Humminbird Helix Waypoint SD Card Export, Storage, Data Backups, Uploads, and Delete
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- Опубліковано 18 бер 2021
- This helpful video will enable you to use a SD card with your Humminbird unit. Hardcore anglers who use Helix units and store lots of waypoints will avoid maxing out their waypoint storage. Solix users should also back up data. Even if you don’t max out your storage, it’s a wise idea to back up your data on a regular basis. Waypoints are valuable data you never want to lose! Whether you’re doing an update, making specific lake cards, or selling your unit, using a SD card with your Humminbird unit is an important skill all users should understand. You will learn to export, upload, and delete waypoints on your unit. Don’t make the mistake of doubling, tripling, quadrupling... up waypoints and maxing out your waypoint storage!
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Steve..
Simply put..
You are the best, sir...
Thanks much..!
Thanks Isaac, your comment is much appreciated.
Your view count has skyrocketed in the last day as I’ve gone and watched most or all of the videos. Nice work. Simple and clean. Thanks for taking the time to do these.
Thank you Tony, very much appreciated!
I just discovered your helpful Helix tutorial videos and have been watching them this afternoon. I have learned a ton! Thank you.
That’s awesome Terry, I am glad you’re enjoying them. Thank you for taking the time to share your kind words.
Very helpful! I would like to switch from Helix to Solix and now I’m happy that it’s possible to save my Waypoints! Thank you and greetings from Germany!
Thank you Frank, happy to make the transition between units easier for you.
Great walkthrough. Thanks.
It was what I expected, but it’s very helpful to confirm from someone who already has experience.
Thanks for the kind words Greg.
Thank you for all the information
Happy to help.
Had a humminbird helix 5 on my kayak previously and didn’t save a lot of waypoints but I also knew storage was limited. I’ll probably do this now with my new helix 8. I have a lot of smaller lakes so I will probably organize them by area or the main road they are off of.
Helix store a lot of waypoints so if you save a limited # you should be fine. If you’re going to start saving a lot more then I would go this route.
Steve, thank you for all of this great information you share! Couple questions:
1) Do new SD cards need to be formatted prior to use? What format?
2) How do I delete stored autochart info from the unit's 8hr memory? I don't want that information to conflict with the stored info on my zero lines card.
Thanks
The format is Fat32 and you can see how to do it in the video linked below
ua-cam.com/video/4dJFPCg_v0w/v-deo.html
As for the Autochart question, I don’t believe that you will have any issues, if you are not using the Zerolines card, it will use the internally stored information. If you have the Zerolines card, it will default to the card as far as I know. I would recommend you confirm that with Humminbird tech support since I am not 100% sure at this time. If I come across the answer later, I will get back to you.
Thanks for the information very helpful.
Thanks for the kind words Bill. I made this video hoping that it would help people learn from mistakes I made starting out with new electronics.
I quit skipping over any of your vids just because I read the title and think, "I already know how to do that". Your so thorough, that I always learn something, and usually a lot! And on the topics I know I need help on, you make it very clear and easy to follow. So, if waypoints are on the Helix 12 AND the card already, uploading from Card to Helix will duplicate the waypoints on the unit. But after adding new waypoints while fishing on the Helix, and then downloading data to the card, it only adds the new way points, and doesn't duplicate the ones already on the card? Thank you for all the time you put into these vids!
Thank you for the kind words! You are correct, adding waypoints will be exported to the card overwriting what was previously on the card. If you have 500 waypoints when you upload the data from card to unit, then save 25 new waypoints, when you select all and export to card, you will have 525 waypoints on the card.
If the waypoints have been uploaded to the unit, do not upload again or you will duplicate waypoints.
Thank You for the very clear explanation, I will be checking your other videos for more tips.
I also have some advice to share. No need wasting an SD Card on the Kingston St Lawrence area ... There are No Fish here. 🤣
Thank you Shadow Bassin, your kind words are much appreciated! The Great Lakes are such a fun area to fish! I would have a ton of waypoints if I lived in that area!!!
Lvd this video.. I didn't know this .. great video
Thanks Mike, I appreciate the kind words.
Hi Steve, I'm still watching all your videos, Might you know how you save and store your sonar maps that were recorded on the Zero Line card and make backups of this information ??
Thanks Doug, when you press and hold the Mark button, it will take a screenshot that will be recorded on the Zerolines card. If you put the card in your laptop or card reader, you will be able access the screenshot.
Thanks
Glad you found it helpful.
Very good explanation can you tell me i have way points for different lakes already and would like to separate them on SDCards but don’t known witch waypoint is for what lake. Help
Thanks Thomas, here’s a video that will help.
ua-cam.com/video/7XVW9z-C-Ek/v-deo.html
Great video! One question, however, is depth recorded on the SD cards from the waypoints?
Thank you, the depth is not recorded on the SD card.
HI Steve. I am moving from Lowrance to Humminbird and this process of getting waypoints under control has me scrambling and in a pinch. I had 3450 waypoints on my lowrance units (no waypoint limitation, 10 years of waypoints). The 2500 caught me by surprise and I am trying to figure out a way to 'see' my lowrance waypoints visually so I can edit them down, and carve them out into 'lakes' as you suggested. Any help finding utilities to do this appreciated. The hard part is getting a visual before deleting. That is question 1. Question 2 is let's say I managed to get this figured out, when I load the lake SD card, update it with new waypoints on the water for a day....., am I going to have to go to each of my 3 helix units to repeat the upload/delete at the end of day process described in this video?
Getting Lowrance waypoints onto Humminbird is a pain because they are not in compatible formats. I just started over when I converted to Humminbird a long time ago. I always save my waypoints on one unit that shares to all other units through the 5 port Ethernet switch therefore you have to do this on one unit only.
Please tell me why I cannot see my shaded path as I am charting when using auto chart live. Software is updated and is gn4 unit. What screen do I go to after hitting record and what settings to get the shaded area each side of boat to show as I chart?
Please clarify what you mean by shaded path?
Do you have a video on how to import waypoints from a computer to your helix unit? Specifically .gpx files converted on the humminbird pc app to a sd card.
I am sorry I do not have a video for that.
This is a great video. I thought you needed Zero line cards to save everything. Might you have a video on saving to Humminbirds PC software so you can see your recordings and add or edit waypoints.. Do you have to have Hb's lake master map cards to do this. They don't have much for the Algoma area in Northern Ontario where I am..
Thanks for your videos..
Thanks for the kind words Doug. You need a Zerolines card to record Autochart live data. Waypoints and screenshots can be recorded on a standard sd card. I don’t currently use the PC software.
@@stevechiassonfishing5876 Hi Steve, I'm using a Helix 5 Chirp GPS G2 . I don't have HB's lakes card because they don't have anything here in Elliot Lake. I have tried to download my recorded maps to there share system ad might have succeeded. (not sure, lol) but my system doesn't show a map like you display of Ontario.. I have watched this video many times but still can't get my head around how to set the start procedure.. 🙃
Hi Doug, please clarify what you mean by download your recorded maps.
@@stevechiassonfishing5876 Hi Steve, What I ment by downloading was to take my recorded charts and download them to my computer Auto Chart Live software I got from Humminbird or to be able to copy what I just recorded to another disk. Do I have to have a second Zero Line card for the copy.. ??
Unfortunately Doug, I have not done any work with Humminbird PC program on the computer.
fishing LacSuel this past spring. Why does only one area had my trail (red line) going through a island. NOT arounnd the island. Only happened once. Helix 10 gen2N. Thanks, Mike in Lincoln, Nebraska
Possibly the water level was higher on a previous trip?
I wish I had known this before I picked up my boat 4 months ago.
Question for you though. My bow and helm graphs are linked. The waypoints show on both, but are they actually saved on both? Will I need a seperate card, for each lake, for the front and dash graphs?
The waypoints are only saved on the unit where you save the coordinates. The waypoints are shared by the Ethernet cable. I save waypoints to one unit only. You only need a sd card in the unit you save the waypoints. If you want to take screenshots on the other unit then you will need a sd card in there as well.
@@stevechiassonfishing5876 thats what I figured. Us bass guys are always marking stuff, whether driving or while up on the trolling motor. I havent had my boat long, but I have just over 400 wp right now. Today I'll spend some time moving them.
I really do appreciate this video though. If I hadn't seen it, I'd be outta luck in a couple months.
Tight lines!
@@jodytfishingwaypoints are great starting points! Chances are if fish were there, they were there for a reason. It’s great that you realize the importance now as it will save you the annoyance later. Thanks again for the kind words.
Steve if I save waypoints to my unit and then unplug it from power source. Will my waypoints be saved still without a card??
Your waypoints are stored in the control head until you delete them or go over the waypoints storage of your unit.
@@stevechiassonfishing5876 your awesome for helping us thank you very much. 🎣
Great video. When transferring from one graph to another my graph that's receiving the information says "humminbird no new nav found data" why is that?
Thanks for the kind thoughts .No new nav data means there’s no new data on the sd card. Make sure that the unit you save your waypoints on is the unit where you save to the card.
@@stevechiassonfishing5876 I think I did do that however it still says I don't have anything.
The waypoints have to be exported to the sd card , once exported to sd card, you can upload waypoints to other units.
Just a quick question, how do I transfer waypoints to sd card without overwriting it. I want to save waypoints to sd card that has some waypoints saved to it already but the only option when exporting waypoints is to overwrite the existing waypoints on the sd card, but I don't want to overwrite, I want to add.
Put the additional waypoints in manually then you can add them to existing waypoints and save them altogether.
Hey Steve I'm confused, probably not absorbing your answer correctly. In a previous post you commented: Steve Chiasson Fishing
5 months ago
Thank you for the kind words! You are correct, adding waypoints will be exported to the card overwriting what was previously on the card. If you have 500 waypoints when you upload the data from card to unit, then save 25 new waypoints, when you select all and export to card, you will have 525 waypoints on the card.
if the waypoints have been uploaded to the unit, do not upload again or you will duplicate waypoints.
Are these 2 situations not the same?
Hi Gary, these are not the same situation. If you upload the data on your sd card to your unit, let’s say 300 waypoints. Those 300 waypoints are now on your unit and will remain there until deleted. If you upload the same card again, you will now have 600 waypoints with the original 300 waypoints now duplicated.
The other example I referred to was you had 500 waypoints plus you wanted to add 25 points manually to your unit for a total of 525 waypoints. When you export the data to a sd card, you will overwrite the original data with what’s on your unit, the 525 waypoints.
Uploading is transferring the data from your sd card to your unit. Overwriting data happens when you save the unit’s data to the sd card. Hopefully this helps eliminate the confusion.
Thanks Steve. It finally sunk in for me. :)
Awesome, sometimes the terminology is confusing and there is definitely a big learning curve with electronics. Everything is hard before it’s easy is one of my favourite cliches.
I insert the SD CARD, and nothing pops up on the reader
What are you trying to do?
Hello Steve, FYI, you have a video entitled as follows and when I hit "save" it would not let me as it shows it as marked for kids. "Humminbird Helix waypoints, how to find/edit/name waypoints, and change default icon (Sea of Blue)"
In my earlier videos, I thought “for kids” was the safe way to post but realized later that it’s a limiting format and restricted comments. SInce you were able to comment, I suspect it’s “not for kids” but let me look into it. If it is “for kids” I will try to change designation and let you know.
You were correct and I figured out how to change it so you should be able to save it now. Thanks for asking as I learned something new today. I appreciate you wanting to save my video.
@@stevechiassonfishing5876 Yes, the only way I could alert you was to make a comment on a video of yours which I found to be not "for kids."
@@stevechiassonfishing5876 BTW, do you have any idea why a Humminbird 9 would stop scrolling? Does it off and on and drives me nuts. Might start scrolling after a couple minutes, might not, and I just keep hitting 'exit' and it might start up, or else I reboot and it might work. This unit also usually crashes if the big motor starts up.
Can you be more specific about scrolling?
If I export all waypoints to an SD card on my first unit, can I follow the same instructions on my second unit to ensure all waypoints are saved on 1 as card?
The sd card will only save the waypoints that have been saved on that unit. Any waypoints from other units will not be saved. This is why I save my waypoints on one selected unit. If you only have 1 sd card, you save waypoints from 1st unit, they are on the card. If you want to save both sets onto one card, you’ll need to upload the waypoints onto the second unit first before you save. That puts all waypoints onto one unit. If you have two sd cards, you can save the waypoints from each unit onto each card. Hopefully that makes sense, if not let me know. My understanding from your question is that you wanted to save them on one card.
@@stevechiassonfishing5876 thanks! I’ve been doing this wrong the whole time. My units are networked, but I always had the suspicion that when I would go to export the waypoints on my second unit that it was rewriting the waypoints from the first unit. The more I think about this, I think I will go with 2 separate SD cards. Thanks so much for your help!
There’s always a learning curve, happy to help.