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Yay! I got it all to work finally! I contacted Garmin, and they sent me a Mapsource update, and voila! I'm now able to download my topo maps. Of course, as you all said, it doesn't give me enough detail so I'm going to go ahead and buy City Navigator. But I'm thrilled that I at least have everything working! Thanks again!

The GPS only comes with a basemap which is useless. So you have to buy maps. City Navigator are the maps you want to buy. They will set you back another 100+ bucks but they are worth it. Thanks for all the suggestions! YEs, the map cds that came with the device are the 3 disc set of TOPO maps. I can't even get THOSE installed...because even though my device is connected, it doesn't appear that through Mapsource it can be identified. Which probably means a driver issue, right? I'll definitely call garmin support tomorrow. In the meantime, in addition to this issue, are you saying that the TOPO maps probably won't give me the detail that I want anyway? I would like to be able to zoom down to see street names at least! That's not so much to ask is it? Right now with the basemap, I see very few street names. So, do you suggest that I purchase the City Navigator maps for my unit? Then I'll be able to actually use it to search for specific addresses? Right now, "address" isn't even an option on my "find" menu. Thanks again for the replies.

HI all! WE are brand new to geocaching. We bought our GPS unit yesterday--a Garmin 60CSx. It came with a basemap loaded. It also came with three mapsource discs that I THOUGHT were to be able to select various detailed maps of our area, and load them onto the GPS. Unfortunately, I've read almost the entire manual (both the GPS manual and the Mapsource manual) cover to cover...and I still am unable to load additional maps to my GPS. It has a memory card...and I've made sure it's installed correctly. IN fact, I can SEE the memory card details on the GPS...showing nothing loaded onto it and a whole bunch of free space available. I ran the mapsource program and installed it on my computer...and selected a detailed map or two of our area, and when I try to save it to the GPS, it seems like it works. But I don't see the map anywhwere on the GPS?? I've searched every menu on the stupid thing to no avail. I used the USB mass storage option...where it actually adds the device as Drive E on my computer. According to the manuals, it looks like that IS supposed to be the memory card. UGH. It's very frustrating. Of course, I can't get Garmin support on the weekends...and I work in the IT field and have a feeling they might not be that much help anyway <sigh>. Any advice for me?