Select your product to confirm this information applies to you

Unable to Register a Marine Chart with Garmin Express

Before registering a pre-loaded microSD/SD card to Garmin Express, ensure there is not a garmindevice.xml and/or marinedevice.xml file on the microSD/SD card. If so, Express will only see the device and not the chart. In order to resolve this issue, remove the .xml file(s) from the microSD/SD card then click "Search Again" in Express.

To verify the file is on the microSD/SD card and to delete the file, use the following steps:


Windows 7
    1. Press Windows key + E
    2. Double-click the SD card
    3. Double-click the Garmin folder
    4. Delete the garmindevice.xml and/or marinedevice.xml file if it is present
Windows 8/10
    1. Press Windows key + E
    2. (Windows 10 only) Click on This PC
    3. Double-click the SD card
    4. Double-click the Garmin folder
    5. Delete the garmindevice.xml and/or marinedevice.xml file if it is present
Mac
    1. Open Finder
    2. Click Go
    3. Click Computer
    4. Double-click on the SD card
    5. Drag the garmindevice.xml and/or marinedevice.xml to the Trash if it is present
    6. Click Finder
    7. Click Empty Trash
    8. Click Empty Trash again on the confirmation window


For information about updating marine charts, please review the Related Content.

Related

Contact Us for More Help