Owning a Lowrance HDS Touch or HDS Gen2 Keyboard combos and Chart plotters just got even better with the latest V2 upgrades for HDS Gen2 Touch V2.0 & HDS Gen2 Keyboard V2.0.

This will take some time to download and as before, any unit sold by us can be brought back to our shop in Collingwood and be updated while you wait.

 
In our experience, most manufacturers confine their software upgrades to bug fixes. Not so with Lowrance and their HDS Gen 2 series. V2 upgrade packs 9 new features in this release, which goes to show what a far sighted and flexible operating system Lowrance have created. While most other brands would release new features in a new model, leaving existing owners out in the cold, Lowrance spend multi millions of dollars in continuing to develop not only new products, but breathing new life into existing models. HDS Gen2 was released 16 months ago and now owners can have a raft of cutting edge new features for free!

That is why we believe the Navico''s Lowrance HDS, Simrad NSS and B&G Zeus products offer tremendous value, scalability and performance. You can start off with a ''hamburger with the lot'', or as you needs and/or budget allows, add a second screen, go StructureScan, add a 3G or 4G >Radar, jive with Sonic Hub, repeat with Gofree Wifi module, get there with an Autopilot. No other brand offers so much versatility at an affordable price. It is also why Lowrance HDS Gen2 series is a much better long term investment than their entry level Mark & Elite budget series.

How to install update for HDS Gen2 Touch or HDS Gen2 Keyboard

Release Notes: HDS Gen2 Touch or HDS Gen 2 Keyboard

NEW FEATURES

• Support for GoFree™ wireless connectivity through a WIFI-1 module and the Lowrance Controller app. Allows users to view their displays on compatible tablets and mobile phones, plus Remote Control from a compatible tablet.  Requires Lowrance GoFree WIFI-1 module and controller app available on the Apple AppStore or Google Play Store.
• Chart-sharing allows charts on memory cards to be shared across the Ethernet network. Insert any compatible Insight, Navionics® or Jeppesen® Chart into one unit and view on any other networked HDS Gen2 display.
• Depth contour shading and shallow water highlight - Use these new features with Navionics Charts to quickly identify fishing areas of interest or to highlight shallow water areas requiring extra caution.
• 5Hz internal GPS Antenna update now updates at a 5Hz update rate providing better trail accuracy and smoother Chart rotation.
• StructureMap™ HD capability enables users to convert recorded StructureScan™ Sonar logs into stunning high definition underwater maps of lakes, rivers or the seafloor.
• New Navionics features including Dynamic Tides and Currents, and Easy View.
• C-MAP MAXBDS & MAXN support - new mapping option
• Dual Chart windows - both Navionics & C-MAP charts can be displayed simultaneously.
• Builtin PDF Viewer - PDF''s are fully searchable & users can jump to specific pages.