Roy Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 What do you guys use to read Navionics chips on your computers? (NV2 files) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 First you need the Navionics card reader (They've encrypted all their SD cards) then a program like NavPlanner should do the trick. Sucks you've gotta pay even more to read the map you've already bought, lol. I've heard some guys have had luck using the Lowrance emulator, but that's nothing I've ever looked into. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookinforwalleye Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 Don`t think the reader is required for the newer cards or so I was told. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 Don`t think the reader is required for the newer cards or so I was told. That would be nice. Being required to buy a reader to read a card you've already purchased is a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Posted January 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 Thanks Bill. I've had and still have a few Navionics chips and I should be replacing some soon but I've never needed to read them other than off the GPS units. (Lowrance) Today I was planning on doing some map scouting for the spring and summer and got hung up on the chip reading. I'll see what I can find. Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angler management Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 All i have ever done was pop the card in my SD drive of my laptop, and downloaded a program from humminbird website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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