Garmin800 please help

[Payneys]

Can anyone help

I am a complete computer fool ! No nothing about them have complete basic knowledge .

I have just purchased Garmin 800 with the GB DISCOVERER SD CARD

How do I even begin to download it to the device .

I have been trying every which way and have just all patience .

I have previosuly had an xt310 so I have a Garmin account etc

I just want to put the map on the device please help !!!

Thanks

 

[potsy]

If the map is on a micro SD card it will fit into the device itself, in the appropriate slot.
At least it does on my 605

 

[steve52]

https://forums.garmin.com/forumdisplay.php?f=245 look here

 

[Gary E]

Yep. The map card fits in the slot under the rubber cover (next to the charging point).

There's a setting on the Garmin to select which map to use (once you've installed the card you can select between the pre-installed maps that come with the 800 or the new ones you've just installed on the card)

 

[Payneys]

Not on mine - this is an sd card gb discoverer from Garmin - I see the slot you are saying but this ad card definitely doesn't fit in there .

Thanks for yr prompt replies .

 

[Payneys]

If the map is on a micro SD card it will fit into the device itself, in the appropriate slot.
At least it does on my 605 [/

Thnks yr reply no its not a micro sd card it will not fit . I have to download it to the computer and then upload to 800 but I just don't see how to do it

 

[fatblokish]

see the thumbnail slot in the sd card?; cleverly inserted into its bigger brother is a micro sd card. Pull on the thumbnail slot and the micro sd will emerge.

 

[fatblokish]

Now a Q from me.

Having bought a bigger volume micro sd card so I could get both the 1:50000 discoverer maps which came with the unit and some OSM maps I have downloaded, I find that the unit fails to recognise both. Must be summat to do with the format, but what?

ta

 

[Payneys]

Fatblokish - wish you had replied about 7 hours ago !! I found that little gem out by phoning Evans cycles .

For a complete idiot like me ( & apparently about 10 other people a week according to Evans) I fail to believe this very important bit of information isnt mentioned anywhere .

Thanks for yr reply in any case

Sorry I can't help with yr prob. But I really am a complete techno phobe !!!

 

[berty bassett]

Now a Q from me.

Having bought a bigger volume micro sd card so I could get both the 1:50000 discoverer maps which came with the unit and some OSM maps I have downloaded, I find that the unit fails to recognise both. Must be summat to do with the format, but what?

ta

i think if they are both gmapsupp.img then it might only read one on device - if you have one on card and one on device it reads and mingles both if they are both ticked in settings - well thats what happens on 705

 

[PK99]

Now a Q from me.

Having bought a bigger volume micro sd card so I could get both the 1:50000 discoverer maps which came with the unit and some OSM maps I have downloaded, I find that the unit fails to recognise both. Must be summat to do with the format, but what?

ta

There is copy protection on the garmin supplied sd card

 

[fatblokish]

Both maps are on the new card, not the garmin supplied one.
I will investigate how to get one of the maps off the card and onto the GPS itself.

ta