clutch Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 Hi Guys, have often heard people wonder whether US sounders and such could be read in metric and always thought that surely manufacturers would include a conversion feature in their software. On my last trip to Los Angeles in december a friend asked me to pick up a cheap sounder for him, which was not in stock, so had to get it sent to my cousins and then she sent it to me. By the way it cost US$21.50 to send it from San Diego to NZ economy post.......sent Dec30 and arrived Feb 24 (so you cant be in a hurry) I'm up there fairly often so if it were for me I would have just picked it up next time and saved the postage. Any how before he came over to take it away I had a look at the instructions and certainly the Eagle brand can be read in metric.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clutch Posted February 28, 2005 Author Share Posted February 28, 2005 (edited) Like I said it is just a fairly cheap sounder but it has everything i would need. ..cost US$116 + tax Seems I remember I think it was Jethro who mentioned using an Eagle Edited February 28, 2005 by clutch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jethro Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 Yeah it was me. Its amazing how much you can save on electronics from the states. One of my mates bought in a 480df Seacharter sounder/GPS. It retails for about $1200 here and we had it shipped to his door from the states for $620. I have got a couple of Lowrance sounders (x47 & x125) that I bought in Oz and bot will do depth in Meters or Feet and Temp in C or F. The best way toi check is to download a simulator from their web site and it lets you run through all the functions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grozzo Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 I got a Lowrance 18c with GPS rec and all the gadgets for $1650... I dont get charged cumstoms or tax.... just have to know where to look thats all cheers, Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill S Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 Just for the record the Humminbird Martix series sounders do not have a metric/imperial menu option when purchased from the U.S.A. Cheers Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaso Posted March 4, 2005 Share Posted March 4, 2005 Too true Bill... I bought a Matrix 37 in the US and it doesnt do metric. As standard the temp is in Farenheit and depth is in feet (or can be changed to fathoms). However for the $400 saving I made I dont mind having to do the conversions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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