raymarine rc400 handheld plotter / navionics chart / cf card - numpty needs help!!

[gonetotheboat]

I have never really got to grips with all the different chart types, chip types etc and now need help!!!

I have a raymarine rc400 handheld plotter - the manual says it needs navionics gold charts on a cf card.

can these be bought - if so where
does anyone have one [channel & solent]
or can i buy one on another type of card and copy it onto a cf card? [it so how many mb's?]
or is there any other solution you can suggest?

sorry for asking what some of you will think are pretty basic questions!!!!

 

[robmcg]

CF is compact flash card. The Navionics gold cards can be bought from most chandlers, or online or eBay second hand. You cannot as a rule copy the charts from one format to another as they have copyright protection built into them. Budget about £185 for a new one covering the whole of the UK, less for just the channel, or about half that for a second hand one from e bay. They can be updated by a Navionics dealer but that is also eye wateringly expensive.

Rob