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Now click near your starting point (it doesn’t have to be exact - just get close-ish), then click near your destination (again, just get near). Click on the three connected green boxes (New Route) your mouse pointer will turn into a pencil.It does not matter if you can see the exact detail of the start and end point now. Then use a combination of your mouse wheel to zoom in and out and click and drag to reposition the map so that both the start and end points of your trip are on the screen. Click on the hand symbol in the toolbar (Pan) that’s just above the red arrow in the screenshot above.I find it extremely helpful to have a mouse with a scroll wheel. I am sure that there are other ways to create a route.

This is how I create a route - the process is not exactly intuitive and I never found a good how-to. The higher resolution will NOT show up until the scale is less than 10 miles (the scale is shown in the bottom right corner) - use your mouse wheel to change the scale if necessary. What is listed as “Global Map” is very low res don’t use it. If there is more than one other chart (for some reason there are two others on mine), try each to see which is the higher resolution.

Open Garmin HomePort on the computer and choose the correct chart.

You have to use the card every time - there is no way to copy the charts to the hard drive and have HomePort read them from there.

Put the SD card in your computer’s SD card slot.

When complete, you can remove the SD card and turn the chartplotter off. Select and wait for it to copy the maps (takes a minute or so). On ours - and all Garmin models seem to be pretty similar, but perhaps not exactly - the menu sequence is as follows, starting from the “Home” screen: Information > User Data > Data Transfer > Card > Copy Built-In Map.

Put the SD card into the chartplotter and turn the chartplotter on.

I recommend having a card that you use just for HomePort, it makes life much simpler. If you don’t have one on hand, you can buy them at most big-box stores, computer stores, even some grocery stores and pharmacies (they’re the same data cards that most digital cameras use) or you can get one for less than $6 on Amazon: 16GB micro SD card with adapter. Charts generally take over 8GB, plus you need space to store the routes. My old chartplotter used a full-size SD card newer Garmin chartplotters use a micro SD card that must be used with an adapter in most laptops to make it fit a slot for a full-size SD card.

#Garmin homeport free install

Download and install HomePort from here.

#Garmin homeport free how to

HOW TO INSTALL AND SET UP GARMIN HOMEPORT Overwhelmed with all there is to learn as you're starting to cruise? Help is here: Overcoming the First-Year Learning Curve (a free mini-course from The Boat Galley).