Anybody got USA Maps for I3?

philai3 · Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 6:37 pm Post subject: Anybody got USA Maps for I3?

Hi, anybody got USA maps on microSD card suitable for I3, to sell/hire/lend for August hols?
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Garmin I3 October 2006
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PaulB2005 · Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 6:44 pm Post subject:

Won't work with your i3 unless you pay for the unlock code for your unit.

The maps are freely available to swap (i have the v9 Europe maps on DVD from Garmin - cost £0) but they have to be unlocked for your unit which costs.

philai3 · Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 6:48 pm Post subject:

Didn't I read somewhere that the SDCards don't need to be unlocked - they can't be copied in a working state, after all.
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Garmin I3 October 2006
Garmin 1310 December 2009
(Firmware 3.2-2.7-3.4-2.7)
Renault Scenic with inbuilt Carminat Tom-Tom April 2013
Renault Clio
Mazda MX5 2010

philai3 · Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 6:56 pm Post subject:

A couple of minutes searching turned up this

http://www.gpspassion.com/forumsen/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=80125

which seems to indicate that SD cards are unlocked out of the box - can anyone confirm this?
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Garmin I3 October 2006
Garmin 1310 December 2009
(Firmware 3.2-2.7-3.4-2.7)
Renault Scenic with inbuilt Carminat Tom-Tom April 2013
Renault Clio
Mazda MX5 2010

PaulB2005 · Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 8:31 pm Post subject:

It's not the CARD that needs to be unlocked but the map itself. When you try to install the map it'll ask for an unlock code. This locks the map to the UNIT, not the card. You can use another card with the maps that came with your unit but not maps that came with someone elses unit - they'll be locked to their unit.

Or so i thought. I haven't got time to read the above but it seems you can do it some how...

inspiredron · Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 11:00 pm Post subject:

I had an Eastern Europe V8 SD card which Garmin gave me for my old C510 (now returned). That worked out of the box - the unlock code was built into the card but was not unit specific.

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