wrong maps? and crashing

jamin6721 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 10, 2005 Posts: 5

Hi guys, firstly thanks for all the great info there is here on the garmin i3, after reading most of the recent posts i went out and got one.

really love the unit, i upgraded to firmware 2.50 as suggested on here to stop the unit crashing, It seemed alot better but crash's every time at a certain point.

If anyone has there i3 to hand could you try simulating a route from 15 beverley heights, southampton, hampshire to postcode SO18 3LY. Its only a mile or 2 so won't take long to run through. Does your unit crash and turn itself off right at the last point of the trip? mine did on every firmware version right up to 2.7 Sad

This happens right out of the box before loading any pqi's.

Anyway I have taken the unit back for another one today ( argos ), when ive got it home i ve realised the bottom of the box says "City Navigator Europe ( Nordics only ) !!!?? and sure enough there is no "england" to select from on the address menu! only sweden, denmark ect.

So i guess im back off to argos to get a 3rd one! hopefully 3rd time luck.

Both the units i had are version 8 maps by the way.

zogman · Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 5:00 pm Post subject:

looks like you got a scandinavian model....lets hope your third i3 will navigate properly.........
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jamin6721 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 10, 2005 Posts: 5

right, been back to argos and got my 3rd unit.

UK this time Smile

Still has a problem getting to one address though, if you choose so18 3ly, no 10 as your destination (from anyway ) it seems to crash the unit and turn off on the very last turn Sad

, even if you choose to review turns and scroll through to the 2nd to last turn, when you roll the wheel onto the last turn, screen goes funny and unit turns off.

Perhaps theres a problem with the actual map in that area for everyone?

Please could someone else try a route ending there and simulate, scroll through the turns and see if your unit does the same??

Think I'll email garmin, see what they have to say about it

dougconran · Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 6:49 pm Post subject:

I've just tried this and didn't have any problem. I'm using firmware v2.7 and City Select v7

jamin6721 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 10, 2005 Posts: 5

Thanks for that dougconran, bummer thats blew my theory out the window then Sad

. Guess I'll just have to see what garmin say. Thanks for trying anyway, if anyone else does get a crash please post. Cheers

zogman · Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 6:53 pm Post subject:

jamin6721...done a simulation from hamiltons (1.7 miles away) to your postcode..everything ok until .2 miles/last turn when the i3 kept on recalculating back to the postcode...so dont worry its not the i3 its the mapping..
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zogman · Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 6:56 pm Post subject:

by the way using v2.5...maybe upgrade to v2.70 like dougconran and try it again...
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jamin6721 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 10, 2005 Posts: 5

Hey thanks zogman, thats what i had the 1st time, the looping back, since then it just crash's. Well anyway like you say at least that looks like its the mapping not the unit itself Smile

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Yer I just tried upgrading to 2.7, same thing happens though.

Thanks for you quick replys guys :D

Skippy · Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 8:00 pm Post subject:

Number 10 seems to be right on the roundabout, maybe it's going round in circles trying to find it? Laughing

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NigelB · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 29, 2005 Posts: 6

Mine just keeps recalculating as well I'm using v2.5 and City Select Europe NT v7.

Nigel

zogman · Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 8:15 pm Post subject:

Tubal · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 05, 2005 Posts: 48

jamin6721 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 10, 2005 Posts: 5

Thanks guys for all trying the route, It's obviously a map problem, shame mine locks up and turns off rather that just getting stuck in a loop. Not had any thing back from garmin yet - hopefully there shed some more light.

Im supprised no one else's locks up, odd that? was coming back last night and entering the last roundabout from the oppersite direction. Seems from either direction it locks just before displaying the last roundabout.

oh well, i think i know the way home from the last 200feet Laughing Out Loud

:D

could aways move house to resolve the problem Smile

, or camp on the middle of the roundabout till garmin fix the maps 8)

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