Chartplotter Lowrance 5150c

Bought a Lowrance 5150c Chartplotter.
My mate has one + said it was (the dogs bollocks)
That means - Very good
Any info' from other 5150c users - Tips + Software updates ect would be great
CHEERS

This might help:

http://www.lowrance.com/en/Products/Mar ... Downloads/

I have one of these and have been very happy with it (it came with the boat so I had no choice) . The display is visible on the brightest day and the resolution is decent on the graphics side. The most recent system update (v1.6.0) works well (maximised detail read from the Navionics pack). I have the Navionics Gold No. 28 British Isles map installed on the unit. The wreck locations marked on the charts can be very handy. The maps that ship internally aren't very good for detail round these parts so you will have to invest in a chart pack (bear in mind that this will set you back an additional 160 quid on top of the GPS cost of GBP300!).
On the down side the unit does drop position the very odd time (usually in the west channel at the entrance of Cork Harbour which has high cliffs on the East and West approaches). This can be dis-concerting but not a problem if you know the general lay of the water where you're at. The other thing that I have found with the unit was that the map pack can loosen in the SD card port and it'll lose the map data and fail back to the internal Lowrance map data. A bit of folded newspaper keeps this under control though so it's not a big deal. I can't seem to get the unit to talk to the DSC radio but I think that the radios fault to be honest.

I must say I find it very good on the whole.
Phil

Thanks for the info Lads.
Took a trip out around Larne - County Antrim last Sunday, And was pleased with the plotter, I found the position of a wreck on a webpage and loaded the Long'/Lat' numbers for it into the plotter as a waypoint. No problems in finding it:)
The plotter came already loaded with the V16.0 system software so no need to upgrade.
Still reading the manual to learn more, But getting the hang of it

hi there
the lowrence has a few diffrent data outputs/input strings (data run: ie lat/long.cog.sog.dept so on) nema 0183, nema 2000, and could have a lowrence string
your vhf is using nema 0183
the dsc is a thing you should set up if you have it