i think the standard maps are already on it, but when i first bought mine i didnt get any map updates till i paid for new maps a few years later, they now come every few weeks, but i do have mapshare now, which is great. ya see i go to different addresses all the time in my job. so i keep it updated weekly. so if you have mapshare on it already then map changes are sent to you as soon as you plug it in to update. but beware. any favourite addresses you have will be lost if you update the map, yourl know if its a full map update, cus it will be about 100+mb. you have to store your favourites in points of interest if you wanna keep them. to do this you just go to create point of interest category put in lets say 'work' and then add point of interest, when you do this it takes you to the normal screen you would get if you wanted to navigate somewhere, just press favourites and pick the ones you wanna keep, and do them one by one. hope all this helps mate