Garmin Bluechart data cards

[christo2024]

I bought a Bluechart data card for the Thames Estuary for a GPSmap 76 but got it wrong, as the card didnt fit the unit. I sent the GPSmap 76 back (I hated it anyway) but still have the Bluechart card.

I still want a garmin handheld plotter but cant seem to grasp whether the standard Bluechart cards will fit in them?

Has anyone got a Garmin handheld that takes a Bluechart card or are all the handhelds using micro SD cards?

And also, is a Bluechart G2 the same as the Standard Bluechart?

Technology is not my strong point!!! /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

 

[vyv_cox]

<<< And also, is a Bluechart G2 the same as the Standard Bluechart? >>>

Well, I can answer this bit. No, they aren't, G2 is the later version and Bluechart will shortly/already has become obsolete. Garmin told me at LIBS that a software upgrade will be available about now to enable G2 software to run on older Bluechart sets. It should be available on their website but in emergency telephone them.

 

[christo2024]

many thanks. A call sounds a good idea!!

 

[ritchis]

Just read your post re obsolescence std Bluechart (confirmed by Garmin site).
With G2, how can Trips & Waypoints be managed ? I curently use Mapsource (have 76CSX) as my PC based central respository for everything. I am planning on buying Bluechart maps (now G2) If as I now understand SD G2 Maps can not be accessed from PC for Trip planning etc, this seems a retrograde step /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

Stuart