Hi all
Just bought a Garmin 180 gps sounder map and a Garmin 240 blue fishfinder.
1 Can I connect both the sets so they can be used together and how?.
2 Is there freeware out there that I can use to download the information
from the sets so as I can store and edit or save the waypoints/routes ect.
on my home pc?.And how would a complete beginner do this.

"Big Bren" wrote in message
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Hi all
Just bought a Garmin 180 gps sounder map and a Garmin 240 blue fishfinder.
1 Can I connect both the sets so they can be used together and how?.
2 Is there freeware out there that I can use to download the information
from the sets so as I can store and edit or save the waypoints/routes ect.
on my home pc?.And how would a complete beginner do this.

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Is there freeware out there that I can use to download the information
from the sets so as I can store and edit or save the waypoints/routes ect.
on my home pc?.And how would a complete beginner do this.


I have used a free program called Waypoint +. Go to -

http://www.tapr.org/~kh2z/Waypoint/

Instructions are all there.

Check Garmin's web site. I use MapSource Roads and Recreation with my two
handhelds. Plan routes on the PC, save tracks from the handhelds. Easy to
use. Having routes of frequently traveled areas made it easy to get home
when caught in the fog. I just followed the GPS, using radar to watch for
other boats, buoys and the shoreline.

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"Big Bren" wrote in message
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Hi all
Just bought a Garmin 180 gps sounder map and a Garmin 240 blue
fishfinder.
1 Can I connect both the sets so they can be used together and how?.
2 Is there freeware out there that I can use to download the information
from the sets so as I can store and edit or save the waypoints/routes
ect.
on my home pc?.And how would a complete beginner do this.

www.oziexplorer.com

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On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 18:14:30 -0000, "Big Bren"
wrote:

Hi all
Just bought a Garmin 180 gps sounder map and a Garmin 240 blue fishfinder.
1 Can I connect both the sets so they can be used together and how?.
2 Is there freeware out there that I can use to download the information
from the sets so as I can store and edit or save the waypoints/routes ect.
on my home pc?.And how would a complete beginner do this.


There are several programs that will talk to Garmin receivers listed
on my GPS/NMEA site shown below.

You will not be able to connect both units to the same depth
transducer, but you may be able to use a switch to select one at a
time to the transducer.

--
Peter Bennett, VE7CEI
new newsgroup users info : http://vancouver-webpages.com/nnq
GPS and NMEA info: http://vancouver-webpages.com/peter
Vancouver Power Squadron: http://vancouver.powersquadron.ca

I have been using a program called EasyGPS to save and edit my waypoints
from my Garmin 45. I'm very happy with it

http://www.easygps.com/

Check it out.

Jim Pook
Jim's Fishing Charters
Box 326
Tahsis, BC V0P 1X0
www.jimsfishing.com

1(888) 617-FISH (3474) Toll Free
(250) 934-7665 Local



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Is there freeware out there that I can use to download the information
from the sets so as I can store and edit or save the waypoints/routes
ect.
on my home pc?.And how would a complete beginner do this.


I have used a free program called Waypoint +. Go to -

http://www.tapr.org/~kh2z/Waypoint/

Instructions are all there.