Print Page | Close Window

Lowrance issues

Printed From: The Fishing Website
Category: General Forums
Forum Name: The Boat Shed
Forum Description: Discuss all things boating.
URL: https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=127674
Printed Date: 20 Sep 2026 at 7:24am


Topic: Lowrance issues
Posted By: phelpsey
Subject: Lowrance issues
Date Posted: 05 Apr 2018 at 8:18pm
Hi guys, I have a lowrance hds7 with navionics card and for the last five years it hasn’t missed a beat but on the weekend it decided to stop giving me any detail on the chart, all it now gives me is a basic outline of nz....I have tried restarting it numerous times and removing the card and inserting it again to no avail. Any advice would be much appreciated, cheers Simon


Replies:
Posted By: Catchelot
Date Posted: 05 Apr 2018 at 9:09pm
Perhaps a long shot, but remove the card and see if there are any gold coloured contacts on the connector where it physically plugs in, if so give it a light clean with methylated spirits or better yep Isopropanol Alcohol (tape head cleaner) as they may be dirty/corroded etc.

-------------
"The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever." - Jacques Cousteau

Posted By: Roofless
Date Posted: 05 Apr 2018 at 9:25pm
Have you updated the software on it lately

Posted By: phelpsey
Date Posted: 05 Apr 2018 at 9:57pm
Thanks guys, I’ll check the card tomoro and see if I can clean the contacts, no I have never updated it roofless....what’s involved here mate?

Posted By: Roofless
Date Posted: 05 Apr 2018 at 10:06pm
Have a look on YouTube should be some videos on there showing and explaining how to do it. I'm terrible at explaining how to do computer stuff

Posted By: Garry 23041
Date Posted: 06 Apr 2018 at 4:04pm
For mine I download the updates/patches onto a mini sd card on my laptop and then load it into my sounder.

It's an older hds though and I am out of date for sure on current models.

I worry that it's more than a patch you are dealing with.

My mates went bad and the price of repair would have been to much to risk the attempt.
He got the impression Lowrance didn't want to know anything more than a couple of years old.

Not trying to be a bummer but he ended up buying new.

Posted By: krow
Date Posted: 06 Apr 2018 at 9:29pm
 If it was me I'd try someone else's card or put another SD card in there and see if it can read it just to prove the card hasn't shyte it'self. Sounds like it's not reading the card at all and gone back to the basic installed map. 

5 years is about all they're good for going by my experience too. I have 2x hds5 and they run very hot. I'm surprised mine have lasted this long. Last one gave up pre 5 years and it too was "unfixable".

Posted By: phelpsey
Date Posted: 06 Apr 2018 at 9:56pm
Thanks heaps for all the advice guys, I didn’t get to it today but am going wide on Sunday so will have a crack at it tomoro, cheers guys


Print Page | Close Window