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Scroll down and then click Folder and search options.

Click Tools, and then click Folder Options.

Scroll down until you notice Hide extensions for known file types, un-check/un-tick this line by clicking the check box.

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Start Windows Explorer, you can do this by opening up any folder.

Tick the File name extensions tick box, as show in the screen shot below.

Click on the View tab in Windows File Manage (explorer.exe).

You can change this behaviour in Windows, see the relevant Windows version instructions below: IMG extension, do NOT add it, as Windows by default hides many file extensions (Mac computers don’t hide it). See the section below the GPS instructions for installation guides for those. The only exception to this note above, is the the specific BaseCamp versions which are designed to be directly used on a computer in BaseCamp, and not on the Garmin. Which as you have found out doesn’t work the map file is NOT a Disk or other Mountable Image file, no matter what your computer tells you, it is the map file in Garmin IMG format, ready for direct use on the Garmin device or installed on to a MicroSD card (as applicable). Please Note: if you see a message telling you that the file is Corrupted (Windows) or Not Mountable (Mac), it is because you are trying to open/run/execute the map file on your computer.

That you have freed up any space from older versions of the same map or other files/maps deleted from the MicroSD card or internal storage when you delete a file, it is not really deleted and the space it uses is not really released (made available) until you empty the Trash Can (on a Mac) or the Recycle Bin (on Windows). The MicroSD card or internal storage is large enough for the map to be copied into, and 2.

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Please Note: If you see a message saying that there is not sufficient free space on the devices internal memory or MicroSD card, please ensure that 1.

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Extracting the files from the ZIP file (unzipping), is like emptying that same jar in to a bowl/dish or on to a plate you can now access all of the content without anything getting in the way. Think of it this way, just opening the ZIP file is like opening a glass jar (you can see the contents, but can’t access all of the content). *If you fail to extract the contents of the ZIP file to a folder on your computer first, you will have issues especially with trying to paste the map to a Fenix or similar device (the option to Paste will be greyed out). The map file must be placed in the GARMIN folder, or it won’t be recognised by the device.

IMG or called a Disk Image file) and paste it in to your Garmin.

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Simply download the file you are interested in, make sure that you unzip the contents of the ZIP file to a folder on your computer ( extract all the files from the ZIP to a folder on your computer *), then go to the folder that the files were extracted to, select the map file (the one ending in. There is no reason to keep older versions on the Garmin or MicroSD card, if you wish to keep the older version, simply copy them to a suitable folder on your computer. If you are installing an updated version of the map, you MUST remove the older version of the map first, as otherwise you may have issues and the Garmin may fail to boot (as mentioned above). This problem with having multiple copies of the same map on a device exists regardless of where the maps come from, including direct from Garmin! This is ONLY a problem if you have more than one copy of the SAME map on the device at the same time.Īll of my maps will happily co-exist with each other such as France, British Isles, Spain, India, Japan and so on.

Please ensure that you only have ONE copy of each of my contours maps (Standard, TT 1:50 Look n Feel/ TT HD Topo/TT HD Topo Pro) on the internal memory and/or a MicroSD card at a time as otherwise your Garmin may fail to boot, and in the worst case scenario you may have to replace the device.

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Please see the relevant section of this page as this contains details on how to install both the GPS and BaseCamp versions of the maps (as appropriate) along with specific sets of instructions for Garmin models that have specific needs or require other tools to install the maps successfully.