how to install maps on gps montana 650

[Don & carole]

how do you install maps on garmin 650 montana gps using basecamp or map install ? do i install one map at a time or two at a time ? when i install two at a time it puts all files in one and i cant see my topo maps on gps,cant enable topo or city navigator 2012 separate, is there a way to install separate

[+Red90]

You need to install one at a time.

 

That is not true. You can install multiple maps at once if you want.

[seldom_sn]

Do you mean map tiles or maps? Seems the OP has problems installing 2 maps at once?

You can select as many mapsets (products) and tiles as will fit in 4GB, and under 3000 tiles. They can go as a single gmapsupp.img, but it's more convenient to send a single mapset at a time and rename, as you describe above because big mapsets take longer to compile into a single gmapsupp.img, and when one changes they all need to be recompiled.

[+Colorado3G's]

I also found that using basecamp if I installed all the maps at once.....you could not turn off and on specific maps depending on if they were transparent etc...... For Instance - installed 3 maps at once (Streeet, Trails, and Topo) and it was only seen as one full map and I could not turn off Topo and leave streets on etc.....so separately was the only way to go...

[+Red90]

You should be able to turn individual mapsets on or off in the settings on the unit.

[-Oz-]

Here is a pictoral tutorial going over how to load them. You can do them one at a time (and rename the .img file after each load) or do them all at once. Tutorial: http://www.gpsfiledepot.com/tutorials/how-to-load-maps-on-my-garmin-gps-unit/#pcbasecamp

[Don & carole]

Here is a pictoral tutorial going over how to load them. You can do them one at a time (and rename the .img file after each load) or do them all at once. Tutorial: http://www.gpsfiledepot.com/tutorials/how-to-load-maps-on-my-garmin-gps-unit/#pcbasecamp

[Don & carole]

i have loaded all maps as tutorial but once loaded on gps I can't turn city nav off or topo on or off individualy there all under one map set,going to try changing renaming file .img

[Don & carole]

That was the basis of my earlier reply; if you want to be able to turn them on and off individually they need to be separate files. That's certainly how it seems to work on my Etrex and from your experience on the Montana too

[Don & carole]

I just instaled city nav on gps then I instaled topo on sd card and now all is good ,ican turn individual map on or off great thanks for all the help, oh when i tried installing maps individual all in gps it got rid of first map,so by installing topo on sd card and installing city nav on gps all is good ,thanks again

Edited January 14, 2012 by Don & carole