Hi,
Well I tried Ver 6.420 on my 998c unit last night to see what new and exciting features were released with this new level. Reading the release memo that indicated this level was activating NEMA 2K functionality, I was hoping for more. A LONG time ago I noted a problem I found w/ Waypoint Management running with both Lake Master and Navionics chips inserted in the unit. I checked to see if this problem was also fixed and determined it was not.
Looking around at the new screens that are enabled w/ this release, the NEMA 2K stuff is really neat. Having a separate "select readouts" option when viewing these new screens shows that there was "some" thought used in their development.
The new release adds about 4 new screens (I didn't count) to - what I like to call - the View/Exit rolodex loop of displays. Since my boat/motor technology DOES NOT support NEMA 2K I looked to the "Views" menu column to disable these screens >> shouldn’t that be the place? What I learned is that the "Views" menu column DOES NOT support disabling the NEMA 2K screens. Is this an oversight or is there some "global" way to disabling NEMA 2K feature altogether? >>> I could not find it. So I removed Ver 6.420 from my box and went back to Ver 6.180.
I look to the form to help me resolve this "problem". Hopefully HB support will also chime in.
Take care,
Roger