anyone au fait with a navman?

[Miller]

I have just brought the c map card for my 8120 and according to the manual, just stick it in and switch on....Well I ve tried that and the maps dont appear....What am i doing wrong? Any ideas?

[jyasaki]

With Lowrance, you need to select the map data. Probably the same on yours.

jky

[Miller]

Looked for that...cant find that....not sure if the actual sd card slot is working....any good ideas for cleaning a card slot?

[wavelength]

from what I remember of the one I had the C map just went in and it worked, end of story. Except that the waterproof unit didnt do light rain, heavy rain or anything at all dampish. Saw sense in the end and binned it! Shame really as it was a nice display, trouble was a bit of rain and it would go off on a mission through all the charts in its memory...except the one where you happened to be. Best of luck with it

[Miller]

ok, now it tells me the card isn't formatted! have I been sold a blank card?!

[donald463]

I have an old Navman and a number of C-map cartridges. Maps appear automatically when cartridge is plugged in (just lets you magnify basic charts/more detail for area covered by cartridge) , however i also have two blank cartridges which always read ' Not formatted' but will not let me format them. As they came free I have never bothered to find a solution.

[Miller]

well theres info on the card, i stuck it in the laptop but thats as far as I can go...

[Avocet]

Your 8120 unit takes C-Max format cards. Are you sure that the card which you have isn't NT+ format? The two formats are, I believe, incompatible on most (all?) units

[Miller]

Originally Posted by Avocet

Your 8120 unit takes C-Max format cards. Are you sure that the card which you have isn't NT+ format? The two formats are, I believe, incompatible on most (all?) units

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3706080530...ht_1585wt_1185

Thats the one I got...They said it was the right card!!

[Avocet]

You'll find the gen here: Plastimo - Navman : C-Map Format

it is unclear from the website which type of card you have bought. I suggest that you go back to the seller and ask. There should be no problem exchanging it if you've got the wrong one: they seem to cost the same.