Topic: Sanpshot with Lakemaster chip

[LBloch]

I've been struggling a bit with the snapshot feature on my 998c.  I understand how to turn on the snapshot function and how to get a snapshot of the screen.  However for some reason, my snapshots keep getting saved onto my Lakemaster chip, even when I have a blank sd card in the other slot of the card reader.  Is it not recommended to take snapshots with a Lakemaster chip in the unit?  What am I doing wrong? I really don't want to fill up my Lakemaster chips with snapshots.  Thanks

[newkid4si]

lbloch
   I believe that snapshots are saved to the units memory and not to either card. LM or blank SD
   To get the snapshots to a card, you export them from the unit. Recordings go directly to the card.

           Mike

[LBloch]

Ok.  I guess I undertand that.  Can I practice doing that in the simulator mode?  Or does it have to be in normal mode?

[LocDown]

lock the map card to readonly and make sure the other card is NOT in lock mode.

[newkid4si]

lbloch
  I'm sorry. I mixed one of my responses ( since deleted) with another thread that I was following.
  LocDown has the answer your looking for.
 

[LBloch]

No problem.. You had me confused though!  I think I figured it out. I hooked up a transducer and gps and ran it in normal mode.  I took some screen shots and it seemed to work.  One thing I noticed is the numbers of the snapshots doesn't reset to "0" after I delete the images from the unit.  Is that normal? 

[LocDown]

That is normal

[LBloch]

Thanks LocDown.  Is that what the little sliding "lock" button is for on the sd cards?  I thought that if I had that little button in the lock position the maps on the sd card wouldn't load into my unit.  Learning a lot here tonight. Thanks again

[LocDown]

Yes, that is the write protect lock. You don't want your expensive map card accidentally getting borked right?

[LBloch]

Well I have a couple of wayPoints on one of my lakemaster chips.. luckily it didn't hurt it any.  That's the probably the most important thing I learned here tonight!