Author Topic: new owner 798ci hd si combo  (Read 5836 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline river life

  • Newbie
  • *
  • Joined: Mar 2012
  • Location: Fl.
  • Posts: 19
  • Unit(s): 798 ci hd combo
  • Software: 5.840
  • Accessories: none
new owner 798ci hd si combo
« on: June 20, 2012, 03:09:37 AM »
two questions of many that i have . when i zoom in it is blurry hard to see. is it the way i have the unit setup or is it the unit, meaning spending $1800 more for the 1198 to get the better picture. no one in my area has the 1198 that i can look at to compare. when i installed my sd card into the unit  to  update the software on the unit it would not update. is it because the unit is updated. sortware version is 5.840
>)))*>


Offline sonar2000

  • Chief
  • Global Moderator
  • *
  • Joined: May 2009
  • Location: Kerr Lake NC
  • Posts: 5970
  • It is not lost ...it has been misplaced.
  • Unit(s): (1) 1197 (1) 1198
  • Software: 6.6
  • Accessories: Tow Fish
Re: new owner 798ci hd si combo
« Reply #1 on: June 20, 2012, 09:08:47 AM »
Your software version loaded can be determined by going to the diag screen in your unit.
5.8 is not the latest. check the downloads here on the forum for the latest.
Make sure when you put in the sd card with the update there is nothing else on the card but the .bin file.

Chuck
« Last Edit: June 20, 2012, 06:24:20 PM by sonar2000 »

Offline Humminbird_Greg

  • Humminbird Helper
  • Humminbird Staff
  • *
  • Joined: Mar 2009
  • Location: Eufaula, AL.
  • Posts: 6546
  • I help because I can
    • Humminbird Web Site
Re: new owner 798ci hd si combo
« Reply #2 on: June 20, 2012, 12:57:27 PM »
Chuck is right.  The latest software for a 798ci HD Si unit is 6.250.
Like Chuck said: make sure that the software update file is the only file on the SD card when you use it.  I would remove any waypoints, routes and tracks on the unit (if any as it is new) before updating the software and reset the menus back to the original factory settings using the Restore Defaults menu.

If your unit will still not update the software, try fully formatting the memory card you are using and download a copy of the update software file to it and try again.  When you format the memory card; make sure that you are using an SDHC compatible card reader as well as formatting software when you do so – if you are using an SDHC memory card (these are 2GB or larger in capacity).
Greg Walters at Humminbird
gwalters@johnsonoutdoors.com

Offline river life

  • Newbie
  • *
  • Joined: Mar 2012
  • Location: Fl.
  • Posts: 19
  • Unit(s): 798 ci hd combo
  • Software: 5.840
  • Accessories: none
Re: new owner 798ci hd si combo
« Reply #3 on: June 22, 2012, 11:09:56 PM »
thanks guys, my problem was i did not realize i had download other things on the sd card. i was able to download the new 6.250 software. for some reason i had to run hummingbird pc serveral times before i was able to download it.  i am very pleased with the help i have received and the fast service. it only took two days to receive my order.this is one of the reasons i went with humminbird.
>)))*>

Offline sonar2000

  • Chief
  • Global Moderator
  • *
  • Joined: May 2009
  • Location: Kerr Lake NC
  • Posts: 5970
  • It is not lost ...it has been misplaced.
  • Unit(s): (1) 1197 (1) 1198
  • Software: 6.6
  • Accessories: Tow Fish
Re: new owner 798ci hd si combo
« Reply #4 on: June 23, 2012, 08:37:32 AM »
River...great.  Sometimes we forget the uits are a computer and now operate like one.
File maintenance for updates is a computer process. Waypoints are a computer process.
These units ar simply small laptops just shaped differently..
I think you are well on the way to becomming a good user.
Now for some pictures of your screens (scans) and the fish you catch.  ;D

Chuck


Share me

Digg  Facebook  SlashDot  Delicious  Technorati  Twitter  Google  Yahoo

 

Related Topics

  Subject / Started by Replies Last post
4 Replies
4924 Views
Last post September 05, 2011, 09:38:50 PM
by Roddy
18 Replies
17066 Views
Last post December 07, 2011, 12:22:56 PM
by Humminbird_Greg
2 Replies
3560 Views
Last post June 05, 2012, 11:08:49 PM
by newkid4si
15 Replies
24328 Views
Last post July 11, 2012, 04:54:29 PM
by Speedtroller
13 Replies
8391 Views
Last post June 28, 2012, 07:29:20 PM
by sonar2000
1 Replies
10317 Views
Last post February 10, 2013, 02:24:28 PM
by tailspin
0 Replies
2791 Views
Last post April 16, 2013, 04:37:15 PM
by Kim Christiansen
5 Replies
4994 Views
Last post September 17, 2013, 04:00:27 PM
by Fishndav


anything
SimplePortal 2.3.3 © 2008-2010, SimplePortal