User Guide

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read cards that are FAT formatted. MMC cards formatted using
FAT 32 or NTFS will not work with these products.
WARNING:
You should never format an MMC containing a Navionics
®
chart or Jeppesen
®
aviation database. Formatting the MMC will
permanently erase the chart or aeronautical data from the card.
GPS Unit Compatibility
MapCreate 7 is compatible with all Lowrance and Eagle mapping GPS units
that use removable MMC/SD cards for map storage. Some units, however, may
need a free software upgrade to work with MapCreate 7. Upgrades are avail-
able for download from the web sites, www.lowrance.com or
www.eaglegps.com. Look for the MapCreate 7 section, which will contain a list
of units that need upgrades. Follow the links to download your free software
upgrade.
If you have questions, call customer service for your GPS unit. Contact
information is on the last page of this manual.
Mapping Detail: There's more here than meets the eye.
The Map Files you make with MapCreate contain more mapping detail
than what is visible on your computer screen. Your MapCreate-
7-compatible GPS unit takes full advantage of this extra information.
Find Highway Exit Services
For example, move your mouse pointer over a highway exit symbol on
the computer map, and all you'll see is a pop-up tool-tip box listing the
name of the exit. However, in a Lowrance or Eagle GPS unit, the same
exit symbol will show a pop-up box with the exit name and symbols of
all the services available near that exit. The GPS unit can also provide
you a list of those services.
At left, an iFINDER GPS screen showing an exit services pop-up icon
box. The iFINDER can then display a text list of those services near
the selected exit, right.
Pop-up
box
Cursor over
exit symbol