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03-22-2012, 06:50 PM | #1 |
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Nor Cal...30 min from Bodega/Tomales Bay, 1hr from Clear Lake, 2+ hr to Berryessa & the Delta
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Lowrance underperformance
I guess Lowrance doesn't consider the So. Cal. Kayak market worth worrying about. Looks like I'm going to reconsider a Simrad (as many Party Boats are equiped with and I'm familiar with).
Maybe even a Hummingbird, or Garmin. FFY |
03-22-2012, 07:20 PM | #2 |
Greg
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Location: Chula Vista, ca
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Spoke with the Lowrance rep tonight at FHS. He swears that the 4.1 update (that came out within the last 30 days) contains the fix for the contour lines.
I cannot confirm or deny. |
03-22-2012, 08:18 PM | #3 | |
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Can you tell me where they were set up? --------------------------- BTW My Generation 2 Model has all the latest software updates and it does not include the area Cardiff to the Mexican Border. They also Did Not have a fix at the Long Beach Fred Hall Show last week. Kevin showed them the missing info on a new Gen 2 Model. You can scroll the mapping at Fred Hall to confirm this info does, or does not exist. I will return Sunday. Demand that they show you on the display unit !
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03-23-2012, 04:57 AM | #4 |
Greg
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Lowrance is right next to the Bass Tank in the same building as the Mammoth Lakes Seminar area, Fastlane, & Kevin (Sea Samurai) (third building).
It was Don Lovino (42 year employee of Lowrance) who swore that the fix is in there. I even asked him at his seminar, right in front of the crowd. Maybe the thing to do when you are there next time is - they have an HDS setup right there at the Seminar that he teaches. Walk up during/after the seminar and navigate to the page in front of the crowd. |
03-23-2012, 07:19 AM | #5 |
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Wish I would have know about this a couple months ago. Just bought an HDS8.
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03-23-2012, 09:17 PM | #6 |
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When I return Sunday I will find a Lowrance rep and pull up La Jolla.
I just did this 2 weeks ago with a lowrance customer service rep on the phone. -He also swore it was there, until I gave him the GPS #'s to look at - then I was placed on a loooong Hold. I was told my Gen 2 has the most recent software version, buit the contour lines are not there. ----------------------- Its simple enough to do. Make them show you La Jolla Canyon on the chart.
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03-24-2012, 12:51 PM | #7 |
Junior
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Thanks Billy. I was going to step up to a Simrad NSE and based on what you have posted, this will seriously alter my plans. Ron ad the big West Marine showed me both the Lowrance HDS-10 and the Simrad 12. No mention of the most important areas to us local fisherman. Again, thanks!
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03-22-2012, 08:15 PM | #8 | |
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Cardiff to the Mexican Border and extending out 2 miles.
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