lowrance elite 7 help please

[beerbelly]

lowrance elite 7 a friends bought one with no card and when he powers it up gps shows his position but there's no map on the screen. we assume its because there's no card in the slot .or is it goosed sonars working fine. does he just need to buy a navionics card or is it a waste of cash .thanks

[Yabadabadoo]

I bought a raymarine recently and it showed location on a rough map - no card inserted - the GPS will pick up a fix and show location on the rough map, if it has a rough map? Sticking in a chart on the SD/Micro SD should make sense of it all

If in doubt wait till Monday and call Lowrance

[willk]

Did you zoom out?

[beerbelly]

zoomed in out everything just a white page with red track lines and the position of the unit. I have a card in a raymarine dragonfly ill try that in it see if it brings a map up. thanks. he doesent wanmt to spend 200 squids on a card if its not the problem

[jeffstevens763@g]

You just get a base map you have to buy a card navionics I have uk & Ireland

[beerbelly]

thanks looking on ebay is the navionics platinum + worth any extra over the gold

[jeffstevens763@g]

Originally Posted by beerbelly

thanks looking on ebay is the navionics platinum + worth any extra over the gold

happy with the gold myself have no experience with platinum

[stray]

BB if you go into chart options and select Lowrance, it should give you the coast outline, set the zoom to about 2 NM. The navionics+ is the card you want, it's fine for navigation, but lacking in contour detail in our area for fishing (same as any other make of card).

[jeffstevens763@g]

just a pic of my chart

[beerbelly]

thanks have ordered the + full uk card cheers