Newbie Q's re: new Garmin Quest II

[firestormimp]

I have bought a 2nd hand Garmin Quest II for use in my car and on my motorbike but having had it 2 days am totally lost. Can anybody answer the following:

1) My GPS has City Navigator NT v8 on it - how do I update it to v9, and do I have to pay, also is it worth doing?

2) When I go to 'Map Updates' on the Garmin website and I type the serial no. it comes up with ' No available updates' surely v9 is an update?

3) What is a Legacy operating system and is it anything to do with my GPS? - I saw these on the garmin 'updates' part of their website

4) What is Nroute and is it anything to do with my GPS? - I saw these on the garmin 'updates' part of their website

5) Why doesn't my GPS show up on the 'My Computer' page of windows when it is plugged in via the USB? And if it is not there how can you move files to it i.e. POI's etc - I am keen to get the speed cameras on that this ssite promotes

6) The quest II is meant to come with maps already on it (which cannot be updated) but also comes with a DVD of City Navigator - I do not understand what the unit comes with if you have to add on City Navigator?

Many thanks in advance

Nick

[oddsock]

Hi, will try and answer some of your questions but first a question for you,
Did you get a yellow slip of paper with an unlock code from the original owner?

Dave
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TomTom one v1,tomtom one v 3,TT Start20,Garmin Oregon 300,Nuvi 300
Garmin Quest

[PaulB2005]

1) V10 (2008) has just been released. Once you register the unit with Garmin you'll be able to go through their procedure to get a free DVD of the latest maps. Once you have that you need to go back and pay for the unlock code for your unit.

2) v9 has just been withdrawn. v10 is now avalible. Others could see the v10 update when i couldn't so it may take a day or two to come through for you. Also i had the same when i followed that procedure, however once registered with Garmin i could use another procedure to find the v10 update for my unit. See this thread

3) Legancy OS = Windows 98, Me The older no longer supported operating systems.
4) ??

5) The older models like yours and mine are not Mass Storage Devices and so do not show up as drives. You use POILoader to load POIs and the safety cameras on your unit. Download POILoader here

6) What maps are preloaded (Page 47 of the manual - link below) and what does the DVD say is on it?

All the updates and software for the Quest 2 are avalible here from Garmin. If you are not sure of anything - ask.

The Quest 2 manual is here 1.9 Mb PDF

[firestormimp]

Thanks for this.

Yes, I did get the yellow slip and I have registered with Garmin so I will try ordering the disk tonight.

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