Saintly Fish Posted April 20, 2022 Author Share Posted April 20, 2022 13 minutes ago, GPSguru said: Ok, I have had a meaningful conversation with tech support at Southampton, and confirmed my suspicions. If you have the vision + chart card, you cant just plug it in, because although the basic chart will work, a lot of the other stuff like birds eye view, relief shading, and guidance will not work. The only way all the functionality can be achieved is to load the area of interest via active captain. Yes, Garmin have changed the ‘tiles’ in favour of a ‘selected area’. Both myself and the support guy preferred the tile system. Neil, you will need to register your chart via active captain, or Garmin express, then upload the area of interest to your active captain sd card in the plotter. The tech guy said it is best if you ring them as you may need to delete a file on the Garmin card to make life easier. TBH daily updates on the vision + will be a PITA as you will need to reload the selected area on each update ! However, stuff doesn't change that much so I would only do it every 6 months or so. Hope that helps …. Thanks Ian, it does. Last night I managed to down load 4.14gb of data from 4 squares stretching along the south coast and Channel Islands. This I will take to the boat and transfer to the plotter but will ring Garmin support before I do it! I love the simplicity of the Garmin instruction sheet that accompanies the card. Shame the reality is a polar opposite 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted April 20, 2022 Author Share Posted April 20, 2022 Also I noticed that the new software update has completely changed the layout of the menu functions which is a complete PITA. After two years I was just getting used to the layout as it was!! 🙄 GPSguru 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 4 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said: Thanks Ian, it does. Last night I managed to down load 4.14gb of data from 4 squares stretching along the south coast and Channel Islands. This I will take to the boat and transfer to the plotter but will ring Garmin support before I do it! I love the simplicity of the Garmin instruction sheet that accompanies the card. Shame the reality is a polar opposite 🤣 If you need to call them …… +44 23 8052 4000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted April 20, 2022 Author Share Posted April 20, 2022 8 minutes ago, JonC said: What’s a shame is that the installation team is so slow. My transducer is still sitting in the box Call the number above and lodge your complaint! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 28 minutes ago, JonC said: What’s a shame is that the installation team is so slow. My transducer is still sitting in the box Wot, you forgotten how to use a screwdriver, or is that beyond the intelligence of essex clowns 🤷♂️🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captin slows old outlaw Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 32 minutes ago, JonC said: My impact driver isn’t waterproof and the sealant doesn’t cure so well submerged. thats a shame. plus you might catch some thing from being in the water Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 22 minutes ago, captin slows old outlaw said: thats a shame. plus you might catch some thing from being in the water He is from essex, so I expect he already has crabs, syphilis, and herpes 🤔🤣🤣🤣 Geoff and suzook12 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted April 20, 2022 Author Share Posted April 20, 2022 4 minutes ago, GPSguru said: He is from essex, so I expect he already has crabs, syphilis, and herpes 🤔🤣🤣🤣 Don't forget the fake tan, silicone implants and an IQ under 80! GPSguru 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 Reads this thread and pats Lowrance kit #itjustworks Odyssey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 1 hour ago, Andy135 said: Reads this thread and pats Lowrance kit #itjustworks 🖕 Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 2 hours ago, Saintly Fish said: silicone implants Hah, he doesn't need them, he is a big enough tit already 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Saintly Fish 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted April 20, 2022 Author Share Posted April 20, 2022 So I spent an hour and a half today sat on my boat tidying up shit that didn't need tidying, whilst the charts transferred. Got to 98% and got an error message saying I had insufficient space on the active captain card !!!! FFS I'd just got off the phone to Garmin and nobody mentioned a potential lack of storage! 😩🤬 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted April 20, 2022 Author Share Posted April 20, 2022 2 minutes ago, JonC said: We all said about storage. At least yor boat is nice and tidy. 👍 Yeah, but what I don't get is this.... You get a 32gb card. The file transfer is approx 5gb. So how the hell can I be out of storage? What am I not understanding here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 (edited) 49 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said: Yeah, but what I don't get is this.... You get a 32gb card. The file transfer is approx 5gb. So how the hell can I be out of storage? What am I not understanding here? If it has been there a while, it may well have stored software updates and other stuff. Format it on a PC and then put it back in and recreate an active captain card. Edited April 20, 2022 by GPSguru Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted April 20, 2022 Author Share Posted April 20, 2022 10 minutes ago, GPSguru said: If it has been there a while, it may well have stored software updates and other stuff. Format it on a PC and then put it back in and recreate an active captain card. How do I know which one it is though? I have 4 cards in 2 plotters!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzook12 Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 1 hour ago, Saintly Fish said: How do I know which one it is though? I have 4 cards in 2 plotters!! Could that be the issue maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 1 hour ago, Saintly Fish said: How do I know which one it is though? I have 4 cards in 2 plotters!! Take out each one in turn and IIRC it will tell you on the plotter that you have removed the active captain card. Saintly Fish 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted April 20, 2022 Author Share Posted April 20, 2022 7 minutes ago, GPSguru said: Take out each one in turn and IIRC it will tell you on the plotter that you have removed the active captain card. Why do I have 4 cards anyway? Is it because the plotters come with a base and active card? Then the two are networked together! so, 2 of 4 not needed!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 34 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said: Why do I have 4 cards anyway? Is it because the plotters come with a base and active card? Then the two are networked together! so, 2 of 4 not needed!! I dont know, mine will run without any cards, but I keep one active captain in one plotter and a blank card in the other plotter for screen dumps etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 4 hours ago, JonC said: I had it wrapped around my head, I’m only onG3 vision. That will still require you to load it via active captain to get all the options, especially relief shading. Once you have registered it to your Garmin account, it will show on the active captain app. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 1 hour ago, JonC said: Should I be able to access the charts from my phone? Yes, provided that the chart is registered to your Garmin account, which you can do via Garmin express, or Active Captain. You need to access the charts on your phone / ipad to upload the selected area from active captain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDP Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 (edited) Turns out I’ve got worldwide charts on my phone not jus Oz. Just been looking at the amazing detail of the sea floor around the areas I used to fish around the IOW, almost makes me want to fish it again. Some of the detail of the wrecks is pretty impressive. A couple from St Catherine’s IOW. Edited April 21, 2022 by JDP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDP Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 Another of a wreck off the Needles, with the gps numbers included. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 (edited) 18000km is bit a trek for a few pout…. I think you’re best off closer to home 🤣 Edited April 21, 2022 by Odyssey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 1 hour ago, JDP said: Turns out I’ve got worldwide charts on my phone not jus Oz. Just been looking at the amazing detail of the sea floor around the areas I used to fish around the IOW, almost makes me want to fish it again. Some of the detail of the wrecks is pretty impressive. A couple from St Catherine’s IOW. That area off St Cats looks great but is empty of fish. I burned more fuel than I care to remember over a couple of seasons fishing there and it was hard work every trip, with many, many blanks. 😭 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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