Posted by gps_units on
January 23, 2010
It is unbelievable to sell a 512 Mb Memory Card for US$ 125. I have no other option and I have to buy it for my Garmin but I consider them thieves.
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Posted by gps_units on
September 13, 2009
The nuvi 255W works fine. Functionally the only slight problem is that on my unit I have to press pretty hard on the screen if I want to ‘drag’ the map. I don’t know if that’s typical or just my unit, I still rate it 5 stars.
But the most important note I have to share with people has to do with purchasing extra maps for the unit.
Since we will be travelling in the UK, I purchased the UK map for $100. You have your choice to download the map, or have it shipped on an SD card. Not thinking there was any difference I figured I’d get it quicker and save a few bucks by downloading the map. It then occurred to me that in the future I might want to upgrade the unit, and would want to keep using the extra maps I’d purchased on a different nuvi. I emailed tech support and asked if it would be possible to ‘de-activate’ the map on my current unit and then ‘activate’ it to work with a different unit. Here is the reply I got from tech support and I have to say I’m not happy, as it turns out there is a huge difference between the purchased SD card and the downloaded data. This should be explained on the website, and as far as I can see this is not documented anywhere on Garmin’s site. If it is, it sure isn’t obvious.
Here’s the email:
Dear xxx,
Thank you for contacting Garmin International. It depends on the format that you get those maps in. If you get them on a DVD or direct download, they will be locked to the device and there would not be a way to transfer them over to the new unit. However, if you got the maps on a preloaded SD card, you can put that card in any unit you want and the maps will work, since the unlock code is embedded in the card itself and is not dedicated to any specific unit.
With Best Regards,
Robert O
So my advice to anyone purchasing extra maps is to make sure you get the SD card if you want to use the data with a different unit!
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Posted by gps_units on
September 8, 2009
I have had my Garmin 755t for 8 months now and it has worked perfectly until the recently discovered software problem caused it to fail. Garmin had sent me (as a registered user) a notification about the bug, but I did not update the software as soon as I should have. The device failed on a trip. There was an easy to complete repair form on their web site and Garmin emailed a link to a prepaid UPS shipping label. I shipped the device on a Friday, Garmin received it on Monday and I had it back in my hands on Thursday. Not a bad turnaround considering UPS ground shipping is used. Lessons learned is that if you are notified about a software bug and a patch is made available; apply the patch before you take your next trip!
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August 27, 2009
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