Blue Charts question

Post by **bman** » March 15th, 2007, 9:34 am

I got a Garmin 76cx and I'm liking it.
I want to get the marine nav charts-

Is this what i need or am I better getting the chip.

Is there any way to just get the local area- St Joe- Econ?

Post by **birddog** » March 15th, 2007, 9:49 am

Thats what you need. You'll get 1 unlock code for the maps/area you want to open.

Post by **Barhopr** » March 15th, 2007, 10:01 am

The chips are nice in that you have all of the maps from LA. to tampa but you can't transfer them to your computer. If you fish a general area I would go with the unlock codes.

Post by **Eerman** » March 15th, 2007, 4:22 pm

Get the computer software. I have the preprogrammed chip. Wish I could move files on and off of my 'puter.

Speardivertampa · Post by **Speardivertampa** » March 15th, 2007, 4:28 pm

That mapsource software is a great waypoint management tool too, much more user freindly than andren or offshore hunter. If you do alot of offshore fishing that program has a killer bath upgrade as well. Really good for the grounds or other deeper breaks.
-Chris

Post by **wevans** » March 15th, 2007, 4:41 pm

What Eerman said

I keep all of my numbers on the computer and in seperate files for different areas

just load the file for whichever area your gonna fish and you don't have to worry about loseing anything if the GPS goes bad or getts stolen

Post by **Barhopr** » March 15th, 2007, 4:46 pm

I have the chip and can save all of my numbers, routes and tracts to the computer. Only thing I can't do is transfer actual charts to my computer. Garmin also has a cool download at their site that lets you download screen shots from your unit as a .jpg to your computer. I think it's called xImage.

Post by **bman** » March 16th, 2007, 6:02 am

Thanks Fellas-

No ambiguity there....
Getting the software.

Post by **Browning Slayer** » March 16th, 2007, 6:38 am

Barhopr wrote:The chips are nice in that you have all of the maps from LA. to tampa but you can't transfer them to your computer. If you fish a general area I would go with the unlock codes.

Actually my unlock code gave me all the maps from LA to Tampa and with the new mapsource upgrade "Mapsource Installer" it's even easier to load maps into your GPS.

Go with the software BMAN!!