I've installed the req'd Garmin software on my laptop but when I connect my GPS to the laptop and try to receive a map from the gps it won't, says there are no maps. But the topo map of my area is on the map page on the gps. I can download waypoints etc. from the gps so I know the software is working. Anyone know what I have to do to get the map down?:confused:
Anyone know what I have to do to get the map down?
What Garmin software? BaseCamp? MapSource?
Do you have a Garmin preprogrammed microSD card in your 76CSx or did you load the maps onto a card yourself?
You cannot copy maps from a GPS to your PC. BaseCamp can view maps on a GPS unit but it doesn't copy them to the PC.
If you want to use maps on your GPS and a PC you have to purchase the CD/DVD version of the maps.
I have a GPSMAP 76CSx with a micro SD with Garmin TOPO Canada Central loaded. When I launch MapSource, connect my GPS and try to receive maps, waypoints etc from my GPS I get everything but the map with the error-mess; Some maps could not be opened because the following Map source products are not installed- TopoCanada V4. Both the hardware and apps are registered. The Manual and help contents tell me that I can receive the map from the GPS and it is on the menu bar on the top of the screen. Next step?
I The Manual and help contents tell me that I can receive the map from the GPS and it is on the menu bar on the top of the screen.
Are the maps on a Garmin preprogrammed microSD card or a card a friend gave you (with the maps on it)? If so, as I've already said, you cannot "copy" the maps to the PC. Your only solution is to buy the CD/DVD version if you want them there. If you'd done that you could also put them on a microSD card but the reverse is not true.
What MapSource retrieves is a list of maps in GPS not the maps themselves. MapSource is giving you an error because the maps aren't on the PC so it can't display them.
I thought BaseCamp could view maps in a 76CSx but I just tried (I have one) and it doesn't work even in mass storage mode. I suspect, but don't know (don't have any preprogrammed cards), that BaseCamp won't show maps on your microSD card (in a reader) either.
I have both mapsource and base camp installed. I have the Canada map on a micro SD in my GPS. I have no trouble looking at my day's trips on my laptop and would like to see them overlaid on the same segment of map as I see on my map page on my GPS. I have even copied the map from the micro SD to the Garmin directory on my laptop. I get the error mess. that I haven't got Canada v4 loaded? I don't want to copy the map from the GPS to my laptop, just view it as a layer when I ask Mapsource to bring it down from my GPS. Base camp is no better! There is no manual for base camp so who knows, maybe it can be done but I haven't figured it out yet. Thanks for your suggestions.
The ? actually alternates with a black triangle. It's show you that the units last location was at that point but is doesn't currently have a fix of your actual position.
In short its telling you "I think you're here but are you?".
The ? actually alternates with a black triangle. It's show you that the units last location was at that point but is doesn't currently have a fix of your actual position.
In short its telling you "I think you're here but are you?".
The ? disappears once your 76CSx has a fix.
Thank you very much Stuartmw, not one of the 3rd party Garmin "texts" I bought gave me the answer. Do you use the Bird's Eye View software? Thanks again.
