FREE USA 2009 upgrade - hurry!

eddieo · Regular Visitor Joined: Oct 29, 2006 Posts: 217

If you have recently purchased a nuvi with USA mapping you are intitaled to a FREE upgrade to recently released mapsource USA 2009.

this offer runs out on the 8th June

eddieo · Regular Visitor Joined: Oct 29, 2006 Posts: 217

when you go to "my Garmin" you are given the choice to download a large file which will take a few hours or order DVD for a few quid....

they have no DVD's in stock so after two attempts managed to download file to desktop. once you open you have to put in your product key and download to nuvi commences.....

Problem is it keeps failing, and I have tried to install maps about 10 times now.....

any one have an idea please Rolling Eyes

Plus it has removed street level maps for USA from 770 Confused

P.S. BUT it has installed new street level maps to my PC!. So...I guess I can always download from there like I did with old 2610. By highlighting mapping area and downloading. will talk to garmin first before I do this. Smile

eddieo · Regular Visitor Joined: Oct 29, 2006 Posts: 217

well thats it, now have 2009 USA maps on PC and 770. just goes to show that it is possible to do this without a mapsource DVD.

crazyfingers · Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 2:56 am Post subject:

How "recent" must the Nuvi purchase be to get this 2009 upgrade?
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gatorguy6996 · Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 5:24 am Post subject:

For free update, must have been purchased on or after March 1st.
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eddieo · Regular Visitor Joined: Oct 29, 2006 Posts: 217

IF your unit is registered and you go to "my Garmin" it will tell you if your are entitled or not.

crazyfingers · Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 2:40 am Post subject:

eddieo · Regular Visitor Joined: Oct 29, 2006 Posts: 217

Previously I was using a prehistoric version of "metroguide USA" with my 2610. and we managed with trips to California and Florida for years.....

it was so old development west of Miami airport was still scrub land Laughing Out Loud

But main routes and hotels etc.....don't change that much. plus you can import any address as a waypoint.....

crazyfingers · Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 2:52 pm Post subject:

Where I live near Boston MA, we just finished a 10 year construction project (Big Dig) that put the major highway and many exits underground and many new above ground connectors in place. Even though I currently use NT 2008, some of the streets are still wrong.
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Garmin Nuvi 750 w/City Nav 10 N. America & 08 Europe
Garmin iQue 3600/City Nav 08, City Select v6/v5
Garmin eTrex Vista Cx, Topo USA, Topo Canada
eTrex Legend (Original)
A Magellan that got wet and died on a canoe trip in 02

gtarling · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 22, 2006 Posts: 10

Just got my 770 today - after registering, I went to 'My Garmin' only to find they want to charge me $70 for the priviledge of an update!!!! I'll have to call Garmin and see if they can sort it out, otherwise, the unit is going back!

eddieo · Regular Visitor Joined: Oct 29, 2006 Posts: 217

gearloos · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 23, 2007 Posts: 12

Well, the upgrade is still available.
Just got a refurb 660 for a great price to replace my tomtom 930 and went to mygarmin- good for a free 2009 upgrade. Dloaded it in 1.5 hours and installed with only one hitch.
If your using a mac, you have to use firefox. It wouldn't work right in Safari as the plugin never loaded correctly. Even in firefox you have to install the plugin (automatically) then restart firefox,which is not really stated clearly so it looks like it failed at first but it works fine.
Just a heads up to other osx users.

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