Loading chip into Lowrance h20

  • phishin4goodys
    Posts: 10
    May 30, 2007 at 12:32 pm #1254961

    Is there a trick to loading a MN Lakemaster chip into the h20? I received my chip yesterday from Wayne (thanks wayne) but I’m not sure if it loaded properly. All I did was remove the batteries, put the chip in and replaced the batteries. I thought I read somewhere you have to load it before it can actually be used. When I got to load data, it doesn’t see anything…just says no data or something to that affect. When I go to browse MMC cards, it looks like it’s there. Is it already loaded just by putting the card in?

    chappy
    Hastings, MN
    Posts: 4854
    May 30, 2007 at 12:34 pm #576115

    You don’t have to load the Lakemaster chip……. It’s Plug and play. Should start right up. Mine does…..

    phishin4goodys
    Posts: 10
    May 30, 2007 at 12:44 pm #576122

    Okay, that’s kind of what I thought. Confusing myself with these instructions. It’s definetely loaded correctly, I just searched for Lake Minnetonka and I can see all the depths, etc… Thanks

    scottsteil
    Central MN
    Posts: 3817
    May 30, 2007 at 1:20 pm #576147

    Your chip is not making good contact with the contact points. Remove the chip and put it back in, restart your H20. If it does not load, remove the batteries and chip again. Eventually it will read the card. After it reads the card, you won’t have that problem again until you remove the chip. It happens to me also. It is not a Lakemaster problem, it is the H20 that has the issue.

    gary_wellman
    South Metro
    Posts: 6057
    May 30, 2007 at 2:14 pm #576169

    Make sure you turn the little locking dial 180-degrees to lock the chip in place.

    Hunting4Walleyes
    MN
    Posts: 1552
    May 30, 2007 at 2:21 pm #576170

    My H2O was acting up to. Everytime that the H2O was bumped the chip would break it’s connection. I think the locking dial is loosening up with age. I corrected this problem by folding a small piece of paper, and put it between the batteries and chip for that little extra pressure to keep it in place. Not saying this is right, it is a field fix that worked for me. And Scott is right it is a H2O problem not Lakemaster’s chip.

    wade_kuehl
    Northwest Iowa
    Posts: 6167
    May 30, 2007 at 3:03 pm #576200

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    Okay, that’s kind of what I thought. Confusing myself with these instructions. It’s definetely loaded correctly, I just searched for Lake Minnetonka and I can see all the depths, etc… Thanks

    It sounds like you had it loaded correctly but just hadn’t zoomed in to see the depth contours. Enjoy the new GPS!

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