Not confused... don't know enough about the intricacies of the hardware! One limitation is working with stuff target for MS systems on a Mac. Oh well.
This is my current status:
1. I have a 2GB CF card from Garmin with CN NA NT 2013.30 map which I created using Garmin's MapInstall and my own map for which I have an unlock code, but for another GPS unit (which I no longer own). That's in the bike right now, and works fine, albeit no POI search function (greyed out keyboard).
2. I have the CF card that came with the bike, which I don't want to touch... I put it in a safe place. As far as I can tell, it has CN 2008/2009 non-NT map, as reported by the navi INFO/SYSTEM (by the way, INFO/MAPSOURCE, as listed in the menu in the 2006 Navigation System manual, no longer appears on the menu. Using that menu option, it listed all the map segments that were installed and active, and you could deselect the areas where you weren't traveling to "speed up system performance." Can't do that anymore... You could even deselect the "Honda Dealers" so they wouldn't appear! I guess Honda didn't like that option...).
3. I have two 1GB Sandisk UltraII CF cards, and a 4GB ExtremeIV CF card. One of the 1GB cards is FAT16 (formatted by the camera I use), and the other is FAT32 (formatted by the Mac's DiskUtility). The 4GB is also FAT32 (default for >2GB cards).
So... to carry out the experiment as you suggest, I need to find another 2GB card and format it to FAT16. Would that be correct?
...or find some way of formatting the 4GB card to FAT16.
I don't know Neil... just tried looking at GMapTool for the Mac OSX, and it's a command line Beta version. Haven't done command line since MS DOS, a long time ago. Feeling frustrated.
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