When you first get your Combo unit you will see the Africa coastline, but as you zoom in the background world map disappears and eventually you are left with a blank white screen:-
Then you load all your waypoints from your old GPS’s and now it looks like this, and doesn’t mean much at all:-
You then use your Lowrance’s Log Sonar feature and load the data into DrDepth on your PC/Laptop. This gives you the following features:-
Depth Data
Bottom Type Data (Hardness)
SideScan Data (rocks, ledges, timber, nests etc.)
Use DrDepth ‘Draw’ tool to mark the main channels
Create waypoints of key features:-
Save a screenshot from your PC to view on your HDS while on the water:-
Convert all your waypoints of permanent structure – rocks, timber, ledges, etc. into simple key symbols to permanently mark on your background chart.
Convert your depth data and drawn lines to a Lowrance Chart Map (.lcm) and save to SD card for your Lowrance.
The only thing left for you to do now, is add waypoints of where you caught fish or found new ‘timber’.
Using the HDS Chart Options menu you can now turn each feature (waypoints, contours, labels etc.) on and off as you wish. Managing waypoints now becomes a breeze and your unit will operate twice as fast.
Imagine targeting key structure with this much accuracy and ease – “Find the fish and fish the fish!â€
Then you load all your waypoints from your old GPS’s and now it looks like this, and doesn’t mean much at all:-
You then use your Lowrance’s Log Sonar feature and load the data into DrDepth on your PC/Laptop. This gives you the following features:-
Depth Data
Bottom Type Data (Hardness)
SideScan Data (rocks, ledges, timber, nests etc.)
Use DrDepth ‘Draw’ tool to mark the main channels
Create waypoints of key features:-
Save a screenshot from your PC to view on your HDS while on the water:-
Convert all your waypoints of permanent structure – rocks, timber, ledges, etc. into simple key symbols to permanently mark on your background chart.
Convert your depth data and drawn lines to a Lowrance Chart Map (.lcm) and save to SD card for your Lowrance.
The only thing left for you to do now, is add waypoints of where you caught fish or found new ‘timber’.
Using the HDS Chart Options menu you can now turn each feature (waypoints, contours, labels etc.) on and off as you wish. Managing waypoints now becomes a breeze and your unit will operate twice as fast.
Imagine targeting key structure with this much accuracy and ease – “Find the fish and fish the fish!â€