elite 7 ?

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Customer service with navico has been resloved the problem children are no longer there and they have a new crew that is happy to help with any questions you have. the specs are pretty similar between the two. The power is the main thing that makes a difference they are both 250 rms digital around 3200 analog and the main thing you want for detail is over 600 analog. It has 2000 less waypoints but you still get 3000 waypoints i didnt look at trails and how many points in the trails. You also have all the networking with nmea 0183 and nmea 2000 to hook it up to auto nav systems and marine radios.

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Well, I have to say thank you folks that took the time to look into this unit, I'm going to Cabales to see the unit in person, then think about it some more!! and wait for Cabales to send me a $150.00 off any purchase over $500.00 then I will definitely buy it. I'm a guy that only gets to fish a few times a year but for a couple of days at a time and 1 time a whole week!!, so I believe that the ELITE 7 will more than serve my purpose. THANKS!! PAP.

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as I read it, it only has 1 year warrenty (2) you can't up grade from the internet.

As for the warranty buy the service plan from cabelas. even if you drop it they will replace it. I found out the hard way on that one when my wife dropped my hds. i thought i puked up my heart. scratched the crap out of the screen. No questions asked i had a new unit.

AS far as upgrading the way you do it is you need a 2 gb sd card blank from the camera shop and a card reader about 20 bucks for both. when you do need to do an upgrade you plug the sd card into the reader and plug that into your usb port on your computer. go to lowrances website clikck on support software then select your model. click to use the lowrance installer. it will do the rest. Come back half hour later take the sd card out to our boat put the sd card in and turn the unit on. wait five minutes and the unit will reboot telling you to remove the card. it is that simple.