Lowrance electronic 6 User Manual
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Section 2: Installing MapCreate 6.3
System Requirements
MapCreate 6 requires the following minimum system resources:
• IBM
compatible PC.
• Pentium
133 MHz or faster processor.
• 32 MB RAM
• approximately 300 MB free hard disk space, depending on your
version of the program.
• 256 color display.
• Microsoft
Windows
98 or later.
• CD-ROM drive.
MapCreate will run on a system with the above specifications, but the
program will work slowly. A faster processor and more RAM will sig-
nificantly improve program operation. You can also optimize perform-
ance by installing as much of the program as possible to run from your
hard drive instead of the CD-ROM drive. (Do this by using the Custom
or Full install modes, described below.)
IMPORTANT NOTES:
For copy protection purposes,
you must have one of the MapCre-
ate CDs in the disc drive each time you launch MapCreate.
Depending on the type of installation you select, you may remove
the CD after starting the program. (This allows you to use the CD
drive for another purpose, such as listening to music, while working
with maps and GPS data.)
The data used in our maps is copyrighted. To prevent illegal copy-
ing of this data, all maps built by MapCreate are required to be en-
crypted (locked) to a specific memory card. Encryption requires
MapCreate to retrieve unique information from your card. This re-
quires special software not compatible with third party card read-
ers, so
MapCreate will only work with the MMC/SD card
reader provided by LEI. (MapCreate 6.3 will also work with older
Lowrance Electronics USB card readers.) If the card reader is not
correctly installed with the LEI drivers, MapCreate will not open.
After all the MapCreate files are installed, the installation program
will install the drivers for the LEI card reader.
Installation Types
There are three types of installations:
Compact - Installs navigational aid data, the low-detail back-
ground map (Master Map) data and world-wide, me-