Dakota450 Posted December 26, 2003 Share Posted December 26, 2003 I have a brand new Mericolor and I am an idiot about these gps's. It seems that I can only download one to be used on the unit at at time. Can't I put both on the gps at the same time? I had the direct route region on and it worked fine. I then downloaded the mapsend topo of basically the same region. Now my direct route is gone. WTF? I am not even coming close to using up the memery on the thing. Help!!!!!! Quote Link to comment
+DeerChaser & Company Posted December 26, 2003 Share Posted December 26, 2003 The only way to have both is a SD card and then you cant use both at the same time. Upload the image to the card then rename it then upload the next image. Use the GPS to toggle between the two. Quote Link to comment
+Stunod Posted December 26, 2003 Share Posted December 26, 2003 The only way to have both is a SD card and then you cant use both at the same time. Upload the image to the card then rename it then upload the next image. Use the GPS to toggle between the two. The only way to use EITHER is with an SD card. You cannot save maps to the internal memory. The programs default to saving the maps with the same name, therefore writing over each other. You can use an SD card reader/writer to change the name of the file. Quote Link to comment
+DeerChaser & Company Posted December 26, 2003 Share Posted December 26, 2003 What I said Quote Link to comment
Vacman Posted December 27, 2003 Share Posted December 27, 2003 What he said... My only complaint is that the CD is required to be present in the computer when you need to use the newer Direct Route. I like to be able to run it at home as well as at my office. Quote Link to comment
Dakota450 Posted December 27, 2003 Author Share Posted December 27, 2003 Okay, I uploaded the image. went to windows explorer found the image selected rename, renamed it, downloaded the next image. They are both on the card saved as .img files. Now how do I toggle between them on the gps? Thanks for the help Quote Link to comment
+Stunod Posted December 27, 2003 Share Posted December 27, 2003 Okay, I uploaded the image. went to windows explorer found the image selected rename, renamed it, downloaded the next image. They are both on the card saved as .img files. Now how do I toggle between them on the gps? Thanks for the help Menu>Card Utilities>Change Map Quote Link to comment
+Sparky-Watts Posted December 27, 2003 Share Posted December 27, 2003 What they said. Quote Link to comment
stutzismydog Posted December 27, 2003 Share Posted December 27, 2003 Perdon my ignorance,.....Why can't you load mapSend ToPo on to one SD card and Direct Rout on a second SD card and depending on what type of detail you are looking for, ToPo or Direct Rout, just incert that SD ???.... or did I miss something? Quote Link to comment
+embra Posted December 27, 2003 Share Posted December 27, 2003 You *can* do that; the only drawback is it takes two cards. If each card has a map file called DETAIL00.IMG on it, that would be loaded when the unit is turned on. Usually there's enough room on one card for two or more map files, so that tends to be the most economical method. (Plus, it's convenient to have one place to have your waypoint file(s), track file(s), route(s), etc. without having to duplicate them onto a second card. Quote Link to comment
Dakota450 Posted December 27, 2003 Author Share Posted December 27, 2003 like is said, I am an idiot when it comes to these gps's but I did figure it out. Thanks for all the help. I know I will need more help as time goes on. Quote Link to comment
stutzismydog Posted December 27, 2003 Share Posted December 27, 2003 Thanks Embra,.....I can always count on you for a clear and concise answer. Quote Link to comment
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