Are the Europe maps pre-loaded on this GPS unit?
1451544
Not so fast. I purchased the unit back in March of 2015 and the European maps were NOT PRELOADED. I had to contact TOMTOM customer service and send them proof of purchase. MAJOR HASSLE. I ended up returning the unit. Happens too often that vendors on Amazon have a poor understanding of the product they are selling.
1451545
In the one I purchased the maps for Europe are pre-loaded. Once you connect the unit to a computer they, along with the US maps are continuosly updated. Great unit.
1451546
Yes. We took it to Ireland and the maps were very good. Worked well overall but you have to reset factory settings when you get back to the states for north america. The unit paid for itself as the car rental was 10 euros per day.
1451547
My unit, purchased on Amazon Prime Day, came without European maps preloaded, which is a major disappointment. However, customer support was great and quickly put the maps in my Tomtom account. It only took about 1/2 hour to get them loaded.
1451548
I bought one during Prime day and received it on July 16th 2015. The one I received had maps of both North America and Europe pre-loaded. I plugged it in and both maps updated (put a 32GB SD card in mine first that I had already) without issue. My Tom Tom account shows lifetime updates for both maps. Hope this helps others trying to decide.
985155
sorry, i do not know but i can recommend something that DOES have maps of europe, namely WAYZ, which is an app you can get for any smart phone, and is -- sorry amazon -- a thousand times better than the garmin. it leads you around traffic jams, and has much gentler manners to boot.
985156
No. Few Garmin units have European maps built in and none on Amazon, I believe. You need to buy a European map mini-SD card which can be installed in the unit. It costs about $80-90 extra.
975894
It does not come with pre-installed maps, but you don't have to buy from Garmin
1673714
I live in USA and have used this for device with preloaded maps for navigation in France and the US.
381394
Not clear if this comes preloaded with full European maps or not. Short description states it is loaded with North America & Europe but full description states only North America.
996269
My phone was pre-loaded with US maps. If you don't have maps pre-loaded, you can always download them from Nokia and then install on the device: http://europe.nokia.com/explore-services/maps/download
2057285
My garmin was loaded with the maps of Europe. I do not know how it was done because I bought it used from Amazon. Sorry that I can not answer your question. I questioned the seller to make sure it had european maps because I needed it for my vacation. I use to get the same GPS with my car rental from kemwel.com and they would give me the same garmin with european maps for $40. I go to Europe 2 times a year so I figured it would be cheaper to buy a GPS.
1283763
Hello. unfortunately the maps will not work since they are programmed for the U.S. the unit will work, but the maps wont.
1347263
It claims to be pre loaded with USA maps don't think it will do what you want. Sorry
818747
You can also find maps of Europe fior your Garmin at: http://garmin.openstreetmap.nl/
815286
Yes the unit works in Europe. However you must purchase the software for the respective countries. Google; Garmin European maps for details. Lloyd
1470411
Honestly, I believe the maps are US/Canada only if you bought it here in the States. However, many models offer other maps via download. You would have to obviously pay up (almost as much as a new GPS unit or more) for that. Totally not worth it if you asked me. So to answer your question, the 540 does not have maps for Europe on it.
1571917
Do these units have both the European and North American data bases loaded, or do you have to buy the European data cards seperately?
363029
I have not tried to look at Europe or GB on my new tom tom, it's in my wifes vehicle. The tom tom I use everyday {3 years old} does not have those maps, only the U.S.
281464
No you don't download European maps. But be warn the batteries does not stay charged on the unit. If I could return it I would.
1816130
NO. I tried to install a Garmin SD card with maps of Europe, and the unit says the maps are corrupted. I bought another card (new, factory sealed) and the same thing happened. In both cases, Garmin customer service said that they don't understand why the cards don't work (but if you search their support site, there is a reference to this problem and you are told to contact customer support). Garmin Customer Support said that the only way to make the unit work is to buy and download maps directly from their website. But the Nuvi 66 doesn't have nearly enough internal memory for Europe maps so you are forced to buy a microSD card and copy the maps to it after downloading them. After wasting so much time, I didn't have time to do this before leaving for Europe so I wound up paying 18 euros extra per day for a rental car with GPS for a total cost of $375! Garmin should be ashamed.