- #Garmin homeport on boat gps update#
- #Garmin homeport on boat gps software#
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I reviewed the sellers feedback and can't honestly find a single comment not praising the cards.
#Garmin homeport on boat gps series#
Also, my wife has the new iPad but I don't use it (she lives in it!), I don't see it as being a fitting devise to use in the cockpit, I did look into some aspects of it but always seem to think the 78 series is a safer better choice for now.Īnyway, I don't know enough about all this let alone test the Amazon Caribbean SD card myself, I would have to leave that to someone else. I plan to buy a boat in the next couple years and want something that can be used as backup on that, hate to make a poor choice here. I thought I had come to the best decision, the 78SC until I learned the preloaded maps for the BVI are not to par with the remaining chart.
#Garmin homeport on boat gps software#
It's mind blowing all the devises, software etc to try and sift through it all. I have only used paper charts to date in the Chesapeake Bay. I'm new to the GPS and all the electronic nav software/hardware & accessories. If so, please let us know, since I might want to buy the same $46 card for myself if it is genuine. If you're not leaving until April, you might have time to give it a try. In my case I was leaving in less than a week and did not have time to experiment with a $46 card that might not be genuine. The real danger is that you might not get any warning that it's not genuine - your GPS might just show the embedded chart without warning. Garmin uses a very clever encryption method that will prevent you (or an unscrupulous seller on ebay or Amazon marketplace) from successfully using a copied product. That may be a fair price for a product that Amazon guarantees to be genuine. Although the cards are $160 direct from Garmin, I believe that I also saw the new cards direct from Amazon ( not a markeplace seller) for $100. I think I saw the same $46 card you did on Amazon marketplace and got cold feet because some buyers' comments questioned the authenticity of some of the seller's products. So you really should purchase the SE Caribbean card, which in my experience (last week, and comparing tracks from prior trips) is very accurate. I suspect that the pre-loaded US Coastal charts in the 78SC will suffer the same flaw. Although it displays charts for USVI and BVI, I discovered in prior visits to USVI that they (and NOAA's chart #25641) are very inaccurate in that region, and may cause you to run aground. My Oregon 400c came pre-loaded with US coastal charts. If you already have an iPad available, that's a pretty good price for all of North America!įallaed's comment was referring to Garmin's microSD card for the SE Caribbean, which appears to be the same product you are considering purchasing used for $46. My comment about the $45 North America chart was referring to the Garmin product that I downloaded into the Garmin's Bluechart software for the iPad.
#Garmin homeport on boat gps update#
If the coastal actually don't cover BVI, think this is my option?Īny problem buying a used microSD? Need any codes? can I update it?Ĭlick to expand.There are multiple Garmin products that you are referencing. So, I found a 78SC (pre loaded u.s.coastal) for $349 and the SE Caribbean BlueChart g2 used for $46. Coastal BlueChart g2).Garmins website shows the coastal maps extending to BVI- but your saying this is actually wrong or that, specifically the detail is lost just in the BVI on this g2 map?Īlso, I don't see any North American BlueChart g2 offered, let alone for $45, where is this coming from? I see the Bluechart HUSO30R SE Caribbean offered for a small $160 fee.
I'm confused, I'm headed for BVI 1st of April & looking to buy a 78SC (loaded with HUSO39R,U.S. It provides detail in the Virgins that is comparable to that of the US chip in the continental US. The BlueChart for the Southeast Caribbean fixes that. The Garmin BlueChart for the US is fantastic in the Oregon or similar Garmin handheld chartplotter range (higher resolution/pixel count than the lower end Garmins, but you pay for that, of course.) However the US coverage extends to the BVI, but without the same resolution as in the continental US.
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