Lowrance HDS-7 combo

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Includes performance upgrades recommended for all HDS displays worldwide:

SONAR/ECHOSOUNDER

* Enhances Broadband Sounder automatic mode for optimum target detection and display without manual adjustment
* Overall improvements in Broadband Sounder Performance

CHARTPLOTTER

* Adds radar overlay viewing option function for all Navionics® chart displays
* Adds adjustable transparency feature to Navionics® satellite photo overlays (land and/or sea) with Platinum+ and Platinum chart displays
* Resolves and improves media readability of Navionics® Platinum+, Platinum and Gold chartcards, with expanded support for other SD cards
* Improves vessel positioning display accuracy while enhancing improved navigation to waypoints and navigating/retracing trails

Incorporates support REQUIRED for StructureScan™ Sonar Imaging functionality:

* Unifies SideScan and DownScan Imaging™ display with 455/800 kHz imaging transducer soundings
* Expands split-screen viewing to 3- and 4-window displays on HDS-8 and HDS-10 models
* Enables new synchronized TrackBack™ feature for simultaneous scroll-back through sonar history and chartplotter trails in all displayed windows (DownScan Imaging™, SideScan, Broadband Sounder™, cartography) for waypoint marking
* Activates new DownScan Overlay™ feature, merging Broadband Sounder and DownScan™ views in a single, adjustable display for the clearest structure and fish target interpretation ever achieved

Includes the following changes from previous updates:

* Fixes issue displaying some lakes with Navionics Premium North and East charts.
* Much faster loading time for all Lowrance charts.
* Support for Navionics cartography up to Platinum+ via first release of Navionics Turboview® viewer
* Tides and Currents feature now available for Nautic Insight™ and Nauticpath™ cards, including full-screen tide and current predictor
* General improvements to user interface responsiveness and key-flow, and enhanced pop-up help
* General improvements to chart zoom and pan redraw speed, including much faster drawing of shaded relief in Lake and Nautic Insight™
* New “Steer” navigation panel with full highway display, compass rose overlay and digital route data presentation
* Numeric entry and waypoint position edit mode now faster to operate
* Improved access to waypoint, route and trail library functions
* Improved import and export of waypoints, routes, and trails
* Added ability to export and import user settings
* Default waypoint names shortened to reduce display clutter with large numbers of waypoints
* Added ability to enable & disable WAAS and select the active GPS antenna to the satellites page
* New fast ping speed display settings for very deep water
* Improvements to sonar bottom tracking in particularly difficult conditions
* Improved presentation when networking sonar between HDS and LCX or LMS products
* Both digital and analog gauges now update faster
* Improved access and set-up of pages with new Pages system menu for access to overlay data and SIRIUS® audio controls
* Repeated pressing of PAGES key now rotates the Pages carousel which retains split screen
* selections for faster access to frequently used functions
* Now possible to configure sensors directly from streamlined overlay data selection menu
* Improved Info page layout options including navigation and tournament layouts including for split screen use
* Now easier to set your local time
* Automatic detection of multiple engine and tank data sources
* New steer-to compass available on info page and as overlay data option
* Trip log data items now available as an overlay data item
* Improvements to fuel management user interface
* Data overlays now display port or starboard label for sensors where appropriate
* Now possible to set independent keel offsets for multiple depth transducers
* New support for chart/radar overlay on all Lowrance charts only (including Nautic and Lake Insight™) with multiple palette choices and full transparency control
* Now supports BR24 Broadband Radar close-in ranges down to 200ft or 50m
* Improved radar update performance
* Chart will now keep the vessel on screen when using the chart/sonar or chart/radar shadow cursor at high boat speeds
* Waypoint arrival radius and course deviation indicator settings now accessible via new Navigation system menu
* Chart boundaries now displayed on Lowrance charting
* Trails settings moved to Chart system menu
* DSC support added over NMEA 2000
* Track-Your-Buddy support added for compatible VHF radios
* Improved handling of NMEA 0183 input from some non-standard devices
* Added full SIRIUS® weather transparency control
* Added SIRIUS® weather history animation up to 12hrs (Lowrance charting only)
* Added SIRIUS® marine zone warnings
* Improvements to SIRIUS® audio channel selection
* Support for new SIRIUS® subscription options
* Now possible to upgrade other head units and network modules via the ethernet
* SIRIUS® connection diagnostics moved to Networking system menu
* Improvements to screen capture function interface including full screen preview
* Ability to copy all sonar logs or screen captures to SD card simultaneously
* Networked settings can now be restored to factory defaults
* Added full support for German, Italian, Norwegian, Danish, Russian, Finnish, Portuguese, Bulgarian, Croatian, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Slovakian and Ukrainian languages

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