Viewing user data – Garmin GPSMAP 526s User Manual

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GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner’s Manual

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Viewing Information

Viewing Celestial Information for a Different Date

You can select a date and time for which to view celestial

information, and you can view the moon phase for the selected date

and time.

1� From the Home screen, select

Information

>

Celestial

>

Date

2� Change the date to view celestial information for a different date�

Viewing User Data

To view user data, from the Home screen, select

Information

>

User Data

waypoints—view a list of all saved waypoints (

page 14

).

Routes—view a list of saved routes (

page 26

).

Tracks—view a list of saved tracks (

page 28

).

data Transfer—transfer waypoints, routes, and tracks to and from

an SD card or a network.
Clear User data—erase all user waypoints, routes, and tracks.

To copy or merge MapSource data to your chartplotter:

1� Insert an SD card into your chartplotter to allow it to place a file

on the SD card� This file provides information to MapSource

to format the data� This only needs to be done the first time

you copy or merge MapSource data to your chartplotter from a

specific SD card�

2� Check your MapSource version on the computer by clicking

Help > About MapSource� If the version is older than 6�12�2,

update to the most-current version by clicking

Help > Check for

Software Updates, or check the Garmin Web site at

www�garmin�com

3� Insert the SD card into an SD card reader that is attached to the

computer�

4� From within MapSource, click

Transfer > Send to Device

5� From the Send to Device window, select the drive for the SD

card reader and the types of data you want to copy to your

chartplotter�

6� Click

Send

7� Insert the SD card into the SD card slot on the front of the unit�
8� From the Home screen on your chartplotter, select

Information

>

User Data

>

Data Transfer

9� Complete one of the following:

• Select

Merge From Card

to transfer data from the SD card to

the chartplotter and combine it with existing user data�

• Select

Replace From Card

to overwrite the data on your

chartplotter�

10� Select the file name from the list� The data is transferred from the

SD card to the chartplotter�

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