Navionics Boating HD - how do I load charts?

[jimmy_the_builder]

I've installed Navionics Boating HD on my android device, I've gone menu/charts and upgrades and selected the UK, Ireland & Holland chart. It offers a one day free trial which I've accepted. I click restore purchase and get the message activation confirmed. But no chart. How do I get the chart to actually show on the device?

 

[julians]

If the chart has been downloaded to the device but isnt being shown, on the main chart screen theres an icon in the bottom left of the screen, think it looks like some wavy lines but cant remember for sure press this,then select the chart you want to use.

 

[jimmy_the_builder]

I don't have that button. But if I click menu there's a button 'download map' which lets you specify an area, and then appears to download chart data. But it doesn't actually show it!

 

[julians]

Its there on mine, not help ful i know.

On the main chart screen, top left i have rhe magnifying glass, and camera, top right the zoom in and zoom out, bottom right i have the distance measuring button, bottom left i have the button that locates your current position, and then above that the button that lets you choose the chart to be displayed, you press this and just select navionics.

That button only appears if you have the cross hairs over a part of the world that you have downloaded a chart for. If you dont have the chart downloaded the button is greyed out.

You also need to be zoomed in a bit otherwise you just see the low detail basemap.

 

[[2068]]

Menu, Download Map, select the area to download by moving the pins at the corners of the box.
When downloaded, that area shows as being brighter on the screen than the basemap.
Zoom in to see the extra detail.

 

[jimmy_the_builder]

Thanks both. Julians, thanks for the guidance, I can see that button and now that I have downloaded charts, it is enabled and allowed me to select Navionics. However, when I zoom in, I'm still not getting any chart detail at all. This is Portsmouth harbour, for example:

 

[jimmy_the_builder]

Menu, Download Map, select the area to download by moving the pins at the corners of the box.
When downloaded, that area shows as being brighter on the screen than the basemap.
Zoom in to see the extra detail.

Thanks FP - that's exactly what I was doing. Baffled.

 

[gjgm]

Thanks FP - that's exactly what I was doing. Baffled.

Jimmy,I have been having the same frustration this morning...just to warn you,while when all is working,you need to remember to tab the navionics/sonar icon,you also seem to need to go to maps/charts whatever and refresh/restore your purchases not infrequently.
And I guess you know that you need to load all map regions in blocks onto your device in advance.Mind you, once done it is very good.
I really would like to know if someone has a tablet where the screen is not so super reflective it works brilliantly as a mirror....and you can use it outdoors..Samsung s some say and it is very bright..indoors..others the experia..which isn't very bright even indoors...
Re the mega project..do I understand that you are afloat? My concentration wavered a little over bits of rubber hose....congrats ,anyway

 

[jimmy_the_builder]

Jimmy,I have been having the same frustration this morning...just to warn you,while when all is working,you need to remember to tab the navionics/sonar icon,you also seem to need to go to maps/charts whatever and refresh/restore your purchases not infrequently.
And I guess you know that you need to load all map regions in blocks onto your device in advance.Mind you, once done it is very good.
I really would like to know if someone has a tablet where the screen is not so super reflective it works brilliantly as a mirror....and you can use it outdoors..Samsung s some say and it is very bright..indoors..others the experia..which isn't very bright even indoors...
Re the mega project..do I understand that you are afloat? My concentration wavered a little over bits of rubber hose....congrats ,anyway

Yep, in fact that's why I wanted the Navionics, as a backup for the delivery trip from Swanwick to Brighton this afternoon.

Anyway - very bizarrely, after taking that screenshot a few mins ago, I closed the app and went off to do something else less interesting (buying motorcycle tyres...). Anyway - just reopened Navionics, and guess what, the chart data is all there now. Go figure.

 

[julians]

I really would like to know if someone has a tablet where the screen is not so super reflective it works brilliantly as a mirror....and you can use it outdoors..Samsung s some say and it is very bright..indoors..others the experia..which isn't very bright even indoors

I use a sony xperia z3 tablet, works very well in bright sunshine,plus its waterproof

 

[[2068]]

Yep, in fact that's why I wanted the Navionics, as a backup for the delivery trip from Swanwick to Brighton this afternoon.

Anyway - very bizarrely, after taking that screenshot a few mins ago, I closed the app and went off to do something else less interesting (buying motorcycle tyres...). Anyway - just reopened Navionics, and guess what, the chart data is all there now. Go figure.

Shocker - a piece of software that has bugs.
I have no idea how that could possibly happen :ambivalence:

Good to hear it's now working.

 

[Greg2]

Not sure if it works differently on Apple products but I have never had to ask it to download a chart as it does it automatically when you zoom right in on a particular area (never seen/found a download button but that may be me ) Can take a while sometimes though.

 

[Hurricane]

I'm a bit surprised that you are using an Android, Jimmy!
I thought you were a confirmed Apple supporter.
Yes, Navionics on the Android platform has baffled me in the past.
After several years, I loaded the cheaper one again last month.
It gave me a year's use of the charts so, for what I would use it, I decided to jus leave the cheap (non HD) version on my tablet as a kind of backup to a backup to a backup.

I lost all confidence with Navionics a few years ago.

What is the difference between the two versions anyway?

 

[jimmy_the_builder]

I'm a bit surprised that you are using an Android, Jimmy!
I thought you were a confirmed Apple supporter.
Yes, Navionics on the Android platform has baffled me in the past.
After several years, I loaded the cheaper one again last month.
It gave me a year's use of the charts so, for what I would use it, I decided to jus leave the cheap (non HD) version on my tablet as a kind of backup to a backup to a backup.

I lost all confidence with Navionics a few years ago.

What is the difference between the two versions anyway?

You've misremembered - I cannot stand Apple devices! I hate their 'our way or the highway' approach. We have to have them for work, but I wouldn't buy one otherwise.

The only version of Navionics I could see in the playstore was the HD version. As FP says above though, it does appear to be a bit buggy.

 

[julians]

I have the non HD version installed on my phone and the HD version installed on my tablet.

As far as I can tell ( so there may be other differences that I am not aware of), the only difference between the HD and non HD versions is that in the non HD version the main chart screen will rotate when you rotate the device to give you a nice landscape view of the chart, but the menu's always stay in portrait mode. With the HD version, when you rotate the device, it also gives a landscape chart view, but crucially also rotates the menu's to be landscape as well.

Navionics have configured their two apps so that tablets can only see the HD version in the app store, but phones can see the non HD version.

I find both versions fairly bug free, not had any issues yet anyway.