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Nosealegsyet

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New boat owner, Didn't have any tuition about the Simrad 7 installed on the boat, so Ive had to kinda find out for myself, but I still don't know enough. Boat bought in UK, now moored in Spain, im currently in UK. I had a box with the Simrad Cruise 7, which had a card in, and a memory stick, both of which I cannot find for the life of me. I know it was only UK charts that were loaded into my Simrad, but I obviously need the Spanish Charts in there as well.What do I do guys. How do I get the Spanish charts in it, and how will I learn how to use it. Thanks in advance.
 
julians said:
...Looks like it will take either cmap or navionics charts, so take your pick, download one for the area you are interested in.
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Nosealegsyet said:
I don't understand what you have said im sorry, doh! can you explain in layman's terms step by step, so sorry
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Karen, the electronic "chart" is bought as a memory card. It's Micro-SD ("MSD") size and it comes in an adapter in case the purchaser's plotter needs the standard SD size (yours does not).

For Spain you have a choice of two makes of chart: Navionics. Or C-Map. Both perfectly fine for your needs. I'll show you the Navionics option as that's what I use. The chart you want for Spain covers this area:

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And you buy it from here:
Mediterranean South West

Cost is Eur243

Once you get the package, open the little protective door oon your plotter, and put the chip in to the plotter's Card reader, as shown in Mr Googler's screenshot above, then shut the door:
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Power up the plotter. It will load the chart off the little chip and show you the chart on the screen. Like the Satnav in your car, you will have to spend some time playing with the menus and options etc, to get familiar with all the things it can do.

You can download the manual here:
MANUAL
 
Scala said:
Like the Satnav in your car, you will have to spend some time playing with it to get familiar with all the things it can do.
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This is the best way to learn how to use the plotter. Don’t rely on the user manual because Simrad manuals are ‘poor’. I know how to use my Simrads but still struggle to understand the manual :oops:
 
Scala said:
Karen, the electronic "chart" is bought as a memory card. It's Micro-SD ("MSD") size and it comes in an adapter in case the purchaser's plotter needs the standard SD size (yours does not).

For Spain you have a choice of two makes of chart: Navionics. Or C-Map. Both perfectly fine for your needs. I'll show you the Navionics option as that's what I use. The chart you want for Spain covers this area:

View attachment 100555

And you buy it from here:
Mediterranean South West

Cost is Eur243

Once you get the package, open the little protective door oon your plotter, and put the chip in to the plotter's Card reader, as shown in Mr Googler's screenshot above, then shut the door:
View attachment 100556

Power up the plotter. It will load the chart off the little chip and show you the chart on the screen. Like the Satnav in your car, you will have to spend some time playing with the menus and options etc, to get familiar with all the things it can do.

You can download the manual here:
MANUAL
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Its sunk in lol! Thankyou so so much!
 
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