Here I must state that when I got the Garmin Vista HCx all I had was the unit, with a base map, a quick start manual, 64mb micro s d Card and a USB to GPS connecting cable.
After that I disconnected the GPS unit from the P.C and switched off the GPS then switch on the GPS unit again just to see if the maps had gone on there by going to menu map set-up information (the fifth icon along on the map set-up page) I think I read that if you have done it right and then the file you have just sent across will show up here on this page?Īlso on first start up the copyright symbol will appear by the wording of of the map something like this © AND IRELAND Then making a new folder in the Garmin GPS (which registered on the P.C as drive F) and transferring all the files across from one to the other, which took about 27 minuets in all.
I have after two days at the p.c managed to upload the OSM file of the UK and Ireland to my Garmin Etrex Vista HCx by first downloading the file zip and opening it to a new folder in the P.C, then renaming it to the one that is specified something like gmapsupp.img I know this quote is from a very old posting but It seems that I am facing the same thing here today in the UK