Older lake master chip

[Trout26]

I have a couple year old lowrance h20 with a lake master chip. I just bought a new boat and was looking at buying a Lowrance elite 5 dsi to put in it. Is my lake master chip compatible with it or would I have to buy a Navionics chip for it. Thanks in advance.

[CaptainMusky]

It should work. I can't remember but for some reason I thought the elites had the small SD slot for the card. That would be the only issue I think if your chip isn't the small one inside the larger SD chip.

[raymondk]

I don't think it will work you might have to up grade a little to a hds5 at least this is what a salesman told me also the elite uses a different transducer when I up graded from a older unit I didn't have to change a thing wire hookups also was the same .so the $100 difference made more sence at least for me .

[PerchJerker]

The Elite 5 uses a microSD card and if you have a "couple year old" card for your H2O then it is probably an SD card, not a microSD card, and won't work in the Elite 5 DSI.

[Trout26]

So if i buy a hds-5 gen2 locator the older lakemaster sd cards will work for it?

[harvey lee]

If that unit uses a sd card in the older format. Does the unit state it needs a microSD card, if so, then the older SD will not work.

I believe it would depend on how old you sd card is and if as I said, the new unit requires a micro sd card. The unit should tell you what type card you will need.

[Trout26]

The new unit says it takes a sd card not the mini one. I bought the lakemaster chip in 2009 or 2010.