Hello, Just sneaking into the Garmin Forum - Left TomTom

Flashyphotos

Hello All

First time I have been in the Garmin bit of the forum..

10+ years as a TomTom user, finally go so hacked off with them after trying to use that POS they call a NAV4 GO500 for the last month. Well its gone in the Bin., and I have bought myself a Garmin 2598LMTD

All a bit odd compared to the TomTom, but on the plus side the Navigate to Postcodes work and I have not had to throw it out the winsow yet.

So will np doubt be asking some basic questions as I get my head around this change of brand/system

Any tips you can throuw my way on making life with Garmin easier would be appreciated.

Cheers

sussamb · Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 5:07 pm Post subject:

Welcome back from the dark side Laughing

Make a full back up of your GPS ... you never know when you might need it. Note there are some tricks to doing that. First, you need to switch your GPS from MTP to mass storage mode. To do that:

1. Start NUVI by itself and go to Volume Screen.
2. Press the upper right hand corner of screen for 10 seconds.
3. The Developers Screen will pop up
4. Scroll down to MTP SETTINGS
5. Change from AUTO DETECT to MASS STORAGE
6. Shut down NUVI and connect to PC
7. It should now connect in mass storage mode.

As an alternative to step 1 above, you can bring up the Nuvi's "dashboard" screen, then press and hold the speedometer for about 10 seconds to access the developer screen.

Then you need to set Windows to show hidden and system files:

Now you should see the hidden .system folder, this is the one that contains maps etc.

Copy all the folders from your GPS onto your PC. Back up done!

Flashyphotos · Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 6:02 pm Post subject:

Many Thanks

Excellent Help and detailed so even I can understand Laughing

Having been for TT for a while I had forgotten that you can actually make a proper local backup,

Using Mac as my main machine but will connect it to my Server which is running Windows and get a backup done

Much Aprreciated

Richard..

Kremmen · Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 6:30 am Post subject:

Solid advice Very Happy

After all, these things are just mini computers so a full file backup from the start is the way to go.
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cwog · Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2013 9:55 am Post subject:

I back up my Garmin to whichever Mac is available. So no need to darken the door of windoze

oldie70 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 15, 2013 Posts: 21

wibbley · Regular Visitor Joined: Feb 08, 2007 Posts: 97

on my 3598 there is an option 'mass storage one time only'.
I select that option. Now plug in the usb lead & the screen changes showing a picture of the sat-nav in white

Next time you connect, the device will be back in its normal mode, allowing Garmin Explorer or POI loader to work. In this mode the picture is orange.

I have found that in mass storage mode it is so slow, taking ages for the computer to display all of the files, this is using windows 7 & explorer (not IE)

maybe some bright spark has found a way to speed this up.

sussamb · Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2013 7:15 pm Post subject:

sussamb · Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2013 7:17 pm Post subject:

oldie70 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 15, 2013 Posts: 21

M8TJT · Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2013 2:40 pm Post subject:

Will you two stop using the quote button and use the reply button instead. It is pointless (and takes up unnecessary space0 to quote all of the preceding post unless it is to make a point and makes the thread more difficult to read. Burn In Hell

sussamb · Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2013 4:14 pm Post subject:

I agree, but then I didn't quote the preceeding post Rolling Eyes

I was though in a hurry, and if I'd replied in a different order I could have had only one quote instead of two Wink

I'm not sure though that you're right to insinuate that you can do so if 'it is to make a point and makes the thread more difficult to read' ... think there's some punctuation missing somewhere Laughing

M8TJT · Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2013 5:03 pm Post subject:

sussamb · Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2013 5:11 pm Post subject:

oldie70 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 15, 2013 Posts: 21

Actually, I expected only the last three lines to be quoted. By the time I realised that it was all there, it was too late to rectify (I was on an iPad, and I just can't use the highlighter).

I was on the iPad because I didn't know whether I could use a browser while doing the update. My apologies.

Personally, I'd have said ".........unless it is to make a point. It also makes the thread more difficult to read."

Anyway, I've only just found the "post reply" button. Smile

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