Navionics+ update card mSD

If you have purchased a new marine chart or chart update from the Garmin website and something has gone wrong or you are unable to download the chart, we will no longer be able to help! In this case, you will need to contact the seller's technical support directly.

NB! Important announcement.

Dear new owner of an electronic sea chart. If you ordered an mSD card,
and your new The memory card packaging contains an SD adapter which contains a microSD card, and it
It needs to be pulled out!

I feel very strange writing the following lines, but society is probably at such a point in its development. Frankly, things like this make one seriously contemplate existence and sustainability. Strangely enough, a tiny detail has become a big problem these days: the mSD card is in an SD adapter at the time of delivery. If the plotter has an mSD card slot instead of an SD card slot, then pulling the mSD card out of the SD adapter and inserting it into the plotter seems to be an incredibly difficult operation. In the last ten years, there was one such incident, but in recent years there have been dozens of them, mostly with a lot of shouting, arguments, and profanity. A new card owner, who doesn't think for themselves but immediately calls and writes everywhere, is very demanding towards everyone except themselves. They always call immediately, regardless of the day or time. It doesn't matter if it's Friday evening around ten o'clock or Sunday morning at eight, and they start scolding without further ado, or asking clarifying questions about the matter. They were sent the wrong thing, they have been severely deceived, and now they are complaining to consumer protection, calling the press, writing about it on FB, and if the situation doesn't improve immediately, they have other options for people like us in store. Very often, they also mention how many degrees they have and add that “I'm not stupid, I'm very familiar with IT matters.” Well, so be it, because education does not yet guarantee I've added a small picture to alleviate this technically and psychologically complex and exhausting situation. I hope the attached picture will make things clearer for all “victims of deception” and encourage them to try this magic trick themselves. Clicking on the picture opens video This whole difficult and complex operation is well-followed. If necessary, you can rewind and review the more complicated parts again. And if even after that you cannot manage to pull the mSD card out of the SD adapter, please call us on working days, without any threats, between 09:00 and 17:00, and we will guide you until the card is successfully inserted into the plotter.

Another everyday „problem“ from the same category“

Hello, hello, it seems my plotter no longer shows the sea chart. Everything was fine at the harbour in the autumn.

Before you call with such a problem, please check three simple things yourself.

First question What we are asking is whether the appropriate setting has been made on the plotter to use Navionics nautical charts.
The usual answer is that they haven't chosen and sometimes they say that they have already set the correct plotter when updating the map on the computer, what else is needed.

Explanation: When loading nautical charts on a computer, selecting your plotter does not force your plotter to use Navionics nautical charts; this selection must be made in your chart plotter's menu. In the Chart Installer computer program, this selection is to ensure that the chart is optimised according to the capabilities and features of the chart plotter you have selected when downloading. Modern chart plotters read nautical charts from various manufacturers, and if the corresponding selection is not made in the plotter or the wrong chart is selected, the plotter will not be able to display the chart.

Next question What we're asking is, are you definitely by the sea or an inland body of water which has a chart of it in your plotter?

Explanation: Sometimes people have multiple sea charts and the plotter simply has the wrong area chart.

The third question Is it that you're definitely by the water's edge or did you start the plotter in your back garden?

Explanation: A nautical chart, as the name suggests, is literally a map of the sea and body of water. If you brought your boat ashore for winter storage under a shed, then this area's land map is most likely not on the plotter. In the event that you are by a body of water and do not have a map, then check if this body of water is even on Navionics charts and mapped. The Navionics On-Line chart viewer can help you get an overview of mapped areas:

https://maps.garmin.com/et-EE/marine

One thing is also likely to become a daily „problem“.

Hello… I can’t see my fishing net on the Navionics chart, nor can I see my neighbour’s! We put the nets in a week ago and still nothing. This morning, I specifically downloaded the nautical chart updates, but the net is nowhere to be seen. How can such a simple thing take so long, I don’t understand what kind of chart update this is?

Explanation: Nautical chart data originates from public databases, and the data displayed is issued by the state. Although fishing nets appear to be important and must be marked with flags, they are not considered aids to navigation or other charted objects and are not displayed on nautical charts.

Alright, but the sonar log doesn't show anything either. I uploaded it, but there's nothing.

Explanation: Teie enda üles laetavate sonari logi andmetega on asi natukene keerulisem ja need tõesti ei ilmu kohe kaardi peale. Selleks, et teie logitud andmetest tekkiksid Navionics merekaardile samasügavusjooned ei piisa ühest – kahest üleslaadimisest selles piirkonnas. Loogika on selline, et kui samas piirkonnas on sonari logi ülesse laetud kümnete eri kasutajate poolt, siis Navionics vaatab asja üle ja arvutab nendest logidest keskmise tulemuse, nende arvutuste põhjal tehakse lõpuks kaartidele vastavad muudatused ja neid saavad kõik kasutajad alla laadida. Kuna neid kalamehi väga palju ei ole kes tahavad oma kalastuskohta teistele näidata, siis pole tegelikult ka logisid nendest kohtades odata.

General recommendations for using SD/mSD memory cards 

1) Avoid static electricity charges; never hand a memory card to another person by holding it between your fingers while they take it. You have likely experienced a “shock” when touching an object or another person. This same “shock” is the result of the contact of different charges. If this happens when handing over a memory card, it is highly likely that the memory card will be useless thereafter; it will simply be a piece of plastic and silicon that looks like a memory card but is no longer recognised by the plotter, but by the computer. Before handing over the memory card, touch another person's hand with your own first.

2) Never remove the memory card from a working plotter without using the dedicated function “Eject SD card”.

3) Before removing the memory card from the plotter, hold the device with your other hand. This is necessary to prevent even the smallest static electric charge from occurring when touching the memory card, which could damage it.

4) Plotters with an mSD card slot on the rear, and which are flush-mounted into the dashboard, can make accessing the memory card difficult. In such a situation, you need to be particularly careful when removing the card, as the tiny mSD card can also be physically damaged. For flush-mounted installations, it is sensible to add to Axiom and Axiom+ chartplotters card reader device The mill can be installed in an easily accessible location.