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My GPS is a nuvi 1490. A little over a year ago I bought a replacement battery from someplace on Amazon. It hasn't lasted very long, now only holds a charge for 20-30 minutes.

Is there a vendor out there who sells good quality batteries?

Thx

Dog

Hello guys, I gave a problem with my navi. I have All North maps & Al South But the South maps dont works, And I think there is a problem when I copy them to sd card because on pc maps dont have any error and after copy seems to have something with GMP file header, Dont know why
Any ideea what to do ?

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I'm trying to figure out how to prevent my Garmin Nuvi 1100 from going in to Mass Storage mode when using a USB cord, and not the lighter charger. I've tried the method where you hold the battery symbol for 8 seconds to enter and exit test mode, and that didn't work. Is this just not possible to do?

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I bought a Garmin Gpsmap 65s and did some tests, I notice but I am not the only one that even after more than an hour of operation, the satellite numbers in multiband mode are flashing as if they are not 'were not active, it is the same as on the multi-band Gpsmap 66sr. Is this a bug or normal?

This morning I recorded two 9Km tracks in the car, going back and forth ...

Hi all,

Great site! Thanks for those who maintain it.

However, I'm a bit bewildered by the range of maps and software available, and hoping someone can offer clear instructions on how to update the maps on my Garmin Nuvi 42. (A basic explanation for dummies is what I need!)

I updated the device once before using maps from a torrent site. However, this was a few years ago and I can't remember whether I ...

This is driving me crazy. My Zumo is giving the "Cannot unlock Maps" message, even if all maps are removed from it! (Could it be something to do with the Demo Map? As far as I know it's still on the device.)

It has the patched firmware, if I do put an unlocked map on it it works! But still says it can't Unlock the maps....

Does anyone have an idea how I can get ...

Hello
i was wondering if ii is possible to merge multiple maps in 1 map
i do have 5 maps ( canada north , canada south , canada east , canada west )
which i want to get 1 map i try with GMapTool and i have an error since the mapset ( name of the blocks ) are the same from 1 map to the other one
ex:
canada north have a file name ...

Hello all

i was wondering if i can create a unique img file from a topo us 24k dvd ?

just to be sure that im trying to do lets call it topous24k.img to be able to use that file in multiple gps unit

thanks in advance

soso2565

Hi guys i m new here some one guide me how to use copy marin map on my garmin echomap pluse 62cv . i have to try may IMG unlocker software but not gating any success . i know now all gps coming with copy right protetion firmware .any solution to brack these kind of lock s?

Hello
is it possible to import a map that is in the zumo XT ?

i try with garmin express but it dont give me the option for that particular map , it only give me reinstall map on device

the CN NA NT can be save on pc with garmin express but not the topo active one


any suggestion to import or save that map on my pc ?

thanks in advance

soso2565