Trouble Downloading 2009 mapupdate

What type and speed internet connection are you using?

It will be difficult if you are using dial up. Dial up is too slow and takes to long, therefore if you are that is why you are having problems.

Ray

Thanks for the reply:

I am using broadband cable modem... att uverse.

opening your browser prior to the install? Also, what is your default browser?

same here and garmin's site is also down, tech said too many people getting maps. I hap to turn my user account control off to start my extraction of the file and then my internet settings changed.

Only took 4 days to get from Garmin, and updated the 750 in 70 mins. Didn't have to go with this nosense with their systems being down. Was nice and easy.

I downloaded the update from Garmin's site yesterday - I have Ultra High Speed connection with my provider - took me about 23 minutes for the download to complete.

Haven't had the time yet to install the update to my nuvi or desktop - plan on doing that over the weekend

I'm installing the DVD update. It still has to contact the Garmin Server to verify and probably update serial numbers. Even though all the data is on the DVD, I still had to wait quite a while and retry 7 times to connect to the Garmin server. Lots of people installing updates.

Found some time to update last night. First time I tried to connect, the Garmin site updated the firmware on my 650. After that it took about 4 more attempts to connect to Garmin's server for the main install but I must have got lucky and got connected. The install took about 1 1/2 hours to complete. The 2008 maps on my GPS were replaced with the 2009 (no double map issue like some have had). The mapsource program on my desktop was also updated (both 2008 and 2009 are now available for use). I played around with my 650 and everything seems to work okay - no delays in loading etc.

I talked to Bill at Garmin tech support yesterday about map updates on disk for my nuvi 750, purchased mid-February from Sam;s Club. He told me that I was ahead of the March 1 cutoff date, but he would go ahead and order the update for me. However, he said that due to demand, it could take four to six weeks for me to receive my disk. I am leaving June 4 for a trip to the Rockies. I will keep my fingers crossed that I get the update before then.