Backroad Mapbooks GPS Maps Product Manual - SD card version

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1 Product Manual - SD Card Installation Backroad Mapbooks GPS Maps Product Manual - SD card version MicroSD / SD Card Installation 1 GPS Unit Configuration 2 SD Card Registration 4 GPS Maps Update Subscription 5 Windows PC Instructions Free Computer Maps Installation 6 GPS Maps Update 9 Apple Mac Instructions Free Computer Maps Installation 12 GPS Maps Update 14

2 Product Manual - SD Card Installation About the SD Card Version The SD card can be used in any compatible Garmin GPS unit that has an SD card slot. It can also be swapped between Garmin GPS units. However, the maps are locked to the SD card. So, the maps will not work if transferred or copied to another SD card or to a GPS unit's internal memory. MicroSD / SD Card Installation Upon opening your product packaging, inside you will find a small plastic case which contains a microsd card and SD card adapter (see image below). Note: Please be careful when opening the plastic case as these items are very small and can easily be lost. Below is an image of a microsd card with an SD card adapter. All the Backroad GPS Maps data is on the microsd card. The SD card adapter contains no information. The adapter is only required when inserting the microsd card into your computer's SD card slot or if your Garmin GPS unit takes a full sized SD card rather than a microsd card. Depending on the model of your Garmin GPS unit, you must either: a. Insert only the microsd card into the GPS unit's microsd card slot. If your GPS unit has a small metal door that closes over top of the microsd card, please make sure you slide the door into the locked position. b. Insert the microsd card into the SD card adapter, and then insert the SD card adapter into the GPS unit's SD card slot. 1

3 Product Manual - SD Card Installation GPS Unit Configuration Normally, the SD card will automatically be detected and enabled when the unit is turned on after inserting the card. If for some reason this is not the case, you can manually enable the Backroad Mapbook GPS maps to be displayed, as long as the microsd card is being detected by the GPS unit. The instructions for checking if our maps are enabled are slightly different for different models of Garmin GPS unit. Please find the corresponding section for your Garmin GPS unit. A. Montana, Oregon, Dakota - Turn on the GPS unit - Select "Setup" - Select "Map" - Select "Map Information/Select Map" - Select the map product that you would like to enable or disable - To enable Backroad GPS Maps, select "Province/Region Name BRMB_v#" - Select "Enable" B. GPSMAP 62s, GPSMAP 78, etrex 20-30, Rino 600, Astro Turn on the GPS unit - Press the "Menu" button twice to open the "Main Menu" - Go to "Setup" and press the Enter button - Go to "Map" and press the Enter button - Go to "Map Information/Select Map" and press the Enter button - Select the map product that you would like to enable or disable - To enable Backroad GPS Maps, go to "BRMB_v# - Province/Region Name" and press the Enter button - Go to "Enable" and press the Enter button 2

4 Product Manual - SD Card Installation C. GPSMAP 60CSx, GPSMAP 76CSx, etrex HCx - Turn on the GPS unit - Press the "Menu" button twice to open the "Main Menu" - Go to "Setup" and press the Enter button - Go to "Map" and press the Enter button - Go to the map information icon (the letter i with a circle around it) - Select the map tile that you would like to enable or disable Note: A check mark indicates that the map tile is enabled - If you would like to select all of the map tiles, press the "Menu" button - Select "Show Province/Region Name" Note: Topographical maps and Marine charts cannot be enabled at the same time. Disable one or the other according to your needs. D. Nuvi, Zumo - Turn on the GPS unit - Select "Tools" - Select "Settings" - Select "Map" - Select "Map Info" - Select the map product that you would like to enable or disable - To enable Backroad GPS Maps, select "Province/Region Name - BRMB_v#" Note: A check mark indicates that the map is enabled. 3

5 Product Manual - SD Card Registration SD Card Registration Your SD card must be registered to receive the following benefits: - Access to download and install the free computer maps. - The ability to update the maps. - The ability restore the contents of the SD card if mistakenly erased or overwritten. - Technical support assistance if your SD card is damaged, lost or stolen. A.) Registration Instructions 1. We recommend that you insert your SD card directly into the SD card slot on your computer, if available. If you don't have an SD card slot, you'll have to insert the microsd card into your GPS unit and then connect the GPS unit to your computer via a USB cable. 2. Open your web browser and go to our website 3. In the black bar along the top of the page, click "Log In" 3a. If you already have an account with us, just type in your address and password and click the "CUSTOMER LOGIN" button. 3b. If you do not have an account with us, click on the "CREATE AN ACCOUNT" button on the right hand side. - Fill in your First Name, Last Name, Address and Password (x2) and click the orange "SUBMIT" button 4. Once you're logged in, there will be a menu going down the left hand side of the page. Find and click on "MY GPS ACCOUNT" near the bottom of the menu. 5. Under the heading REGISTER PRODUCT, click on the first "CHOOSE FILE" button. 6. A new window will appear. In the folder list on the left hand side, navigate to the location of the SD card (usually within My Computer or This PC). Usually, it will be labeled BRMB, but may also show up as "Removable Disk" or "No Name". 7. The SD card contains a folder named Garmin. Double click the Garmin folder to open it. 8. Single click on the file named gmapsupp.unl to select it and then click the "Open" button. 9. Click on the second "CHOOSE FILE" button. 10. Single click on the file that ends in.gma (or labeled as a GMA file). The file name is usually a series of numbers starting with 201. Then, click on the "Open" button. 11. Click the orange "SUBMIT" button to complete registration. If successful, a "Registration Success" confirmation message will be displayed. 4

6 Product Manual - Free Computer Maps GPS Maps Update Subscription If a new version of the maps is available when you register your SD card, you have 60 days to download the updated version of the maps. For instructions on how to update your SD card on a Windows PC, go to page 9. For Apple Mac instructions, go to page 14. Update Version 1, 2, 3 If you have a GPS Maps SD card that is version 3 or older, please contact us directly for information about getting the latest version. Phone (Toll-Free): gps@backroadmapbooks.com Purchase your Update for Version 4.0 or newer To update from Version 4.0 or newer, you must have a user account, your product must be registered and you must have a valid update subscription. If you have not registered your SD card, please go to Step 2 - Register your product on page 4 of this manual. To purchase an update subscription, follow these steps: 1. Go to our website, 2. In the black bar along the top of the page, click "Log In" 3. Type in your address and password and click the "CUSTOMER LOGIN" button. 4. Once you're logged in, there will be a menu going down the left hand side of the page. Find and click on "MY GPS ACCOUNT" near the bottom of the menu. 5. Scroll down to below where it asks you to register product, and find the name of your product ("Province Name - SD [V#]"). 6. Click on the little orange arrow,, to the right of your product's name. 7. Find the section labeled "PRODUCT UPDATES". 8. Click on either a 1 year, 3 year or 5 year update subscription. - A 1 year subscription is $ A 3 year subscription is $ A 5 year subscription is $

7 Product Manual - Free Computer Maps Free Computer Maps Installation (Windows PC) A.) Garmin BaseCamp To view the computer maps, you must have Garmin's free mapping program, called BaseCamp, installed on your computer. Please ensure that you are running the latest version of BaseCamp. Here are the steps to download and install Garmin BaseCamp. 1. Please go to the following web page to download Garmin BaseCamp for Windows PC: 2. Navigate to the location of the downloaded installer file (BaseCamp_###.exe). The default location is the Downloads folder. 3. Double click on the file to open and run the BaseCamp installer. Follow the prompts to complete the installation. 4. Please exit BaseCamp before installing the computer maps. B.) Download the computer maps 1. Log into your account on our website, 2. From the menu on the left hand side, click on "MY GPS ACCOUNT". 3. Scroll down to below where it asks you to register product, and find the name of your product ("Province Name - SD [V#]"). 4. Click on the little orange arrow,, to the right of your product's name. 5. Under the heading FREE COMPUTER MAPS, click on the "DOWNLOAD FOR PC" button. 6. Save the file to a known location on your computer, like Desktop or Downloads. Most browsers usually save it to the "Downloads" folder by default. Note: These downloads can take up to a few hours depending on the speed & quality of your internet connection. C.) Install the computer maps Note: Make sure no Garmin programs (BaseCamp/MapSource) are running during the computer maps installation. Your downloaded file is in a compressed.zip format. You will need to unzip it before installing the files. 1. After the download is finished, navigate to the location of the downloaded ZIP file. 2. Double click on the downloaded ZIP file to open and show its contents. 6

8 Product Manual - Free Computer Maps 3. Double click on the file labeled Application (the file name starts with BRMB and ends in.exe) 4. You will get a message that says "The InstallAware Wizard is verifying the contents of this installer package" that may persist for several minutes. 5. Follow the prompts to complete the installation D.) Unlock the Maps After downloading and installing your computer maps into BaseCamp, you will need to unlock them to see the details. 1. Open Garmin BaseCamp 2. BaseCamp will display a message saying "Locked Maps Detected". Click the "Unlock Maps" button. 3. Click on tab labeled "Unlock Regions". 4. Click on the "Import" button. 5. A new Window will appear. In the bottom right corner, click on the file type drop-down menu labeled "Unlock Code Files (*.ucx)" and change it to "Unlock Code Files (*.gma)". 7

9 Product Manual - Free Computer Maps 6. In the folder list on the left hand side of the window, navigate to the SD card's Garmin folder or the location of where you saved the.gma unlock file. Then, click on the.gma file to select it. 7. Click the "Open" button. If successful, a line will be added with text "Region unlock code from" which indicates that your maps are now unlocked. 8. Close the Map Product Manager window. 9. Close BaseCamp and restart it. 10. Click on the "Maps" menu. If there is no check mark next to "Backroad Mapbooks v#.0" then click on it to select it and display our maps. E.) Change BaseCamp Detail Level To see the most detail from our maps, we recommend that you change the map detail level in Garmin BaseCamp. 1. In Garmin BaseCamp, click on the "View" menu and go to "Toolbars". If there is no check mark next to Detail Level, then click on it. 2. That will add a drop-down menu labeled Medium to the left hand side of the toolbar. Click on the word Medium and change it to Highest. 8

10 Product Manual - GPS Maps Update GPS Maps Update (Windows PC) We release one update per year. As long as you have a valid update subscription in your account, you can update the maps on your SD card by downloading the updated maps through your account and transferring them to your SD card. Note that you MUST use the original SD card that the maps came on. The maps are locked to the SD card and will not work on any other SD card. A.) Download Updated Installer 1. Go to our website, 2. In the black bar along the top of the page, click "Log In" 3. Type in your address and password and click the "CUSTOMER LOGIN" button. 4. Once you're logged in, there will be a menu going down the left hand side of the page. Find and click on "MY GPS ACCOUNT" near the bottom of the menu. 5. Scroll down to below where it asks you to register product, and find the name of your product ("Province Name - SD [V#]"). 6. Click on the little orange arrow,, to the right of your product's name. 7. Find the section labeled "PRODUCT UPDATES" and click on the "PC UPDATES" button to start downloading the updated computer maps installer. If given the option, save the file to a known location on your computer, like Desktop or Downloads. 8. Click on the GENERATE button to create a product listing for the new version. 9. If successful, you will get the message "Registration Success, your unlock code is [...]" B.) Download GMA Unlock File 1. Scroll down below the registration info and find the name of your product ("Province Name - SD [V#]") 2. Click on the little orange arrow,, to the right of your product's name. 3. In the section labeled "YOUR UNLOCK INFORMATION", click on the link labeled "Download your GMA file" and save the file into a known location like Desktop or Downloads. For some reason, Internet Explorer won't allow you to easily save the file. If clicking on that link yields a page full of random text, we recommend that you try these steps again using a different web browser, like Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox. 9

11 Product Manual - GPS Maps Update C.) Install Computer Maps 1. After the download that you started in step A.7 is finished, navigate to the location of the downloaded ZIP file. 2. Double click on the downloaded ZIP file to open it and show its contents. 3. Double click on the file named something like BRMBxx_v#.exe (It should be labeled as file type Application) 4. You will get a message that says "The InstallAware Wizard is verifying the contents of this installer package" that may persist for several minutes. 5. Follow the prompts to complete the installation. D.) Unlock Computer Maps To unlock the updated maps in BaseCamp, please refer to the instructions on page 7 of this manual. E.) Transfer Updated Maps to SD Card In order to update the GPS Maps on your SD card, you need to transfer the map data from Garmin BaseCamp to your SD card. 1. We recommend that you insert your SD card directly into the SD card slot on your computer, if available. For some reason, Garmin blocks map transfer through the GPS unit itself. Let us know if your computer does not have an SD card slot, since there is an alternate method, which we can you the instructions for. (Please send an to gps@backroadmapbooks.com) 2. Open Garmin BaseCamp. 3. Go to the Maps menu and select "Install Maps". 4. Select the SD card from the Device drop down box and click the Continue button. 5. Find the drop down menu in the bottom left corner of the window. If not already selected, select the listing for "Backroad Mapbooks v#.0" for the desired Province / Region. 6. Select the map tiles that you wish to transfer to the SD card. If you want to select the entire province / region, you can do so by clicking and dragging from above and to the left of the top left corner to below and to the right of the bottom right corner. Zoom out, if necessary, to see the whole province / region. Once you've selected the desired map tiles, click the Continue button. 7. Click the Install button to start the installation. NOTE: You may get a warning message about overwriting data on a pre-programmed card. This is a standard warning which means that a file named gmapsupp.img will be created and 10

12 Product Manual - GPS Maps Update copied to the SD card. If the file already exists, it will be overwritten. This is the desired behavior or updating, so just ignore the warning. F.) Transfer Unlock File & POI File(s) to SD card 1. Open your Windows file explorer and navigate to the SD Card. Double click on the Garmin folder to open it. 2. Delete the old unlock files from the previous version (the file named gmapsupp.unl and any files that end in.gma) 2. Copy the.gma file that you saved in step B.3 above into the Garmin folder on the SD card. 3. In the Garmin folder, there should be another folder named POI. If the POI folder does not exist, please create it. Open the POI folder and delete the previous version's POI file, named something like BRMBxx_v#.gpi 4. When you downloaded the computer maps installer, the ZIP file would have contained a filed named something like BRMBxx_v#.gpi. Copy that GPI file into the POI folder. G.) Verify Updated Maps on GPS Unit Refer to the "GPS Unit Configuration" section on page 2 of this manual to check whether or not your GPS unit is detecting the updated maps. NOTE: On some GPS unit models, our maps will only be displayed as a series of four character map tile names like 032D. 11

13 Product Manual - GPS Maps Update Free Computer Maps Installation (Apple Mac) A.) Garmin BaseCamp To view the computer maps, you must have Garmin's free mapping program, called BaseCamp, installed on your computer. Please ensure that you are running the latest version of BaseCamp. Here are the steps to download and install Garmin BaseCamp. 1. Please go to the following web page to download Garmin BaseCamp for MacOSx: 2. Navigate to the location of the downloaded installer file (BaseCamp_###.exe). The default location is the Downloads folder. 3. Double click on the file to open and run the BaseCamp installer. Follow the prompts to complete the installation. 4. Please exit BaseCamp before installing the computer maps. B.) Download the computer maps 1. Log into your account on our website, 2. Once you're logged in, there will be a menu going down the left hand side of the page. Find and click on "MY GPS ACCOUNT" near the bottom of the menu. 3. Scroll down to below where it asks you to register product, and find the name of your product ("Province Name - SD [V#]"). 4. Click on the little orange arrow,, to the right of the product's name ("Province Name - SD [V#]"). 5. Under FREE COMPUTER MAPS, click on the DOWNLOAD FOR MAC button. 6. Save the file to a known location on your computer, like the Desktop or Downloads folder. C.) Install the computer maps 1. Navigate to the location of the downloaded ZIP file. The default location is the Downloads folder. 2. The downloaded file is in a compressed.zip format. You will need to unzip the file to extract the.gmap installer file. If you have Garmin MapManager installed and it has been run at least once, the icon for the.gmap installer should look like the following image on the right. If it doesn't, that could mean that you still need to run or install Garmin MapManager. If the.gmap file appears as a folder even though you have installed and run 12

14 Product Manual - GPS Maps Update Garmin MapManager, try restarting the computer. 3. Double click the.gmap file to open it in Garmin MapManager. 4. Click the button to install the maps. D.) Unlock the Maps After downloading and installing your computer maps into BaseCamp, you will need to unlock them to see the details. 1.We recommend that you insert your SD card directly into the SD card slot on your computer, if available. But if you don't have an SD card slot, you'll have to install the microsd card into your GPS and then connect the GPS to your computer via a USB cable. 2. An icon for the microsd card should appear on your Desktop. Usually, it will be labeled BRMB, but may appear as "Removable Disk" or "No Name". Double click on it to view the contents of the microsd card. It should contain a folder named Garmin. 3. Double click the Garmin folder to open it. It should contain a file that ends in.gma 4. Double click the.gma file to open it in Garmin MapManager (The file name is typically all numbers starting with 201). 5. Click the button to install the unlock code. 6. If successful, your maps will now be unlocked. E.) Change BaseCamp Detail Level 1. Centered at the bottom of the screen in BaseCamp, you will find the map navigation controls, as in the following image. 2. To maximize the detail level, slide the Detail slider all the way to the right hand side. 13

15 Product Manual - GPS Maps Update GPS Maps Update (Apple Mac) We release one update per year. As long as you have a valid update subscription in your account, you can update the maps on your SD card by downloading the updated maps through your account and transferring them to your SD card. Note that you MUST use the original SD card that the maps came on. The maps are locked to the SD card and will not work on any other SD card. A.) Download Updated Installer 1. Go to our website, 2. In the black bar along the top of the page, click "Log In" 3. Type in your address and password and click the "CUSTOMER LOGIN" button. 4. Once you're logged in, there will be a menu going down the left hand side of the page. Find and click on "MY GPS ACCOUNT" near the bottom of the menu. 5. Scroll down to below where it asks you to register product, and find the name of your product ("Province Name - SD [V#]"). 6. Click on the little orange arrow,, to the right of your product's name. 7. Find the section labeled "PRODUCT UPDATES" and click on the "MAC UPDATES" button to start downloading the updated computer maps installer. If given the option, save the file to a known location on your computer, like the Desktop or Downloads folder. 8. Click on the GENERATE button to create a product listing for the new version. 9. If successful, you will get the message "Registration Success, your unlock code is [...]" B.) Download GMA Unlock File 1. Scroll down below the registration info and find the name of your product ("Province Name - SD [V#]") 2. Click on the little orange arrow,, to the right of your product's name. 3. In the section labeled "YOUR UNLOCK INFORMATION", click on the link labeled "Download your GMA file" and save the file into a known location like the Desktop or Downloads folder. C.) Install Computer Maps 1. After the download that you started in step A.7 is finished, navigate to the location of the downloaded ZIP file. 14

16 Product Manual - GPS Maps Update 2. Double click on the downloaded ZIP file to open it and show its contents. 3. Double click on the file with extension.gmap. It should open in Garmin MapManager. If the.gmap file appears as a folder not a file, that could mean that you still need to run or install Garmin MapManager. If the.gmap file still appears as a folder even after you have run Garmin MapManager, try restarting the computer. 4. Click the Install button. D.) Unlock Computer Maps 1. Navigate to the location of where you saved the GMA file in step B.3 above and double click on it to open it. It shoud open in Garmin MapManager. 2. Click the Install button to install the unlock code. 3. If successful, the maps will now be unlocked. E.) Transfer Updated Maps to SD Card NOTE: For some reason, Garmin blocks map transfer through the GPS unit itself. Let us know if your computer does not have an SD card slot, since there is an alternate method, which I can you the instructions for. (Send an to backroadmapbooks.com) 1. We recommend that you insert your SD card directly into the SD card slot on your computer, if available. If you don't have an SD card slot, you'll have to install the microsd card into your GPS unit and then connect the GPS unit to your computer via a USB cable. 2. Open Garmin MapInstall. 3. Select the SD card from the Device drop down box and click the Continue button. 4. Find the drop down box at the bottom of the window. If not already selected, select the listing for "Backroad Mapbooks v#.0" for the desired Province / Region. 5. Select the map tiles that you wish to transfer to the SD card. If you want to select the entire province / region, you can do so by clicking and dragging from above and to the left of the top corner to below and to the right of the bottom right corner. Zoom out, if necessary, to see the whole province / region. Once you've selected the desired map tiles, click the Continue button. 6. Click the Install button to start the installation. NOTE: You may get a warning message about overwriting data on a pre-programmed card. This is a standard warning which means that a file named gmapsupp.img will be created and copied to the SD card. If the file already exists, it will be overwritten. This is the desired behavior or updating, so just ignore the warning. 15

17 Product Manual - GPS Maps Update F.) Transfer Unlock Files & POI File to SD card 1. On your SD Card, navigate to the GARMIN folder. 2. Delete the old unlock files from the previous version (the file named gmapsupp.unl and any files that end in.gma) 3. Copy the.gma file that you saved in step B.3 above into the Garmin folder on the SD card. 4. In the Garmin folder, there should be another folder named POI. Open the POI folder and delete the previous version's POI file, named something like BRMBxx_v#.gpi 5. When you downloaded the computer maps installer, it would have contained a filed named something like BRMBxx_v#.gpi. Copy that file into the POI folder G.) Verify Updated Maps on GPS Unit Refer to the "GPS Unit Configuration" section on page 2 of this manual to check whether or not your GPS unit is detecting the updated maps. NOTE: On some GPS unit models, our maps will only be displayed as a series of four character map tile names like 032D 16