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You have to use the card every time - there is no way to copy the charts to the hard drive and have HomePort read them from there.
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Put the SD card in your computer’s SD card slot.When complete, you can remove the SD card and turn the chartplotter off. Select and wait for it to copy the maps (takes a minute or so). On ours - and all Garmin models seem to be pretty similar, but perhaps not exactly - the menu sequence is as follows, starting from the “Home” screen: Information > User Data > Data Transfer > Card > Copy Built-In Map. Put the SD card into the chartplotter and turn the chartplotter on.I recommend having a card that you use just for HomePort, it makes life much simpler. If you don’t have one on hand, you can buy them at most big-box stores, computer stores, even some grocery stores and pharmacies (they’re the same data cards that most digital cameras use) or you can get one for less than $6 on Amazon: 16GB micro SD card with adapter. Charts generally take over 8GB, plus you need space to store the routes. My old chartplotter used a full-size SD card newer Garmin chartplotters use a micro SD card that must be used with an adapter in most laptops to make it fit a slot for a full-size SD card. Download and install HomePort from here.
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HOW TO INSTALL AND SET UP GARMIN HOMEPORT Overwhelmed with all there is to learn as you're starting to cruise? Help is here: Overcoming the First-Year Learning Curve (a free mini-course from The Boat Galley).