Garmin g2 vision card??????

[seamy]

Hi guys just ordered a garmin 750s but need the G2 VISION card that covers lough neagh,anyone help me with which card i need,and where to buy from,are there different type cards to cover this area or how do they work,any help would be appreciated,thanks

[FOXFIRE]

I've had my 750s for over a year now, you need to purchase the Garmin Blue Chart g2 Vision UK & Ireland EU706L, they can cost you between £200 & £300, but keep checking ebay, picked a new up to date chart for around £70.
When you get your chart you can also download Garmin Homeport for about £20 onto your home computer, you can then do all your route planning at home, copy it to the chart SD card and take it to the boat and upload.

[Dan Gurney]

Originally Posted by seamy

Hi guys just ordered a garmin 750s but need the G2 VISION card that covers lough neagh,anyone help me with which card i need,and where to buy from,are there different type cards to cover this area or how do they work,any help would be appreciated,thanks

Is it a standard SD card or the older proprietary type? I've been on the lookout for the older type to cover the lower Shannon (Lough Derg) for a while but haven't seen anything but the standard SD type. I'd even buy new if i could find the bugger.

I'm not advocating it but it seems to me that it would prolly be easy enough to "acquire" the data to copy onto standard SD from one of the darker corners of the Internet.

[matt h]

Are they that good> ive a Garmin 451s .is it worth the extra spondulies?

[Erin]

Originally Posted by Clamchowder

Is it a standard SD card or the older proprietary type? I've been on the lookout for the older type to cover the lower Shannon (Lough Derg) for a while but haven't seen anything but the standard SD type. I'd even buy new if i could find the bugger.

I'm not advocating it but it seems to me that it would prolly be easy enough to "acquire" the data to copy onto standard SD from one of the darker corners of the Internet.

You can't copy the SD cards. They adhere quite well to their name of secure. Well, you can copy them for use on a PC but they won't work on a plotter.

If you want an older proprietary Garmin card you are probably best getting hold of a blank one and the bluechart cd. You can then pay Garmin for an unlock code for e region you want to copy onto the card. Need their card reader too unfortunately.

[gotchiguy]

Originally Posted by Erin

You can't copy the SD cards. They adhere quite well to their name of secure. Well, you can copy them for use on a PC but they won't work on a plotter.

Oh really?

[landlord]

You only need the G2 Vision for the extras as the 750s is loaded with detailed charts of the UK as standard.

You can copy the preloaded chart from your 750s on to an SD card to use with Homeport on your home computer. Did it this week and it works well

[Pikey Dave]

Originally Posted by Erin

You can't copy the SD cards. They adhere quite well to their name of secure. Well, you can copy them for use on a PC but they won't work on a plotter.

Hmmm! not quite methinks

[Rob Jones]

Originally Posted by Clamchowder

Is it a standard SD card or the older proprietary type? I've been on the lookout for the older type to cover the lower Shannon (Lough Derg) for a while but haven't seen anything but the standard SD type. I'd even buy new if i could find the bugger.

I'm not advocating it but it seems to me that it would prolly be easy enough to "acquire" the data to copy onto standard SD from one of the darker corners of the Internet.

I think I have one, I wanted the SD version and ended up with a thing I cannot use.
I think mine is all of Europe, would that do you?

[gotchiguy]

Originally Posted by Erin

Well, you can copy them for use on a PC.

That's hard enough because you have to create a "virtual SD" card with the maps so that homeport can see them. Homeport is also available free on PD's link if you look around.

[Erin]

Originally Posted by gotchiguy

That's hard enough

Eh? Not really. Just copy the SD card onto another (or in my case a spare CF card) and pop into card reader. Homeport sees it just fine.

[gotchiguy]

Originally Posted by Erin

Eh? Not really. Just copy the SD card onto another (or in my case a spare CF card) and pop into card reader. Homeport sees it just fine.

Personally I don't wish to have to carry an SD card around with my laptop everywhere I go so that I can use them. Hence the virtual SD card idea. Once set up it works fine though

[Pikey Dave]

Originally Posted by Pikey Dave

Hmmm! not quite methinks

In response to the PM's I've had re. the above link:-
Firstly, I've only installed & used the chart on my Montana 650 handheld which I use as my backup plotter. I've not installed it onto a full fat Garmin plotter as I don't own one, but the process will be along the lines of:-
Download the 8 parts of the UNLOCKED version of the chart, these are hosted on free hosting sites & you might have to jump through a few hoops to get to the download area, save all the parts into the same directory/folder.
Double click on part 1, you will have to have WinRAR or similar software on your pc to unzip the parts & stitch them together. If successful you will have a thumping big file called gpsmapupp.img or similar. You need to copy this file into the "Garmin" folder on your SD card. If there is already a *.img file already in the folder, either cut & paste it to somewhere safe, or rename it to gpsmappup.img.bak this is your original map file so you don't want to damage it incase it all goes t1tt5 up
Alternatively, you can use a different SD card to play about with, put this into your plotter & format it in the plotter, the plotter will create a "Garmin" folder, just paste the new *.img file into that & give it a try. As I said, it works fine on my handheld, should work ok on a plotter. I believe a certain cocky young fella around these parts has successfully got it working on his shiny new kit...allegedly

Good luck