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benjones Occasional Visitor
Joined: Dec 28, 2006 Posts: 47
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Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 11:00 pm Post subject: 660 POI Problem |
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Just to let people know I uploaded the PGPSW POI database and MaFt's POI database to my nuvi 660 today and now the unit hangs on the "Loading Maps..." stage of the bootup process.
I can't delete the files manually as the unit wont even mount on my PC now and the reset button on the back does nothing.
Absolutely gutted. |
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daps Lifetime Member
Joined: Mar 27, 2005 Posts: 79 Location: Cambridgeshire. UK
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Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 11:47 pm Post subject: |
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I had the same problem.. Took mine back to Halfords and they exchanged it. _________________ Garmin 2569 |
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MaFt Pocket GPS Staff
Joined: Aug 31, 2005 Posts: 15219 Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
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Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 11:10 am Post subject: |
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benjones, you could try a different usb port on our pc. my nuvi sometimes doesn't get recognised unless i plug it into a different port.
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swing Pocket GPS Verifier
Joined: Nov 04, 2003 Posts: 2225 Location: Bedfordshire, UK
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Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 11:51 am Post subject: |
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benjones - if you read the manual (if you haven't got a copy to hand, it's on the Garmin website) which has the information for how to perform a hard reset and delete the user data - this should sort out the problem. |
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benjones Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 12:09 pm Post subject: |
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I've tried a different USB port, I've tried holding down the bottom right hand corner of the screen on startup to clear user data and I've even tried the maintenance menu (top left hand corner on bootup) to clear eveything. Maintenance menu tells me the device should be detected over USB in that mode but it still doesn't work. |
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benjones Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 12:12 pm Post subject: |
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swing wrote: | benjones - if you read the manual |
What is it with people's tone around here.
Swing, I have read the manual cheers. |
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benjones Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 1:27 pm Post subject: |
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I'm going to take it back to Halfords now as I don't think it's recoverable. Do you think the cause of this was uploading more than 85 sub-categories? |
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MaFt Pocket GPS Staff
Joined: Aug 31, 2005 Posts: 15219 Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
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Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 1:50 pm Post subject: |
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benjones wrote: | I'm going to take it back to Halfords now as I don't think it's recoverable. Do you think the cause of this was uploading more than 85 sub-categories? |
could just be coincidence as i've had all the available poi's installed and working on the nuvi 360, and mikealder has had the same on his nuvi.
i can't see the limit reappearing on the nuvi 660 when it is basically an upgraded 360
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mikealder Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jan 14, 2005 Posts: 19638 Location: Blackpool , Lancs
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Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 1:55 pm Post subject: |
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As a thought can you use POILoader to put one speed camera POI file on to an SD card, insert the SD card to the Nuvi then when it prompts to transfer the POI from the memory card to the internal memory select Yes. This is worth a try before taking it back - Mike |
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benjones Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 2:44 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Mike,
I haven't got an SD card unfortunately (I use mainly Sony products so I've got loads of memory sticks!) but it's too late to try that now anyway as I've just got a new unit from Halfords.
Now I've got to decide what to do about the POI database. What I basically did was combine the PGPSW and MaFt database into one but deleted any duplicates. This gave me a total of 300 sub-categories and roughly 92,000 POIs. Any suggestions - I was thinking maybe I should only keep sub-categories of POIs that I really need seperated (such as Fuel, Speed Cameras etc)...? |
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mikealder Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jan 14, 2005 Posts: 19638 Location: Blackpool , Lancs
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Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 2:58 pm Post subject: |
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I would suggest you have a long think about which specific POI's you actually need, if you put the whole lot on it can take ages to find the actual category you are looking for.
For the record I have successfully loaded 75787 POI files split across 256 categories on my Nuvi310D - Mike |
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benjones Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 4:37 pm Post subject: |
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Ok successfully loaded 81,284 POIs and 158 sub-categories.
Result |
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swing Pocket GPS Verifier
Joined: Nov 04, 2003 Posts: 2225 Location: Bedfordshire, UK
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Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 4:58 pm Post subject: |
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benjones wrote: | swing wrote: | benjones - if you read the manual | What is it with people's tone around here. | I was trying to help, I wasn't trying to be rude. The manual isn't supplied, except on your broken Nuvi, hence the reference to the website. |
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MaFt Pocket GPS Staff
Joined: Aug 31, 2005 Posts: 15219 Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
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Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 9:47 pm Post subject: |
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benjones wrote: | Ok successfully loaded 81,284 POIs and 158 sub-categories.
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implying that there was no issue with our downloads after all ;) |
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benjones Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 2:32 am Post subject: |
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MaFt wrote: | benjones wrote: | Ok successfully loaded 81,284 POIs and 158 sub-categories.
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implying that there was no issue with our downloads after all ;) |
Well not strictly true as my first 660 that I took back to Halfords today due to it being unable to boot had been loaded with the full PGPSW database with parts of yours included also. This gave me roughly 300 sub-categories and 92,000 POIs. Obviously this was just too many for it. |
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