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I used to have my security location set to my front porch, very convenient. But it turns out that my car in the driveway is close enough to that location to bypass the need to enter my PIN. It occurred to me that if my Nuvi were stolen from the car, the theif could simply turn it on with full access and change the PIN, delete the "Property of.." jpeg on the startup screen and otherwise completely remove all the security features.
Clearly, setting the security location anywhere I am likely to be parked for an extended period is less than ideal. The security location should be somewhere I am rarely if ever parked.
But extending the thought further, suppose I set my location as a wide open field in the middle of nowhere, return to that place to open the Nuvi having later forgotten my PIN, and get mugged on the spot? The result is the same, all security features of the Nuvi are compromised. So I need a place that I'm hardly ever going to be parked at, where I'm highly unlikely to be mugged, and where I can easily return should the need arise. (The summit of Mt. Everest easily satisfies the first two conditions but is ruled out by the third.) 
So where did I set my new security location? The front door of the local police station!
I believe that you must
I believe that you must enter the old PIN before it can be disabled or changed.
In Jail!!
Actually my security location was in the 3rd cell in our local jail. I ask the officer on duty if it would be possible to do this, as the jail cells are farther than 50 feet from a road. So if you wanted to unlock the GPS you would have to go to jail. But that was on the 660. My Zumo 550 doesn't seem to have that large of a range. If I am not within a few feet of my location it will not bypass the pin. So I went to my backyard and set it as the location. Which is about 58 feet from surrounding roads anyway.
Rodney.. oditius.htc@gmail.com BMW Zumo 550 HTC Touch Pro - Garmin XT
Great Ideas
Great ideas on locations for your security bypass. I just set mine in front of my house and hope that when someone steals it they leave it on and I can contact garmin and they can let the local police where it is. This would take one more piece of garbage off the street.
Good Location BUT...
That is a good location to set your GPS unit at but, by posting it online gets the message out there that if you steal a GPS and it is code protected, try driving over to the local police station in that area. When a GPS is stolen and they see that it is code/location protected, I'm sure they will search online as to how to unlock it!
If it gets stolen from a shopping center or somwhere else, your home location is bad because all they need to do is take your vehicle reg or insurance info in the glove to know where you live. You'd be better off setting it at work or a relatives house.
I have my home location set
I have my home location set to a police station a few bocks away. It works for me.
nüvi 3590LMT "always backup your files"
not a locator beacon
Great ideas on locations for your security bypass. I just set mine in front of my house and hope that when someone steals it they leave it on and I can contact garmin and they can let the local police where it is. This would take one more piece of garbage off the street.
This is a good idea, except that none of the Nuvi's emit any signal that can be traced. They are receivers only, not transmitters. What Garmin can and will do though, is make a note of a stolen unit's serial number and report any activity on that account.
KC5WNK - David, in League City, Texas - Nuvi 200W
In jail!
Actually my security location was in the 3rd cell in our local jail.
LOL! I thought of that, but the cells around here don't have any exposure to the sky...
KC5WNK - David, in League City, Texas - Nuvi 200W
I don't set the security lock on mine...
I never leave it in my auto or laying around unless it's in my house... and I do have a very good security there.... If somebody robs me so be it...
It is terrible to speak well and be wrong. -Sophocles snɥɔnıɥdoɐ aka ʎɹɐƃ
Stolen
You could do this with the older streetpilots.
Great ideas on locations for your security bypass. I just set mine in front of my house and hope that when someone steals it they leave it on and I can contact garmin and they can let the local police where it is. This would take one more piece of garbage off the street.
This is a good idea, except that none of the Nuvi's emit any signal that can be traced. They are receivers only, not transmitters. What Garmin can and will do though, is make a note of a stolen unit's serial number and report any activity on that account.