GPSMAP 620 Owner’s Manual Supplement 3
Marine Mode: Waypoints
Range and bearing to a waypoint and a graphical pointer are provided on the waypoint review screens.
1. From the Home screen, touch Information > User Data > Waypoints List.
2. Touch a waypoint in the list.
The range, the bearing, and the graphical pointer are displayed in the waypoint-information pane.
You can enter comments for waypoints.
1. From the Home screen, touch Information > User Data > Waypoints List.
2. Touch a waypoint in the list.
3. Touch Edit Waypoint > Comment.
4. Enter a comment using the on-screen keyboard, and touch Done.
Marine Mode and Automotive Mode: User Data Management
The following instructions clarify how to transfer user data in marine mode and in automotive mode.
NOTE: User data is not shared between marine mode and automotive mode.
To transfer marine data (waypoints, routes, and tracks) to or from an SD card:
1. Insert an SD card into your device.
2. From the Home screen, touch Information > User Data > Data Transfer.
3. Touch an option:
Save To Card—save waypoints, routes, and tracks to the SD card.
Merge From Card—transfer data from the SD card to the device and combine it with existing user data.
Replace From Card—overwrite items on your device.
Copy Built-In Map—copy the pre-loaded basemap on the GPSMAP 620 to an SD card for use with compatible Garmin PC-software
products.
To copy or merge MapSource
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marine data to the device:
1. Insert an SD card into your GPSMAP 620 device. The device places a le on the card that provides information to MapSource to format
data. This only needs to be done the rst time you copy or merge MapSource data to your device from a specic SD card.
2. Check your MapSource version on your PC 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 PC.
4. From 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 device.
6. Click Send. MapSource transfers a le named USERDATA.adm to the SD card.
7. Insert the SD card into your device.
8. From the Home screen on your device, touch Information > User Data > Data Transfer.
9. If there is more than one .adm le on the SD card, select the USERDATA.adm le.
10. Touch Replace From Card or Merge From Card to copy or merge the data into your device.
To copy photos or map data for use in automotive mode:
1. Insert an SD card in the GPSMAP 620 device (optional).
2. Connect a mini-USB connector to the back of the GPSMAP 620.
3. Connect the larger end of the cable to an available USB port on your computer. Your GPSMAP 620 and memory card appear as removable
drives in My Computer on Windows computers and as mounted volumes on Mac computers.
NOTE: Some operating systems or computers with multiple network drives cannot display the GPSMAP 620 drives. See your operating
system Help le to learn how to map the drives.
4. Browse your computer for the le you want to copy. You can copy JPEG and JPG image les or maps and GPX waypoint les from
MapSource.
5. Highlight the le, and click Edit > Copy.
6. Open the “Garmin” or memory card drive/volume.
7. Click Edit > Paste. The le appears in the list of les in the GPSMAP 620 memory or on the memory card.
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