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Greetings. I have read some posts that provide guidance on registering windows-based Maptech Chart Kit Companion CDs on a mac, and found these directions:

http://www.gpsnavx.com/pdf/Register.pdf

I have a brand-new Mac Book Pro (lucky me), and three previously unopened chart kit companion cds, all purchased within the last year. I followed the instructions above, downloaded the "Register" application, and when it prompts me to insert a BSB4 or BSB5 chart, I insert the Maptech CD into the drive. It whirls for a moment, then Register gives me a message that "A BSB4 or BSB5 chart CD could not be located". Are the Maptech companion CDs not BSB4 or BSB5? Am I doing something wrong? Do I need to install VMWare Fusion and Windows and register them in Windows? If I do this, can I then access the charts in my Mac OSX?

Thanks in advance for any help...headed to the BVIs next Sunday and am anxious to get this working before I leave (without buying additional digital charts if possible).

Insert the CD first, then start the register application.

Thank you for the quick response, and Happy Easter!

I quit Register, put the CD in first, then launched Register, and got the same result..."A BSB4 or BSB5 chart CD could not be located".

Any other thoughts?

Yes, Maptech companion CDs are BSB 5. A BSB 4 or 5 CD will have a BSBChart folder on it and .CAP files in it. Open it up in Finder and see if those are present. Please contact us directly at gpsnavx at mac dot com.

There are a lot of *.aes and *.oph files, but I cannot locate any *.cap files...

Thanks, I just emailed you...appreciate the help!

That doesn't sound like a BSB 4/5 CD. I will need to check with Maptech on this.

...OK so I am a dummy...these are NOT Maptech chart CDs...they are from www.cyc-charts.com...

Yes you should be able to run the installer on Windows, then copy over the .KAP files to your Mac and GPSNavX can open those.

Thanks GPSNaxV for your quick help via email, I will try to register my NV Digital charts (www.cyc-charts.com) through Windows, copy the .KAP files over, and let you know how it goes...

Best regards.

I put the CD in another Windows computer, registered, then copied the *.KAP files over to my Mac Book, and was able to open them with MacENC. Thanks very much! Headed to your website to purchase the full program.

Regards,

Hank

Postscript - My third CD was actually a Maptech CD (Region 11.3), and the Register program works great. I now have all three companion CD charts opened in MacENC, and have purchased full version of MacENC. Thanks for the help!

Hi,

I have a similar problem: I bought some years ago a Maptech disk of South Africa. They are all .cap files.

At the time they worked fine (with Fugawi on virtual PC). Now I have changed computer, navigation software, moved several times and I cannot open the files. How can I have the charts made usable from GPSnavX?

I also have .eap files that work on Fugawi, but seem not to be recognized by GPSnavX. Any solution?

Thanks in advance for your help

Pierre

If you changed Macs then you will need to register the Maptech BSB 4 charts again. You will need to follow the BSB 4 registration guide as linked in the GPSNavX help (or above) securing a new activation code based on the installation id and product id.