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Firstly you need to establish that your GPS is Compatible.  In principle this means it runs the WindowsCE operating system and the user interface allows you to launch a 3rd party application.


Examples of compatible devices:

• Holux FunTrek 130
• Hema Navigator
• VMS portable units
• Strike Genius GPS 
• Other devices running the WinCE operating system may work. 

Examples that are not compatible devices:

• Garmin GPS
• Navman GPS
• Magellan GPS
• Tom Tom GPS, etc. 

How to self assemble an SD card for use in a compatible device

1. Download an appropriate software build from the downloads page
   
   
2. Open the downloaded zip folder and copy the file(s) to the root of the SD card (i.e. for the Holux build, this means copying the App folder to the SD card)
   
   
3. Create a Maps folder and copy some maps into it:
   
   
   1. Maps may be copied directly from a DVD or 
   2. from the c:/Maps folder on your PC hard drive. 
   3. Otherwise and best for small SD cards, is to use the "send Map" and "Send partial Map" commands under the Mobile Device menu on the PC version of Memory-Map.
   4. Also, maps can be downloaded to a PC and purchased from the Digital Map Shop, then copied to the SD card.
      
      
4. Create a folder named "userdata" on the SD card. This is the folder used for loading / saving overlay data you exchange with the PC software. 
   
   Note: on the Holux build; this folder has been defined as the wpt folder on the Holux's internal storage. This is where the Holux saves it's waypoints and allows them to be picked up by Memory-Map.
   
    
5. Activate the licences on the card
   
   
   1. place the card in the Device and run the Memory-Map Mobile App.
   2. Place the card in a card reader on the PC and open the PC software. 
   3. select Help > Licence management and sign into your user account.
   4. select the SD card button 
   5. select a resource by clicking on it once so it is highlighted in blue
   6. select Activate
   7. Repeat for all required resources.

Note:
If your maps are in the older format (sold up to about end 2008) you may need to chop them into bite sized pieces of under 400MB. As a guide (but not as a rule), to determine which format you have, look at the accompanying serial number in the DVD box. If it is 16 digits containing letters and numbers, it is the old format. The new serial numbers are 12 digits of just numbers. See this article for some guidance on how to chop up large maps.