Backing Up Data To A Computer; Restoring Backup Data To A Chartplotter - Garmin GPSMAP 740 Owner's Manual

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Copying Waypoints, Routes, and Tracks to a Memory Card
1. Insert a memory card into the SD card slot on the chartplotter.
2. From the Home screen, select Information > User Data > Data Transfer > Card > Save To Card.
3. Select an action to indicate the name of the new file:
• Select a file name from the list.
• Select Add New File to create a new file enter the file name, and select Done.
4. Select Save To Card.
The file name is saved with a .ADM extension.
Copying Built-in Maps to a Memory Card
You can copy maps from the chartplotter to a memory card for use with HomePort.
1. Insert a memory card into the SD card slot on the chartplotter.
2. From the Home screen, select Information > User Data > Data Transfer > Card.
3. Select Copy Built-In Map to copy the maps loaded onto your chartplotter to the memory card.
Copying Waypoints, Routes, and Tracks to or from all Chartplotters on a NMEA 2000
Network
You can transfer information for waypoints, routes, and tracks from one chartplotter connected to a NMEA
2000 network to every other chartplotter connected to the network. The transfer may take a long time,
depending on the number of waypoints being transferred.
1. From the Home screen, select Information > User Data > Data Transfer > NMeA 2000.
2. Complete an action:
• Select Clone User Data to transfer data from the chartplotter to the other chartplotters connected to the
network. Existing data is overwritten on those chartplotters.
• Select Merge User Data to transfer data between all the chartplotters connected to the network. Unique
data is combined with existing data on every chartplotter.

Backing Up Data to a Computer

1. Insert a memory card into the SD card slot on the chartplotter.
2. From the Home screen, select Information > User Data > Data Transfer > Card > Save to Card.
3. Complete one of the following actions to indicate the name of the file to be backed up:
• Select a file name from the list.
• Select Add New File to create a new file, enter the file name, and select Done.
4. Select Save To Card.
The file name is saved with a .ADM extension.
5. Remove the memory card from the chartplotter and insert it into an SD card reader attached to a computer.
6. From Windows
Explorer, open the Garmin\UserData folder on the memory card.
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7. Copy the backup file on the card and paste it to any location on the computer.

Restoring Backup Data to a Chartplotter

1. Insert a memory card into an SD card reader that is attached to the computer.
2. Copy a backup file from the computer to the memory card, into a folder named Garmin\UserData.
3. Insert the memory card into the SD card slot on the chartplotter.
4. From the Home screen, select Information > User Data > Data Transfer > Card > Replace From Card.
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