Problems with my new Garmin 450 GPS ( I am a computer idiot)

Submitted: Friday, Mar 02, 2012 at 19:26
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I just purchased a new Garmin 450 handheld GPS and also the 5m maps of Australia, from Johnny Appleseed. I find this new unit very easy to operate in the field and I love the big touch screen, but I am having "technical difficulties" !

The JA guy installed the 5m maps of WA, NSW and Vic on the unit - there was not enough memory for the whole of Australia.

Today I bought an 8 gig micro SD card, put it in and loaded the entire set of Australian maps. Well I think I did, but how can I confirm it ?

Also is there somewhere in the GPS menu that you have to change so the unit will look at the SD card instead of the internal memory ?

I cannot figure out how to transfer waypoints into it from Google Earth or Oziexplorer either.

If anybody can give me some easy to understand directions, I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks a lot,

Willie.

PS.
I am very disappointed with the Johnny Appleseed 5m maps I purchased. They seem to have NO tracks or minor roads marked on them - just lakes , major roads and contours. Or am I looking at the wrong maps somehow ?
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