micrologic gps

[rogera]

I've just acquired a Micrologic Sportsman hand held GPS with my latest boat. The GPS seems rather antiquated but is in working order, but there are no instructions . Can anyone suggest where I may be able to get a handbook.
Thanks Rogera

 

[BrianJ]

Rogera,
You probaly know that Micrologic was sold to ICOM... I have their " Navigator-Marina" still in great shape and working well. They were a good unit and very popular world wide, but alas they are gone.
So try Icom and see how you go...good luck
BrianJ

 

[maxi]

Your set is highly unlikely to have survived the September rollback, prior to the millenium.
Swale Marine/ Electronics?? were providing a re-chipping service for the Micrologic Sportsman but for me the price made a 5? channel set non-viable compared with the cost of a new 12 channel set. Sadly my Sportsman went into the bin.

 

[castaway]

Hi I would agree with Maxi. I had one of these years ago and twice the chip packed up. 1st time I took it over to Micrologic at Camberly (local for me) and they fixed it, however the next time they had gone bust...

It was by modern standards pretty primative , no rolling rd etc I think it had a pair of goal post like dots at the top of the screen and you aimed at these.

Sorry to sound negative!

 

[jerryat]

Sorry to add to the 'problem' side of things, but if your unit is working be glad. Two friends of mine bought these a few years ago, and I'm sorry to say, had nothing but problems with them.

One of them sent the thing back a couple or more times, but both ditched them and bought a different make in the end. Even amongst relatively cheap and cheerful products of the time they were not reliable.

If you are going far, I'd be inclined to get a (perhaps handheld) back-up GPS.