transfering data – lowrance hds

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TRANSFERING DATA – LOWRANCE HDS
By Lawren Wetzel
This will guide you through transferring waypoints to or from a Lowrance HDS unit.
To transfer waypoints from your HDS unit (Export) to the SD card so they can be loaded on
another unit. Press PAGES
Use the right arrow key to scroll to the last option in the carousel which is the Utilities menu.
Then scroll down to FILES and press ENT to select.
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Scroll down to Waypoints, Routes, and Trails and press ENT
Press MENU, select Export, and press ENT
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Select the format you would like to export the user data in. If you are transferring to another
HDS unit select version 4. If you are transferring to an older Lowrance unit like LCX or LMS
select either version 2 or 3 (if version 3 doesn’t work, version 2 should work). If you are
transferring to another brand that accepts GPX format (ex. Garmin) select GPX.
Highlight MEMORY CARD as the destination folder, press MENU, then select OK, and press
ENT
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Enter a name for the file buy using the arrow keys and ENT key to select each letter to spell the
name. Use the arrow keys to move to OK and press ENT to save the file.
Once it is done you will be able select Memory Card and see the file you just saved on the card.
To save data from a card to the unit (Import), follow the same steps to bring you to the FILES
menu. Highlight the Memory Card and press ENT to expand the selection.
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Scroll down to the file you wish to import (in this case WaypointsRoutesTrails.usr) and press
Menu. Select IMPORT and press ENT
Confirm your selection by selecting OK and pressing ENT
About Lawren – Lawren Wetzel is employed by Radioworld in Toronto, Ontario as their Marine
Product Specialist. His area of expertise is fishing electronics; specifically sonar, side imaging sonar,
and NMEA2000. In 2011 he became NMEA 2000 certified and has completed training courses with
Furuno, Humminbird, and Lowrance. He is also a freelance writer with over 20 marine electronics
articles published in various magazines. Lawren competed on the Bassmaster Open Tournament Trail
from 2004-2006 and is still an avid fisherman.
About Radioworld – Radioworld is the largest radio store of its type in Canada, specializing in
Amateur, Shortwave, Marine, Avionics, CB, FRS/GMRS radios, GPS, Communications Scanners and a
complete assortment of related accessories. We are committed to provide the widest selection,
competitive pricing and quality in and out of warranty service at our on-site factory service centre.
Our Large Showroom contains a fully functional display of transceivers receivers, marine and GPS
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products. We are an Authorized Dealer for all the products we sell and an Authorized Service Centre
with trained service technicians for Icom, Kenwood and Yaesu. All our service is performed on site in
our fully equipped Service Centre. You can contact Radioworld at 416-667-1000 or
www.radioworld.ca
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