Garmin Nuvi Gps Maps Item ID: #24Garmin nüMaps Onetime City Navigator North America NT Map UpdateProduct Information:
Item Descriptionpreloaded DVD with detailed road maps of the U.S. and Canada,includes points of interest plus key roads,works with many Garmin navigators Item Reviews5 Responses to “Garmin nüMaps Onetime City Navigator North America NT Map Update”Leave a Reply |
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It would have helped considerably for the vendor to make it clear that the download time would involve several hours when working with dsl speeds. I would have scheduled the download at a time when the time was available without interuption.
This was so much easier than the download process from Garmin. I updated my Nuvi 650 with no problems.
I am one of those who purchased the code Sunday May 2 and could not download it. It is working fine now I am happy to report and it is updating just fine. I docked them a star for the pain yesterday!
QUICK SUMMARY: My one-star review is strictly for the ease-of-installation, not for the actual maps. I can’t evaluate the Garmin maps because I can’t even install this map update on my brand-new Garmin eTrex Vista HCx Color High-Sensitivity Mapping Handheld GPS! It’s taken me all week and a lot of Garmin Technical Support’s time to learn why not. Non-savvy GPS customers ought to read my review.
Background: I bought a Garmin eTrex Venture Cx GPS four years ago. At that same time, I bought City Navigator v8 (2006), and happily loaded the maps onto my Garmin GPS. And for the last four years, I’ve successfully used it on the road, although the map data clearly needed updating with each successive year.
My Venture Cx is rather worn (I use it on the trail, too), so I thought I’d buy a Garmin Map Update and apply it to a brand-new Garmin eTrex GPS. Note: Unlike City Navigator, which can be loaded onto TWO Garmin GPS devices, the Garmin nuvi Map Update can be associated with only ONE Garmin GPS, and the association is not changeable. See why I wanted to associate it with a new Garmin GPS?
(Full disclosure: I bought the Lifetime Update, not the OneTime update. The maps are identical, but the Lifetime update lets you continue to update your GPS’s maps, up to four times a year).
So I bought this nuvi Map Update gift card and got it two days later from Amazon. Since the Vista HCx already has basic mapping data, I thought it would be a simple matter to activate the gift card’s product key code, then associate the map update to the new Vista HCx. Activating the card went smoothly enough, but when I tried to associate the update to my new Vista HCx GPS unit, the Garmin website said my maps were already updated. Huh? What about that long map download? I didn’t have the latest updates on my Vista HCx!
So I called Garmin Support. Ah, I see, I have to first load the 2006 City Navigator’s maps to my Vista HCx, and *THEN* I can associate the map update to my new GPS. Okay, so I spent an evening finding that old DVD, loading it onto my laptop, and transferring map data to my GPS. Fine.
Next day, I try associating my nuvi Map Update maps to my Vista HCx with City Navigator maps already installed. Same problem – the automatic download won’t start, it says I’ve got the latest maps already installed — those would be the maps from 2006. Huh?
Another call to Garmin. First guy can’t help me – he’s mystified. Transfers me to a tech support specialist who’s equally stumped. A l-o-n-g time later, Garmin Tech Support stumbles upon the problem. I have “City Navigator” not “City Navigator NT”. What’s the “NT” mean? Who knows? But what it means is that although I own City Navigator, I don’t own the right kind of City Navigator that can work with nuvi Map Updates. So I either have to seek a refund from Garmin, or pony up another hundred bucks to buy “City Navigator NT” just so I can use the nuvi Map Update maps.
Where do I begin my rant? That Garmin has two map products that are almost identically named, but differentiated enough that I can’t use my $100 Lifetime Update maps? That Garmin’s website can’t detect what’s wrong (rather than just saying my four-year-old maps are up-to-date)? That Garmin’s Tech Support can’t quickly diagnose the problem? That nowhere on the gift card does it say “Only updates City Navigator ***NT*** maps”? That’s Garmin’s website only says that my Vista HCx is compatible with nuvi Lifetime Updates with no mention of the “NT” requirement? That no one knows what the “NT” stands for?
Conclusion: If you’re buying this update, be sure you’ve got “City Navigator NT” maps already installed on my your GPS!
First of all, the price of these map updates is really frustrating. During the installation process, the installation wizard gives you the option of installing the maps on the DVD or downloading them online (recommended). Once you choose the DVD maps, you cannot get the updated version online. Of course I want the latest version, so I choose the download option. The download failed after a very long wait and continued to fail after several tries. So I go to the Garmin website and try to get some information to resolve the issue in the knowledge base. Their website is confusing and I wasn’t able to find anything useful. The I realize that their support hours are normal business hours, which is challenging for people who have to work for a living. After a week or two, I had an opportunity to call and gave up after waiting for 30 minutes. I went ahead and downloaded the maps from the DVD. To top things off, there were several addresses and locations that were not included in the maps the first time I used it, which is very frustrating when they charge so much for the updates. You would think they would provide you with updates for the version of the maps you purchase. Anyway, that was my experience with these updates.