Tip 1: How to install maps on the Garmin navigator
Tip 1: How to install maps on the Garmin navigator
Usually, navigators Garmin has a pre-installed set of cards in its bundle. However, this set can not suit absolutely all users. In this connection, the problem arises of installing additional Garmin cards.
Instructions
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Decide what cards you are going to install on the navigator - licensed or freely distributed. In the first case, you have to pay developers, in the second - you can freely download from the Internet.
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The installation of official Garmin cards is carried outusing MapChecker. This application automatically searches for new versions of maps, and then provides instructions on how to load them. To use this program, connect your device to a computer that has Internet access.
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Installation of unofficial maps will require a littlemore time. Connect the navigation device to the computer. Download the software product MapSource to your computer. To download it, open the garmin.com website in your web browser, then go to Support -> Software -> Mapping Programs. Find the MapSource link in the list and click on it. The download will begin.
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Unzip the contents of the downloaded archive. First run the msmain.msi file and only then setup.exe. Wait until the program is installed.
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Download cards for the Garmin navigator that you wantto install. Unzip them into a separate folder. For each downloaded card, run the Install file. This is required in order for information about the cards to be registered in the system registry.
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After that, start the MapSource application. Click on the Tools -> Manage Cartographic Products menu item. This section allows you to detect all installed in the system cards Garmin.
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In the upper left part of the program window there is a drop-down list with installed maps. Use it to select the one you want to install.
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Click on the icon in the formpentagon, located on the toolbar. After that, click on the map on the right side of the program window. After clicking on it, its name appears in the list in the left part of the window. Perform this operation with all the cards that you want to install on the navigator.
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Click on the "down arrow" icon, which is located on the toolbar. All selected for installation cards will be merged into an .img file and sent to the navigator. Installation completed.
Tip 2: How to Install Navigation Cards
Usually, all navigators have preinstalled maps and program navigation, plotting on these maps routes. However, the basic set does not always contain information on the necessary regions or may become outdated over time, which is especially important for rapidly developing settlements. In this case, you need to install new navigation cards.
Instructions
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Install the navigator in your car and start. It takes a few minutes for the device to load the necessary utilities and find satellites. At this point it is advisable not to get off the ground and stay in the open space. It is also desirable that there are no screening materials around, for example, concrete. If these conditions are met, the first start of the navigator will pass quickly enough.
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Verify that the navigator has received location coordinates. Test the preinstalled cards. To do this, drive around the city and visit the newThe sections of roads that appeared during the last few months. If the navigator displays outdated information, then you need to install new cards navigation or update them to the current version.
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Install the MapChecker program for Garmin navigators, which can be downloaded from http://www.garmin.ru/maps/. The application takes a card check navigation and reports on the availability of updates or new maps. Through it also you can easily download the necessary cards, which were not preinstalled on your device.
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Log in to the Navitel website ifyou use these navigators. Select the card you want to install, download it to your computer. Connect the navigator to the PC and remove the old map from memory. Replace it with a new file. Start the "Navitel" program, open the "Menu" and specify the path to the desired map in the settings.
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Connect the Navigator "Autosputnik 5" to the computer. Run the program navigation and download from the official site the required cards. Unzip the downloaded archive into the "Maps" directory, removing the previously obsolete version. Turn on the device and check the operation cards. If you did everything right, then it should automatically earn.
