Bob F Posted March 30, 2005 Report Share Posted March 30, 2005 Does anyone have a Garmin GPS to PC lead that I could borrow for a day or two? I'd like to see if I can connect my GPS 125 to my laptop and try out a new bit of software. Connector on the GPS is the 7 pin round type. cheers BF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swainiac Posted March 31, 2005 Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 Bob, can you wait untill the next meeting? Like a muppet I was thinking it was tonight, untill Martin kindly pointed out I'd be on my own!! You missed the chance of a wind up there Martin!! I was given one, a Garmin GPS to Laptop lead, by Garmin Europe, before I set off around the states three years ago, and I haven;t used it since, so you are welcome to borrow it, and circulate amoungst other club members who may wish to use it. If itsurgent Bob, I'll post it this afternoon. Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam F Posted March 31, 2005 Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 Can I go second?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manic Moore Posted March 31, 2005 Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 Be careful chaps. When I rang Lowrance to find out what software I needed to added weypoints and stuff directly to my MMC card they strongley adviced against it as they had a number of customers who corrupted their software making the charts useless. Carefull which button you press!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam F Posted March 31, 2005 Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 Interestingly I tried to upload my waypoints to the card a few days ago to save me loosing them again, and the unit told me the crad was 'Read Only'....thats a Garmin Unit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swainiac Posted April 1, 2005 Report Share Posted April 1, 2005 I know its a different system to plotters, but I took my laptop along with me, using my Garmin GPS 2 Plus unit along with world map discs, which showed every road currently usable across the whole of the states. This also allowed me to place waypoints/sites of interest........wasnt read only. This was also given to me by Garmin Europe to use and try out, used in cinjunction with their GPS unit. Would it be that Garmin and lowrence units arent compatible......????? Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
great white Posted April 2, 2005 Report Share Posted April 2, 2005 Hi Colin What software are you using for your lowrance? I use Map Create 6 which came with my plotter to transfer the info from my user card to a basic map If we were in USA then the background map would be almost chart quality but over here it is very basic. I have emailed Lowrance and they have no intention of changing that, they also confirm that the info on the Navionics card can not be downloaded to the mapcreate. [shame] Even though the background is very basic .I still find it good to transfer the info saved to my user card to the PC. It is quicker to add waypoints via the PC keyboard and then save to the card and load into the plotter. than to add them straight to the plotter. I can also edit some of the info on the user card quicker on the PC. Incidentally I never put the Navionics MMC card into the PC, formatting will wipe its memory and render it scrap. Charlie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
great white Posted April 2, 2005 Report Share Posted April 2, 2005 Sorry Gordon, That last one was to you not Colin Its early Charlie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul D Posted April 2, 2005 Report Share Posted April 2, 2005 Adam, The Garmin one is indeed read only. However, you can get a card writer a RAM card and buy the CD with all the maps on, then write the map to the writable memory card using a PC. Of course costs you more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob F Posted April 4, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2005 Rich, sorry for the wait for my reply. You're a star!! Yes, I would love to borrow your lead. The AGM would be perfect to pick it up. Many thanks BF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swainiac Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 No worries Bob, I'll dig it out......its in the bowels of my rucksack up in the loft, I think! See you thursday, Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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