How do I get a map card for this? Do I need to order one?
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Go to Garmin.com, look under "Maps and Accessories", click on "Maps", enter the info about the device, area, and type of maps, and all sorts of options come up.
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You can buy a 1/24K micro SD card on line at amazon for your area of the country. Example: Garmin Topo US 24K Mid Atlantic MicroSD/SD....cost will be about $100 average, unless on sale.
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As Richard responded, you do need to get the micro SD card and then you can load maps. I had found free topos to load from online, but I can't remember the site for right now. They worked perfect however.
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The Astro 220 is not pre loaded with any maps. There is a micro SD slot under the batteries to expand the memory if needed. Maps can be purchased from the Garmin website and then loaded onto the Astro 220.
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I would get a 2 or 4 GB SD card and then purchase the maps from Garmin or elsewhere. You have more flexibility that way and you can also store tracks, waypoints, etc on the SD card.
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You can buy maps directly from Garmin at http://www.garmin.com/us/maps. You can also purchase and download maps to your own card.
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The radio comes with the SD card (microSD actually) with the map info installed. The map was a little dated (2012), and this radio does not come with free updates. I purchased a year of map updates for $69 - http://www.navizon.com/ if I remember correctly. The location for the map updates is on the NAV screen when it comes up each time. The NAV screen is a little slow the first time it is selected each day (~30 seconds) but after that it comes up immediately (switching between radio, bluetooth, NAV).
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Thank you. Sounds good. Now I want to find it in combo with the NuMaps Lifetime. Nuvi combo have the NuMaps Lifetime for $50 extra, but I can't find this with a combo yet.----------------Garmin said the one with lifetime update for maps (3790LMT) would be out in September, keep checking their website. Said the cost was $499.99. I hate to spend that money, but am getting the voice activated one for safety reasons. Said it was shipped to Best Buy, but I can find it only in Canada...
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Thanks for the reply, Craig!Do we need to buy the topo software directly from Garmin, or does Amazon carry it? (I couldn't find it here.) Will we need an extra memory card to hold the topo data for a region? I'm trying to figure out what the total expense will be for all the add-ons we'll want/need before we choose a unit.If you were choosing between an eTrex and a GPSMAP unit today, which would you choose?Thanks again!
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It should have come with a North American map installed. Perhaps you can download it, but I would contact Garmin. I've had very good responses from email inquiries.
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Hello. unfortunately the maps will not work since they are programmed for the U.S. the unit will work, but the maps wont.
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Since the 52LM has a MicroSD slot, and the map is delivered on a MicroSD card, you are good to go. Just insert the card, power up the GPS and open the country maps.
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There are no maps at all, on it. You must purchase maps I highly suggest hunt my maps over Garmin maps
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Hi, If the card you buy has the Mio program on it, then all you have to do is change cards. If it doesn't, then you have to load the map(s) into the 'map' folder. I have a back-up SD card for safety, then I just put the maps I want to use into the Map folder on the card I use. You can download a lot of Mio maps for free if you look around for them on the web. Hope this helps
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You need to pay for the charts. go to garmin.com enter your GPS serial number and it will guide you through the process and then you will have choice of maps you can purchase for it.
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It comes with lifetime maps you will have to update it with their website. Thank you
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Ok. I've looked into this just a little further. You have to buy a GPS that accepts "City Navigator, North America", which is an add-on map on a micro SD card. It's 79.00 from Garmin.
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I called the customer service, couple of days ago, she said the map is available on the next day. If you do a google search you can find it about $99. It is on a SD card just as other maps.
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I don't know if it does but I will tell you that I purchased this item and it was not loaded with any maps. So it was useless unless you wanted to spend another $60 to load the maps on. Be careful.
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You need to purchase a Micro SD card. An 8GB version is more then enough and costs $40 or so. I live in the US and Europe and have both maps loaded which is why I went with a larger card but I read that most folks can get away with a 3-4 Gb Micro SD card without running into storage issues. Most Garmins come with a base pre installed map (no route detail, like looking at a basic map) and also have the City Navigator bundled on a larger data card. In my case, I simply bought the micro sd card, put it into the Garmin, plug it into the computer, went to Garmins web site and downloaded the City Navigator Europe to my computer, then transferred that map onto my Garmins data card. When you plug in your Garmin with the data card already inserted you see two icons on your desktop. One is the Garmin device, the other is the micro sd card. Copy the maps to the SD card. Eject, done! If you want to swap between maps it's in your settings. Just select and go. I also recommend downloading the Garmin Updater app to keep your devices firmware and other features current.
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Hi Lynda. First. Download the soft ware.program. garmin express from garmin web site. Www.garmin.com. on you computer. Pkug your garmin data cable to the computer. And follow the prompts. If you don't have memory card you can costomize the maps to usa only good luck
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Christine,As far as we know, this units comes blank and you have to get the card for the map you which this to display.At least the ones we bought came blank.Hope this helps...