Garmin Map Update 2009 for City Navigator North America NT
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Customer Review: Map Update 2009
Summary: 5 Stars
Had a bit of a problem getting my Garmin Street Pilot 2720 to accept the update initially. Called Garmin Tech Support and found them to be very helpful. I did have to wait on hold for awhile, but the friendly and upbeat Kansas based support tech made several suggestions to get me beyond error messages relating to "communication errors". The one that did the trick was updating the operating system for the unit (from the Garmin website) before again attempting the update from the disk. I can't claim improved data accuracy yet because I just did the update, but my feeling is that I've come to rely on this unit so heavily I figure it's worth the cost to insure it's working off the most accurate information. By the way, Garmin claims the update may take up to 2 hours to complete and I believe it was probably about that long, so be prepared to have your computer tied up for awhile. In my opinion Garmin makes fine products and supports them well, including this update.Customer Review: seems to do what they say
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm not sure what it is exactly people had issues with on this update of the maps. Yes, it is VERY overpriced. Considering you can get a GPS New for about 1/3 of the cost of this update. But - if you need updated maps, or want them - this does it! It did take 2 hours to load, but there were no issues updating - none - not one. The OP who said it wipes out your data such as favorites, etc. Not for me. Perhaps his install died in the middle, etc. But for me - not! It worked and now my maps are up to date. I see all changes in local routes within the last year - and it lists a restaurant that I was trying to find last week before the updates. If you want the update and are willing to pay for it, go for it. Just follow the instructions exactly and it will install. When I went to kick off the install, it sat there for 20 minutes before asking me for input. I feared it had frozen, but nope - all worked well in the end.Customer Review: GARMIN Map Update 2009
Summary: 5 Stars
If you are buying this product you already own a Garmin GPS device. With that in mind, you also already know how superior their mapping programs are to ALL other GPS devices on the market. I own an entry level TomTom and my older Garmin blows the TomTom away. I've gotten lost countless times with the TomTom and have actually switched back to my older Garmin for that reason. This update provides current maps of North America. I've driven in some pretty obscure areas here in my native state of Ohio and the maps have never gotten me lost. The detail is spot on and this update comes with my highest recommendation. If they could price these updates around $40 or less I'd be happier, but that's my only criticism.Customer Review: A very easy install
Summary: 5 Stars
As this is the first time that I have updated the software on my Garmin, I entered this process with a little trepidation. However, I was very surprised to see how well documented the process was and how smoothly it proceeded.
The only negative is that the process is very slow. I actually had time to eat dinner while the Garmin was updating. However, I attribute this to the device itself rather than the update software.
If the process was outlined in detail (either on the Garmin website or on Amazon), I would have felt much more at ease before making this purchase.
Customer Review: Excellent program but better directions would be helpful
Summary: 5 Stars
The program takes a LONG time to install, and the installer only will work when the NUVI is connected to your computer. It SHOULD go ahead and install the Mapsource update to your computer as well, but wouldn't for me. After going to tech service a couple of times, I finally learned that to install to my computer I had to use Windows Explorer, go to R:\Windows\MSI and run the file CNNaNT2009update_enu.msi (R: is my DVD drive, "enu" in the file name apparently is for English US). That did it quickly and neatly. Don't know why the installer won't do that.