lowrance h20 with lakemaster chip?

[Burnham]

so i recently purchased a lowrance h20 gps, as mine took a drink. well tonight i got a lakemaster chip, and it doesnt seem to be working. why??!!

[Burnham]

grrr!!i had no problems with my previous gps, this is driving me nuts!

[desert_bulls]

what doesn't seem to be working?

[racing]

grrr!!i had no problems with my previous gps, this is driving me nuts!

I bought a new Lowrance too and it didn't work with my chip either. Sent it back for another new Lowrance, works fine now.

[Burnham]

just there is no difference between having the chip in and not having it in. so the lowrance is the problem, not the chip?

[herefish101]

there is a menu option that lets you switch between the chip info and the pre-loaded info. I forget where this menu is but on my first h2o i used to have to switch it every once and a while, my new h2oc must not do that because i put the chip in and abm it was all there. good luck.

[AvonAngler]

When I got mine, the chip did not register either. Turns out the chip has to slide UNDER that ledge with the contacts. (I just had the chip sitting on top of the contacts that extend out from underneath the ledge) The little half moon retainer on the opposite end has to go 180 degrees. Once I got mine all the way in, everything came up just fine.

[leech~~]

Burnham, Did you go to Map Data, then to Map Choice at the bottom and switch it to the right map now that you put the new chip in? Check that.

[Burnham]

yea i tried menu, and map data and went to lakemaster and its still not changing. thanks for the advice. i used to have a lowrance, but not an h20 and had no issues. being a high schooler makin 8 bucks an hr i just want the freakin stuff to work when i fork out the money, ya know!

[eyedawg]

have you zoomed in on a lake to see? i thought the same thing until i zoomed in and then it will start showing you the depths and what not. but it could be the gps as well

[Burnham]

ya ive zoomed in, i will just have to swing by a store tomorrow and see what they think.

[leech~~]

have you zoomed in on a lake to see? i thought the same thing until i zoomed in and then it will start showing you the depths and what not. but it could be the gps as well

Good point eyedawg.When I got mine I thought it was messed up until I zoomed down to a lake, where it would kick into the LakeMaster for each lake.

[racing]

just there is no difference between having the chip in and not having it in. so the lowrance is the problem, not the chip?

My Lowrance was the problem, it was like it froze, would hardly do anything. My new works fine so far.

[leech~~]

ya ive zoomed in, i will just have to swing by a store tomorrow and see what they think.

Did you go to systems Setup Menus, then down to Transfer my Data. I think first you hit save then do it again and hit load. Or the other way around.

[Burnham]

see i cant find systems menu..just menu..but when i go to menu, then map data, it says navionics map choice, and then has lowrance listed. why would it say navionics if its a LM??

[leech~~]

Try hitting it, what the heck! If you end up with little red squires then you ended up with a Nav chip?

[leech~~]

Hit the Menu button twice,go down to Systems Setup hit ent,go down to Transfer My Data,Hit Save, the do it again and hit load.

[Burnham]

lol thanks, when i hit that it doesnt work. when i go to transfer my data it tells me the there is no card? im pretty sure i have it in right too, like i said ive had one before. even if i cant figure it out thank you for your help lol!!!

[leech~~]

lol thanks, when i hit that it doesnt work. when i go to transfer my data it tells me the there is no card? im pretty sure i have it in right too, like i said ive had one before. even if i cant figure it out thank you for your help lol!!!

Sorry man, that stinks if you ended up with a bad chip! I would bring the H20 in with you when you bring the chip back, and sometimes you can con the guys working there to help you load it up. Good luck. Just a FYI. You know that you have it setup right when you get a little chip Icon (blinking) in the lower right hand corner as you zoom into lakes.

[Watershed]

The lakemaster chip should read automatically. It is not like a Navionics chip where you would chose the region. Make sure that you are in advanced mode. If after you put in your lakemaster chip you still do not get the mapping information, try zooming all the way out and then back in. If that does not work try the soft reboot, if still not working try the hard reboot. If you have saved waypoints, make sure that you save the waypoints to a blank SD chip. If you do a hard reboot, all of your waypoints will be deleted.

[Burnham]

YESSS!!! ok, so the h20 is slightly different than my old one, well you didnt have to press down the chip like you do on the h20 on my old one. looked at the online manual for the gps and turns out i wasnt locking it in right. sorry if i wasted anyones time, boy do i feel blonde!!!thank you everyone for your help though!

[leech~~]

YESSS!!! ok, so the h20 is slightly different than my old one, well you didnt have to press down the chip like you do on the h20 on my old one. looked at the online manual for the gps and turns out i wasnt locking it in right. sorry if i wasted anyones time, boy do i feel blonde!!!thank you everyone for your help though!

Hey who cares, all this try this & that maybe got you to recheck the lock in, and now your ready for the Ice. Have fun, and stay out of my spots!!!

[Burnham]

yea i guess. well i want to be catchin fish, so you dont have to worry bout me going to your spots ..haha, tight lines

[TimBuck2]

OK.... Glad you figured it out, but did you go back to the Manual that came with the unit? I spent many years as Tech Support for people that don't read the directions on way more complicated systems as these GPS devices. Please Read your manuals. If you don't get one, there is one available online from the manufacturer 99% of the time. Guys are netorious for playing with it till you get it, but you might miss something important if you don't go through the manual.

[leech~~]

OK.... Glad you figured it out, but did you go back to the Manual that came with the unit? I spent many years as Tech Support for people that don't read the directions on way more complicated systems as these GPS devices. Please Read your manuals. If you don't get one, there is one available online from the manufacturer 99% of the time. Guys are netorious for playing with it till you get it, but you might miss something important if you don't go through the manual.

TimBuck2, why read when there's people like you to help out!