Northstar Explorer 660 firmware/maps update

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Hello,

I have recently bought a 2009 boat with a Northstar Explorer 660 chartplotter and would like to know if it might be possible to update its maps/firmware? The manual states it uses special C-MAP cards - maybe I can get new charts like that?
 
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Belated thank you! Not sure if I had seen your reply. I had to look at an old photo to determine what GPS system I had on the boat, and that lead me here.

Last summer the transducer's wire got caught / transuder got knocked in the shallows, the fish finder stopped working and the depth meter is playing up.

Plus I was not able to update the maps which show some very, very dangerous shallows (rocks) at the long place, about 200 yards out!! Almost crashed!

I wanted to buy a new GPS system that I will be able to download/update the maps, good depth meter, and good screen in the sun light. I do not care about fish finder but all I can see is fishfinders.

Could you suggest anything to me please?
 
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akis said:
If Belated thank you! Not sure if I had seen your reply. I had to look at an old photo to determine what GPS system I had on the boat, and that lead me here.

Last summer the transducer's wire got caught / transuder got knocked in the shallows, the fish finder stopped working and the depth meter is playing up.

Plus I was not able to update the maps which show some very, very dangerous shallows (rocks) at the long place, about 200 yards out!! Almost crashed!
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Doubt the rocks where in the “wrong” place. Sand bars move, obstructions sink, etc. but rocks done move…..More than likely the datum reference was wrong
akis said:
I wanted to buy a new GPS system that I will be able to download/update the maps, good depth meter, and good screen in the sun light. I do not care about fish finder but all I can see is fishfinders.
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Not sure what your looking for.
You want a unit with good depth meter (sonar) but don’t want a unit with sonar (fish finder)?

A “fish finder” is simply a unit that includes with a graphical display of the water under the boat. A very valuable navigation tool when running in unknown waters

If you are insistent upon a secondary source of sonar readings, there are lots of chart plotters (w/o sonar) called Multi Function Displays (MFD). The Garmin GPSMAP series w/o SV or XS are plotting only units.

Simply biting the bullet and going with a “fish finder” is the most practical and economical solution to your problem.
 
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