Installing T4A Map on a Zumo 550 erases European maps.

[Drumacoon Lad.]

Hi, I will be travelling from UK to Senegal in the next few weeks. I have European maps installed on a Zumo 550 and an SD card with Garmin maps for Morocco. I have also purchased a T4A map for West Africa. I have successfuly downloaded the T4A maps from my laptop on to the Zumo 550, however, as expected it erases the European map set. The only way I know to reinstall these European maps is to download to the Zumo 550 from my laptop.

However, I was not planning to take a laptop only a Samsung Pad. It seems a pity to lug a laptop around just to reinstall the European maps, or in fact to install the T4A map.

Any suggestions around this delemma?

I do have my own solution having an old Zumo 400, so I can use this for the European maps and the Morocco maps and I'll install the T4A maps on my Zumo 550. However it would have been good to have European maps on both units and have one Zumo backing the other one up in case of failure. I've already had a Zumo fail during a trip.

Thoughts and suggestions welcome.

 

[Drumacoon Lad.]

Just to close this off. The process of loading the Garmin European maps and the T4A map at the same time with Mapsource worked successfully, (as recommended on the HUBB). So my Zumo 550 now has European maps and T4A maps both loaded. In addition I can load the Moroccan Garmin SD card once in Morocco. So the Zumo 550 will cover my complete journey, and I have the Zumo 400 with European maps as backup, and the laptop can stay at home. Hope this is useful to someone else.