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Topic: Drivesmart 51 not connecting with update server (Wi-Fi) |
TVR_nut
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Tue May 07, 2019 7:26 pm Subject: Drivesmart 51 not connecting with update server (Wi-Fi) |
Might be worth just doing it the old fashioned way, USB to PC and launch Garmin Express.
Thanks - that worked a treat. I assume I can also register my handheld Garmin GPS with Express and use it to ... |
Topic: Drivesmart 51 not connecting with update server (Wi-Fi) |
TVR_nut
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Tue May 07, 2019 4:00 pm Subject: Drivesmart 51 not connecting with update server (Wi-Fi) |
Might be worth just doing it the old fashioned way, USB to PC and launch Garmin Express.
Was thinking along those lines - have never installed Express as the Wi-Fi update worked previously.
Quic ... |
Topic: Drivesmart 51 not connecting with update server (Wi-Fi) |
TVR_nut
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Tue May 07, 2019 3:38 pm Subject: Drivesmart 51 not connecting with update server (Wi-Fi) |
Try cabling direct to your router to confirm it's not a WiFi issue, in any case Garmin don't recommend WiFi for map updates if that's what you're attempting?
I am just trying to see if there are an ... |
Topic: Drivesmart 51 not connecting with update server (Wi-Fi) |
TVR_nut
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Tue May 07, 2019 3:29 pm Subject: Drivesmart 51 not connecting with update server (Wi-Fi) |
Seemed to work OK when I first had the device, but now simply get a message saying "cannot communicate with the update server - try again later". Have been retrying all day since 9am (now 6 hrs later) ... |
Topic: Driver's Blames Sat Nav For Fatal Wrong Turn In Fog |
TVR_nut
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Forum: News And Latest Information Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2012 12:58 pm Subject: Driver's Blames Sat Nav For Fatal Wrong Turn In Fog |
A "situational awareness" course would be more to the point here - teach the driver to use his eyes and look out the window!
Whatever the satnav (or wife/back-seat driver etc) says, the dr ... |
Topic: 12mth Speed Camera Subscription - Just £14.99 - Ending Soon |
TVR_nut
Replies: 46
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Forum: News And Latest Information Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 11:37 am Subject: 12mth Speed Camera Subscription - Just £14.99 - Ending Soon |
Have a read through again. You can top up now at £14.99 and then cancel ALL recurring payments. You will then have the balance of your current subscription PLUS the 12mths at £14.99 before it all expi ... |
Topic: 12mth Speed Camera Subscription - Just £14.99 - Ending Soon |
TVR_nut
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Forum: News And Latest Information Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 4:03 pm Subject: 12mth Speed Camera Subscription - Just £14.99 - Ending Soon |
I guess a lot depends on how long £14.99 will the current price? If I cancel my recurring subscription now, the price may have gone back up by the time my renewal is due, and all I will have done is w ... |
Topic: Government Cuts Hit More Speed Camera Budgets |
TVR_nut
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Forum: Non-Technical Speed Camera Discussions Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 1:42 pm Subject: Government Cuts Hit More Speed Camera Budgets |
no matter what cuts the government put in place they wont axe what is blatenly a `good little earner` unless it starts to cost them money, obviously damaged cameras would cost a lot to replace, not of ... |
Topic: Are SatNavs distracting drivers? |
TVR_nut
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Forum: News And Latest Information Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2010 2:44 pm Subject: Are SatNavs distracting drivers? |
The occasional quick glance at a Sat Nav screen is not really that much of a distraction - the advance voice command gives you enough time to do a quick hazard scan before looking to the screen, and i ... |
Topic: M11 Speed Camera Increases Accidents and Raises £500k/Year |
TVR_nut
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Forum: News And Latest Information Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 1:30 pm Subject: M11 Speed Camera Increases Accidents and Raises £500k/Year |
is there a count down for the speed limit change? i.e. a greyed out 50 sign with the count-down bars or even '800yds ahead'?
coupled with a speed camera sign then that would probably be a cheap opt ... |
Topic: pMOBILE Verification |
TVR_nut
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Forum: PocketGPSWorld Speed Camera Database Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 9:29 pm Subject: pMOBILE Verification |
I see a new potential site has appeared on the database, on the A565 just NW of Southport, near Banks, on Gravel Lane. It is marked as a Pmobile60 - whereas the dual carriageway there is NSL, 70mph. G ... |
Topic: Source for accident blackspot data |
TVR_nut
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Forum: PocketGPSWorld Speed Camera Database Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 9:24 pm Subject: Blackspot Info |
When I had a Road Angel, I reckoned that the blackspot data for roads like the M6 in the NW was quite good - a lot of those points where the traffic inexplicably and suddenly stops were warned against ... |
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