It seems to read it OK, but the long-term implications concern me and no doubt I'll have to send the unit off for warranty exchange. I doubt this would be a problem if one didn't have to insert and eject the card as much as appears to be necessary to (try to) work with the content. I did just have to log in again - not sure that I can even post this message - we'll see! I can't find a comprehensive tutorial on Homeport anywhere, not that doing the simple things that I (and every other echomap user) want to do should require this.Īdding to the joy has been that for more than a week I haven't been able to log in and use this forum - not confidence inspiring when a technology company can't make a website work - and now that I'm here I find very little on the subjects of interest to EVERY new echomap user. No, Garmin, I don't want to upload the maps that I work diligently to create for the rest of the Garmin world to use. Is there a place to access a Homeport tutorial? Ever met a fisherman who wants to give all of their favorite places out to everyone else? I'm fine with this as an option, but Garmin, if you're listening, set this up so I can upload and interact with my maps without sharing them with the world. If not, where can I go to learn how to use it? Yes, I have seen the few videos on Youtube about it. Thanks for indulging my rant, and for any useful responses that you can offer.I swapped messages with Gil of SeimperFi on The Hull Truth. From what I gather HomePort is not going to be updated. If you want to run HomePort on the MAC you could install Parallels and install an pre-Catalina version of OSX or Windows 10 in a virtual machine. HomePort only supports g2 maps which are no longer available. The good news is the new units that support Active Captain also have the same Manage Card functions the old units have. I have been able to transfer my HomePort waypoint sets to and from my 943xsv. My unit has two micro-SD card slots one of which had a 8gb card that is used for extra storage for downloaded maps, Active Captain and Quick Draw. I replaced mine with a 32gb card - doing it now instead of later when its filled up! Only pain is the card slots are on the back of the unit but you can buy extenders to put the slots somewhere else. Garmin's current software suite of Express, Homeport, MapManager, MapInstall are all there to sell charts. This weekend I'm going to try getting my waypoints out of the 4208 (.adm file) and into Homeport on a PC laptop. Clean up waypoint names and such and then export them to a. I have done this before, putting them into an EchoMap94. I'm still not sure how Active Captain will help us with the 4200 series since it does not have wifi and doesn't support active captain. I understand that wifi and active captain is the future. ( even the idea of still using 32gb SD cards is like keeping one foot in the past) At some point you can't keep dummying down new stuff to keep old stuff compatible. It does not give steps for transfer over Garmin Network but I assume you just choose the SD card in the other unit? Its a testament to how good it was that we still want to use it now. Your situation is a little different than others I have talked to on The Hull Truth. They are MAC HomePort users managing multiple lists of waypoints for different reasons.
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