Humminbird FishSmart - パソコン用

Downloaded the software update for helix 7, but it won’t transfer. Hit the transfer button and nothing.

This app, though free, sells the idea the app will save you time and allow you to do mapping and integrate your fish finder with your phone. Truth is, you can update your software (sometimes) but the Bluetooth is so buggy, it takes forever and usually fails. Also, if the app is connected to the fish finder via Bluetooth and you make or answer a call, you won’t be able to hear each other. You can’t use your phone as a “phone” while using this app. You can (sometimes) purchase and transfer maps to your Humminbird fish finder but if you make a mistake, like sending it to the wrong unit, you’ll have to buy that map again. You cannot use/display these maps on a computer even in any of the Humminbird software (e.g. Humminbird PC or AutoChart), only on a phone or your fish finder. If you need to use maps on a PC, buy Navionics maps, apps and tools instead. You might assume when they tell you you can create waypoints and transfer maps from this application directly to your fish finder over Bluetooth, that means you can transfer the waypoints directly using Bluetooth. You can’t... THESE are the steps you need to follow to do that simple task. 1) create the waypoint in the app. 2) export the waypoint to a GPX file on your phone 3) transfer that file to a PC (not a Mac) 4) import the file into Humminbird PC which only runs on Windows ( you can also use a number of 3rd party tools ) 5) ...to convert the file to a WPR format (Humminbird waypoint) 6) copy the WPR file to an SD card 7) remove the card from your PC then insert it into the card slot on your Humminbird fish finder 8) follow the menu prompts on the fish finder to import the waypoint. It’s JUST THAT EASY! What an absurd joke it is to read their marketing hype, buy their products only to discover this nonsense. If only they delivered on the promises and wrote useful software that actually delivers on the marketing promises they make. Don’t waste your time trying to make this work with your fish finder. Better still... look before you leap and consider Garmin’s Echomap products and Navionics maps and apps before you invest in this silliness. They already have my money. Humminbird sonar is great and their support people are amazing/nice but their software, their maps, their promises...stink. They’ve left their support people to bail water out of this rotten boat.

Save yourself some tremendous time, don’t bother with this.... stop reading this review and find another way to update your humminbird... However if your curious.... I have two BRAND NEW GEN4 Helix.... I had a Lowrance, the Lowrance took MAYBE 2-3 minutes to update WIRELESSLY.... This app for Humminbird however is GARBAGE AND SHOULD BE IMMEDIATELY REMOVED FROM THE APP STORE... spent hours after connecting to my ‘birds by Bluetooth attempting to download and transfer the update... the app takes so long (estimated 15+ minutes!!) to transfer to the ‘birds you literally have prevent your iPhone from entering standby, if you don’t the process fails, start over, if you leave the app running in the background... process fails... start over.... if you leave the range... process fails start over... no NOT RECONNECT and continue.... start over... after you attempt to start over.... if you had any issues in previous attempts... the process fails... ‘forget’ your Bluetooth connection and start over.... after completely starting from scratch.... literally watching the progress wheel for 15 minutes, the wheel ‘completes’ and then NOTHING, tried to restart the ‘bird to start the update.... guess what!!! NO BUENO START OVER!! And then another 15 minutes to complete, plus another 15 minutes of ‘just in case time’ literally staring at my phone and to keep the screen active every 30 seconds... and now finally... NOTHING, the app continues to show a ‘completed transfer wheel’... Go ahead and give it a try, you’ll think it’s going to be just fine because the app clearly connects and picks up the ‘bird devices... I double-dog-dare you to try... PLEASE APPLE REMOVE THIS APP, now I have thousands of dollars of hummingbird devices with corrupted files and if I’m lucky I’ll be able to manually use the SD card slot to update my devices... no application on the App Store should risk device welfare that it is designed BY THE MANUFACTURER TO MAINTAIN.... PLEASE DELETE THIS APP ASAP

It’s fine for looking at maps, but usually you’re better off updating your unit with an SD card.

Updates ran with no problem but continue to receive 2 updates available message even though version shows correct. I’ve called and was told their aware of problem. 5 months later and still no fix. Apps on phone constantly updating but not once on this app. I would give this app 5 stars if humminbird would support and update problems. This app is terrible! Same problems almost a year later. I mainly wanted this app for Bluetooth updates, which repeatedly alerts me to update back to old versions. I would give 1 star but great support staff carrying a dead duck.

Great for Helix updates and studying lakes while laying in bed.

Everyone knows that lake master is one of the best maps available. My problem is the app crashes every time I try pulling up a map and I have to try over and over again until it finally works. Then if you have issues getting it on a sd card good luck getting any customer service to help you.