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Mikbro Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 7:42 pm Post subject: Slow Map Download. Is this normal?? HELP |
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I have a new 2595LMT and I use Windows 7 and my broadband speed is 2mb. I am downloading the latest Europe map update and this is the first time update I have downloaded.
It tells me that this is going to take 7 hours!.
Is that correct, do they really take this long or is there something I need to be doing to speed things up? |
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m-a-r-k Regular Visitor
Joined: Jun 17, 2008 Posts: 80 Location: Highland
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Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 8:48 pm Post subject: |
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Yep, the last update took 8 hours and 1 hour to upload to the Garmin.
I usually do it overnight to avoid my download quota for the month. _________________ Mark B
Garmin nüvi 350
SW V6.20, GPS SW V3.00
City Navigator Europe NT 2018.10 |
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MaFt Pocket GPS Staff
Joined: Aug 31, 2005 Posts: 15219 Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
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Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 10:24 pm Post subject: |
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2mb broadband would give you a rough maximum download speed of 200KB per second. n reality if you are on ADSL this could average out at 100KB per second.
So 1MB would take about 10-12 seconds.
1GB would be about 12,000-15,000 seconds (3-4 hours)
Depending on the map size it could easily be trying to get 1.5-3GB so yeah, it could take a good 7 hours
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TheQuest Regular Visitor
Joined: Aug 15, 2010 Posts: 81 Location: Kent. UK by the sea
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Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 12:42 am Post subject: |
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Hi MaFt
MaFt wrote: | 2mb broadband would give you a rough maximum download speed of 200KB per second. n reality if you are on ADSL this could average out at 100KB per second.
So 1MB would take about 10-12 seconds.
1GB would be about 12,000-15,000 seconds (3-4 hours)
Depending on the map size it could easily be trying to get 1.5-3GB so yeah, it could take a good 7 hours
MaFt |
Often wondered what abbr MaFt was of ?, know you have have made it very evident that it is an abbreviation for Mathematician .
Take Care
TheQuest _________________ When Nothing is Certain, Anything is Possible. |
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MaFt Pocket GPS Staff
Joined: Aug 31, 2005 Posts: 15219 Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
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Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 1:26 am Post subject: |
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- sadly it's not
Although I have always enjoyed a bit of maths!
If you really MUST know then it's all explained here: http://MaFt.co/about
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M8TJT The Other Tired Old Man
Joined: Apr 04, 2006 Posts: 10118 Location: Bexhill, South Sussex, UK
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Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 9:16 am Post subject: |
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TheQuest wrote: | Often wondered what abbr MaFt was of ?, know you have have made it very evident that it is an abbreviation for Mathematician | Your'e right, but spelled it wrong, it's MaFamatician |
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Mikbro Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 9:43 am Post subject: |
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Thanks to all for the info.
Bit of a shock and it took 10 hours in the end, then it started to validate the download and not knowing how long that would take I just gave up!
Will try agin this morning. |
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sussamb Pocket GPS Verifier
Joined: Mar 18, 2011 Posts: 4460 Location: West Sussex
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Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 10:39 am Post subject: |
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Part of the problem is also the transferring between your PC and the nuvi, given that it'll be using a USB port. BTW ensure you're plugged directly into a USB port, problems can apparently occur if you try via a USB hub.
There is one thing though that many of us could do; if you have EU maps do you really need ALL of the EU? I just download the Western Europe section, which is about half the full EU mapset. |
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m-a-r-k Regular Visitor
Joined: Jun 17, 2008 Posts: 80 Location: Highland
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Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 10:58 am Post subject: |
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Yes, I just get the North-west section of Europe and even that is over 4GB. I might look at a smaller map next time. _________________ Mark B
Garmin nüvi 350
SW V6.20, GPS SW V3.00
City Navigator Europe NT 2018.10 |
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JohnGray Regular Visitor
Joined: Nov 22, 2004 Posts: 76
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Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 8:24 pm Post subject: |
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If I could hitch onto this post:
I'm just downloading the latest map update, 2012.40, for what I believe to be the whole of Europe (last time round about 2.3 GB) - whereas all I want to install are the UK and Ireland maps (about 400 MB, I think).
Is it really necessary to download all this data and "waste" over 80% of it?
Is there no intelligent way just to download the UK & Ireland maps?
Or am I misunderstanding something fundamental...?
Thanks! |
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m-a-r-k Regular Visitor
Joined: Jun 17, 2008 Posts: 80 Location: Highland
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Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 8:33 pm Post subject: |
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I have always used the GarminMapUpdater.exe program which you can download instead of the program Garmin prefer you to use which automatically gets the updates for you.
I prefer to have control over what my computer is up to and when it happens.
In this program you have control of what map section to download and where you want it on your computer if you use MapSource for instance. _________________ Mark B
Garmin nüvi 350
SW V6.20, GPS SW V3.00
City Navigator Europe NT 2018.10 |
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JohnGray Regular Visitor
Joined: Nov 22, 2004 Posts: 76
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Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 8:38 pm Post subject: |
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I don't seem to have GarminMapUpdater.exe on my system, so I'd be grateful if you could give a hand-holding explanation of how to obtain it! Does it handle the Lifetime Update maps?
Thanks |
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sussamb Pocket GPS Verifier
Joined: Mar 18, 2011 Posts: 4460 Location: West Sussex
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Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 10:22 pm Post subject: |
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When you log onto myGarmin and then update maps select Option 2. Look out for the Install Options on one of the screens (bottom left). This enables you to select to install to PC only, and will download Mapinstall.Exe for you ... you should find it in your Programs, Garmin folder.
Click on it once the maps have downloaded to your PC and the wizard guides you through the map install process on to your nuvi. |
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TheQuest Regular Visitor
Joined: Aug 15, 2010 Posts: 81 Location: Kent. UK by the sea
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Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2012 1:27 am Post subject: |
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Hi MaFt
MaFt wrote: | - sadly it's not
Although I have always enjoyed a bit of maths!
If you really MUST know then it's all explained here: http://MaFt.co/about
MaFt |
Thank you for the new link, I had your old link bookmarked. [The Garmin one]
PS: Will not code my Age, as it would take up to much space.
Take Care
TheQuest _________________ When Nothing is Certain, Anything is Possible. |
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TheQuest Regular Visitor
Joined: Aug 15, 2010 Posts: 81 Location: Kent. UK by the sea
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Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2012 1:40 am Post subject: |
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Hi M8TJT
M8TJT wrote: | TheQuest wrote: | Often wondered what abbr MaFt was of ?, know you have have made it very evident that it is an abbreviation for Mathematician | Your'e right, but spelled it wrong, it's MaFamatician |
Thanks for pointing out the error.
Take Care
TheQuest _________________ When Nothing is Certain, Anything is Possible. |
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