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dellk Occasional Visitor
Joined: Dec 28, 2005 Posts: 12 Location: Surrey
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Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 12:49 am Post subject: |
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I mean't: It of course does NOT boot far enough for the computer to see the Nuvi as a drive and so therefore unable to reflash the firmware or remove anything.
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frosticles Occasional Visitor
Joined: May 16, 2006 Posts: 13
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Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 1:38 pm Post subject: |
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Exactly the same here. killed 2 of them "Hoping" Garmin replace for a second time. |
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Anita Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Mar 15, 2006 Posts: 3219 Location: Windlesham, Surrey
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Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 2:24 pm Post subject: |
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Can someone please explain to me why, having screwed up one unit by installing (too many?) POIs, and Garmin sending them a new unit, they then do exactly the same with the new one.
In view of the many reports of dead units after installing the POIs, I would have thought it somewhat foolish to do it again! I'm surprised Garmin don't refuse to replace a 2nd unit under these circumstances. _________________ Anita
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frosticles Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 5:11 pm Post subject: |
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Didn't know that this was the cause at the time. There were no warnings when installing the POI's from either here or the Nuvi. Only after fried again did I decide to investigate further |
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SILVERFOXE Occasional Visitor
Joined: Mar 10, 2006 Posts: 39
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Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 10:14 pm Post subject: |
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I HAVE A NUVI 300 & TOUCH WOOD HAVE HAD NO PROBLEM'S UP TO YET, COULD ANYONE PLEASE TELL ME EXACTLY WHAT I CAN & CANNOT DOWN LOAD AS SPEED CAM UPDATE'S FROM THIS SITE , I WOULD BE MUCH OBLIGED IF YOU COULD EXPLAIN IT SIMPLY AS I'M NOT MUCH OF A TECHI .
CHEERS ,,,,,, PETER PEARCE |
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tetleyman Lifetime Member
Joined: Jan 03, 2007 Posts: 20 Location: Birmingham
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Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 12:08 am Post subject: |
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I had a C510 which kept locking up after POI installation and had to be exchanged. I now have the Nuvi 300 and have loaded several POI's on it without any problems at all, so far anyway.
I download and save the POI's to my hard dive, then use the Garmin POI loader to install them to the SD card in the Nuvi.
As the SD card is found as an extra storage device you can just take the SD card out if there are any problems or delete them straight from the SD card instead of the Nuvi itself.
By doing this the installation this way seems to stop any corrupted files if there are any from messing up the Nuvi simply take out the SD card from the unit or delete the Garmin file on the SD card which is where the POI's are stored.
Remember to back up all the files on your Garmin device before you do anything
I hope this helps
Regards, Pete |
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SILVERFOXE Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 10:10 pm Post subject: |
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HI PETE... HAVE ORDERED S/D CARD TODAY,,,WILL
DO AS YOU RECOMMEND IN FUTURE ,,, COULD YOU PLEASE GIVE ME A BIT MORE INFO AS TO THE BEST WAY TO BACK UP THE NUVI FILE'S AS I SAID B/4 I'M NOT MUCH ON THE TECHI BIT'S ,
MUCH OBLIGED PETER PEARCE |
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bugsymalone23 Occasional Visitor
Joined: Oct 26, 2006 Posts: 1
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Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 1:39 am Post subject: |
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Hi there, this happened to me tonight.
I can't get onto garmin.co.uk as the website is saying url wrong :S
I need to know where to send the unit, do i email them first or what
confused ?
please help |
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tetleyman Lifetime Member
Joined: Jan 03, 2007 Posts: 20 Location: Birmingham
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Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 2:15 am Post subject: |
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bugsymalone23 wrote: | Hi there, this happened to me tonight.
I can't get onto garmin.co.uk as the website is saying url wrong :S
I need to know where to send the unit, do i email them first or what
confused ?
please help |
The Garmin contact number is:- Free Phone 0808 238 0000 (within U.K.) or if the unit is still under warranty then take it back to the supplier that you purchased it from and ask them for an exchange.
Regards Pete |
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dougproctor Frequent Visitor
Joined: Jun 13, 2005 Posts: 808 Location: The Deep South
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Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:31 am Post subject: For the Mods please |
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There has been lots of threads on here about crashing Nuvi's and I have experienced this twice with two returns to Halfords. Garmin are blaming this site, especially the POI's, saying they are corrupt. I have to admit, I downloaded some POI's from here just before the machine failed with its "loading maps" error.
This is quite a serious allegation and I am sure that many ex owners of Nuvi's would welcome some answer to this. Can this be taken up with Garmin Support please so others will know whether they can or cannot use the downloads from this site? |
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tetleyman Lifetime Member
Joined: Jan 03, 2007 Posts: 20 Location: Birmingham
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Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 11:45 pm Post subject: |
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SILVERFOXE wrote: | HI PETE... HAVE ORDERED S/D CARD TODAY,,,WILL
DO AS YOU RECOMMEND IN FUTURE ,,, COULD YOU PLEASE GIVE ME A BIT MORE INFO AS TO THE BEST WAY TO BACK UP THE NUVI FILE'S AS I SAID B/4 I'M NOT MUCH ON THE TECHI BIT'S ,
MUCH OBLIGED PETER PEARCE |
Hi Pete
I have sent you a personal message regarding this issue.
Regards Pete |
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SILVERFOXE Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 10:58 pm Post subject: |
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tetleyman wrote: | SILVERFOXE wrote: | HI PETE... HAVE ORDERED S/D CARD TODAY,,,WILL
DO AS YOU RECOMMEND IN FUTURE ,,, COULD YOU PLEASE GIVE ME A BIT MORE INFO AS TO THE BEST WAY TO BACK UP THE NUVI FILE'S AS I SAID B/4 I'M NOT MUCH ON THE TECHI BIT'S ,
MUCH OBLIGED PETER PEARCE |
Hi Pete
I have sent you a personal message regarding this issue.
Regards Pete |
HI PETE
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK VERY MUCH FOR TIME & TROUBLE THAT YOU WENT TO IN SORTING ME OUT , YOUR INST'S WERE EXELLENT AFTER READING THEM THROUGH A FEW TIME'S , BIT THE BULLET & DID THE BUISNESS, ALL WENT WELL TILL RIGHT AT THE END , GOT A BIT OVER CONFIDENT & ENDED UP INSTALLING THEM ON THE NUVI THEN I WENT IN & DELETED POI'S FROM NUVI & S/D CARD & REINSTALLED THEM ON THE S/D ONLY ,AS PER YOUR INST'S , HAVE NOT HAD TIME TO TRY IT OUT BUT FINGER;S CROSSED ALL WILL BE FINE ,THANK'S ONCE AGAIN FOR ALL YOUR HELP .
YOUR SINCERLY
PETER PEARCE |
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tetleyman Lifetime Member
Joined: Jan 03, 2007 Posts: 20 Location: Birmingham
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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 11:25 pm Post subject: Re: For the Mods please |
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dougproctor wrote: | There has been lots of threads on here about crashing Nuvi's and I have experienced this twice with two returns to Halfords. Garmin are blaming this site, especially the POI's, saying they are corrupt. I have to admit, I downloaded some POI's from here just before the machine failed with its "loading maps" error.
This is quite a serious allegation and I am sure that many ex owners of Nuvi's would welcome some answer to this. Can this be taken up with Garmin Support please so others will know whether they can or cannot use the downloads from this site? |
I have e-mailed Garmin with regards to the question of a maximum amount of POI's before any problems if known, But i am still waiting for a reply from them.
I will post the response when they get back to me.
Pete |
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dougproctor Frequent Visitor
Joined: Jun 13, 2005 Posts: 808 Location: The Deep South
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Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 3:33 pm Post subject: |
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Pete,
For when read if....... They have ignored my email of 10 days ago. |
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mikealder Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jan 14, 2005 Posts: 19638 Location: Blackpool , Lancs
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Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 3:45 pm Post subject: |
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If you want the answer to this question please have a read of This - Mike |
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