My new garmin 450 will not show the contours in the upper midwest guide pakg. Do I have any options? I just bought both items and still do not have what I wanted.
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I had to go into map data and change some stuff around but I have a different gps
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I just installed the small SanDisk chip (half inch by half inch) with the gold contacts down; under the batteries (my chip fits loosely, make sure yours is making contact). When you start to zoom in on a lake the contour lines just start to appear.
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There is a map setting in the garmin to turn maps on or off. You can not have lake mapps on and see the contours of the land. You have to shut off lake maps from displaying to see land contours.
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I was able to get a hold of Amazon support by phone today. I was told the Nuvi 350 units being shipped have NT 2008 map in it. I asked about the v.5 mentioned on Amazon website and he did not know about that. He would check and have it corrected. According to him, Garmin will start shipping units with 2009 map in about a month, starting with the 200 series, 300's, and so on. Based on this, I plan to buy one now even with 2008 map. Again, he could not confirm about free update from Garmin. If I can get a free update, that's great. If not, I'm still happy since price had come down significantly
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I believe you can find out this answer and any others you may need by going to: http://www.garmin.com/us/support/ - I hope it helps!
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I have it in my 450, if you go to the Midwest chip on Amazon it tells in the product description all the units that will be compatible. Do not know about outside Garmin. K
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Thanks for the reply, Craig!Do we need to buy the topo software directly from Garmin, or does Amazon carry it? (I couldn't find it here.) Will we need an extra memory card to hold the topo data for a region? I'm trying to figure out what the total expense will be for all the add-ons we'll want/need before we choose a unit.If you were choosing between an eTrex and a GPSMAP unit today, which would you choose?Thanks again!
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go to the gps find inf and look for 2008 version if sucessful it will show up there. I felt the same way you do and by using these updates in NC and SC I have not seen any updates. So you probably were sucessful as I was in two cases first getting the updates installed and two getting ripped off by Garmin see my rating and discussion. Good Luck.
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Ok I am finding the best way for me to manage multiple stops is just to punch them in as Add as Via Point, then go to Custom Routes, Current Route, Save, then Manual Reorder. When you are Done the GPS shows you a map with your Start, Stops and End flags along the pink route line. Manually Reorder again if needed. If you know that you can't park on the side of the street Garmin wants you to just over/under shoot your turn, it will reroute you to go around the block and still reach your point. I updated the unit with the latest maps yesterday and it still has a problem with oneway streets.
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I have the Maps of whole of USA and Canada with updates, I do not have maps of Europe. I assume that one could buy maps of UK & Europe from Garmin or Amazon by down loading through your computer.
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I am still tring to make it work!I have tried several driver from garmin but no results.If you find some please let me know and so I will.Thanks,F.
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they show up constantly blocking a section of map. If i'm trying to find a short cut by getting a view of the streets I might use, the ad blocks my ability to survey the near horizon. and they do come up while I'm moving. funny thing is they didn't show up at all until I downloaded my second firmware update... grrr. I really feel they devalue the unit past endurance.
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I have the ssame problem, I tried to put the GARMIN´s maps and nothing, what can I do ? In the Peak website this product it´s disappear.
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Hi I wish I had a answer for you I am not satified with the maps or the POI's. I live in New England and the maps are ok but the POI' stink I have a sked Simplesoft many times how to update the maps and POI's.. If you find out what other maps we can use please let me know. My garman is far better....
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I haven't used it yet but it does track where you have gone so that you can take the same way back. I bought it for equine trails. The map is not loaded but I found a sight where it's only around 9 bucks. You can fine many different maps there. It's called way points. You set way point & it draws a line from one to the next. You can set as many as you want on your trail. I plan to set one at every trail head. https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/maps/on-the-trail-maps/c452-c456-p1.html
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Doesn't have detailed contour maps unless you get buy the lake insight map chip which I would strongly recommend. You just buy the chip and put it in the slot
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FYI: I ordered a Garmin 660 and received it today. When I registered the product, it offered me a free download of 2009 maps, which I am presently downloading (takes a long time, even with a fast connection).
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I have the same question. Garmin's version is 2013.10. Some reviews here were complaining about the maps being out of date. Could this be the reason this one is so cheap?
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I just called Garmin. The person who answered the phone said that if you get a unit with V8 mapping data you will be sent a free update when they become available at the end of July 2007 [or maybe early August]. To get the free update, don't order it through ordinary channels. Call customer support and talk to a person. He reassured me that it won't matter who I happen to talk to when I call back; this is the new policy. It tool me 10 minutes to get through at 10:40AM PDT. As soon as they announce the update, at which point the rumor of the new policy will have spread far and wide, i'm sure wait times will increase, but there's a finite number of units covered so it'll settle down if you wait a week or so. They also told me to expect substantial improvements in the map data and POI data of V2008 over V8. This last statement, of course, should be taken with a grain of salt. -dk