Nuvi 65LMT problems - SOLVED

**Seabee** · 21st January 2023, 09:23 PM

I was able to get a copy of the US and Canada disc image file which I have stored on my computer. I copied it to an SD card into a directory names Garmin and it's not showing up. Do I need to rename it? Right now it's named gmapsupp. The other directory on the card is named maps and has a bunch of topo maps that do show up. The file is 2GB could this be installed directly on the Nuvi 65LMT replace the original file and if so how does one go about doing it. Jim

**Garman_Nuvi** · 21st January 2023, 10:52 PM

If you follow the instructions for cloning your device or you would have been successful. The Garmin .img file you backed up will not work without it's companion files .unl & .gma, would normally be renamed gmapsupp.img & go in the Map folder, but as you are using an SD card with existing maps rename it with a unique name USCAN.img for example.
Unusual that the folder on the SD card is Maps not Map ?

Spoiler: Supplimental maps location

You said you wanted N America so that's what I worked on. The US and Canada .img file is 3.72 GB, FourSquare 98.6 MB & the additional files 810Mb Total 4.61 GB (4,957,122,843 bytes)
Garmin Express would give you the option of selecting US and Canada & replacing what is on there if there was enough space.
These devices typically came out with a 4GB Storage capacity. <HardwareVersion>nuvi 65 C2p2 A V5 4GB 64MB DZ XT TI </HardwareVersion>

Spoiler: US & Canada on SD card