Quest 1 and 2 with v7 + v8??

Aladdin_Sane · Regular Visitor Joined: Jan 01, 2006 Posts: 79

Hi,

I have a Q1 running V7 and my son is buying a Q2 which will be V8. We only have one P.C. between us.

What problems can I expect with the software?

Thanks.

farzad · Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 10:38 am Post subject: Quest 1 and 2 with v7 + v8??

Hi Aladdin

My only experince has been with V6 and V7, where V7 was an upgrade CD. When I fire up Mapsource, I can choose if I want V6 or V7 from a drop down box at top left of screen.

Mapsource is also able to detect which Quest unit has been connected to it, as long as the unit has been registered.

So I'm guessing you shouldn't have a problem, but that's just my guess as I'm not able to test it for you.

To play it safe, you could install V8 in it's own directory.
But this might get complicated when you want to upgrade your Quest 1's V7 to V8.....thenyou end up with 2 V8s on different direcotries

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Aladdin_Sane · Regular Visitor Joined: Jan 01, 2006 Posts: 79

So if I load V8 over my already installed V7 (upgraded from V6) I should just be able to swap between 7 and 8 depending on what unit i'm using? Would that work okay?

Skippy · Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 2:29 pm Post subject:

farzad · Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 2:45 pm Post subject: Quest 1 and 2 with v7 + v8??

Off course
Nice one Skippy
I'd forgotten about that little gem.

So aladdin will be able to simply install V8 and register both units with it and have V8 runnig on both Quests....nice one.

I guess it is a nice one unless Aladdin has some reason for wanting to continue with V7 on his and V8 on his son's Quest 2.

Aladdin_Sane · Regular Visitor Joined: Jan 01, 2006 Posts: 79

I just didn't know I could use 8 on both. I thought it would be akin to putting a single copy of XP on two pc's you own if ya know what I mean. If i'm impressed with V8 i'll chuck it on the Q1.

Will my Q1 then show camera sites?

oddsock · Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 9:33 am Post subject:

XJR · Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 5:37 pm Post subject:

Can anyone verify what ODDSOCK has just said???
I am going as far as Slovakia in two weeks time and have the choice of V7 or V8 and would like to know that I have loaded the appropriate one to my Quest 1.
We sail from Newcastle to Holland, from there we will be heading to Dresden and then on into Poland (Iknow my Quest won't be too good here). Then through Krakow and down into Bratislava before heading back into Czech republic. Leaving Plzen and then back into Germany to spend a night in the wonderful Cologne and a spin round the Nurburgring before heading to Zeebrugge to catch our ferry back to Rosyth in Scotland....................PHEW Laughing

oddsock · Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 5:46 pm Post subject:

If you have access to both versions you can view your intended route in Mapsource and see the difference in memory used as the corridor each side of it is wider also v8 has more poi detail.

Dave
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XJR · Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 5:53 pm Post subject:

Thanks oddsock, I was doing that as you replied..............spot on mate!!!
One learns something new everyday!!!!

oddsock · Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 6:09 pm Post subject:

To show the huge difference I plotted a route from Pontypool to the South of France just above Barcelona ..V8 = 148MB ..V6 = 50MB.

dave
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elsinga · Regular Visitor Joined: May 14, 2005 Posts: 171

You can install both v7 and v8 on one computer (as a reference, I have dozens of map products on mine...). You can not use CN8 NT on the Q1, since it is not compatible with the NT type maps. You can use the v7 maps from the Q1 on the Q2, provided you register it as the second unit and obtain an unlock code for it.
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