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daps Lifetime Member
Joined: Mar 27, 2005 Posts: 79 Location: Cambridgeshire. UK
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Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 8:52 am Post subject: |
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daps wrote: | I had the same problem.. Took mine back to Halfords and they exchanged it. |
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I only D/L MaFt's and mine all locked up, hence the return. I didnt D/L any PGPSW stuff at all. _________________ Garmin 2569 |
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MaFt Pocket GPS Staff
Joined: Aug 31, 2005 Posts: 15148 Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
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Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 10:00 am Post subject: |
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maybe it's dodgy firmware for the 660 then... have you reported this to garmin? |
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daps Lifetime Member
Joined: Mar 27, 2005 Posts: 79 Location: Cambridgeshire. UK
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Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 10:36 am Post subject: |
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MaFt wrote: | maybe it's dodgy firmware for the 660 then... have you reported this to garmin? |
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No I didnt. I thought it was a local fault with 660 until I read this. I thought it
was something which I may have done myself, not being a techie at this D/L stuff. It was only reading this thread that I wondered if it was that which may have locked it up. I shall however, email Garman about it.
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Regards. _________________ Garmin 2569 |
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benjones Occasional Visitor
Joined: Dec 28, 2006 Posts: 47
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Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 11:43 am Post subject: |
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Strange thing is I downloaded MaFts database on its own to my 660 first and it all worked perfectly. It only locked up when I included the PGPSW database.
I didn't report it to Garmin either as I was worried that they'd want me to send the unit back and wait for a repair. |
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swing Pocket GPS Verifier
Joined: Nov 04, 2003 Posts: 2225 Location: Bedfordshire, UK
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Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 9:26 am Post subject: |
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I've loaded the majority of MaFt's POI database onto a brand new 660 before, with no troubles at all....
Ah, now, a lot of 660s are shipping with what appears to be a corrupt directory (easy to fix, but most people won't even know there's a problem). I wonder if this is part of the problem. (I can't check as the 660 I was working on had it's directory corruption fixed by me).
It will main only affect 660s that shipped with v2.70 preinstalled (although it is possible earlier versions may be similarly affected), and it's possible Garmin have fixed it, so it may only be a limited batch (thereby explaining how another unit doesn't have the problem). |
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benjones Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 11:54 am Post subject: |
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swing wrote: | Ah, now, a lot of 660s are shipping with what appears to be a corrupt directory (easy to fix, but most people won't even know there's a problem). |
How do you fix a corrupt database? Re-flash the firmware? |
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MarkieT Occasional Visitor
Joined: Dec 09, 2006 Posts: 40 Location: West Midlands
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Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 12:10 pm Post subject: |
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Hi,
Hope people don't mind me asking this question on the back of everything else going on in this string,
Anyway, I've just bought a Nuvi 660 & wondered with loading the Speed Camera's & POI's, is it best to load them directly onto the Unit? or better idea to load them onto a SD Card??
Many thanks
MarkieT. _________________ Don't ever argue with a Stupid Person, they'll only bring you down to their level & then beat you with Experience!!!!
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Garmin 660FM
Nuvi 3598 LMT D - Firmware 4.40
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MaFt Pocket GPS Staff
Joined: Aug 31, 2005 Posts: 15148 Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
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Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 12:56 pm Post subject: |
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swing wrote: | I've loaded the majority of MaFt's POI database onto a brand new 660 before, with no troubles at all....
Ah, now, a lot of 660s are shipping with what appears to be a corrupt directory (easy to fix, but most people won't even know there's a problem). I wonder if this is part of the problem. (I can't check as the 660 I was working on had it's directory corruption fixed by me).
It will main only affect 660s that shipped with v2.70 preinstalled (although it is possible earlier versions may be similarly affected), and it's possible Garmin have fixed it, so it may only be a limited batch (thereby explaining how another unit doesn't have the problem). |
have you mentioned this to garmin? i've just phoned them and the guy i spoke to was not aware of any problems with the 660's...
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swing Pocket GPS Verifier
Joined: Nov 04, 2003 Posts: 2225 Location: Bedfordshire, UK
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Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 3:41 pm Post subject: |
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No, I've seen it mentioned on the GPS Passion forums by a couple of people, and I've seen it myself. As it's fairly easy to fix, I just fixed the 660 and gave it back to its owner. Also, unless you connect the Nuvi to your PC and browse the internal disk (and know what to look for) you might not even realise there is a problem, hence why I suspect Garmin haven't had too many calls about it.
So, unless they go and open up a 660 and go looking for the problem (as it ships, it only affects 1 directory) even they might not know it was there.
Interestingly, one of the other "sufferers" was in the US, so it's not even limited to the European version.
MarkieT - unless the 660 is very different to the Nuvi 3x0 range even if you initially put the file onto the SD card, the unit will ask (when you turn it on) whether you would like to copy the files across to the main unit. I've no idea what happens if you say no - even if it still works, you'll have to say "no" every time you turn the unit on... |
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benjones Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 5:22 pm Post subject: |
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swing wrote: | Also, unless you connect the Nuvi to your PC and browse the internal disk (and know what to look for) you might not even realise there is a problem. |
What files/directory should I look at to check? |
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MarkieT Occasional Visitor
Joined: Dec 09, 2006 Posts: 40 Location: West Midlands
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Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 7:47 pm Post subject: |
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swing wrote: | MarkieT - unless the 660 is very different to the Nuvi 3x0 range even if you initially put the file onto the SD card, the unit will ask (when you turn it on) whether you would like to copy the files across to the main unit. I've no idea what happens if you say no - even if it still works, you'll have to say "no" every time you turn the unit on... |
Hi Swing,
thanks for that info, think I'll go about loading on the POI's that I want then!!
Oh & very interested in this Directory problem!!!
Cheers
MarkieT _________________ Don't ever argue with a Stupid Person, they'll only bring you down to their level & then beat you with Experience!!!!
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Garmin 660FM
Nuvi 3598 LMT D - Firmware 4.40
iPhone 5S CoPilot Live |
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swing Pocket GPS Verifier
Joined: Nov 04, 2003 Posts: 2225 Location: Bedfordshire, UK
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Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 11:11 am Post subject: |
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benjones wrote: | What files/directory should I look at to check? | Via explorer look at the \Garmin\gpx directory - if there are lots of strange entries in there, there is potentially a corrupt directory - if there are just just 1 or 2 normal files, it's fine. |
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MaFt Pocket GPS Staff
Joined: Aug 31, 2005 Posts: 15148 Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
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Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 11:55 am Post subject: |
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swing wrote: | benjones wrote: | What files/directory should I look at to check? | Via explorer look at the \Garmin\gpx directory - if there are lots of strange entries in there, there is potentially a corrupt directory - if there are just just 1 or 2 normal files, it's fine. |
can you mention this to garmin via there suport form? i'll also try get in touch with them about it
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daps Lifetime Member
Joined: Mar 27, 2005 Posts: 79 Location: Cambridgeshire. UK
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Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 12:04 pm Post subject: |
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swing wrote: | benjones wrote: | What files/directory should I look at to check? | Via explorer look at the \Garmin\gpx directory - if there are lots of strange entries in there, there is potentially a corrupt directory - if there are just just 1 or 2 normal files, it's fine. |
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I've got 62 entries in my gpx directory.. would you class that as strange?
I havnt D/L MaFt's POI's on my replacement set in case I crash/freeze it again. I did email Garmin about a problem but not so much as an acknowledgement yet.
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Alan _________________ Garmin 2569 |
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swing Pocket GPS Verifier
Joined: Nov 04, 2003 Posts: 2225 Location: Bedfordshire, UK
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Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 5:35 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, I would class 62 as strange, especially if they look like bits of an XML file (which may not mean anything to you). A screenshot may confirm to me that it's corrupt.
If the filenames are all normal filenames like "current.gpx" then it is fine - if they are things like /Locatio.n and /Minor./ve then (in my opinion) it's corrupt.
I will add that this corruption may not affect the units operation - certainly the one I have seen with this corruption was brand new from a shop 2 days before, and had only been turned on once or twice, yet everything functioned correctly.
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