Downloading charts from My Charts

Once redeemed charts can be downloaded from the MY Charts area of the LightHouse™ charts store.

  1. Log in to your account.
  2. Go to the MY CHARTS area.
  3. Expand the Download options for the region(s) you want to download.
  4. If updates are available click Get latest data.
  5. If you have a valid Premium subscription you can select Add now for Streets & Points of interest and Aerial photos to include these with your download.

    When adding Streets & Points of Interest and Aerial photos you can create up to 5 area boxes for each feature per purchased region. Follow the onscreen instructions to define each area of coverage.

  6. Click Download.
  7. If you have more than 1 region you can group them together by selecting the relevant grouping option.

    Grouping allows you to minimize download file size, by grouping up to 3 regions, from the same continent together.

  8. Check the SD card requirements.
    Note

    A blank chart card purchased from a Raymarine dealer will already be in the correct format.

  9. Click CONTINUE.
  10. Check unique ID file.
    Note

    A blank chart card purchased from a Raymarine dealer will already include the unique ID file.

  11. Click CONTINUE.
  12. Check ‘LightHouse_charts’ folder
    Note

    A blank chart card purchased from a Raymarine dealer will already include the ‘LightHouse_charts’ folder.

  13. Click CONTINUE.
  14. Click Browse to file and locate the Lighthouse_id.txt file in the root directory of the chart card.
  15. Click CONTINUE.

    The download package will now be prepared and downloaded to your computer.

    Note

    • Depending on files size and connection speed the package preparation and download may take some time, click receive email notification to get an email when the package is ready to be downloaded.

    • If the download does not start automatically once the package has been prepared click Download.

  16. Locate the downloaded file and copy to the Lighthouse_charts folder on your SD card.
    Note

    Ensure that the folder contains only 1 cartography file.

  17. The memory card can now be inserted into your MFD.