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XPLORE

Item # 412020-1CHO
Available January 2025

The XPLORE Series is lightning-quick and laser-focused on anglers’ favorite features. Find your fishing spots faster with included LakeMaster and CoastMaster charts. Sync 10,000 fish spots with custom colors and icons to your phone through a new waypoint management system. Get the clearest picture of what’s below with compatibility for our best sonar, including MEGA Live 2 forward-facing sonar. Connects to Minn Kota products and control them on command – from enabling Advanced GPS navigation to deploying shallow water anchors – with One Boat Network compatibility. With our most advanced technologies and easy-to-use interface, there’s more to XPLORE.

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$2,499.99
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The XPLORE Series is lightning-quick and laser-focused on anglers’ favorite features. Find your fishing spots faster with included LakeMaster and CoastMaster charts. Sync 10,000 fish spots with custom colors and icons to your phone through a new waypoint management system. Get the clearest picture of what’s below with compatibility for our best sonar, including MEGA Live 2 forward-facing sonar. Connects to Minn Kota products and control them on command – from enabling Advanced GPS navigation to deploying shallow water anchors – with One Boat Network compatibility. With our most advanced technologies and easy-to-use interface, there’s more to XPLORE.

  • Control Head Only Model: This model does not include a transducer. This CHO model is a great choice for those looking to connect to connect to Built-in MEGA Imaging on Minn Kota trolling motors, accessory transducer options like MEGA 360 Imaging, or share sonar data from an existing Humminbird Ethernet network control. Easily access the preloaded views from the user-friendly menu system, operated by touch screen or directional key pad to reliably operate your fish finder in any conditions.
  • MEGA Side Imaging+: See the world below like never before with a crystal-clear Side Imaging viewing out to 200 feet on either side of your boat. You'll unlock more fish and structure with 20% more detail and 60% more range capability than MEGA Side Imaging sonar.
  • MEGA Down Imaging+: Get unprecedented underwater clarity with Down Imaging coverage down to 200 feet below your boat. You'll unlock more fish and structure with 20% more detail and 60% more depth capability than MEGA Down Imaging sonar.
  • Industry-leading Humminbird Sonar: Equipped with MEGA Side Imaging+, MEGA Down Imaging+ and Dual Spectrum CHIRP sonar to keep you on the fish. MEGA Imaging+ provides views up to 250' under and out to either side of your boat and Dual Spectrum CHIRP shows exceptional 2D sonar with superior target separation and fish clarity.
  • Internal GPS and Humminbird Basemap: Our enhanced basemap provides you with a clear view of underwater terrain and surrounding points of interest so you can fish and navigate with total confidence. Identify buoys, day markers, hazards, marinas, contours, depth markers and much, much more. Includes charts of more than 10,000 lakes, plus coastal coverage for the continental U.S.
  • Premium Chart Compatible: Humminbird provides the most complete offering of premium chart options to anglers everywhere. Get a complete view of the world below with optional charts from Humminbird's LakeMaster® and CoastMaster™ products, as well as your choice of compatible Navionics® charts.
  • Includes LakeMaster and CoastMaster VX map card with U.S. and Canada regions standard data.
  • AutoChart Live: Create real-time maps of your fishing spots, with access to patented Humminbird® LakeMaster® features. Map depth contours, bottom hardness and vegetation as you drive your boat. Comes standard with eight (8) hours of built-in recording time and is compatible with AutoChart Zero Line SD cards for virtually endless AutoChart Live mapping capacity.
  • One-Boat Network Compatible: Many Humminbird models seamlessly integrate and communicate with Minn Kota and Cannon products to unlock more features and capabilities for anglers everywhere. Make the most of your time on the water with the exclusive boat control and fish-catching features of the One-Boat Network.
  • Ethernet Networking: High-speed Ethernet allows you to build a powerful, professional-grade fishing system. Easily connect multiple fish finders, or upgrade to add-on technologies like Minn Kota i-Pilot Link and Humminbird CHIRP Radar.
  • Bluetooth: Take control right from the screen of your Humminbird with wireless communication to compatible Talon and Raptor shallow water anchors, as well as Cannon Optimum downriggers. Additional features include wireless software updates from the Humminbird One-Boat App and display of smartphone notifications on your Humminbird.
  • NMEA 2000 networking built-in: Connect an accessory NMEA 2000 network to your control head for even more information; from boat performance to weather and water conditions, make sense of it all with NMEA 2000 networking.
  • 2-Year Limited Warranty
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Model XPLORE 12 CHO Fish Finder
Product Code 412020-1CHO
Series XPLORE
UPC 0082324058707
As shown MSRP
$2,499.99
Display Size - Diagonal 12.1 in
Display Pixel Matrix 1280H x 800V
Transducer Included N/A
Compatible With Minn Kota US2 Sonar, Minn Kota Built-In MEGA DI, Minn Kota Talon/Raptor, Minn Kota i-Pilot Link, Minn Kota Built-In MEGA SI, MEGA Live, NMEA 2000, MEGA 360, Radar, AutoPilot, One-Boat Network
Features Touch Screen, Networking, Down Imaging, Built In GPS, Bluetooth, Side Imaging, Built In Mapping, MEGA Imaging+, Wi-Fi, MEGA Imaging
Memory Card Slot Dual Micro SD
Sonar-Standard Dual Spectrum CHIRP, MEGA Side Imaging+, MEGA Down Imaging+

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Ease of Use

Ease of Use

Faster, intuitive, streamlined user interface provides access to the key functions, that makes the most of the time you have on the water.

Minn Kota Compatibility

Plug and Play Compatibility to Minn Kota

Seamlessly pair XPLORE with Minn Mota trolling motors and anchors for easier boat control. These products integrate and communicate with one another for an unparalleled control.

Included Maps

LakeMaster and CoastMaster VX Maps

Navigate over 13,000 lakes, waterways, and coastal waters in the United States and Canada safely and with confidence. Tools like 1-foot contours, depth and shallow water highlights help you traverse waters with certainty.

Waypoint Management

Advanced Waypoint Management

Managing your way points as gotten easier, with the ability to sync 10,000 waypoints with a smartphone using the One-Boat App and tag then with custom colors and icons. Group, sort and edit waypoints on and off the water with ease.

Superior Screen and Clarity

Superior Screen and Clarity

Designed for use with polarized sunglasses, XPLORE has high-definition displays that delivers clarity, detail, and imaging options to clearly see the action below and around your boat.

3 Year Warranty

Product Warranty

Register your XPLORE fish finder for an additional year of warranty. When registered, you’ll have access to product tutorials, product specific FAQs and insider news from Humminbird.

XPLORE Sonar Connectivity

Sonar Connectivity

XPLORE fish finder connects to MEGA Live Imaging, MEGA 360, MEGA Side and Down Imaging allowing you to see details below and around your boat, taking your fishing game to another level. 

XPLORE Screen Size Options

Screen Size Options

Select the right display size for your fishing vessel; choose from 9”, 10.1” or 12.1”.  No matter the size each display will provides a high-clarity, Cross Touch® experience.

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