nuvi 1370t--installing map on micro SD newbie question

hasiel · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 19, 2008 Posts: 15

So I purchased a microSd card, and used Garmin's MapInstall program, and installed only to the micro Sd----a map of Europe that MapInstall had me choose the boundaries for.
My microSD is inserted while I type this.

Under map info settings on the Nuvi device, it shows two maps showing with a green checkmark:

CN Europe NT 2012.30 (this is in black bold type)

(1)Sankt Polten, Osterrecih, Wien, Oster (this is greyed out)
(2)Western Europe

CN North America NT 2012.30 (this is in black bold type)

(1) US & Canada (this is greyed out)

and with the micro SD card removed, it shows:

CN Europe NT 2012.30 (this is in black bold type)

(1)Western Europe (this is greyed out)

CN North America NT 2012.30 (this is in black bold type)
(1) US & Canada (this is greyed out)

My questions are:

1. I have two Europe maps showing. Does Garmin device automatically select the right map when I am in Europe, or do I have to do something, like you do on a TomTom, to swap maps (switch from device to SD) ?

2. Why did the map that MapInstall and me created, come up with the name "Sankt Polten, Osterrecih, Wien, Oster", when I chose the boundaries of Western Europe including southern Italy, Portugal, and Scandinavia?

3. Why when I went to use MapInstall again, this time choosing North America to install to an microSD, it did not copy to the SD?
Only one map at a time works?

Thanks for your advice, in advance.

Terry
ps
If you can point me to some tutorials about this I would appreciate.

sussamb · Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 8:10 pm Post subject:

Basically the reason why maps appear 'greyed out' is that you can't change them, but if they're listed then they're installed.

Sankt Polten, Osterrecih, Wien, Oster is in Austria. Somehow you've just downloaded that map tile to the card, since that's all that disappears when you remove it.

You need do nothing to view the maps, you can prove this to yourself by zooming out until you can see the relevant maps, then zooming in again.

hasiel · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 19, 2008 Posts: 15

sussamb · Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 11:13 pm Post subject:

You can have more than one additional map on a SD card, but you'll have to rename them as you go along as MapInstall by default names them gmapsupp.img (I think), have a look and see. Otherwise the next map will overwrite the first, which is the reason you only see one map.

hasiel · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 19, 2008 Posts: 15

sussamb · Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 8:36 am Post subject:

Well they should work. Do you have them in the correct folder on the card? They should be in the root folder in a folder named Map, so something like I:\Map

Also just confirm the card is formatted to FAT32?

hasiel · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 19, 2008 Posts: 15

sussamb · Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 10:00 am Post subject:

Maybe card is faulty, worth trying another one?

All I can say if you've checked everything I've suggested, and used mapinstall correctly, it should work, it does on my 1490 Wink

hasiel · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 19, 2008 Posts: 15

sussamb · Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 8:13 pm Post subject:

AFAIK it should be the default.

Does your PC see the card when your nuvi is plugged in?

hasiel · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 19, 2008 Posts: 15

sussamb · Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 9:05 pm Post subject:

Not sure I can help further. Unless someone else has a bright idea your next step is to call Garmin ... have your nuvi plugged into your PC and they can often sort things remotely, but be prepared for a bit of a wait Wink

hasiel · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 19, 2008 Posts: 15

sussamb · Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 7:08 am Post subject:

Let us know the outcome ... good luck with Garmin Smile

willton · Lifetime Member Joined: Jul 29, 2007 Posts: 150

i think that if you have e.g. the whole of europe 2012 and then also add a small part of that map, the map list will only show the greater map i.e. whole of europe.
the main 'default' map is named gmapprom.img and will be the prominent map other maps have to be in the right folder (device\.System or SDCard\Garmin\maps or something like that) and can be called "anything".img and stored on the SD or the device, space allowing.

I think you should format the card via the device rather than vista.

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