Humminbird 597ci and MDC fish attractors

[Sam]

I'm not very computer-literate (obviously) but about a year ago I did some reading, bought a SIM card, and successfully downloaded the MDC fish attractor waypoints for Stockton Lake onto my Humminbird 597ci fish finder.  At least I think I was successful - everything seemed to work, but the boat was in the garage.  Encouraged by this success, I added the MDC waypoints for Upper Bull Shoals.  That seemed to work also, and there's where I got greedy and went wrong - I attempted to add the waypoints on Tablerock, apparently ALL of Tablerock, and that maxed out my fish finder memory, or SIM card, or both.  Now all I get is an error message "not enough memory" when I try to use any GPS or map function with my Humminbird, though the fish finder sonar still works.

Frustrated, I went fishing and did without the maps for a year - but now I'd like to fix that.  Didn't I read on here once that there's a fishing, or marine shop in, I think, north Springfield that will install MDC waypoint locations for a reasonable fee if I pull my fish finder off the boat and bring it in?  Wow, that would be great!

All I really need are the fish attractor locations on Stockton Lake and the James River arm of Tablerock, and I wouldn't think those would max out the memory.  Thanks for any help.

[Old dog 417]

The business you're referring to is:

Marine Repair Center

1434 N National Ave

Spfld, MO

417-833-9191

I'd recommend calling them for info and also to verify they are currently open.   

Good luck.

od

  

[Dutch]

You will need to know if they have a power cord for that unit before you take it in.

Why don’t you delete the wpts from your unit.  Then reload the files that you want back on to it?

[Sam]

I've got it all squared away now. 

Turns out, it was a different issue - the "memory" that was maxed out had nothing to do with the SIM card or waypoints.  That error message was for the memory of the unit itself because I had the settings messed up somehow.  I restored the unit to default settings and it was fine, it got the GPS lock back and everything. 

Next, I deleted the files on the SIM card and attempted to update the unit's software.  No update was necessary, it already had the latest update available.

Finally, I went to the MDC website and put the GPX files for Stockton and Tablerock on the card and put the card in the unit.  Should work next time I'm on those lakes.  I'm not gonna mess with Bull Shoals until they quit letting the water get so high every spring and summer.

Thanks for the help!

p.s. - It's time for a new fish finder.  I found out I bought this one in 2010 and I know they have improved a lot since then.