Quest and City Select version 7

or10n · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 20, 2005 Posts: 12

Hi DPL,

I updated to City Select V7.0 the other day.

I have just loaded the selected maps (UK and the coastal area of N.France) to the Quest.

In order to effect the transfer it seems that you first of all select the maps which you wish to transfer, using the mapping tool ( in my case the 132 maps which I wanted took a few minutes), at this stage I thought it best to save the selection, which I simplistically called My Maps 1.

You then have to have the Quest connected to the USB Port, and switched on! Once the computer has found the device (The Quest) you should be able to effect the transfer, in this case Tick the Map Box. It will be greyed out until the computer has recognised the Quest.

Once having found it took about 15 minutes to transfer the 132 maps - just time to pour another drink!

Hope you get it sorted.

Phil Thomas

ayresmas · Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2005 2:00 am Post subject: Quest and City Select version 7

Hi DPL:

Have you selected some parts of the map with the map tool?

DPL · Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2005 8:30 am Post subject:

I suppose reading the manual might have helped me - but that's not a boy's thing. I did do it in the end. I hadn't twigged at first that you had to delete the original maps, then I didn't twig you had to highlight what you wanted as opposed to just trying to transfer everything....By blundering around I got there but I can't help feeling a l;ot of pain and anguish could have been avoided if the v7 cd had included some instructions beyond "pull this tab to open the packet..." Did someone suggest an idiots guide? Form a queue behind me. Embarassed

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or10n · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 20, 2005 Posts: 12

Hi DPL,

You're right - it needs some clever b****r to write a "GPS for Dummies" book.

Glad you managed to get it sorted.

Regards to all,

Phil Thomas

DPL · Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2005 1:28 pm Post subject:

Actually, on closer inspection it's not completely sorted. Sad

I've got the v7 for the UK loaded and all works fine. :D But. As delivered the Quest would allow me to construct 'European tours' - for instance I programmed in a route that took in the motor racing circuits of Le Mans, Nurburgring, Rheims, Spa.....ie from a Coventry base a journey of 1500 miles or so around the UK, France and Germany. Having loaded the UK maps the world ends at Dover, as you would expect, but if I try and load Germany and France there's not enough memory. (UK - 166mb, Germany - 379mb, France - 356 mb - total Quest memory 256mb or thereabouts) So, I'm confused again. The Quest as delivered with v6 contained at least UK, France and Germany because I created all sorts of trial routes involving all sorts of places. Crying or Very sad

Anybody know what's changed or what I've done/doing wrong Question

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tjr · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 06, 2005 Posts: 15

As delivered the Quest will have the Atlantic base map for the whole of Europe. This is fixed so it should still be there (try looking again!!!). It's routable, so can be used for route planning but of course doesn't contain detailed street level data.

If you were planning a long European trip, it should be possible to download specific detailed maps for your destinations, and use the basemap for the journeys between them. You'll have to think carefully where you will need the detailed maps most. Or take a laptop with you and reload as you move between regions.

DPL · Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2005 8:08 pm Post subject:

tjr - ok, bit more information. If I zoom out from the UK to show the whole of Europe then that's what I see - the whole of Europe, so presumably the Atlantic base map is there as you suggested. Smile

But what I can't do anymore is find an address outside the UK. Sad

Whereas as delivered I could search for places like Le Mans, Rheims, Nurburgring, my cousins place in the south of France....now the address database seems to be UK only. I can see the places on the map - they're named and I can zoom into them but I can't 'find' them. Confused

Any clues

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Skippy · Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2005 9:56 pm Post subject:

DPL · Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2005 10:22 pm Post subject:

Serious request...Perhaps you'd care to enlighten me then, in simple English translated from the manual, what steps I should take...
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ayresmas · Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 12:55 am Post subject: Garmin Quest difficulties

Hi DPL:

(1) I am not an expert in GPS operation but I think that using v.7 is much like using v.6. What changes are the amount of information, some particular details and new features provided but the operation is supposed to be much the same.

(2) The point is: go ease, go slowly getting used to each and every functionality of Quest. Quest is a bit complicated (but very powerful). Read a small portion of the manual and exercise it and read again and exercise it again to get damnly familiar with it. Even doing so, you will find latter new features in old points you might have thought you were already proficient! I have been doing this way and it works.

DPL · Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 10:48 am Post subject:

ayresmas

Yes, thanks, that's exactly what I've been doing since I got the Quest back in November and I've had no issues with functionality until now. If you take it a step at a time there is logic to everything. I'm very very impressed with the whole thing. :D
I asssumed in the absence of any instructions supplied with the v7 cd (other than put it in the cd drawer of the pc and click 'run') that nothing would be changed compared to v6 other than the addition of updated map data. But nowhere can I find why the 'find address' feature is now limited to the UK or how to recover the feature for the whole of the Atlantic basemap. As I've said previously I can see my cousins place in the south of France on the (base) map but I can't plot a route to it anymore as I could prior to loading v7. If the base map is embedded in the unit what has altered its functionality?

Somethings changed and I guess it's not anything that anybody has come up against before as there has been no words of wisdom posted. I've emailed Garmin Tech Support for their views. I'll post the response...
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tjr · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 06, 2005 Posts: 15

Skippy · Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 2:08 pm Post subject:

DPL · Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 2:25 pm Post subject:

tjr and skippy - you both hit upon the problem. 8) I was assuming (wrongly) that a could 'find' an 'address' in the base map. As you both rightly point out you can only 'find' 'cities' in the base map. So now, all works and all is right with the world again. :D Thank you both for your help. This shows the benefits to all of the forum. Thank you Pocket GPS World too. :D :D

Skippy - no offense taken Wink

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Number6 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 02, 2005 Posts: 18

DPL, did you get the version 6 CD package with your Quest? There is an excellent tutorial on the installation disc, mine came with no maps pre-loaded so I've been playing about loading different areas. One thing that's annoying is that you can't add further maps without automatically deleting all the existing maps, so make sure you load everything you need in one go!

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