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BERT_UK
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| garyrk wrote: | BERT_UK,
see my post a short while, I also asked - the answer was the same as buying City Select for Europe - just need to shell out money for CD & Transflash cards.
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That's great. Sorry, my mistake I managed to miss that earlier. Doh!
I think I may just have to buy one of these little things.
Does anyone find the lack of touch screen to be a particularly big disadvantage? Or is the scroll wheel fine? |
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FriendlyBloke
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| Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2005 7:41 pm Post subject: |
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| garyrk wrote: | BERT_UK,
see my post a short while, I also asked - the answer was the same as buying City Select for Europe - just need to shell out money for CD & Transflash cards.
Friendly_bloke
I have managed to get the speed camera database working ok, along with a few other POI files and set up my own work related sites. Let me have a email contact and I'll help if I can
Works great (when it doesn't hang and give spurious spoken distances that do not match the correct visual distances!!!!) |
Thanks for the reply - jim.bailey01@ntlworld.com |
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swampmonster
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| Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2005 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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Not having touch screen doesn't seem to be a disadvantage although I have never used a touch screen. Inputting seems pretty easy to me using the scroll wheel.
Had another hang today. One suggestion - Take out the batteries and just use the cigar lighter, at least when you have to re-boot you only need take out the power plug from the side of the i3 and not have to remove the batteries. |
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garyrk
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| Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2005 9:33 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the battery tip. Didn't think of that...
Had another interesting response from Garmin UK support this time on a temp solution to the hanging.....
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Hello,
Turn on WAAS. Unfortunately the i3 did ship with a few errors, however, turning on WAAS support seems to fix these problems.
Regards,
Garmin UK |
Time will tell.
Confirmation overnight from US that the new I3 sw release is imminent.
Gary. |
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GeckoGirl
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| Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 5:13 pm Post subject: |
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[quote="BERT_UK"] | garyrk wrote: | BERT_UK,
see my post a short while, I also asked - the answer was the same as buying City Select for Europe - just need to shell out money for CD & Transflash cards.
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Another newbie here - just got my i3 today (from Maplin) - it's great! as I'm going to europe in a couple of weeks I want to take it with me - does anyone know what size transflash card would be needed to load up City Select Europe? The biggest I've found is 512mb from SanDisk, but I have no idea whether that's any use
Thanks v much |
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zogman
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| Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 7:04 pm Post subject: |
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| geckogirl.....select all the maps you require on mapsource,look to see what the total megs will be and that is the size of card you need... |
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GeckoGirl
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| Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 9:17 pm Post subject: |
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| zogman wrote: | | geckogirl.....select all the maps you require on mapsource,look to see what the total megs will be and that is the size of card you need... |
Thanks Zogman - I haven't bought the City Select CD yet - I didn't want to buy it and then find it wouldn't fit on a card. However as it sounds as though I can just put the bits I want on, so that's great. |
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Cuppa
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| Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 10:53 pm Post subject: |
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Just received this mail:
| Quote: | Garmin is pleased to announce that new software is available for the StreetPilot i3.
The new software is: StreetPilot i3 Ver. 2.40
You can download the new software from our website by clicking the following link:
http://www.garmin.com/support/collection.jsp?product=010-00434-00
Changes made from version 2.00 to 2.40:
* Corrected potential lock-up due to temporary loss of satellite fix.
* Corrected potential shutdown at high zoom levels and maximum map detail.
* Corrected potential shutdown while reviewing route turns.
* Corrected potential shutdown while processing voice language selection.
* Corrected behavior when searching Near a selected point to begin at uppermost level of the 'find' menu.
* Corrected problem that prevented points-of-interest searches across multiple map sets from returning all possible results
* Improved speed of intersection searches.
* Improved German and Swedish translations.
* Enhanced audio file management.
* Added support for Portuguese audio.
* Corrected issue matching diacritic characters with base characters while searching for roads.
* Added ability to display comment data in addition to proximity alarm data when reviewing Garmin Point of Interest.
* Enhanced proximity alarm tone generation.
* Corrected map labeling in 2D mode.
This is an automated message. Please do not reply.
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If you would like to stop receiving these updates, please visit
http://announcements.garmin.com/mailman/listinfo/StreetPiloti3-updates/
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Send e-mail to StreetPiloti3-unsubscribe@announcements.garmin.com, and you will
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zogman
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| Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 12:04 am Post subject: |
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| thanks for letting us all know cuppa....lets hope it solves the 'locking' problem... |
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overide
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| Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 12:53 am Post subject: |
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| Cheers for the info, updated mine and will be tetsing it Saturday. |
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blackrat62
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| Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 4:23 pm Post subject: Update seems more stable |
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I have installed the update - piece of cake.
I have tried a couple of journeys with multiple deviations from the route which usually results in lock ups - so far so good, no lock ups to date.
This GPS looks better and better - a bargain at £199! |
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markyboy1
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| Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 6:03 pm Post subject: new update |
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| two questions re the update, when you download to the pc, how do you get the garmin to take the update, is there instructions given for this? Secondly I take it that the new software also includes the full 7 digit postcodes function, which mine did not in version 2.1 of the software. |
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blackrat62
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| Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 6:42 pm Post subject: Update |
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The update is very easy - you unzip the download, connect the i3 with the lead provided, double click on the 'loader' (in the unzipped file) , tick that you are using the USB connection, click OK - and it does it automatically in a couple of minutes.
The Postcode (7 digit) works fine. |
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markyboy1
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| Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 7:17 pm Post subject: |
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| have done it! website suggest putting gps in a mode that does not exist! slightly confusing but yes it updated in a few minutes, reloaded the speed cameras. Have tested it works fine, tiny speed camera icon shows on the road not sure whether that was there before. Postcode search works.. As a bonus i tested it in my wifes Ford Ka which has the heated front screen and it worked a dream in there. What i also like on the garmin that the tomtom does not do is that when a speed alert is given if you are driving over that speed the garmin chimes and flashes warning you. Very pleased |
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erne
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| Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 9:37 pm Post subject: |
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I just picked up one from PC world. Plenty in stock and £199.99
Very good bit of kit |
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