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Anyone else heard this? 2012 units?
« on: August 04, 2011, 09:10:31 PM »
As someone mentioned in 2012 Humminbird will be adding Radar and NMEA 2000 compatibility. This capability applies to the following units (1198 SI, 1158,998 SI,958, 958 DI, 898 SI, 858, 858 DI). If you have one of these units you will only need to buy the necessary hardware when available and then download the free software upgrade.


Just saw this posted in the HT forum......Greg any idea?
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Re: Anyone else heard this? 2012 units?
« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2011, 08:19:50 AM »
Any idea about what Big E?
I haven’t heard anything…  :-X
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Seriously, this is all that I have heard so far.

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Re: Anyone else heard this? 2012 units?
« Reply #2 on: August 05, 2011, 08:25:45 AM »
Keep your ears open and let us know of developments.  You are our most closely connected user to HB....A (marketing) announcement is fine but we are interested in delivery (availability)... Chuck

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Re: Anyone else heard this? 2012 units?
« Reply #3 on: August 05, 2011, 08:40:49 AM »
Well Chuck I wouldn’t be allowed to say anything about availability dates unless it came from Marketing… and I usually find that out from a forum post that one of the Marketing guys make!

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Re: Anyone else heard this? 2012 units?
« Reply #4 on: August 05, 2011, 08:49:54 AM »
The word at Willie T's is you are the 2nd in command.  But that might be hamburger talk... ;D
It does seem that announcements and the availibility somewhat lag but that just makes us more hungry for the product... :P
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Re: Anyone else heard this? 2012 units?
« Reply #5 on: August 05, 2011, 09:10:19 AM »
The video said that radar will be available for any unit that already is ethernet capable, not just the new 98 models.  So for the 1197 owners, hurray.

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Re: Anyone else heard this? 2012 units?
« Reply #6 on: August 05, 2011, 09:39:51 AM »
ITG.  wasnt there something said when ethernet was announced (1197 time frame) that said part of ethernet was for radar hookup?
 I seem to recall a last year announcement on ethernet...Maybe I am confused (again)
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Re: Anyone else heard this? 2012 units?
« Reply #7 on: August 05, 2011, 09:45:35 AM »
I don't know Chuck, but the video confirms that an 1197 will be able to use radar.

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Re: Anyone else heard this? 2012 units?
« Reply #8 on: August 05, 2011, 09:52:26 AM »
Well lets hope that is true.  For coastal boaters it would be very helpfull...Next we will need a bigger screen. ;D
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Re: Anyone else heard this? 2012 units?
« Reply #9 on: August 05, 2011, 10:06:14 AM »
It better be true, or I might start complaining to HB like Kwelklin. :)

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Re: Anyone else heard this? 2012 units?
« Reply #10 on: August 06, 2011, 05:55:38 PM »
It better be true, or I might start complaining to HB like Kwelklin. :)

LOL...I got off that thread that guy is a lost cause....Anyway...I havent been online to check this since I posted....I must have been confused when I first watched the video Greg put up here, I thought or thought I heard that the new Radar-NEMA additions were just for the DI models....I mainly was asking if when they release the new 2012 models will we have to buy new units or like I saw posted (was in another forum) that we will be able to upgrade software n such to have these new features.....
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