[CA] [CA11] AXIOM micro card slot

[tonyiiiafl]

I was reviewing the Axiom and believe the MFD comes with only 1 micro sad slot. Does the mfd come preloaded with the Lighthouse charts? Can I place the Navionics Platinum+ micro sd card in that one slot and have access to both types of charts? Doing my homework before spending the upgrade!

[Chuck - Raymarine - Moderator]

Welcome back to the Raymarine Forum Tony,

Q1. Does the mfd come preloaded with the Lighthouse charts?
A1. Negative. Please click here to view a FAQ addressing this subject. As indicated therein, Raymarine's MFDs running LightHouse 3 software do not feature internal cartography memory (except for the relatively limited detail base world maps featured within the Chart and SiriusXM Satellite Marine Weather Apps. When operating these products with the latest software update, these products support the following types of cartography which has been programmed onto microSD memory cards:
- Navionics Nautical (Nav+, Gold, Platinum, HotMaps Premium, HotMaps Platinum)
- Navionics Sonar (Nav+, Platinum, Hotmaps Platinum)
- LightHouse Charts (including the recently introduced LightHouse NC-2 Charts)
- C-Map Essentials
- C-Map 4-D Max+

Q2. Can I place the Navionics Platinum+ micro sd card in that one slot and have access to both types of charts?
A2. Should you have two chart cards, then the second chart card may be inserted into the microSD memory card reader of another networked MFD or within a Raymarine USB Remote Card Reader which may be interfaced to any of the system's MFDs. All data and resources is shared between Axiom/Axiom Pro/Axiom XL MFDs via Ethernet communications.

[tonyiiiafl]

Again, Great info! I think I will get the axiom Pro 9 and 12.
Now the decision is CHIRP or RealVision 3d!

[Chuck - Raymarine - Moderator]

You're welcome.