![]() Now I have full visibility of what I found when I sounded the area using the dinghy. I haven’t explored the anchorage or the route into the City of Gulfport’s municipal marina (top right of the image) on Have Another Day so there are no soundings for this area on this image The right image was taken after I removed the MicroSD card from the dinghy’s 64cv and inserted it into the 8612. The image in the gallery above left shows the view from my 8612 with its own soundings displayed. MFD manufacturers are increasingly moving the MicroSD card slots to the rear of the MFD which means if you have your plotter mounted in the helm (and not on a trunion) you will likely need an accessory card reader to make this easier. Now that we’ve collected data in the dinghy, the MicroSD card from the EchoMap 64cv gets inserted into the Garmin GPSMap 8612 located at the helm of Have Another Day. On your smart device, select the Google Play. Use it to activate your Garmin Navionics+ or Garmin Navionics Vision+ subscription, plus download daily updates and premium content. I want to step up to the Helix line and see how that works.Boca Ciega Bay as sounded by the 8612 on Have Another Dayīoca Ciega Bay as sounded by the EchoMap 64cv and displayed on the GPSMap 8612 The free ActiveCaptain app creates a powerful connection between your compatible smart device and Garmin chartplotter, charts, maps and the boating community. The maps, GPS, and trolling motor do all the work, I fish along the way. Update at night and go fishing those new spots the next day.Īlso, if I had a trolling motor with I-Pilot link I can tell my trolling motor where to go and let it take me. Record my sonar all day long and look for me cover/structure at night. So far, I love the AutoChart Pro program.Īnother benefit, with off the shelf maps, I can add detail each trip out. I can also highlight shallow water so I can avoid it while on plane. Indstiller farven for Garmin Quickdraw Contours-displayet. Insert the memory card in the chartplotter. Remove the memory card from your computer. The browser may have saved the file there. QuickDraw Contours is a feature on most Garmin Chartplotters that allows you to map ANY body of water and create your own custom maps with up to 1 Contours. TIP: If you cannot find the file, look in the 'Downloads' folder. I cna review teh data at home during my downtime.ĪutoChart Pro also lets me select depth of water I want to target and changes the color so I cna stay in the zone. Indstiller forskelle i konturdybder og dybdeafmærkninger på fællesskabets konturkort for at kompensere for ændringer i vandniveauet for et vandområde eller dybdefejl på registrerede kort. Drag the edges of the box to select the area to download. ![]() I don't have to watch my graph all day long. Save, upload to the AutoChart program and save those new waypoints with the lake information. The added benefit- I can view the down imaging, side imaging via another program on my pc and mark spots that I want to check out further. Then upload to my pc, convert to a map and download to the AutoChart Pro card. I save all my data to a 16gb disk, no fear of running out of space. You can change the depth offset so all the recordings align. We recently had the chance to get out on the water and do some decent testing with the QuickDraw software and a Garmin Panoptix transducer. I spent some time on each of them and created maps of the sections I fish the most, plus I record while traveling to and from those spots. There are several lakes by me that aren't graphed. I have Autochart Pro for my 899 Humminbird.Works great.
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