Does the unit come with all the charts in memory or do you have to buy them separately? What is the resolution of the charts?
298692
It comes with the basic charts but more detailed chats are available. I purchased the detailed charts for all of the Great Lakes that covers all of the St Lowrance and the East coast down to NY and up through the Hudson
298693
The unit comes with charts already built in and the resoulution is high. you also dont need to mount a receiving sensor as long as you dont bury the unit from the sky. I have mounted my unit on the dash of my center console. If you purchase the black box FF525 and a transducer it also becomes a fish finder. This is a great unit.
298694
The unit comes with built in charts and the resolution is high. There is no need to mount a receiving antenna as long as you mount the unit on the dash or some where out side. If you purchase the black box FF525 and a transducer it also becomes a fish finder.
298695
I think that it comes with basic charts however you need to purchase the charts separately in order to have high resolution charting. We bought this unit for our son so I am not 100% sure.
298696
S. Roberts, yes, it comes preloaded with basic charts. I live in SE Alaska and really needed more detailed charts and so ordered the appropriate chip with it. The resolution on the chip is fantastic and the resolution on the preloaded charts is pretty good.
1490678
All 3 of the models reviews are mixed in here. The 78sc includes charts as described. the 78 and 78s do not include any charts.
935734
Yes it does. But you can buy the Vision charts and I recommend you do. Great Machine
501129
Only a minimum amount of calibration and storage solution comes with the instrument - just enough for the initial calibration and storage. I would recommend purchasing additional solutions when I purchased the instrument. FWP
59143
I dont know about coastal charts but mine has inland lake maps. The maps that are on the unit do not have any detail. I ended up getting the navionics map card.
2102424
No you have to buy it with unit. Make sure that you use monitor driver and not your computer OS driver.
339172
Mine didn't come with the UK maps either It came with 10 othe maps. But you will have to plug into computer and download the maps your looking for
754863
No, it has it's own built in maps ... which are fairly good. Nice about this is the fact that good maps are included. I bought a different brand and returned it because you had to purchase for an additional cost more detailed maps
669594
Yes it is and with microSD card (not a microSDHC )you can add your own charts other then the chart supplied with the unit.
1571917
Do these units have both the European and North American data bases loaded, or do you have to buy the European data cards seperately?
718710
Chart is 34x44---actual chart printing area It is about 36x48 with extra paper and area that can be trimmed off
1075796
Yes, it is loaded with charts that are reasonably well detailed. I have one in SW Florida but previously boated on the Great Lakes and think that this would be fine. But please be aware that you cannot load more detailed charts on this unit only more detail about ports and 3D graphics. If you want very fine detail pick another unit which will accept charts
201084
Thanks a lot, Rossi! Will be working on them shortly.BTW, what about the map application that comes with 08? because I'm stuck trying to figure out how to make any use of it... Any have the experience of downloading maps from the web and make it work MANNUALLy? because direct downloading and installing seems impossible!!! Thanks!Josh
1515041
Christine,As far as we know, this units comes blank and you have to get the card for the map you which this to display.At least the ones we bought came blank.Hope this helps...
671143
You need to pay for the charts. go to garmin.com enter your GPS serial number and it will guide you through the process and then you will have choice of maps you can purchase for it.
2193308
The tide and current info are part of the "Blue" charts. The 78sc comes with charts for the US and Bahamas. You can buy the charts for the 78 or 78s, either on micro SD cards or to load on your own micro SD card.
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Note: this question is about the 78sc, which DOES come with Built-in BlueChart g2 U.S./Bahamas coastal charts. Neither the 78 nor the 78s comes with built-in charts. You can select between these models my clicking the "buttons" near the top of the listing