software is a year out of date. help please

gavjbrown · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 23, 2006 Posts: 30

hi i bought a garmin i3 back in january and now when i switch it on its says the software is out of date and would i like to buy new.

is this normal as i have not had a year yet.

also i have just bought a new i3 for a friend. how do i know if its got the latest mapping software.

and will garmin update if its not.

thanks gav

zogman · Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 3:12 pm Post subject:

i think it only shows that message three times...if you want updated maps you will probably have to pay for it ...
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gavjbrown · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 23, 2006 Posts: 30

its version v8 so i guess all is well.

thanks for your help guys.

zogman · Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 9:53 am Post subject:

does it still show the 'update' screen...
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gavjbrown · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 23, 2006 Posts: 30

yes the one i bought in january asks me if i want to update the software when i switch it on.

the one i bought recently does not.

thanks

scotty76 · Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 10:36 am Post subject:

Mine's still nagging me too. I wonder if a reset would make it disappear?

zogman · Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 2:58 pm Post subject:

so the nag screen dont dissappear after three times then?
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gavjbrown · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 23, 2006 Posts: 30

hi zogman, same as you say it has stopped doing it now.

fox2319 · Lifetime Member Joined: Jan 02, 2006 Posts: 12

Hi,

I'm getting the same problem on my i3 (bought in january). It'd got v8 maps and v3.20 software. I'm 'happy' to accept that the maps change over time and I will probably need to either update the unit or get a new one at some point in the future but at present I'd settle for stopping the nag screen!

It's been nagging me every time I switch on for the past week or so. It does not seem to stop after 3 goes (either on 'Tell me more' or 'remind me later'). It really is putting me off this thing. It's as if the nag software was written by TomTom!

Cheers

Jeff

gavjbrown · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 23, 2006 Posts: 30

hi jeff, my last post says that mine has stopped nagging me.
but the very next time i turned it on the nag was back.

i love my i3 but same as you says its very off putting.

surely there is a way to turn it off.

please help someone

scotty76 · Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 10:16 am Post subject:

I did a reset on mine which seems to have banished it for now. I e-mailed Garmin to ask for a solution and got a less than helpful reply (I already have the v8 maps) but it did at least say when the v9 maps will be out.....

PaulB2005 · Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 10:17 am Post subject:

zogman · Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 11:36 am Post subject:

PaulB2005 · Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 12:06 pm Post subject:

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