Lowrance 600C question

Jackal24,

I just got a 600C and have a question: Terrain does not seem to appear in
any zoom level smaller than 30nm. Is this just a setting I have wrong?


What kind of unit do you have, US American or Internationl (it says on the
box). If you look at terrain outside the coverage area of the detailled
terrain, you might get this effect.

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Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

Thomas Borchert wrote in
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Jackal24,

I just got a 600C and have a question: Terrain does not seem to
appear in any zoom level smaller than 30nm. Is this just a setting I
have wrong?


What kind of unit do you have, US American or Internationl (it says on
the box). If you look at terrain outside the coverage area of the
detailled terrain, you might get this effect.


The box says global, but the MMC card says America's.

Jackal24,

The box says global, but the MMC card says America's.


Weird. Well, if the card says Americas, then you'll get less accurate
terrain outside the Americas. You might even get less accurate terrain
in South America, but that's something for Lowrance support to answer.
Where did you look? Do you see terrain vanishing everywhere below 30
nm? Have you checked the "Map Categories Drawn..." part of the menu?

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

Thomas Borchert wrote in
:

Jackal24,

The box says global, but the MMC card says America's.


Weird. Well, if the card says Americas, then you'll get less accurate
terrain outside the Americas. You might even get less accurate terrain
in South America, but that's something for Lowrance support to answer.
Where did you look? Do you see terrain vanishing everywhere below 30
nm? Have you checked the "Map Categories Drawn..." part of the menu?


I think I found the problem. Certain areas of Alaska exhibit the problem,
while others don't.

Jackal24,

Certain areas of Alaska exhibit the problem,
while others don't.


Complain to Lowrance support. It might help.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

Thomas Borchert wrote in
:

Jackal24,

Certain areas of Alaska exhibit the problem,
while others don't.


Complain to Lowrance support. It might help.


They said they couldn't replicate the problem and to return the unit. If
you have one, can you try zooming in to the airport 5NN and seeing if your
unit shows the problem. At a close zoom level on mine, you can see the
terrain disappears on part of the screen.

Thanks

On 2007-10-03, Jackal24 wrote:
Thomas Borchert wrote in
:

They said they couldn't replicate the problem and to return the unit. If
you have one, can you try zooming in to the airport 5NN and seeing if your
unit shows the problem. At a close zoom level on mine, you can see the
terrain disappears on part of the screen.

On my 600C the terrain doesn't disappear using the air map mode and I can
see a portion of the lake at .6 miles and continuing to zoom doesn't make
the terrain disappear. Just for your information the two pertinent maps in
my unit a

International Map.lcm 51092233 2006-03-29 15:28
Terrain_Americas.at5 406493181 2006-03-29 15:28

And haven't updated the Jeppesen database, so:

JepAmer0306.at5 10899350 2006-03-29 15:28

Not certain, but seems as if the Terrain... map has the details, roads,
businesses, etc. and the International... has the broader terrain features,
which is the one that would be displaying the area around 5NN. Would
updating those files help? They can be downloaded from Lowrance, I believe.

....Edwin
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Jackal24,

If
you have one, can you try zooming in to the airport 5NN and seeing if your
unit shows the problem. At a close zoom level on mine, you can see the
terrain disappears on part of the screen.


I'm afraid I only have access to International units (see www.aeroversand.eu)

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Thomas Borchert (EDDH)