Garmin / City Navigator updates

Ah, so old version - latest is v10.

If it is new, speak to Garmin, you should get a free update or unlock code.

Else do what I had to do and use a crack.

ah that be a tomorrow job then

you haven't registered the unit then do it now as they will think you have just bought the unit and know it has old maps so will send you a v10 update disk
This is way I did, now have genuine v9 & 10 hehe

You talking to me or Dave? My unit was registered in 2007 - but I still have the latest UNLOCKED 2008 maps, v10

was tellin dave, youve already got your hands on v10 much like myself

check your pm, im curious how you got your maps to be unlocked in the gps unit

I have v8 on mine, how much is it for latest version?

Hmmm, £0

OR £60 via the Garmin website.

LOL I have tried the " Hmmmm £0, didnt work, lol

What technique did you use, and keygen? Did you also copy the key into a file, into the garmin folder?

used a keygen in the mapping software and unlocked that, but didnt put code in anywhere else, didnt know i had to, lol

Ok, so you managed to unlock it in mapsource - and then you selected the maps you needed [I just choose the UK and Eire ones, about 15 sectors or so] and transferred them over to the unit/card - so why didn't it work? What error are you getting?

jeez u replied quick! if I remember rightly it said map locked when I put the card in the gps

Ok, so do this - get the key you used [this can be found within mapsource] - paste this into notepad, and save the file as "GMAPSUPP.UNL" - transfer this file into same garmin folder as the map.

wow easy as that huh BUGGA! I deleted mapsource months ago, will have to get it again, lol
Thanks for the advice

Did you use City Navigator 10 NT to update or the special update version?

http://www8.garmin.com/cartography/m...avntEurope.jsp

https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=11526

Back-in-the-day I upgraded V7 to V9 and broke post-code support, had to use V9 update version to update the version stored internally on my Nuvi and keep post-code support working. V9 (non upgrade) on an SD card worked but then I had both versions listed in Map Info and was confused as to which it was actually using (both ticked). I think a workaround may have been to manually copy the post-code files back into the directory, but this was years ago and my memory is a bit hazy.

I still use an original Nuvi 300, it's still going strong. I thought about upgrading the unit but it hardly seems worth it, may as well just update the maps.