No. Perhaps this photo was taken when you were at home, hence it's position. I'm not an expert & perhaps others more knowlegable than I may comment but it appears some how you have managed to overlay the STEER screen with the CHART screen.Īlso, the black triangle under the "30" shows the actual boat position & as such should be in the water area. You have a few things on the screen, other than the pink line, that I have not seen before. The river is only 50 to 100m wide in that area and the tracks are a similar distance on shore from mid river. The pink line is my track down the river and as I do not have a hovercraft, if that was my true route, I would have spent a lot of time beached. Thought the best way to show you is with a photo. I'll try a couple of the suggestions next time I drag it out. So the default "Lowrance" setting is all I got! No, the Elite 4 doesn't have a card standard. If it does not look like the photo then suspect there will be more expenditure.
Move the grid lines (in the manual these are refered to as the "curser") with the arrow buttons to the coast or your normal fishing spot. When at home the screen will be a light brown colour which depics land. After the subscription expires, you can renew with a discount up to 50 at or purchase a Navionics Updates card from a dealer for the most up-to-date charts. Owners of Navionics+ bundled cards can register at to get one year of daily updates and advanced features. If it is fitted the screen should look like this when the horizantle & vertical grid lines are moved to a coastal position or when your on the water. Navionics provides more than 2,000 updates per day. If the Gold card is fitted select "Navionics" On the drop down screen, Enter. The first thing to determin is what, if any, card came with your DSI 4.Ĭhart, Menu, select Chart Data. The Navionics XL9 Gold card was supplied & included in the price of the Elite 5 unit. I have the Elite 5 Combo which I understand is basically the same as the 4 but with larger screen. It's not necessary to be on the water to use the Chart so you can play around with it at home provided the boat is outside so the GPS can pick up the satelites. Then, if it still is no good I guess I'll be spending more money!! I'll try the suggestion from Leo next time I'm out, and try to learn my way around the menus first. I wondered if I'd need a card to get decent results.