

- GARMIN HOMEPORT PROGRAM HOW TO
- GARMIN HOMEPORT PROGRAM MANUALS
- GARMIN HOMEPORT PROGRAM SERIAL NUMBER
- GARMIN HOMEPORT PROGRAM ANDROID
Vehicles, voices, and other extras Setting Up Garmin Express 1 Plug the small end of the USB cable into the port on the device. Garmin Express provides easy access to these services for your device. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the HomePort installation. Change to the directory in which you downloaded the files, (i.e., c: downloads), and run the executable file (.exe). Download the Garmin HomePort file into a directory on your hard drive. Garmin Support Center is where you will find answers to frequently asked questions and resources to help with all of your Garmin products.
GARMIN HOMEPORT PROGRAM MANUALS
If a Manuals link does not appear, click here. Click on the Manuals link on the left hand tab under the device picture.
GARMIN HOMEPORT PROGRAM SERIAL NUMBER
Enter the name or serial number of your Garmin device into the search box. Models in Red are supported with the files we supply, but we do not offer Garmin Data Cards for these units.Visit the Garmin Support Center website at 2. Visit the Garmin Support Center website at 2.
GARMIN HOMEPORT PROGRAM ANDROID
You can download our GPX files and import them into Active Captain from an Android or iOS (Apple) device.

When you restart the unit, they should already be loaded. Copy the GPX file to the Garmin/GPX folder on the unit. GPSMAP 42XX and 72XX users can insert the SD card with a GPX file into the unit and from the Home screen select Information > User Data > Data Transfer > Card and select Merge From Card to transfer it from the card and merge it with existing user data.Ĭonnect your USB cable to your unit and computer. If you are not prompted to import the spots, most Garmin units allow you to click Nav Information > User Data > Manage Card > Merge From Card and it will import in the spots. Follow the instructions on the screen and select "Merge With Card" option when prompted.Įxample of loading ADM file into Garmin XSV series. Once you have your SD ready, power on your GPS unit and stick in the SD card. I eventually exported the maps from Garmin 4212 and imported into Homeport just to try it out and did not care for it.

I found it difficult to find correct charts. While the app is free, the charts are not.
GARMIN HOMEPORT PROGRAM HOW TO
Here is a video of using Garmin Homeport and Fishing Status to make a custom SD card with many tips on how to quickly remove spots for high density areas. By the way, I found the Garmin Homeport program clunky and obsolete feeling compared to Bluchart Mobile app. Have a fresh SD card ready (8 GB or under recommended) and use this video for downloading, importing, and exporting to your SD card: Homeport also needs to be fixed so you can play back sonar recordings in Windows 10. That helps a little bit, but yes, you should be able to just copy the maps to the hard disk. You can follow the same instructions for Homeport in the videos below in BaseCamp, they are nearly identical.ĭownload Garmin BaseCamp or Download Garmin Homeport After fooling around for a while I discovered that you can copy your Garmin folder to a USB drive and that will work as well as having the SD card in the computer. BaseCamp is the only option at the moment. ***PLEASE NOTE *** Garmin has discontinued Homeport and recommends Active Captain (see instructions below), which does not work on a PC or Mac.

If you haven't already installed Garmin Homeport, please do this now. If your Garmin does not have this functionality, please follow these instructions for importing our fishing spots into your unit. For example you will need a Garmin folder with a GPX folder within it, and you would add the GPX file to the GPX folder. Some units require the files to be in a Garmin folder on your SD card. For some units, you can simply add the files to the SD card (GPX), allow your unit to boot up, and then stick the card into the unit and it will prompt you to import the data. Importing our fishing maps into your Garmin GPS unit is easy.
