20 Fathom Line Install

Hey NCKA
I’m trying to import the 20 Fathom Line in my Lowrance Elite 5Ti
With a micro card,I’ve used an 32 GB and an 8 GB card . Both times no command comes up showing the card has been read. Is not in files either.  also the Wireless says it’s connecting and connected.
Trying the online download, it always will not stay connected.
So do you think the card reader is toast? If it is, is the unit garbage  if I want to have the 20 Fathom line on my FF? Depth and chart work fine.
Any chance someone has run into this issue?
Also are most people putting it on their FF?

Scotty

Hi Scotty,

When I added it to my Raymarine the 20 fathom line showed up in the saved tracks files. I clicked on it to add it into the chart.

I have a Lawrance Hook 2 that has a Navionics chip installed, and if I have time this weekend I will work on trying to add the 20 fathom line into it as well. I will let you know if I come up with a solution.

On my less fancy Lowrance it showed up under files and was easy to load.  It's possibly the card or the card reader, just not sure.  If it's the reader i'd try inserting it over and over again to see if it might get contact on a corroded contact.  See if you can see any corrosion come out from doing that.  If you had a known good card you could recognize in there before that would help narrow down the issue.  If it has a wifi capability, sounds like that would be a better option, but not sure how to troubleshoot that.  I definetly would like a wifi option for offloading data.  Then I would automate backing up data every trip.  I have a backup already, but have to put the card in, write it, and then stick it into a usb reader in the office.

Hi Scotty,

When I added it to my Raymarine the 20 fathom line showed up in the saved tracks files. I clicked on it to add it into the chart.

I have a Lawrance Hook 2 that has a Navionics chip installed, and if I have time this weekend I will work on trying to add the 20 fathom line into it as well. I will let you know if I come up with a solution.

Hey Mark,

I'll be wanting to add this to Elite 4 so looking forward to what you come up with. I have pretty much no idea how to do this. Do you stick the chip in your phone transfer the information to it then put the chip back in your fish finder or what?

Process was similar to this on my Lowrance:

Well, I tried to clean the card slot again but no bueno…
I think I’m going shopping 

Scotty

I really think the SD Slots are poorly designed and easy for corrosion to ruin it. Should still try another card just in case it's the card being the issue.

I really think the SD Slots are poorly designed and easy for corrosion to ruin it. Should still try another card just in case it's the card being the issue.

Hey Al , I did just that and nothing …
Lowrance  , in March came out with a new Eagle series.
Supposed to be the best and easiest to use… yada yada yada-$350 for the 5”
???

Scotty

I tried but failed to add the 20 fathom line to my Hook2. For my Raymarine I took a no longer used memory card and deleted the files that were on it. Then I downloaded the 20 fathom line to it. This is what I tried to use to update the Hook2. I took out the Navionics card, and put in the card with the 20 fathom line, and then tried to transfer the files to the Hook2’s memory. I received a message that there wasn’t enough storage space. I deleted all of the waypoints, and tracks then tried again but still got the same message.

So then I took the Navionics card and put it in my computer. Once it was installed, the Garmin website opened up, and it wanted me to purchase an update for my expired card for around $75.00. I was able to open the files section of the card so I dropped the 20 fathom line in. Once I reinstalled it into the Hook2 I was not able to find it in the file. Not sure if it would help to purchase an update.

And since I was thinking about updates I called a Navionics tech support and explained why they should add the 20 & 50 fathom lines to their charts. The tech person explained that they typically only ad items to the charts that are permanent, and he felt the lines I was asking for are seasonal, and could go away or change.

He did say I could make the suggestion, and maybe if enough of us make a request it could happen. It would make it super simple. Here is the link to make a request: https://www.garmin.com/en-US/forms/ideas/

My Raymarine is a great chart plotter/FF but the transducer is very large, and creates a lot of drag when paddling. So I typically only use it if I have the motor on which hasn’t happened much in the past two years. I think the last time was at Bodga Bay when I hooked something really big that I lost after about a 20 minute battle. Scotty keep an eye on me the whole time.

Alot of good info there Mark, thanks for that!
I did end up getting a new Lowrance Eagle 5 Splitshot…
It was the most popular # on google. 000-16111-001
Found it for $307 out the door online! 5-6 days out.
I’ll be adding the 20/50 fathom lines on that for sure,
should be easy peasy on that one.
 
Get that Ling Cod yet?
Scotty

Alot of good info there Mark, thanks for that!
I did end up getting a new Lowrance Eagle 5 Splitshot…
It was the most popular # on google. 000-16111-001
Found it for $307 out the door online! 5-6 days out.
I’ll be adding the 20/50 fathom lines on that for sure,
should be easy peasy on that one.
 
Get that Ling Cod yet?
Scotty

I’ll be at Shelter Cove next Friday and Saturday to try for lings. Last year my ling attempt resulted in a pac hali

Alot of good info there Mark, thanks for that!
I did end up getting a new Lowrance Eagle 5 Splitshot…
It was the most popular # on google. 000-16111-001
Found it for $307 out the door online! 5-6 days out.
I’ll be adding the 20/50 fathom lines on that for sure,
should be easy peasy on that one.
 
Get that Ling Cod yet?
Scotty

Look forward to your review.  Would like to see if the Autotuning Sonar feature works well.