Humminbird

[Stik-ugly]

Looking at new 596c HD DI Humminbird from OS does anyone own one and your thoughts on the unit. Does the Humminbirds have geofencing built into unit similar to Lowrance ? Does the unit read only in imperial measures? and does the navionics card work well in this unit ? any thoughts or advice will be much appreciated,Just a side note purchase price will be approx $ 590 with shipping.

[warrior]

mate i didnt get the 596 from os but a 898 same process though i think,no geofencing yet ,coming in soon though ,navionics compatible will depend on unit most will tell you mine was great ,they are in imperial no metric

[warrior]

another thing too which dissapointed in, hummingbird will not warranty these units from os have to send them back over there to get fixed from what i have heard .

[jerson]

Looking at new 596c HD DI Humminbird from OS does anyone own one and your thoughts on the unit. Does the Humminbirds have geofencing built into unit similar to Lowrance ? Does the unit read only in imperial measures? and does the navionics card work well in this unit ? any thoughts or advice will be much appreciated,Just a side note purchase price will be approx $ 590 with shipping.

Stik-ugly,

I have just installed the 596cHD DI in my boat. This model doesn't have GPS, imperial read out only, i'm old enough not to care. Just getting used to it but so far very impressed. Lots of information on the screen with a high pixel count. Down Imaging will be very handy once i get my head around it. I paid 640 for mine,delivered,in January.

[Barry Ehsman]

Just a small hijack on this thread,,,I just received a 798ci Di SI combo from the US & love the sounder itself but can't get the Navionic's Gold card to work,,Any clue's out there about what i might be doing wrong??? They say just plug it in & play!!!!

Cheers Baz

[Stik-ugly]

Thanks jerson I would love to hear updates on your Humminbird after you try out in the field at the moment mine is just at the budget submission stage to the treasurer

[pig75]

Just a small hijack on this thread,,,I just received a 798ci Di SI combo from the US & love the sounder itself but can't get the Navionic's Gold card to work,,Any clue's out there about what i might be doing wrong??? They say just plug it in & play!!!!

Cheers Baz

Make sure Chart Select is set to auto

Chart Select

Chart Select

allows you to choose which chart to
use if you have built-in charts or a map card. If you select Auto, you unit will
select a chart automatically.

To activate or de-activate Chart Select:

1. Highlight Chart Select on the Navigation main menu.
2. Press the LEFT or RIGHT Cursor keys to select which chart to use.
(Default = Auto)

[jerson]

Thanks jerson I would love to hear updates on your Humminbird after you try out in the field at the moment mine is just at the budget submission stage to the treasurer

Stik,

Took the boat out in the river on the weekend, very happy with the new sounder. Using white line is easy to tell bottom hardness. Motor at 30kph using conventional sounder when you see something of interset run over the area again with the split screen or down imaging screen. The down imaging takes away a lot of the clutter on the screen. Great for bait fish. I haven't had it in the bay so i'm yet to find out what it's like in 10 - 20 metres.

Jerson.