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Topic: USB Drivers software version 2.2 as of February 28, 2007 |
Spenk
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 3:30 pm Subject: USB Drivers software version 2.2 as of February 28, 2007 |
Works fine with Vista (32 Bit Version). Having just got a new PC with Vista, initially when I tried to hook up to my i3 it said it couldn't find the unit. Once I installed the new USB drivers everythi ... |
Topic: Firmware release 3.10 |
Spenk
Replies: 160
Views: 62023
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 1:19 am Subject: Firmware release 3.10 |
Been using 3.1 for a couple of weeks now (with ver 7 maps - I must get the card sent off!) and had some strange responses. No white screens of death or lock-ups, but on several occasions it did seem t ... |
Topic: Garmin i3 case colour |
Spenk
Replies: 10
Views: 2958
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 1:11 am Subject: Garmin i3 case colour |
Blimey, someone will be suggesting go faster strips and body kits next |
Topic: i3 & Rechargeable Batteries... |
Spenk
Replies: 4
Views: 1950
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 9:44 pm Subject: i3 & Rechargeable Batteries... |
Dilcymro is correct. I believe the reason Garmin give you an option for rechargeable batteries is that they tend to die quickly when they are on their last legs, where as normal batteries will die slo ... |
Topic: i3 WAAS or GPS norm. |
Spenk
Replies: 78
Views: 19522
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 9:32 pm Subject: i3 WAAS or GPS norm. |
Thanks skippy and oddsock. After doing a bit of further reading it appears that the unit will operate as you described - i.e. if it can get an EGNOS lock it will use the data, otherwise it will operat ... |
Topic: i3 WAAS or GPS norm. |
Spenk
Replies: 78
Views: 19522
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 11:51 pm Subject: i3 WAAS or GPS norm. |
what happens if it loses the EGNOS signal.
If you lose your view of the EGNOS satellite then the GPS will keep using the last known correction data for a few minutes and eventually switch back to n ... |
Topic: i3 WAAS or GPS norm. |
Spenk
Replies: 78
Views: 19522
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 1:20 am Subject: i3 WAAS or GPS norm. |
Ah - the old addage - never assume, check For those of you wondering how EGNOS works, then I suggest clicking on the link in one of my previous posts in this thread, which will take you to the ... |
Topic: i3 WAAS or GPS norm. |
Spenk
Replies: 78
Views: 19522
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 3:03 am Subject: i3 WAAS or GPS norm. |
I have sent an email to Garmin asking if there is anyway of telling if the i3 is receiving EGNOS, and also if they know the current operational status and whether losing the signal with EGNOS enabled ... |
Topic: i3 WAAS or GPS norm. |
Spenk
Replies: 78
Views: 19522
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 2:13 am Subject: i3 WAAS or GPS norm. |
After reading this topic the first question that popped in to my head was how do we know that EGNOS is being received by our i3s? As far as I know there is no way of telling whether the unit is receiv ... |
Topic: Ash10's Speed Camera Editing / Loading Software |
Spenk
Replies: 246
Views: 98685
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 5:34 pm Subject: Ash10's Speed Camera Editing / Loading Software |
Thanks Ash10 - it doesn't like the fact that the files are in a sub directory in the original Zip file. Once I'd unzipped them and re-zipped them back into a stand-alone file it all worked great ... |
Topic: Ash10's Speed Camera Editing / Loading Software |
Spenk
Replies: 246
Views: 98685
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 4:19 pm Subject: Ash10's Speed Camera Editing / Loading Software |
Does it have to be the latest version to work - i.e. I have a camera database from Jan 06. It's the Garmin specific one with CSV files. When I try to drag and drop this into the app all I get is the b ... |
Topic: Interesting Email From Garmin...... |
Spenk
Replies: 27
Views: 7128
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 1:41 am Subject: Interesting Email From Garmin...... |
If it does estimate your ETA with reference to the speed of the roads that you are using, then it would be nice to know what speeds it uses (i.e. if you use Autoroute etc then you have the option of s ... |
Topic: Custom POI on Beta Version |
Spenk
Replies: 2
Views: 1490
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 1:25 am Subject: Custom POI on Beta Version |
Thanks for the reply Nickwolf. I suppose the good news is that MaFt hasn't got to rewrite his database again |
Topic: Custom POI on Beta Version |
Spenk
Replies: 2
Views: 1490
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 1:21 am Subject: Custom POI on Beta Version |
I know that someone has already mentioned this, but was wondering if anyone had an answer? The Beta software seems to have removed all of the categories from the custom POIs . I suppose if you wan ... |
Topic: I3 Shortest / Fastest |
Spenk
Replies: 3
Views: 1781
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 12:19 am Subject: I3 Shortest / Fastest |
I presume if you did that then it would give you a different ETA than if you told it you were in a car Mind you, it might turn out to be more accurate that way |
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