Garmin StreetPilot C530 Owner's Manual - Page 32

Purchasing and Loading Additional MapSource Maps, Loading MapSource Waypoints on Your c530 - map update

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APPENDIX Purchasing and Loading Additional MapSource Maps To find out the version of the maps that are loaded on your c530, open the Menu page. Touch > Map > Map Info. To enable additional maps, you need your unit ID (see page 17) and serial number (see page vi). Check www.garmin.com/unlock/update .jsp to see if an update for your map software is available. You can also purchase additional MapSource map data from Garmin and load the maps on your c530's internal memory or on an optional SD card. To load maps to your c530 memory or SD card, select the name for your "Garmin" drive or SD card drive. Refer to the MapSource Help file for more information about using MapSource and loading maps on your c530. Loading MapSource Waypoints on Your c530 Using MapSource, you can save locations (also called waypoints) and transfer them to your c530. For more information about creating waypoints in MapSource, see the Help file (press F1 to open the Help file). After you have created the waypoints, select File > Save. Select GPS eXchange Format (*.gpx) for the Save as Type. Click the Save button. With your c530 connected to your computer, copy the *.gpx file into the Garmin\gpx folder in the "Garmin" drive. The waypoints you created in MapSource are now in Where to? > Favorites. 24 c530 Owner's Manual

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c530 Owner’s Manual
A
PPENDIX
Purchasing and Loading
Additional MapSource
Maps
To find out the version of the maps that
are loaded on your c530, open the Menu
page. Touch
>
Map
>
Map
Info
. To enable additional maps, you
need your unit ID (see
page 17
) and
serial number (see
page vi
).
Check
www.garmin.com/unlock/update
.jsp
to see if an update for your map
software is available.
You can also purchase additional
MapSource map data from Garmin and
load the maps on your c530’s internal
memory or on an optional SD card.
To load maps to your c530 memory
or SD card, select the name for your
“Garmin” drive or SD card drive. Refer
to the MapSource Help file for more
information about using MapSource and
loading maps on your c530.
Loading MapSource
Waypoints on Your c530
Using MapSource, you can save
locations (also called waypoints) and
transfer them to your c530. For more
information about creating waypoints in
MapSource, see the Help file (press F1
to open the Help file).
After you have created the waypoints,
select
File
>
Save
. Select
GPS
eXchange Format
(*.gpx) for the
Save
as Type
. Click the
Save
button.
With your c530 connected to your
computer, copy the *.gpx file into the
Garmin\gpx
folder in the “Garmin”
drive. The waypoints you created in
MapSource are now in
Where to?
>
Favorites
.